July'21 Membership Meeting Minutes
Burgh Bears Membership Meeting
July 13th, 2021
Attendance: (@Brewers)
John Morgan, Andrea Bennardi, Kurt Sill, Kyle James, Mark Hopkinson, Jr., Jordan Smithson, Ben Keeler, Mike Barnes-Reiss, Chip Barnes-Reiss, Troy Wilder, Justin Steele, Bob Holland
Monthly Recap:
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Membership Numbers:
7 founding
54 current
1 renewal for July
8 expire in July
Bear at Large:
July Birthdays:
7/5 Dennis Myers
7/8 Kurt Sill
7/10 Taylor Woolford
7/11 Kammi Gallagher
Secretary/Web/IT:
Facebook:
Official: 62 Members
Public: 970 Members
Twitter:
639 Followers
Instagram:
398 Followers
Treasurer:
Mark went over funds during the meeting.
Other business: A Member commented on changes to event locations without any input from membership before changes were made.
Social Events
July:
July 21th: Bears Eat @ 5801 - 7:30 pm
July 24th: Bar Night @ P Town - 9 pm to close
July 30th: Bear Bar Drag Night (Brewers)
Fundraiser for Persad Center
Drag queens; Krystal Klear hosting, Brittany Cheers, Leia Way LeStat
Upcoming events:
Aug: Bears Do Kennywood!
Sept: Renaissance Fair and Labor Day picnic
Tee shirt contest
Win by default - One submission by Michael Riess
Fundraising:
Facebook Fundraiser: +$25.00 total $270.00
Randy Sams won the passes for Camp Davis
Vice-Presidential Report:
Continue to grow and promote. We as the board continue to recruit by positive interactions and being seen in the community.
Presidential Report:
I’m on vacation.
**Open discussion**
Look at downtown to have dinners, i.e., City Works.
Communication for the events will need to be ramped back up as we get back into the groove of in-person meetings, events, etc.
Tying membership meetings into food afterward to make it another social meeting.
Holiday Party - set up time/date?
Ronald Mcdonald House - event/charity happening again?
Adjourn: Jordan
2nd: Kurt