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IFDA New England Chapter Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting March 5, 2015 Meeting called to order at 12:15. Attendance was taken. All of the board members were present except for Al Lagueux, Sean Reynolds, Vivian Robbins and Gary Rousseau who were excused. Jennifer Driscoll moved to approve the agenda for the meeting. Dianne Ramponi seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the agenda was approved. Jennifer made a motion to approve the minutes from the last board meeting. Bob Grossman seconded the motion. A vote was taken and the minutes were approved. In Gary’s absence, Karen delivered the Treasurer’s Report. If any member has questions about our financials, please contact Karen Dzendolet, [email protected]. Rob Henry delivered the Membership report. We have 150 members and 8 new members. (This 150 member number includes some members who may not renew in 2015.) National extended the deadline for members to reup until March 13 th . An administrative fee of $35 is charged after one year of nonmembership to rejoin. If someone is not a member for 2 consecutive years he/she is treated as a new member and there is no fee to rejoin. Prorating of membership dues only applies to new members: June 1 to September 30, dues are $225; October 1 to December 31, dues are $150. If someone is retired from the industry, he/she can join for $75. Student dues are $45. In Vivian’s absence, Rob gave the Membership Retention report. There are 37 people who have not rejoined: 31 are professionals and of that number, Rob has talked to 8 who will not rejoin. Bob Grossman offered to call Ray Bachand. Polly Corn is probably not rejoining. She signed up for the March event as a nonmember. Karen offered to call Nancy Feldman and Christina. Carol Brown is not rejoining Rob offered to call Michael Resoco, Susan Fuller and Kelly Weber. Bob Grossman will call Sarah Grossman. Liz Hause– Gloria emailed and called her with no response. Jen offered to call her Nicole Hogarty—Rose Ann has called her but she has not called back. Karl Ivester will join. Christine Kay – Jen called her. Jen offered to call Michael Kim. Chris Saad offered to call Murat and John Pompeii.

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IFDA New England Chapter Minutes of the Board of Directors Meeting

March 5, 2015  Meeting  called  to  order  at  12:15.    Attendance  was  taken.    All  of  the  board  members  were  present  except  for  Al  Lagueux,  Sean  Reynolds,  Vivian  Robbins  and  Gary  Rousseau  who  were  excused.    Jennifer  Driscoll  moved  to  approve  the  agenda  for  the  meeting.    Dianne  Ramponi  seconded  the  motion.    A  vote  was  taken  and  the  agenda  was  approved.  Jennifer  made  a  motion  to  approve  the  minutes  from  the  last  board  meeting.    Bob  Grossman  seconded  the  motion.    A  vote  was  taken  and  the  minutes  were  approved.    In  Gary’s  absence,  Karen  delivered  the  Treasurer’s  Report.      If  any  member  has  questions  about  our  financials,  please  contact  Karen  Dzendolet,  [email protected].      Rob  Henry  delivered  the  Membership  report.  

We  have  150  members  and  8  new  members.  (This  150  member  number  includes  some  members  who  may  not  renew  in  2015.)  National  extended  the  deadline  for  members  to  re-­‐up  until  March  13th.  An  administrative  fee  of  $35  is  charged  after  one  year  of  non-­‐membership  to  rejoin.  If  someone  is  not  a  member  for  2  consecutive  years  he/she  is  treated  as  a  new  member  and  there  is  no  fee  to  rejoin.  Pro-­‐rating  of  membership  dues  only  applies  to  new  members:  June  1  to  September  30,  dues  are  $225;  October  1  to  December  31,  dues  are  $150.  If  someone  is  retired  from  the  industry,  he/she  can  join  for  $75.    Student  dues  are  $45.    

     In  Vivian’s  absence,  Rob  gave  the  Membership  Retention  report.  

There  are  37  people  who  have  not  rejoined:  31  are  professionals  and  of  that  number,  Rob  has  talked  to  8  who  will  not  rejoin.          Bob  Grossman  offered  to  call  Ray  Bachand.    Polly  Corn  is  probably  not  rejoining.    She  signed  up  for  the  March  event  as  a  nonmember.  Karen  offered  to  call  Nancy  Feldman  and  Christina.  Carol  Brown  is  not  rejoining  Rob  offered  to  call  Michael  Resoco,  Susan  Fuller  and  Kelly  Weber.  Bob  Grossman  will  call  Sarah  Grossman.    Liz  Hause–  Gloria  emailed  and  called  her  with  no  response.    Jen  offered  to  call  her  Nicole  Hogarty—Rose  Ann  has  called  her  but  she  has  not  called  back.  Karl  Ivester  will  join.        Christine  Kay  –  Jen  called  her.  Jen  offered  to  call  Michael  Kim.  Chris  Saad  offered  to  call  Murat  and  John  Pompeii.                

