IKV Heart of Honor
Meeting Minutes
February 10, 2019
General Business:
- The meeting was called to order at 1:09 PM
- Everyone except for Doyle was in attendance.
- Minutes from the January meeting were read and approved.
- Benjamin reported $53 in the ship's treasury.
New Business:
- Banners:
- Quartermaster Diane completed the sewing on the banners.
- The banners have been turned over to Revolution Vinyl Graphics for imprinting.
- Diane showed some trim for the bottom of the banners that can be added at a later date.
- Recruiting Brochure:
- Jim presented the crew with a B/W copy of the new recruiting brochure along with a full color digital version.
- Jamie suggested changes to include spreading out the lettering on the Klingon Blade font headings for easier reading as well as some changes to the letter shadowing. Jim said he would do what could be done.
- Erik quoted printing at @$.50/copy for full color copying without the folding. It was decided that folding could be done by the crew.
- Other printing sources were checked and prices were either the same or higher. It was decided to go with Erik's offer.
- The full color sample and print file is available on our Google Drive.
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| Front of Recruiting Brochure |
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| Back of Recruiting Brochure |
- Business Cards:
- Jim presented a proposed design for the ship's business card. Everyone approved the design and cards will be ordered from VistaPrint; 500 for $36 plus shipping.
- The crew authorized Jim to use funds from the treasury to cover the cost of the cards.
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| Business Card Front |
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| Business Card Back |
- Costuming:
- Jamie has been shopping for materials for her group.
- Erik has gathered materials for his costume and is working on details.
- Diane found a gold colored burlap fabric to make honor sashes with,
- Jim reminded the group that costuming is not an instant process, rather it is an ongoing effort. There is no hurry getting a costume done. He does not want to put any undue pressure on the crew to get it done.
- Recruiting:
- There was no progress reported on recruiting this month.
- Photo Projects
- Digital Photo Frame:
- Jim had the digital photo frame up and running for the meeting. Everyone said that it looked great.
- We will use it for our table at cons and other functions as long as we have a source of electricity to power it.
- Photo Board:
- Jamie volunteered to spearhead this project.
- Jim will upload photos to be printed and Jamie will order what she wants.
- Photo Album:
- Jim will buy a photo album and give to Revolution Vinyl Graphics for imprinting.
- Valentines for Shut-Ins.
- The project was completed and the valentines have been delivered to the Mother Hull Home for distribution to residents on Valentine's Day.
- Jim reminded the crew they all have access to the G-Mail account as well as the Google Drive for all ship's business.
New Business:
- Grand Comic Con (March 22-24, 2019)
- We have an hour slot for Klingon Jeopardy.
- Sharon of the Raptor's Heart has been sending scans of the Jeopardy Cards to Jim. He is hoping Sharon will bring her set to Grand Island for use until we get ours up and ready to use.
- Jim displayed Erik's 3D printing samples. Some of these items might be good for raising funds for the treasury at a token cost to those that might want them. Erik talked about cost to him for materials and time and he will be compensated for both as he sees fit.
- Booth Operation Protocol was discuss briefly. Basically, it was decided that the booth should not be left unattended while valuable items are on display. Items are also to be gathered and taken from the booth during non-operating hours.
- New Projects
- Jim talked about the KAG-wide project of collecting and donating used eyeglasses to the Lion's Club. Everyone agreed to try to collect what they can for this project that ends on March 1st, 2019.
For the Good of the Ship:
- No other items were brought forth.
- Next Meeting will be held on March 10, 2019 - Time TBD
- There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:10 PM.
