OGRC

Forthcoming Meetings

The next Board Meeting/General Meeting will be held in Dayton on Sunday, March 16 at Howard Getz's home 445 Forest Avenue (2231044).

Directions

From Columbus follow 1-70 to 1-75 South. From Toledo follow I-75 South. Exit at Grand Avenue (exits from the left just after junction with Route 4). Follow Grand Avenue to the second traffic light (Forest Avenue) and turn right. The house is in the third block on the left side of the street. From Cincinnati take I-75 North to Main Street exit. Turn left on Main Street and go to the third traffic light (Helena Street). Turn left on Helena and follow it two (2) blocks to Forest Avenue. Turn left on Forest and the house is in the second block on the right.

OGRC's First 1980 Weekend Meeting

Communications Workshop

OGRC's first Weekend Meeting of 1980 will be held in Dayton. The event is a communications workshop being co-sponsored by OGRC and The Dayton Gay Center, Inc. (DGC). The program, designed by DGC, will offer a variety of topics and situations involving individual communications, group dynamics, communications and the media, communications in helping situations. The workshop begins at 8:00 AM on Saturday, March 15 and ends at approximately 4:15 PM. In addition lodging will be offered in Gay peoples homes in the Dayton area as a service of DGC and the Workshop. Lodging is available for both Friday night and Saturday night. Also, a dance has been planned for Saturday night to be held at the First Unitarian Church, 665 Salem Avenue, Dayton. The church is about four blocks North of the United Way Building (184 Salem Avenue) where the workshop will be held.

Fees for the workshop are $10.00 for OGRC members and $15.00 for non-members. Now is a good time to renew or begin your membership in OGRC so that you can take advantage of the lower rates for members at OGRC sponsored activities.

For further information on the Communication Workshop write DGC-Communications, P.O. Box 28, Dayton, OH 45405. A registration form appears at the end of this newsletter. There are still openings available.

Board Meeting Minutes January 27, 1980

The Board meeting convened at 12:00 noon at the Community Center in Columbus. Board members attending were Howard Gelz, Art Kaltenborn, Rick Lange, Dolores Noll, Roger Walton and Jay Webster.

The minutes were reviewd and approved. Art Kaltenborn presented the Treasurer's Report for 1979. OGRC started the year with $124.23. Income for the year of $1,827.06 and disbursements of $1,325.16, start O.G.R.C. in 1980 with $626.13. Part of this sum ($73.53) has already been set aside for our State Fair Booth. 1980 will be our third year of Public Relations and Education at the Ohio State Fair.

sa A unanimous decision was made to give Art the authority to move some of OGRC's funds to a savings account so the balance can collect interest. Rick moved and Jay seconded that checks of less than $100.00 require only one signature to cut some of the red tape on lesser expenditures. The motion passed unanimously.

☐☐ Discussion of limited income memberships prompted questions about listing the names of applicants. It was unanimously decided in a motion made by Rick and seconded by Art not to name the applicants in future minutes. Jay proposed and Rick seconded a limited income membership which was approved.

March 1980--Vol. 4, Issue 2

Newsletter

MAR 12 1980

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☐☐ The Board discussed the vacancies of some of its positions. Nominations were made and Karl Erbland was appointed to fill a one year term. The need was expressed for more interested, active women to join those in the Membership and on the Board.

Setting goals and dealing with our structure to achieve them, had been set as the highest priority for the January Board Meeting during the meeting in November. A committee which met and extensively discussed the structure of OGRC submitted a six-page proposal calling for officers in the Board of Trustees and definig their roles.

The proposal for defined officers met with favorable response. The Board directed Art to re-write the proposal and submit it to all board. members before their next meeting. Revisions for these proposed changes should be presented in writing at the next Board Meeting.

Rick made a motion which was seconded by Karl to adopt the 12 officers of the Board until new by-laws are chosen. This measure passed unanimously, with discussion of the duties of each office (President, Vice President, 2 Recorders, Treasurer, Historian, Editor, Membership Chair, State Fair Chair, Legislative Chair and 2 At-Large Board Members).

Discussion about nominations of officers led to nominations and voting. Rick was unanimously adopted as President. Jay Webster was acclaimed unanimously as Vice President. Roger Walton volunteered and was unanimously appointed to one of the alternating Recorders. Art Kaltenborn was unanimously voted Treasurer. Karl Erbland volunteered his services as Editor and was elected unanimously.

Yet to be decided are the offices of Historian, Membership Chair and State Fair Chair.

Howard moved and Art seconded a motion to meet the reasonable expenses of the President and Vice President. This motion, also, passed.

☐☐ Howard presented information on the March 15 meeting to be held in Dayton. Extensive groundwork has been done to set up the workshop. That weekend promises to be rewarding for those who attend. Let's spread the word!

☐☐ Topics chosen for the agenda of the next Board Meeting were: 1) Proposed constitutional change and proposed writing of that change.

2) Filling vacancies in the Board.

3) Starting work on the State Fair Project.

4) Membership Drive.

5) Discussion of the July Weekend Meeting.

Topics discussed for the General Meeting in Dayton were:

1) Discussion and overview of the previous day's workshop.

2) Reaction to the concept of O.G.R.C. having three major event/meetings during the year.

3) Elaborate on options for the meeting in July.

A motion to rescind the action to discontinue sending the newsletter to non-paid members was moved by Rick, seconded by Art, and passed unanimously. Everyone still on the mailing list will continue to receive the Newsletter to help promote our Membership Drive. ☐☐ Karl will submit a budget for our Membership Campaign at the next Board Meeting.

Rick moved and Karl seconded that copies of the educational pamphlet be made available as needed for Public Relations. This passed unanimously.

The meeting adjourned at 5:00 PM.

GROWING STRONG

/OGRC

MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN 1980

Help Us Grow!