TBYR Board Meeting – Draft Agenda

January 5, 2011 6:30pm Meeting called by Andrew Dorsey - TBYR President

Location: Thomas King’s office in YBOR: Vanguard Real Estate.1701 N 14th St. Tampa Fl 33605

Attendees: __

Start Time -_6:30 PM___ Roll Call

N/A President’s Report 1. Effective Board Communication

2. Florida Federation of Young Republicans

3. Incorporation – Name 4. Coordination with other Young Professional

Groups 5. City Council and Mayoral Races

6. REC 7. Board Involvement

8. Membership Value

9. TBYR Academy

5 Min Vice – President’s Report

5 Min Treasurer’s Report 1. Fundraising initiatives and goals.(We need to

bring to light how important finances are to an effective organization and how we are in a very

poor financial state.) 2. Possible membership dues increase.

3. Membership audit and creating a master

membership list. 4. Membership drive and incentives. Possible

reduced dues for current members that recruit new members.

5 Min Secretary’s Report

15 Min TBYR Direction and Development

a. Open Forum Discussion for Ideas and Areas of Opportunities for the club and members

1:15 Min Committee Reports

a. Political Affairs – Michael Sevi 1. Speakers - Schedule / Contacts. 2. Holiday Gala Big Speakers. 3. Do we want to do a Dinner Series? 4. Political Bloggers and Editorials. 5. Charter Review Board and TBYR Activism Beyond Campaigning

b. Social – Amanda Beck

1. Calendar Overview

2. Meet and Greet Location 3. Christmas Gala

4. Social Budget c. Communications Director - Ashley Intartaglia –

1. Strengthening our email blast list.

2. Articles from bloggers and other TBYR members for the Compass. 3. Making relationships with local bloggers.

4. Strengthening Compass subscription and readership. d. Community Affairs – Adam D. Smith

e. Marketing – Jonathan Torres 1. New outlets/mediums

2. Promotional lead time for events

3. How can we increase distribution/reach? 4. Financing/fundraising/advertising

5. Tracking results/analytics 6. Social media workshop

7. Ideas for current outlets (Facebook, twitter, blog)

f. Membership – Seth Hoffman 1. New Membership and Membership Renewal Plans

2. Events 3. Prospect Marketing

4. Dues Collection

g. Religious Affairs – Oleg Bynzar

1. Encourage local religious leaders to get involved in our organization a) contact them by email, mail and personal visit

b) invite them to come and lead the prayer at our monthly meetings 2. Participate at their charitable events

3. Add local faith leaders to a mailing list, send them our analysis clarifying our

stand on the current religious issues. 4. Possibly have a religious awareness day, when local leaders of various

denominations can come and tell us about their community, their issues...etc. h. Website – AJ Dorsey

1. New Website

2. Blogging Opportunities 3. Membership Subscription Based Modeling

4. Newsletter Cost Elimination 5. Online E-Voting Preparation for Summer 2010 Elections

6. TBYR Board Training on Website Utilization Including Training Sessions 7. Twitter and Facebook Utilization and Trends

8. Private Facebook “Group” for members only.

9. Biographies of All Board Members for TBYR Website 10. Online Payments / Contributions

11. The Right Voice 12. Community Compass publication on TBYR website for historical record

3 Min HCRP News Reagan Day Dinner – N/A Old Business N/A New Business N/A Adjournment