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A meeting of the Executive Committee was held on Monday, January 22, 2024.  The meeting was called to discuss what to do about our website administrator moving forward.

Those in attendance were: Sheila young, President; Mikey Wiseman, 1st Vice-President; Cassandra Jessie, 2nd Vice-president; Mary Tyson, Recording Secretary; Sally Benjamin, Membership Secretary; and Mark Lear, Treasurer.  Also  in attendance was Kati Lear, Administrative assistant.
The meeting began at 7:05 PM.

Sheila reported that requests for proposals to create an administrator for our website have been sent to Annette Carter and Michael Babcock and Marty Sobo.  

There had apparently been some issues when Annette was working with the Missouri Council of the Blind and Sheila asked her about the circumstances. Annette said that they had agreed to terminate their contract because neither side was happy with the way things were going.      

Sheila asked for input on the two candidates that were interviewed.
Kati was impressed with Anette as well as Michael and Marty but felt that Annette might respond to us more quickly but that either would do a good job.

It is important to put in the contract that the administrator will be dealing with one point person to avoid confusion.  That person is currently Kati Lear.

Mikey said he feels that Annette is a better fit and he likes the cost breakdown. He also feels that she would be somewhat more accessible to us.

Cassandra feels that since Annette only has this one job, that she would be available in a more timely manner.  Mary was in agreement and wished to hire Annette as well.

Mark felt that either candidate could do a good job and just needs to make sure that he can pay for the appropriate licenses, security, etc., so he will need good communication with whoever we hire.

Mikey made a motion that we hire Annette Carter as our web administrator pending the signing of the contract with any approved changes.  Motion was seconded by Mary and unanimously approved.

Sheila brought Annette into the meeting to discuss fine tuning the contract. Mikey said that there would be a short addendum to include: proprietary information; a confidentiality clause; there will be a primary and a secondary point person who will funnel all pertinent information to Annette.

Mark wanted to know how payments should be made, other than her salary.  She said that the credit card could be put on the accounts to cover renewals or she could invoice us and we could reimburse her.  Mark thinks the credit card method will work.  Also, he will pay her salary via Zelle.

Our website information will be migrated to Inmotion hosting from GoDaddy.

We will receive the invoice after we review the new website.

Mikey asked Annette if she would be willing to speak at convention to answer any questions our members may have.  She said she would be happy to.

The next Executive Committee meeting will be held on February 21, to meet with Janeen Lea to discuss her concerns.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:23 p.m.   

Respectfully submitted by,
Mary Tyson
FCB Recording Secretary