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Hillary  and  Steve  from  Rug  Merchants  –  told  they  will  renew  but  they  do  not  come  to  events.  Rose  Ann  offered  to  call.  Michael  at  SieMatic  will  rejoin.      Our  aim  is  have  people  remain  members;  not  come  to  events  at  the  non-­‐member  rate.  

 Jen  delivered  the  Programming  Report.  

37  have  registered  and  paid  for  the  March  event  Woodmeister  has  publicized  the  event  in  South  End  media.  We  have  gotten  5  guests  through  Eventbrite.  Karen  is  going  to  look  at  the  list  of  people  who  signed  up  to  see  who  has  signed  up  at  the  member  rate  and  are  not  members.    Dianne  has  asked  that  we  collect  the  extra  $10  at  the  door.    Jen  prefers  to  collect  it  in  advance  to  avoid  a  bottleneck  at  the  entry  at  Woodmeister.  Jen  suggested  to  remedy  this  problem  that  we  send  members  a  code  for  registration  and  then  require  that  code  in  a  required  field  when  they  register.    April  event—Cowtan  and  Tout  showroom  will  not  be  open  by  then.    Jen  contacted  Veretex.      The  May  kick  off  for  Take  A  Seat  will  be  on  May  13th  at  the  North  Benet  Street  School.  (Note  –  The  May  13th  kick-­‐off  event  location  has  changed  –  Jen  to  update.)  Press,  our  members  and  trade  representatives  will  be  invited.    The  boat  cruise  will  be  on  June  25th  and  The  Take  A  Seat  gala  on  June  4th.    (Note  –  this  has  been  changed  to  June  3rd.)  Rob  addressed  the  boat  cruise.  Last  year,  we  got  a  large  boat  at  a  small  boat  price.    This  year,  check-­‐in  will  be  on  the  first  floor  and  the  bar  will  only  be  on  the  second  floor.    There  will  be  a  change  for  this  year—each  person  can  bring  one  person  as  a  guest  either  from  his/her  company  or  their  significant  other  at  a  member  rate.    No  non-­‐members  can  come.    It  will  be  a  member-­‐only  event  but  a  member  can  bring  a  guest  at  the  member  fee.  

 In  August  or  September,  we  may  do  a  designer  retreat.  Budd  Kelley  wants  to  do  a  talk  about  property  management.    Louis  Postel  will  do  a  workshop.    We  are  looking  at  Kennebunk  for  a  location.    We  have  been  talking  to  the  Puffin  Inn  and  the  Long  Meadow  Inn.    The  cost  will  be  about  $800-­‐1000  to  attend  for  the  weekend.    Jen  wants  to  have  4-­‐5  workshops.    We  will  not  be  paying  for  the  accommodations  for  the  speakers.  

 Take  A  Seat  Event:    

Sponsorship  levels—see  attached.  500  postcards  are  being  printed.  We  are  teaming  up  with  builders’  associations  and  professional  women  in  building  sectors.    

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There  will  be  a  display  of  chairs  from  May14th  through  June  3rd.    Chair  designers  will  get  press  in  news  and  online  media.    Louis  will  include  something  in  his  New  England  Home  magazine  column.    There  will  be  a  $75  admission  fee  which  includes  a  ticket  to  the  gala.      We  have  the  planning  committee  looking  out  for  sponsors.    We  need  to  get  them  on  board  to  start  getting  them  into  press.  We  will  donate  some  portion  of  the  proceeds  to  the  North  Benet  Street  School,  in  addition  to  WIHED,  who  will  receive  the  majority  of  the  proceeds.  (This  may  now  change,  due  to  kick-­‐off  location  changing.)  Membership  is  not  required  to  do  a  chair.  Jen  recommends  “massaging”  the  sponsor  thresholds  if  3  members  of  the  planning  committee  agree  to  have  a  sponsor  at  a  “flexible”  amount.    

