Keep Athens-Clarke County Beautiful (KACCB) Board

Meeting notes 1/10/24 KACCB Board Meeting Notes - Introductions and new member welcome o Joe C. – new MBA fellow - First item is to approve October & November (Board Retreat) Minutes o Motion to approve James A. o Seconded by Brian S. - Joe H. Treasurer’s report o $57.968 K o Moved to new higher rate CD o Checking slightly lower than normal but not an issue o Green life award come from sponsorship donors before being distributed by KACCB o Big expenses were River’s Alive - another passthrough o 2 successful plantings for bulbs reflected as well. o Questions or Comments? None o Motion to approve treasurers repot  Made by Michelle  Approved by Angela - Stacy on exec director’s report o Sent out snapshot o 26 new members and $1,680 GA Gives fundraiser o Ramp planting done on Tallassee  20K bulbs planted w 62 volunteers o Revenue & expenditures context: just for Nov & Dec so that is why it doesn’t exactly match Joe’s reporting (due to time delays) o Second Kingery Foundation donation for $500 not reflected on revenue o Thank you to Dave and Nathan for helping at the chipper site over the weekend. Trees can be brought until mid-January (insert options here).  Getting more trees and will be doing GA Arbor day on Feb. 16th w partnership w community tree council at Athentic Brewing (trees + beer). o Stacy requesting green life funds earlier this year for 3 awards. Request to approve up to $600 award  Jackie motions  James seconded  Approved  Winners are unknown at this point. Board does BBotY. Will coordinate with committee chair o Questions?  No - Jackie & Stacy idea to postpone committee reports (due to holiday break) and until after we have the opportunity to reconvene with groups.  o Need to establish a chair for the committee. - Events o Special focus on St. Patty’s day and who will spearhead that committee - Outreach & PR o Angela is chair. - Doing upcoming events and then committee breakouts o MLK Day of Service, January 15  25 sites, 85 slots are full. Go online ASAP to sign-up (Fri. deadline if you want to participate). Walk up registration may be allowed, but site selection is unlikely if you choose this option.  Examples: invasive species removal, beautification, land trust, acceptance recovery, JJ Harris & Barrow schools, humane society, animal services, etc.  All projects 10AM – noon. o Stonehenge Neighborhood Cleanup, January 20  5th neighborhood cleanup – residents at no cost allowed to dispose of tires, furniture, scrap metal, bulky items, etc.  Pockets of litter within the neighborhood cleaned up as well  8AM – noon  Also in Creekside Manor o GA Arbor Day, February 16 o Litter Abatement Steering Committee, February 16  Location TBD o Green Life Award and Art Submission Deadline, March 1  Theme is climate champions for art in various media o St. Paddy’s Day Event, March 17  Day reserved with Terrapin. Additional information forthcoming o Tire Round Up Event, March 26 to April 1  Can bring up to 6 tires to the landfill or CHARM with no charge o Green Life Awards, April 24  Located at Botanical Gardens. Attendance is encouraged.  Link will be provided for nominations  Accgov.greenlife o Trying to schedule litter cleanup. Doodle poll will be sent out after MLK Day  We hit our goal of 4 litter cleanups for 2023 as the board - Motion to finish the meeting o Motion to adjourn by Angela o Seconded by Nathan o Passed  Business/Industry Updates o Lauren staying on as a fellow, Adam starting now as a fellow, and another MBA fellow coming soon. o Nathan will be the committee Chair o BBotM - follow up items  Gather resources to go in the BBotM winner welcome packets, and we will ask members to share the link monthly  Criteria for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Needed & Inaugural Class  Be a winner during the year (or nominated multiple times)  Be a member  Look at longer term incentives  Sponsor them or host an awareness event somehow  Award given out at Green Life Business Award  Can we reward winners with packages for event tickets?  Something better than information  Win twice within a five-year period and nominated for BBotM at least once annually.  Award is a recycled version of a metal daffodil statue/yard art (our bulldog) plus tickets?  Discuss current 3-year rule with larger group  Lauren will be creating guidelines for this and a nice plaque by EOM  Deadline for each month will be first Wednesday of the first week of each month. We will send out the link before monthly meetings and remind members to vote during the meeting.  Can we give the BBotM winners a social media template to share, marketing kit, more board members delivering award, ensuring the owner is present, Flagpole ads etc. to make winners stickier.  Other Items  Follow up on what kind of analytics do we have over our social media views  Can the PR committee provide details  Do we have fundraising target for new business memberships?  Focus of February meeting is how to make goals smarter.  START SENDING the business letter.  Events Committee Updates o Discussed getting the ball rolling on planning the St. Paddy's Day Fundraiser at Terrapin. Brainstormed some ideas and action items for the event this year and highlighted what went well last year. o Setting another meeting before the next board meeting with updates.  The Outreach Committee updates are as follows: o Update Live Where You Live Grant outreach materials – flyers, social media posts o Once updated, distribute around town – library o Approved River Oaks Neighborhood LWYL Grant – Jackie emailed them o Courtney will set a meeting with Stacy about creating content for social media o Committee discussed idea of encouraging community to use Marine Debris Tracker app during month of April – more to come on this idea o Committee discussed how to reach Latin community, maybe tabling at LatinX or another event