Date: January 6, 2004
Location: Saratoga Springs Library
Present: George Painter, Becky Bonn, Rebecca Stanley,
Mary Allen Rudolph, Michael Peluso, Boyd Henry, Paul Sheldon, Charles Thorne,
Spencer Raggio, Ron Byrne
Meeting Called to Order
Previous Minutes Approved
Meeting Locations: Discussion of possible locations for future meetings. The Clifton Park YMCA was favored. We will post on the web site the location for next month’s meeting.
Y-Knot’s new logo: George discussed features of the old logo, including the official YMCA logo was incorporated in the previous logo. He mentioned that utilizing colors would not be that much more expensive and that there was some recognition created in the old logo. Spencer noted that the new logo has more streamlined features. Several people favored the new logo. People favored strongly either the new or old logo.
Action to adopt the logo is to table it. BJ has a friend who is reworking it and it will be on the website. A decision is postponed to give time to discuss the logo further on the web site forum.
Action Plan:
1. create a new brochures: Rebecca and Chuck will chair effort
2. create a new newsletter
3. Media committees
4. create business cards
Committee structures:
Program committee
Publicity/marketing
Membership/outreach committee
Fund Raising committee
Meeting Ended