Minutes – APRA-VA Meeting – 04/14/04

The spring 2004 meeting of the Virginia Chapter of APRA was held on April 14 at The Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond. There were about 28 people in attendance. After a continental breakfast and morning networking session, Dr. Russell A. Cargo, Executive Director of the Nonprofit Enterprise Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University, spoke on “Ethics and Prospect Research.” After lunch, Chris Pipkins, Director of Prospect Research at James Madison University, talked about how to “Elevate the Role of Research: Gift Tables and Prospect Management.” He was followed by a short business meeting.

The business meeting was called to order by President Claudia Brookman.

Committee reports:

Executive:

• Claudia Brookman and Interim Vice President Chris Pipkins alerted those present that the MARC scholarship deadline, open to all members, is this Friday. The scholarship covers most of the MARC conference fee. More information is available on the website.

• Claudia Brookman announced that this is her last year as President. Any members interested in being nominated for the board should contact Chris Pipkins. They are looking for new ideas.

Program:

• Claudia Brookman announced that the fall APRA-VA meeting will be a mini-conference on October 14^th at Virginia Commonwealth University. This will be the 10^th anniversary of APRA-VA. Past presidents of both APRA-VA and of APRA International are coming. APRA International board president Julie Yurko is confirmed as a speaker. Program Chair Tricia Ambler needs other speaker suggestions.

Secretary:

• Chris Pipkins reported on behalf of Christine Lockmon that the October 2003 meeting minutes are available on the website. Since no one had any changes or corrections, a motion to approve the minutes was presented, seconded and passed without objection.

Treasurer:

• John Thelin reported the current balance in the chapter treasury ($5,???), and how it compared to previous years.

Publicity:

• Chris Pipkins reported that the web site contains a robust job page. Please notify him when posted positions are filled so he can remove them from the listing.

Membership

• Dottie Little reported that chapter membership is now at 90 members, but some members may have moved out of the area for job changes.

Claudia Brookman asked the membership if there were any issues that needed to be addressed. Hearing none, a motion to adjourn was made and seconded.

Respectfully submitted,

Andrea Caserta on behalf of Christine Lockmon, Secretary