Meeting ideas:

Camo & Crystal

• Using Camp Bayview ( $4500) or The Inn at Chacalaca Bend ($3500)
• Bringing the venu back to a Harlingen location
• Auction off lodge at the Inn for a private party to highest bidder.
• Bidding can be done on the website?
• The use of a bus charter.
• What was the amount of member revenue vs. community revenue
• Breakdown of what each area brings in: tickets sales, auction, drinks
• Increase sponsorship
• Have a separate committee to handle sponsorships, auction items
• Assign each League member a specific duty regarding auction and sponsorships
• Eliminate wild game menu
• Gather programs from other events to get ideas for auction items
• Post a calendar of deadlines for responsibilities
• Bring back a trip as a raffle item

Ronald McDonald House, meeting attendance, and other functions

• Increase attendance by requiring each member to attend two other events per year, or a total of 10 hours.
• Make a “themed evening”
• Advertising is a must – use Time Warner as a sponsor.
• Rotate members around the smaller league functions (chili for children, Birding festival, and RMcDH).
• Have sitters available for meetings
• Have a Christmas dinner rather than an open house
• Kids at general meetings are too distracting even with sitters
• change meeting location so we can serve wine and cheese
• offer a daytime and an evening meeting option
• have three teams at chili cook-off; actives, provisional, and sustainer
• offer attendance as missed make-up option
• please be respectful of others at meetings and keep discussions to a minimum, hearing is a problem
• have a spring cluster meeting as well

Sustainers

• Wall Mural celebrating Junior League
• Honor a sustainer at charity event
• Honor sustainers over 25 years at annual mtg.
• Ask more than we are currently asking
• Would prefer handwritten invitation and personal phone calls
• Have a sustainer advisor on each committee
• Sustainer project, ideas: RGV Museum docents, attic sale,
• Offer social activities: bunco, book club, lunch club, parties
• Make the Past President’s dinner an annual event

60th anniversary

• sell an advertising insert in Valley Morning Star
• Listing the women – being remembered
• make it a sustainer project
• acknowledge as part of annual meeting, show president’s videos and scrapbooks

Fishing Tournament

• Limited to a number of teams
• Make it a family event
• Have women, children, and men’s divisions
• Charge an entry fee, per boat or per person
• have a Calcutta
• Other members to do the weigh-in and other volunteer areas.
• Will the event be a $ maker
• Texas wildlife may be needed to be on hand.
• Location South Padre Island or Arroyo City
• One day or two day event

Junior League Building

• Sell the building or keep and refurbish?
• Grant writing
• Suggested improvements for now (alarm, lighting, front door re-set)
• Contact other Leagues regarding their experience with a building
• Take over downstairs after lease comes due

OTHER

• Slate officers and other positions earlier in the year for better transition.
• 2 year rotation for certain committee positions.
• Major committees should have a chair and a step-up chair
• T-shirts for each committee to create more enthusiasm and pride in league
• have an identity item such as aprons that always identifies us as league members
• Bookdrive Literacy – state wide impact
• Shift League focus back to more hands on projects
• Adopt a little sister (Sunny Glen, Juvenile Hall)
• Have a meet-n-greet social to meet provisionals and transfers
• Have a one day transfer training
• Bring back the helping hand box
• More leadership training and seminars
• Email communication has been great
• Passing on of committee manuals and updating them yearly a must
• New placement ideas: RGV museum tours to teach school children local history, pet therapy in nursing homes using animals from humane society
• Idea brought up to add the minutes back to the Rio Review.