SHINING LIGHT FOUNDATION

 

MINUTES OF MEETING HELD:          October 14, 2002

LOCATION/TIME:                                 Salomon Smith Barney office, 400 E. Kaliste                                                                  Saloom, Lafayette, La. at 5:30PM.       

 

 

ATTENDEES:

 

Carolyn French, President                                          Julie Eaton

Michael Huber- Scribe                                              Carol Mahagan

Lou Montgomery                                                        Melissa W. Douet

Ruth Duhon                                                                 Melanie Martin

John Broussard

 

 

Carolyn French, President, presiding.

 

1.  FINANCIAL:

 

A.  Treasurer's  Report       

·         Ruth Duhon reported that $6,524.20 is the account balance as of end of September.

 

B.  Contributions

·         Ruth reported there was a $25 contribution from William and Patricia Sullivan from Macungle, PA.

 

C.  Applications and Scholarships

·         DeAngelo Sonnier attended 2 classes during the summer program at the university.  Shining Light providing the $65 needed.  Paid on October 15th.

 

II.  OLD BUSINESS

 

A.  Shining Light Letterhead.

 

·         Make a file available with the official letterhead, to those that need it.  (Mike).

 

B.  Shining Light Logo

 

John Broussard provided return labels with the Shining Light logo.  Look Good!  Thanks John.  At some point in the future will move the candle to be consistent with letterhead logo.

 

·         Provide ability for the Shining Light Logo and return address to be printed directly on envelopes.

        Action:  (Mike)

 

C.  Miscellaneous

 

·         Several attendees drafted a letter as an example, to accompany the brochure. It was suggested to include current date on the letter and personalize with sender’s signature.

 

·         Several months ago Carolyn received a letter from the IRS informing us  that Shining Light Foundation would be classified as a Private Foundation and not a Public Foundation.  Katharine advised that this was not an issue of concern.  Carolyn contacting Robert Hodge to determine if he had received the letter and response to it.

 

·         A food  booth along the Mardi Gras Parade route was another fund raising idea that was discussed, and will be discussed at future meetings. Lot’s of issues!

 

III.  New Business

 

·         Carol Mahagan presented a draft format for a newsletter.  Well done! 

 

·         Carol was authorized to purchase paper and make additional copies of the Shining Light Application.  The goal is to enable sending 35 copies to the 32 schools.  Applications for 15 schools complete, and they will be delivered October 15th.

 

·         Received 13 applications from 4 teachers at J. W. Faulk Elementary School for a field trip that includes a visit to Picante's Restaurant.  Total cost per application is $10.  Discussed and decided to table until John visited the school on October 15th and validated the requests.  Once validated John would contact Ruth, who would poll the available Board members to determine if a consensus agreed with granting the scholarships.  This all happened, and a complete report will be provided in next month's meeting minutes.

 

 

The next Shining Light meeting is scheduled for December 9th at 5:30 p.m. at Salomon Smith Barney office, 400 East Kaliste Saloom Road.