MINUTES

i. Yac has resigned his position as the Financial Officer of SLAIG as well as his seat on the Board due to personal reasons. Today, Tim officially nominated Jeff Rezer for the vacant Board position and all Board members concurred.

ii. Vacancy of Financial Officer position and associated duties were discussed, as well as the role of the position of Vice President.

1. Decision: Margee Wolff to serve as Vice President. Keith Spencer to serve as Financial Officer. All concurred.

b. Current Business

i. SLAIG newsletter

1. Articles had been submitted from Tim, Jeff, Tia Carey and Chad. Fall newsletter not completed since last Board meeting in April, 2003, but is now 95% complete. Tim and Keith to put together ASAP.

2. Spring ’04 newsletter

a. Information to be included on Singing Lions spring tour and spring concert. Tentative date for spring concert is 4/24-4/25 weekend, but not definite.

3. Fall ’04 newsletter planned

ii. Future SLAIG Board meetings

1. 2^nd Annual SLAIG Board meeting

a. Same weekend as SL spring concert

2. Proposal to be considered for combined SL/SLAIG Board meeting over summer ’04.

3. Semi-Annual SLAIG Board meeting expected Fall ‘04

iii. Singing Lions Reunion

1. Tentatively scheduled for April, 2006 to coincide with 25-year anniversary of the Singing Lions/Pop Choir

iv. Financial Report (in lieu of Yac’s report)

1. Checking account set up at local State College bank

2. More to come from Keith via email to Board members

v. Yahoo group set up

1. PayPal set up as well

vi. SLAIG Logo

1. New logo adopted by Board members via email

2. Decision: Keith and Jeff to work on addition of text only logo to add to pictorial logo.

vii. Ohio State Tailgate Party

1. 1^st SLAIG social event

2. "Meet and Greet" SLAIG members and current SL group. Current group to perform!

3. Saturday, November 1^st, Penn State Hintz Family Alumni Center, 11:00 am-1:30 pm. Food/beverages provided. Info to be posted on web page

4. SLAIG Board members to call/email SLAIG members to inform of the event.

viii. SLAIG Mailing Address

1. Tim to contact Dana Allen in the Alumni Office for suggestions of permanent SLAIG address.

2. We may also consider using Waring Library, c/o Pete Kiefer address.

ix. SLAIG/SL donations and income from fundraising

1. Chad to contact Bill Turk (Thespian AIG alumnus) to inquire about how the Thespians handle monies.

x. Disappointments since last Board meeting

1. Membership Committee not active until past month

a. Tia Carey to lead and Keith Spencer to be actively involved in membership recruitment to meet SLAIG goal of growth.

b. (See later notes on teleconference with Tia Carey)

Report from Current SL Group (Chad Elder)

c. Theme for this year’s performances is "American Entertainment".

i. Fall show to include Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, Irving Berlin, Elvis Presley, Ragtime, etc. Expected length 60-75 minutes.

ii. Spring show to add Disney, Billy Joel and Fosse music. Expected length 90 minutes.

d. Spring Tour ‘04

i. Northeast route up to Maine

ii. Need connections in New York City area and Philly.

1. SLAIG to assist locating host families and potential show dates.

e. Proposal from Pete Keifer for Executive Steering Committee to help with strategic planning for current group. More on this later from Pete…

f. Open discussion on strategizing within current SL group.

Membership Committee Report (Tia Carey via teleconference)

g. Tia to head this committee now. Keith to be actively involved.

i. 3 other members on committee thus far.

h. Goal: 60 PSAA/SLAIG members by April, 2004.

i. Need for updated address database (Marg)

i. Newsletter to include request for any member information updates.

ii. For returned newsletters, track down these people once per year (Tim).

Finalize Strategic Planning

j. SEE ADDENDUM FOR COMPLETE FINALIZED STRATEGIC PLAN

k. Methods for getting people on committees

i. Send email to all SLAIG members via yahoo list to inform of opportunity to serve on committees.

ii. Target people who expressed interest on their initial membership forms

SLAIG Advisor Report (Pete Kiefer)

l. To come…

Webmaster’s Report (Jeff Rezer)

m. History of the Singing Lions on website

i. Marty Egna is serving as the SLAIG historian.

ii. Pete drafted a written history of the Singing Lions to be included on website

iii. SL history on website is to include photos, tour stories, music clips, etc.

n. SingingLions.com is now registered!

i. Jeff paid the registration fee for the next three years.

o. Web service currently free via Jeff’s company.

p. Troy Reish working closely with Jeff on registering SL people on the web page.

q. Jeff provided tour through the web page today. FANTASTIC JOB, JEFF!

SLAIG Board Elections (Sue)

r. Decision made today via unanimous vote to expand SLAIG Board by two additional positions as a temporary expansion during these "start-up" years.

i. Nominating committee to nominate the two candidates for the positions, who will be approved by SLAIG members by vote.

ii. Access to voting will be via online as well as included in newsletter mailing.

iii. Two additional Board position elections scheduled to coincide with SLAIG spring ‘04 newsletter.

iv. Two new Board positions will take their places on the Board at the Spring ’04 meeting, with terms expiring in two years.

s. Next SLAIG Board elections to take place Spring, 2005 and will consist of three seats of the current existing Board.

t. The subsequent SLAIG Board elections to take place Spring, 2006 and will consist of the remaining three seats of the current (at the time of these minutes) existing Board.