Executive Board Meeting Agenda

 

January 28, 2024, 1:30pm to 5:00

At Cathy Shepherd’s place: 

2896 Knob Hill Dr SE, Atlanta GA 30339

404-314-7518

Board Members:

Bill Bridges: President, Publicity and Marketing, Books & Media 

Cathy Shepherd: Treasurer, Pres. Emeritus  

Roger Rudow: Vice President, Treasurer Committee

Page Dickey: Secretary

Van Waddy: Writing and Editing Committee, Com. Corner

Deborah Huntley: Program Committee    

Barbara (Zee) Gilman: Program Committee, Hospitality

Kristine Rudow: Program Committee  

Deb Herberger: Pres. Emeritus, Writing and Editing Committee, Com. Corner

Mahshid Irvani: Hospitality

Karen Herbert: CE Committee (outgoing)

 

INCOMING MEMBER (yay!) — Laura Knox

 

ABSENT: Liam Gowan (Publicity and Marketing)

RESIGNED: Peggy Sorrels due to moving. 

President’s Opening — The Faeries’ Oracle

Last year, we each drew a card from the Oracle d’OR deck, featuring the “noir” artworks of French Symbolist painter Odilon Redon. This year, I had originally planned to do a tarot reading with a related deck, but… synchronicities have changed my mind and focus. Instead, we will ask Brian Froud’s The Faeries’ Oracle for wisdom about the coming year for our society. 

Committee Reports

Presentation and Acceptance of Last Meeting’s Minutes — October 29, 2023 — Page

 

Treasury Report — Cathy

 

Program Committee Report — Deborah,  Zee, Kristine

Topic for discussion: Should we continue to schedule Fri/Sat lecture/workshop combo events? Our Ulanov workshop-only event did well. The Boulder Colorado Friends of Jung are also questioning this format, since they’re seeing large drop-offs post-Covid. James Hollis says that everybody is having this same problem.

 

IT/Admin Report — Cathy (for CJ)

 

CE Committee — Karen

Let’s all welcome our newest board member, Laura Knox. She has volunteered to help with CEUs. 

 

Promotion and Marketing — Bill

  • We should discuss publicity and how we can better get the word out. Should we form a publicity committee?
  • I have printed out 100 color flyers for our March event. Everybody: please take some of them to distribute to local businesses, libraries, etc. 

Books — Bill 

 

Library — Cathy   

 

Community Corner — Van, Deb

We all need to discuss website redesign. Is our site too cluttered with menu items that nobody goes to? Should we hire someone to rework it to highlight the upcoming event and the Community Corner better? Perhaps consider migrating the Community Corner to Facebook, a social network better designed to host conversations? Websites traditionally used forum software to host conversations, but those require constant moderation and are usually inundated with spam. 

Other Topics

  • New board members: How can we attract new members to the board? What positions do we need to fill?

Wrap Up

  • We need to set the date for our next board meeting.   

Reward — Game Time!

Once we’re done with our business, let’s game! I will bring Once Upon a Time, a “storytelling card game that encourages creativity and collaborative play. Players create a story together using cards showing typical elements from fairytales — like Prince, Forest, or Fairy.” I’ll explain the rules as we play, but if you want a sneak peek, here is a PDF of the rules:

And here is a 30-minute Youtube video of how it’s played, featuring Wil Wheaton (who played Ensign Wesley Crusher on Star Trek: The Next Generation):

I’m curious how The Faeries’ Oracle we opened our meeting with will inform the game. If anyone “wins” the game before we break for dinner, we can then put on our Marie-Louis von Franz thinking-caps and analyze the fairytale we created through a Jungian lens.