GVHSF MINUTES 01-12-1998
Golden Valley Human Services Foundation
Minutes of the January 12, 1998 Meeting
Golden Valley City Offices, Council Conference Room
Members Present:, Hilmer Erickson, Bob Lang, Gloria Johnson, Sharon Mattison, , Sue Virnig, Robbin
Rouillard, , Joyce Doerffler, Elissa Heilicher, Jeff Hansen
Members Absent, Rod Wooten, Duane Wosje, Bob Blenkush has officially resigned from the board.
Meeting was called to order at 7: 10 PM by Bob Lang
Jeff Hansen was introduced to the commission as the newest member. He is an investment broker who is
active in charitable and fund raising activities. He also has a background in graphic arts.
Minutes: Hilmer Erickson moved and Sharon Mattison seconded the motion to approve the minutes of
December 8,97. Passed unanimously.
Commission members introduced themselves to Jeff. We discussed Bobs resignation. He has accepted the
board chair for Second Harvest Food Bank.
Marketing Plan Ideas - Robbin reviewed a plan for marketing activities for the commission including a
general brochure and golf materials. The group approved expense for stock brochure materials. Robbin
will continue with the plan and submit layout and initial copy at the next meeting.
Golf Tournament: The group discussed revising the participation levels for this years tournament
scheduled for September 12th. It was agreed that we would offer the following levels:
Tournament Sponsor: $3,000.00-Called out as the overall sponsor in all communications
Corporate Sponsor: $1,000.00 - 4 golfers, hole named for you plus the t-marker
Hole Sponsor: $500.00 4 golfers and hole named for you
Cart Sponsor: $75.00 cart - cart named for you
Elissa moved and Gloria approved the new levels.
We will send letters out to the past sponsors and contributors with in the next two months. We will also
review the schedule for all events at the next meeting.
Fun Run- Mark from Golden Valley joined us as a runner to give his perspective. Discussion of date
change to May 2nd. Even though it has been printed in one publication, it was determined that we would
confirm the 2nd. Robbin moved and Gloria seconded.
We discussed adding the 10 K to the 5K which would attract more serious runners. We will notify past
runners of the confirmed date. We determined that a long sleeve shirt would be more appropriate for
spring and Jeff will review shirt designs and graphic ideas. Sue will check prices on long sleeve vs short
sleeve shirts as well as Elissa. Sharon and Elissa will check with past sponsors for interest in
participating with food contributions. We will review at our next meeting.
Meeting adjourned at approximately 8:30pm.