TEDC Board Meeting Minutes

October 11, 2002, Holiday Inn - Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Members Present: Roger Sigler, Rhonda Rice, Randy Brewer, Heidi Smith, G. C. Hixson, Bob Grimes, Mark Herbison, Frank Tamberrino

Others Present: Dave Goetz, Suzie Lusk

Roger Sigler called the meeting to order.

Approval of Minutes: Motion by Mr. Brewer, second by Ms. Smith, appropriately approved and passed.

Approval of Financials: Motion by Ms. Rice, second by Mr. Hixson, appropriately approved and passed showing an account balance of $91,618.31 prior to the 2002 Fall Conference.

New Members approved at the October 11th meeting: Motion by Mr. Brewer, second by Mr. Herbison, appropriately approved and passed.

Faye Rodgers Rural Development
Rusty Longhurst NAI Mathews Partners
Bill Nelms BancorpSouth
Mark Askew Askew Hargrove Harcourt
Michael Atchison TN ECD
Phillip Trauernicht TN ECD

Spring Conference: Board unanimously voted to hold the spring conference in Destin, FL. Motion by Mr. Grimes, second by Mr. Hixson. Mr. Herbison suggested forming a committee to help Mr. Brewer plan the conference. Mr. Brewer appointed Mr. Grimes and Mr. Herbison.

New Business: Ms. Smith’s move to TVA creates a vacancy for the position of West Tennessee Director. The Board voted to nominate Kyle Spurgeon of the Jackson Energy Authority. Motion by Mr. Grimes, second by Mr. Herbison, appropriately approved and passed.

Old Business

Sponsorships – The Board agreed to table action on Ms. Smith’s recommendation to establish conference sponsorship levels giving companies and organizations the opportunity to make one annual sponsorship investment covering both TEDC conferences in a given year.

Membership – Mr. Grimes’ recommended changes to membership by-laws were appropriately approved and passed unanimously. Motion by Mr. Herbison, second by Mr. Brewer.

TEDC/TCCE Legislative Reception – The Board discussed the possibility of conducting an educational seminar for members in conjunction with the reception on February 12, 2003 in Nashville, TN.

Awards – The Volunteer of the Year Award guidelines were amended unanimously to include three annual award winners from each grand division of the state, with one of those designated as the statewide winner to go on to the SEDC annual conference.

The following changes were adopted and will be presented to the membership without immediately establishing criteria. The Jim Spradley Award will become the Jim Spradley Ally Award, and the Fred Harris Award will become the Fred Harris Lifetime Achievement Award. A TEDC Professional of the Year Award will be added. Motion by Mr. Grimes, second by Mr. Herbison, appropriately approved and passed.

Adjourn: The meeting was adjourned.

Meeting minutes by Kim Denton, 2002-2003 TEDC Secretary-Treasurer