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April 29, 2018-Meeting Minutes

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ATLANTA JUNG SOCIETY BOARD MEETING

Date and Time: Sunday, April 29, 2018 – 2:00 – 5:00PM

Location:  The Link Counseling Center

348 Mount Vernon Hwy

Atlanta GA 30328

2:15 PM Meeting called to order (Z)

  1. Opening Poem (Jennifer Hayes) “A Ritual to Read to Each Other” by William Stafford

APPROVAL OF JANUARY BOARD MEETING MINUTES

  1. Deborah asked about Don on pg. 2- Cathy clarified it was Don Tyner
  2. A couple titles were missing: August- Ida B Wells, Mary McCloud Bethune, Malissa Alberta Jackson Meeks: Desolation, Invention and Bearing Witness to Hope and September- Contemporary Dream Theory and Understanding – Freud, Jung, Bion, and Beyond
  3. December- one night lodging not two
  4. Minutes were approved with these corrections.

TREASURER’S REPORT (Don)

  1. Budget is done through April to give us an idea of how we are doing
  2. Cathy noted we are ahead of budget with dues.
  3. Don noted we are down $1, 379 for 3300 Event Fee and down $1, 375 overall.
  4. We have spent a little less for expenses then what we have budgeted.  
  5. Don mentioned postcards are a major expense ~$1,000 per event.  He would like to pare down the mailing list by 300.  This must be done through QuickBooks and would take some time.  Bill did not know of anyone.  Cathy said she would ask someone she knows who works with QuickBooks.
  6. Vanguard has stayed around the same balance for the past year.  Don said he should probably move some things around, but is not well schooled on bonds.
  7. Treasurer’s report was approved.

FRONT DESK REGISTRATION (Jennifer)

  1. Jennifer and Jayden are planning to be at all the upcoming events.  Karen and McAllison will also be present.  Jennifer and Jayden will not be there the Friday night in October (it’s Jayden’s birthday ☺ )  Karen and Mcallison will also not be there in October (She will be at school).
  2. Deborah noted there were will be no charge for this upcoming meeting.  However, getting names and emails of non-members could be helpful.
  3. Don asked front desk members be sure to make sure people who say they are members are in fact members.

PROGRAMS (Deborah & Cathy)

  1. May 19
    The 10 Gifts from Jung to Help a Crazy Time, Jack and Helen Graham 
    Saturday 7:30 p.m.-10:00

Mahshid cannot be there.  Cathy has volunteered to do hospitality.  If others are willing to help, reach out to Cathy.

Deborah shared how the Charleston Jung Society sat at card tables for the meeting.  They do a social hour before the meeting with wine and hors d’oeuvres.  Deborah suggested this could be fun to do one meeting.  Z brought up liability being an issue.  Deborah said she would ask Charleston about how to do this.  Z said she would check on the liability.

Deborah asked about making more bookmarks.  We agreed this would be a good idea to do for the programs for the rest of the year.  We will have 200 more made.

Cathy will ask Jack if he wants a formal introduction.  If he does, she volunteered to do it.

Cathy will ask Jack about seating arrangement (circle, semi-circle, or rows)

  1. June 16
    Jutta von Buchholtz, PhD
    Searching for the Father in Myths and Fairy Tales
    Saturday 7:30 p.m.-10:00

Introduction: Karen

  1. July 21
    Jerry Wright, DMin

Reimaging God and Religion from a Jungian Perspective
Saturday 7:30 p.m.-10:00

Introduction: Cathy will ask Tudda.  Deb offered to be a backup.

  1. August 18
    Catherine Meeks, PhD
    Ida B Wells, Mary McCloud Bethune, Malissa Alberta Jackson Meeks: Desolation, Invention and Bearing Witness to Hope
    Saturday 7:30 p.m.-10:00

Introduction: Van

  1. September 15
    Joe McFadden

Contemporary Dream Theory and Understanding – Freud, Jung, Bion, and Beyond
Saturday 7:30 p.m.-10:00

Introduction: Cathy will ask Peggy if she will do it.

  1. Workshop Discussion- Do we need four a year?  Or would we want to do shorter ones?

We used to do 3 workshops plus the retreat.

  • Feedback: Karen said she enjoys the workshops.  Jennifer said she enjoys it when they are workshops, not lectures.  Deborah said she always requests for experiential elements, but sometimes the speakers don’t actually do this.
  • Karen suggested doing 2 shorter workshops (9 AM-1 PM) and 2 longer ones.  Don suggested this could be good since we would have a new data point to see if this affected people’s attendance.  Deborah said we would try this next year.
  • The group was interested in having Steve Buser do a lecture and workshop.
  • Jennifer said David Bedrick in Santa Fe, NM would also be a good choice for a workshop.
  1. Sound Glitches- any way to make this not so much of a wild card? Becca used the earpiece, which worked better than all the ones before.  Don said the sound is as good as it is going to get.
  • Don is recording, but he stopped selling them online because no one was buying.
  1. Computer- PowerPoint and Images- Cathy asked- should we purchase a computer?  The problem seems to be that speakers don’t know how to hook their computers up to the projector.
  • Deborah shared that David Solem had shared the Jung Society in New Mexico has their own computer.  This allows for consistency.
  • Bill and Deborah agreed to research options.