Dianne  Ramponi  gave  the  Hospitality  report.  We  are  addressing  the  issue  of  people  paying  the  member  rate  when  registering  for  events  who  are  not  members.  Bad  attendance  at  our  February  event  was  most  likely  due  to  weather  and  driving  difficulties.    We  are  sending  thank  you  notes  to  new  members  who  attended.  Karen  reported  that  the  most  effective  way  to  retain  members  is  make  two  contacts  with  new  members  within  90  days  of  membership.    This  was  suggested  in  a  presentation  by  a  membership  consultant  at  the  IFDA  national  conference.  Gloria  Robertson  knows  a  BAC  student  who  may  be  good  as  the  student  chapter  president.    She  was  at  the  February  event.  

 Chris  Saad  delivered  the  Communications  report.  

Chris  is  continuing  to  work  on  linking  to  members  Facebook  and  Twitter  pages.  Chris  will  post  every  two  weeks  on  Facebook  to  link  back  to  our  meeting  minutes  and  calendar.  Jen  suggested  posting  things  from  our  newsletter.  Chris  is  using  the  Hootsuite  social  media  tool  to  schedule  posts.  Chris  is  thinking  about  doing  a  social  media  training  before  a  meeting.    Jen  asked  if  we  could  do  the  training  in  April  and  maybe  Wolfers  could  host.  Karen  suggested  that  we  publicize  Take  A  Seat  on  Instagram.  

 Gloria  Robertson  gave  the  Education  report.  

Gloria  has  reached  out  to  the  BAC  Interior  design  and  kitchen  &  bath  students,  and  has  sent  them  scholarship  information.  Gloria  has  had  difficulty  reaching  out  to  NESAD.  She  tried  through  Karen  Clarke  and  Anna  Gittelman.    Laurie  Gorelick  gave  her  Jessie  Baxter’s  card.    Jessie  is  the  Interior  Design  program  coordinator  at  NESAD.    Gloria  reported,  however,  that  once  she  sent  information  about  scholarships,  she  got  a  response  from  the  program  directors.  Sean  had  a  contact  at  Wentworth  who  is  no  longer  there.  

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Karen,  Gloria,  Chris  and  Sean  will  be  meeting  to  discuss  how  to  get  student  involvement.  Gloria  reported  that  we  are  applying  for  chapter  grants.    We  applied  for  a  chapter  grant  for  our  March  event  which  will  be  submitted  to  the  educational  board.    We  are  trying  to  get  two  grants  from  National.  

 Rose  Ann  Humphrey  delivered  the  Sponsorship  report.  

Rose  Ann  reached  out  to  Marie  Chaput  of  Thread;    they  will  likely  not  become  sponsors.  She  spoke  to  Bianca  at  Restoration  Hardware  who  said  that  RH  wants  to  be  involved.  However,  it's  a  slow  process.  Rose  Ann  told  Bianca  that  RH  would  have  to  be  a  member  first,  and  then  can  be  a  sponsor.  Rose  Ann  is  meeting  with  AllState  glass.  We  have  to  figure  out  the  difference  between  annual  sponsors  and  event  sponsors.    Is  our  current  sponsorship  program  working?    Is  it  effective  for  the  sponsors?    Karen  requested  that  Rose  Ann  do  an  analysis.    Karen  requested  that  we  email  Rose  Ann  with  ideas  for  corporate  sponsors  (Miele,  Clark,  Yale,  C&R  Flooring,  Lillian  August,  Sherwin  Williams)  

 Jacqui  Becker  did  not  have  anything  to  report  regarding  Community  Relations.    Bob  Grossman  reported  that  he  is  keeping  the  industry  calendar  up  to  date.  He  was  informed  that  our  March  event  is  not  listed  on  calendar.    In  Sean’s  absence  there  was  discussion  about  Future  Directions.  

Chris  reported  that  the  Google  doc  for  our  mission  statement  homework  is  not  working.  Board  members  should  just  email  Chris  with  their  homework.  Karen  wants  to  bring  Louis  back  for  our  April  meeting  at  11:00  am  to  work  again  on  our  mission  statement.  (This  has  been  postponed  to  allow  for  the  Take-­‐A  Seat  meeting  before  our  board  meeting.)  

 Karen  asked  for  a  motion  to  adjourn  the  meeting.  Jen  made  the  motion  and  Rob  seconded  it.  The  Meeting  was  adjourned  at  2:19  pm.