Resident Communication Committee
3:00 p.m. June 23, 2006
Okatie North  Conference Room

Meeting minutes by Perry Molinaro

Present – Perry Molinaro, chairman; Barbara Wells, Bob Rasmussen, Holly Field, Hal Dutton, Ross Glatzer, Steve Koehl, Irene Hawkins (Strategic Planning guest).  Absent: Bea Boockholdt, Al Reuben.

Perry opened the meeting; May 17 minutes were approved. 

Most of the meeting centered on discussion of the proposed RCC vision statement, resulting in brief subcommittee reports.

Broadcast. Barbara noted that TV listings will be posted on the community Web site. Bob said that seven of 13 technical problems have been corrected and that considerable progress is being made. One problem is getting programs to start at the right time. Hal suggested that Channel 50 come up with a variety of programs to attract more viewers.

Publications. Holly said Richard Vetter will be leaving as communications director June 29 to join a Savannah advertising agency as graphics designer. The subcommittee expects that a graphics designer will be hired soon. Interviews for this new position were to be held this month. Plans also call for hiring someone to concentrate on the Web site and advertising. The successful candidates will report to Richard’s replacement. Richard said the new resident board members are in agreement with communications objectives. Everyone present at the meeting wished Richard luck in his new job and future endeavors.

Telephone directory and map. Bob said the data entry cutoff for the directory supplement is early July. The photo club has received an announcement concerning the 2007 directory cover. The next updated map is expected to be completed in late August.

Newcomers. May activity report shows 63 newcomers greeted from 36 homes and two coffees with 36 attendees from 21 homes. More revisions have been made to the welcoming packet for newcomers and some tweaking is likely. Ross suggested that perhaps the subcommittee might have newcomers indicate experience that would be useful for a “talent bank.”

Vision statement. Ross led the discussion on a strategic RCC plan that would be presented to CAM and the Board of Directors. The vision, as presented by Ross, is to “provide an efficient and sustainable community platform that significantly adds to the lifestyle and cohesiveness of our community.” The committee agreed to discuss points in the vision statement at workshops that Ross would arrange.

Next Strategic Planning Workshop: 4 p.m. July 5 at Hidden Cypress. This meeting is to tie up any loose ends on the Strategic Plan Outline and to set the agenda for the RCC/CAM workshop.

Next RCC meeting: 3 p.m. July 19 at Hidden Cypress. We will go back to a 4 p.m. start in August and at least until the end of the year.