BOOK SALES (Deb and Bill)

  1. Deb asked about Book Expenses on the treasurer report ($1, 240).  Deb shared that she attempted to make some purchases in December, but the sale did not go through until January.  She clarified that she did not need to be concerned about the budget.  Don agreed and said they can buy as much as they want, if they are selling.
  2. Inventory- Bill shared that there are books that haven’t moved in a while.  Those may be worth discounting.  Chiron recently sent some books that were overstocked.  Bill is going to sell those at the next events. We sold out of The Red Book readers at Becca Tarnas’ event.  We are going to re-stock these as soon as they are back in print.  Deb suggested we check with Chiron.
  3. Cathy asked if we have any books at home.  No one said yes.  Bill does have some CDs at home that he will bring in since the CD stock is now lower.
  4. Bill asked if we could get some new storage crates.  The ones we have are cracked.  On Amazon, you can get 6 for $130.  The board agreed for Bill to purchase these.
  5. Deb asked for Bill’s help in purchasing books.  Bill asked that Deb send her an email with a list of books she’s interested in buying.  Deborah, Z, and Karen expressed interest in the Toni Wolff and C.G. Jung book.  Deborah suggested getting 25 of Jerry Wright’s book if we can return the books.
  6. Catherine Meeks edited a book that is on Amazon.  Bill asked Deborah if she could ask if she has a connection with Morehouse and if we could get the books at a discounted rate.

MEDIA/ SOCIAL MEDIA/ FACEBOOK (Bill)

  1. Jennifer shared that when she asks, people say they heard of JSA through Facebook.  Bill suggested boosting it from $35 to $45 to see if that would have an effect.  The board took a vote and unaminously agreed to do this.    
  2. Bill talked about Amazon Smile.  It’s set up for charities.  Don said that JSA has an account with Amazon.  Bill found JSA on Amazon Smile.  Don is going to look into this and advertise this in the newsletter.

ATTENDANCE (Don)

  1. Don passed out the attendance sheet.  Karen noted that we are doing as well or better than last year.  Deborah reminded the board that this April makes it a year since we have been meeting at the new space.

MEMBERSHIP DATA BASE (Jennifer)

  1. Jennifer had no comments. 

NEWSLETTER/WEB (Don)

  1. Don shared that he got some feedback from his email.  Jennifer offered doing an article.  Cathy suggested asking our upcoming speakers.  Deborah said she would ask them.
  2. Deb offered to do a music review on 2 CDs (John Prine “The Tree of Forgiveness” and Willie Nelson “Last Man Standing”).

   

PUBLICITY (Cathy)

  1. Cathy expressed difficulty with putting out postcards.  They are too big.  They are also very expensive.
  2. Cathy sent info on Becca and Honora to NPR.  Nothing has materialized.  She is also going to send info on Catherine Meeks.
  3. Deborah suggested advertising this next event on Atlanta Planit.  They do some advertising on the radio.  Cathy said she is not sure how to do this without paying a lot of money ($6,000/month).
  4. Cathy put our name in to do the Georgia Public Television telethon.
  5. Cathy asked for suggestions on where to advertise.  Bill suggested she look into Hometown News.  Jennifer suggested the book fair in Decatur over Memorial Day Weekend.

HOSPITALITY

  1. Deborah asked for more variety with the things that are brought.  Z said she would follow up with Mahshid on this.
  2. Jennifer offered to bring homemade food for this next meeting.  Jennifer: Email Cathy with what you are willing to bring.

NEW BUSINESS

  1. Survey: Cathy asked if we would want to do a survey for this next meeting.  Don said he is interested in two things: asking about referral source and asking if a 9AM-1PM workshop would make any difference.  Cathy said we could also do raised hands beforehand.
  2. Policy for when people want their money back: Z shared this woman was upset because David Solem didn’t show the movie.  We gave the money back as a one-time thing.
  3. New Volunteer, Jay, who is helping with nametags.   He is a member.  Friday, Jay can get in free.  Saturday he has to pay.

5:10 PM Adjourn

Next Meeting Date: Sunday, July 22 from 2-5 PM

ATTENDANCE

Z Gilman, President

Jennifer Hayes, Membership, Front Desk Registration

Karen Hebert, Secretary

Don Huntley, Treasurer, A/V Coordinator, Newsletter Editor, Website, Postcards, Emails

Cathy Shepherd, Publicity, Member Programming Committee, LINK Counseling Center Liaison

Deborah Huntley, Chair of Programming Committee, Sandy Springs Christian Church Liaison, Helps with Newsletter

Van Waddy, CEU Coordinator

Deb Herberger, Bookstore and Phone

Bill Bridges, Media / Facebook Publicity Coordinator (via phone)

Not in Attendance:

Peggy Sorrells, Vice President

Mahshid Irvani, Hospitality

Bob White, Bookstore

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