Board Activities

Publications report: Susan Witter goes first, as a courtesy, and Ken joins us.

A press run of 1,300 Scantlings costs us about $1,000. The image quality issue will be addressed by changing printers and technologies, for only a small upcharge, say 10%. Ken says it's really a wash, cost-wise. No objections were raised.

Susan asks if there should be more info in the Membership Directory about TTRAG and its activities. General discussion ensued. The long answer was 'maybe'. Rudy and Laura will pull something modest together on short notice.

Extra copies of the Directory will be available at a nominal charge.

General discussion of the concept of advertisements in the Membership Directory. It was discussed at the face to face, and the approval in principal stands. Adverts will be in the back of the book, not including the inside front cover. Ok'd by the Board as a one year experiment. Not every Board member was completely comfortable with advertising in the Membership Directory.

The Board approves in principal, and thanks Susan for her efforts, above and beyond.

(As an aside it was suggested that the last five years of the CPA's report be placed on the web.)

Subscription Drive for The Journal (10 subscriptions for $150) will be splashed in the June Scantlings. Chris Madigan is spearheading this effort.

Some renewed discussion of the concept of publishing Scantlings 12 tmes a year.

Web site
Much discussion and congratulations about the new look and new features of www.tfguild.org.

It was decided to implement the Classifieds on the web page behind the veil of the Members Only page. For the time being.

Calendar Project
Is there Board assent to the calendar concept as proposed by Curtis Milton? Yes. Ken Rower stepped forward to administer the photo acquisition and selection.

CD Project
About 240 pages of the Journal would need to be scanned to complete the set for the CD we said we wanted to publish. Joel will continue to look for better service and lower costs from the scanning houses.

Design Competition Andrea will ask the sole inquirer after the Design Competition Coordinator's position to formulate a proposal for that activity. Good ideas were flowing freely. A smaller group will form to get this thing off the ground with a new vitality. Rudy, Andrea, Tom and Debbie Koenig.

Sandy Bennett joins. 8:47.

Resource Directory Proposal will come from Joel to the Board at the next conference call, or perhaps the one after than.

Orders
Michele is fully up to speed in the Becket office. Which is good since Will is teaching in California this week.

Future Projects
A notice from Paul Cooper that the Makah Indians up in NorthWest Washington State look like a rich bed of event and building opportunity for us. He will be in touch. The Board smiles upon this.

Rudy Christian announces a potential event for a building to support a therapeutic community with a big barn rehab/restoration project. Ravenna, Ohio. Late next year. The Board smiles upon this, also.

Fairlee report indicates that things are falling into place.

Next Board Face-to-Face meeting will be the Wednesday before the conference, which has a scheduling conflict. Joel will check with Fairlee about other available dates.

NH Office financing proposal was accepted without too much discussion.

Employment Agreement was mentioned once again, but not acted upon again.

Next Full Board call on Thursday, July 8, at 7:30pm EDT.

All adjourn except for the Nominating Committee.