2018 November

Agenda
Item

Discussion
and Action

Follow-Up

Opening

• Chrys called the
  meeting to order at 7:09pm

Guests

• None

Approval
of Minutes

• Richard
  made a motion to approve. Laura seconded.

Approved
unanimously.

Executive
Director’s Report

• CBS
  – Looks likely to televise the event in 2019. Discussing amount
  of commercial time during Parade. Pending signing of contract.

• Trulieve
  signed on at $20k level sponsor

• Parade
  route will be under construction due to pier. Parade will go down
  Beach Dr N instead of Bayshore.

  • Suggested
    using sky walks

  • Meet with the
    Mayor to discuss options

Treasurer’s
Report

• Savings
  

• Checking
  

• Brokerage
  

(report
unavailable currently.

Associate
Board Report

• No report

Committee
Reports

• Governance

  • Met
    past week to update bylaws. At end of revision, specialized
    attorney to review.

  • Some
    info in bylaws will be moved into board member agreement.

• Scholarship
  / Community Grant Program:

  • Grant
    process will be streamlined on the online portal

    • Categories
      for grants:

    • Non-profits,
      artists, etc. 

    • Annual
      budget (small, medium and large)

    • Who
      do they cater to? (children, health, LGBTQ+, HIV/AIDS, etc. 

  • Questionnaire
    of why they would like funds and how much they are requesting 

  • Perhaps
    if they are awarded $$$ they may fulfill in-kind obligations to
    us, such as volunteering or promoting our events through their
    channels

  • Should
    we give out a fixed amount of money or % of our budget?

  • Determine
    at our next grant meeting by reviewing the average of how much
    we’ve given out the last three years

  • Always
    want to have good PR with our grants, making them public

  • Documentation
    to be reviewed by third party

  • Finance
    committee to be looped in once more structure is in place

  • Application
    process and repeated/ongoing grants

• Concert

  • Met
    and submitted top 4 list to inquire about availability

  • Put
    structure around Battle of the Bands

  • Will
    also discuss

• Trans
  Advocacy & Events

  • No
    update

• Financial
  Committee

• Ad
  Hoc Committee

  • Grand
    Marshal – Asking for community input

  • Location
    for Announcement Party

    • St
      Pete Yacht Club

    • St
      Pete History Museum

    • The Getaway
      (Marina District)

Old
Business

• Correspondence

• 2018
  5k

• 2018
  Cruise (or 2019?)

New
Business

• Upcoming
  Events

  • Red
    & Green (12/1/18)

  • Taste
    of Pride (3/2/19)

  • Grand
    Marshall Announcement (April)

  • Florida
    Pride Schedule Update

• Pride Feedback
  Survey – Richard offered to take lead

Adjournment

• Meeting
  Adjourned

• Next meeting will
  be 12/11/18 7pm-9pm