After due notice, a meeting of the board of
trustees of the Mad River Glen Cooperative was convened at 5:05 PM
on April 3, 2005
on the 3rd floor of the Basebox at Mad River Glen Ski Area in Fayston,
Vermont.
Trustees Jay Appleton, Deb Steines, Paul Finnerty,Rick Moulton, Bill
Reynolds, Steve Mackenzie, and Geordie Hall were present.Mary Schramke participated via
teleconference.Jed Kalkstein was
absent.Also present was President
Jamey Wimble as well as several shareholders.
CALL TO ORDER:
Jay Appleton called the meeting to order at 5:05 PM.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Mr. Reynolds
proposed the follow slate of officers for the coming year:
Jay Appleton – Chairman
Paul Finnerty –
Vice Chairman
Jed Kalkstein –
Treasurer
Deb Steines–
Secretary Upon motion duly
made by Bill Reynolds and seconded by Geordie Hall, it was unanimously VOTED: To
approve the recommended slate of candidates to be officers for the 05-06 board
of trustees’ year.
2005-06 CALENDAR The
following calendar was presented and agreed to:
MRG Board of Trustees Meeting
Schedule 2005/06
DATE
AGENDA – REQUIRED ITEMS
April 3, 2005
Elect Officers
Read Election
Results
May 14, 2005
Review and Approve:
·Pricing
·Annual
Budget
·Discuss/recommend/approve
GM Salary
Appoint
Committee Chairs
June 11, 2005
No Meeting
July 2, 2005
BBQ?
Solicit
Shareholder Comment
Single Chair
update
Other
outstanding items
August 13, 2005
No Meeting
September 10, 2005
Single Rebuild
and Financing
Other Items
October 1, 2005
Green and Gold
Town Meeting -
Solicit Shareholder Comment
November 12, 2005
Pre-Opening
Planning
Discuss
Patronage Rebate
December 10, 2005
Strategic Plan
Review
Other Items
December 30, 2005
Town
Meeting?This is a Friday.Christmas is a Sunday.
January 14, 2006
Other Items
February 11, 2006
Approve Slate of
Board Candidates
Approve Ballot
Questions
March 4, 2006
Annual Capital
Plan (funding) approval
General
Manager’s performance review
April 1, 2006
Shareholder
Annual Meeting
Most meetings are
the second Saturday of the month (facilitates preparation of financial
reports).Meetings begin at 8 am during the off-season, and at 5 PM
when the lifts are operating.
ELECTION RESULTS: As reported by
Paul Finnerty, Election Committee Chair:
983 - Ballots were
counted 18- were not counted for various reasons (unpaid dues,
preservation certificate holder, not a shareholder)
In State:Out-of-State:
728 – Rick Moulton731 –
Geordie Hall
440 – Steve
Mackenzie189
– Mark LaMont
323 – Ron Shems3 –
write-ins
306 – Collin
Rehkugler
9 – write-ins
Capital Question:
778 – in favor
178 – opposed
Mr. Finnerty will
review all the ballots and report comments from the opposed votes back to the
board.He will then destroy the ballots.
MEETING
MINUTES: Upon motion duly
made by Rick Moulton and seconded by Paul Finnerty, it was unanimously VOTED:Every year at the Secretary’s recommendation
a determination will be made whether the Secretary will take the minutes or the
co-op will hire a transcriber.
Deb Steines, the 2005-06 Secretary recommended that
the Secretary take the minutes this year. Steve Mackenzie questioned whether audio minutes
could be posted on the web.Jamey will
look into this.It was noted that
written minutes would still need to be posted for official records.
ADJOURNMENT
There was no action from the Executive
Session and, with no further business to come before the board, the meeting
adjourned at 5:30 PM.
Respectfully submitted, Debra Steines
A true record.ATTEST:__________________________________________
