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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Corpus Christi Convention & Visitor Bureau - 09/30/1992 Ga �sI,ND MINUTES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING OF THE CORPUS CHRISTI AREA CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU 3 : 00 p.m. Chamber of Commerce board room Wednesday, September 30, 1992 2nd. floor Item I. Call To Order (Al Jones) 3 : 05 p.m. Item II. Roll Call Al Jones asked Patty Rangel, recording secretary, to call the roll. Directors Attending: Al Jones, presiding LeRoy Fuglsang, Cathy Harrison, Lillian Murray, Shirley Pagan, Richardo Sanchez , Berney Seal, Eugene Urban, Stern Feinberg, Roy Mayo. Absent: Bill Pruet, Barbara Sheppard, Erich Wendt, and Ed Garza. Attending Staff: Rob Earley, Sam Poteet, Kelle Clark, Barbara Cooper, Rebecca Esparza, Lou Garcia, Kim Lemley, Patty Rangel, Ann Marie Pavelka, Ed Persall, Kris Potter, Elena Ramirez , Crystal Revell, Pat Rousseau, Dana Stephens, Ellen Walker. Item III. Motion to approve minutes. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: The minutes of the Annual Meeting of August 26th were readiand approved on a motion made by Berney Seal and seconded by Leroy Fuglsang. Item IV. Discussion of by-laws ammendment. Al Jones opened for discussion a proposed by-laws ammednment regarding the CCACVB, Board of Directors members category requirements. After considerable discussion it was proposed to change the current requirements to the following: Three members from the "Hotels/Motels and Condominiums" class, Three members from "general business" class, Three members from the "at large" class, Two members from the "Attractions" class, Two members from the "restaurants" class, One member from the "Air/Ground transportation" class and One member representing the Area Council. Staff was directed to draft the changes for review at the next board meeting. (no motion for action was taken) SCANNED Corpus Christi Area Convention & Visitors Bureau w�� 1201 N.Shoreline, R 0. Box 2664,Corpus Christi.Teas 78403-2664 USA NAB (512)882-5603, 1-800-678-OCEAN, FAX: (512)882-4256 „�� Item V. Discussion of Lease for Van. • Al Jones asked Sam Poteet to give the Board a report on this item, concerning the lease agreement tabled from the last Board meeting. Sam reported that one lease agreement had been offered verbaly and one agreement offered by contract. The contract lease was the low bid and was from Bob Lacy Ford, Inc. On a motion made by Shirley Pagan and seconed by Leroy Fuglsang, all board members agreed to award the lease to Bob Lacy Ford, Inc. Mr. Jones directed that the lease be reviewed by CCACVB counsel prior to signature. Item VI . Discussion of Employee Health Insurance plan. (Tabled from last meeting) . Mr. Jones had requested that Erich Wendl, Ed Garza and Pat Rousseau meet to discuss the plans offered by the respective agents of the Health Insurance program and report to the board their findings. Pat Rousseau reported that she had met with the board appointed committee and the plan had been reviewed to the satisfaction of the committee. Pat also reported that the benefits of the plan would be the same but the dollor amount of premimun would increase per employee. The question of Lexington employees being on the insurance plan was raised by Al Jones. Rob Earley reported that Lex employees could be added at a later date if the Lex board approved the plan and requested the Bureau board approve their request. The Bureau board approved bureau employees being transferred to the Humanna plan effective November 1, 1992 . On a motion made by Eugene Urban and seconded by Leroy Fuglsang to accept the Humanna plan, the motion passed. Item VII . Appointment of Lexington board member. Al Jones called for a vote from the CCACVB Board to approve the recommendation of Mr. Jeff Jung to the Lexington Board of Directors made by Mr. Joe Jessel. On a motion made by Berney Seal and seconded by Shirley Pagan the motion passed unanimously. Item VIII. Appointment of Chairman of Marketing Committee. Al Jones recommended to the Board that board member, Ms. Lillian Murray, be appointed as chairman to the marketing committee. The Board unanimously approved the appointment. 4 Item IX. Committee report on Los Barcos. Ms. Lillian Murray reported that several areas of concern remained regarding the use, qualifications, etc. of the fund. After considerable discussion from all board members, it was decided that Eugene Urban and Lillian Murray would draft the criteria for use of the funds and report to the board at the next meeting. Rob Earley related to the board the need to create an account for the funds, removing them from the CVB account. The board agreed this sould be done and appointed Al Jones, Lillian Murray and Eugene Urban to be the signatories for the fund. Item X. Radification of 9-14-92 motion to grant a loan the Sesquicentennial Committee in the amount of $2 , 700. 00. Re: Los Barcos Funds Motion carried unanimously. Item XI. Review of Financial Statements. Pat Rousseau handed out financial statements to all board members and reviewed the report and charts with the board members. Pat also gave her report on the IRS audit and the CVB audit currently in progress. Item XII . Staff Reports: All members of the Senior staff gave their respective reports and handouts to the Board of Directors. All reports were accepted by the board. Al Jones notified the board that in the absense of Barbara Sheppard, the Area Council representative, her report to the board would be placed in the minutes for review at the next meeting. Concerning the report, Sam Poteet informed the board of the need to reappoint or approve the current area council representatives as recommended in the report. No action was taken. Al Jones initiated a discussion item from the previous meeting concerning the boards adoption of a plan to establish guidlines for an executive committee of the Board of Directors. After lengthly discussions the board determined that the executive committee be made up as followes: The President, the immediate past President, the Vice President, the Secretary/Treasurer, the Marketing Chairman and one member at large. A discussion from various board members sugested a need for a finance committee as well. The discussion, concerning both issues, was tabled until the next meeting for further consideration. 00400-04 heta a Al Jones made the statement, that the board was still involved in the search process for a new CEO for the Bureau and there would be interviews with prospectives, held in Corpus Christi, over the next few weeks. Mr. Jones further stated that there had been no decission made by the board at this point and directed all members to dispell any and all rumors aluding to any predetermined appointment to the position. Item XIII. Closed Session. (No Action taken by the board) Item XIV. Adjournment There being no further business at this time, the meeting adjourned at 5: 30 p.m. Patty Rangel Recording Secretary sM Ca J v„/y/ ^" sM �^m t G opeeke OCT 1992 „ „„„o M RECEIVED CITY SECRETARY'S' OFFICE s October 19 , 1992 TO: All Board Members FROM: Sam Poteet SUBJECT: Board Minutes of September 30, 1992 Please find enclosed a copy of the September 30, 1992 Board of Directors Meeting Minutes. With all of the department reports enclosed in your Board packet this month, I somehow did not get the copies to Dottie for enclosure. Sorry forthe inconvenience. , ////n////////Poteet Sa Executive Vice President SP/das Enclosure Corpus Christi Area Convention & Visitors Bureau pp������pp 1201 N. Shoreline, 1? 0. Box 2664. Corpus Christi.Texas 784032664 USA Grp (512)882-5603, 1-800-678-0CEAN, FAX: (512)882-4256