August 4, 2003

President Ralph Jones called the meeting to order at 6:07 P.M. Other board members present were Chuck Bommarito, Lance Lind, Deb Christian, Jo Fryberger, and John Hecht. Member Ken Harris also attended. Noticeably absent was Board member Gary Segers. The minutes of the previous meeting were approved as read. John Hecht presented his treasurer's report noting BBS has a balance of approximately $1,200 after paying July's picnic bills. The report was accepted.

The picnic was discussed. It was agreed the picnic benefited from the number of vendors participating, and we will try to get even more of them next year. Next year we need to make arrangements for trash barrels, since it is part of our contract with City Parks & Rec and not part of their responsibility. 1500 pounds of food were collected; we need to get the Salvation Army more involved, and donations barrels need to be left out longer than they were this year. The board needs to determine where poster advertising will be placed next year and ensure they get there; apparently not many posters were distributed this year.

Lara Price has verbally committed to perform at the annual meeting on October 18. The food budget for this year's event will be the same as last year. The terms of Deb Christian and Lance and Kristi Lind expire this year and will be open for election. John Hecht reported that he had a potential candidate, and Deb will run for re-election.

Ken Harris apologized for not squelching the Idaho Press Tribune's review of the "Choice Cuts" CD; he was more successful with the Idaho Statesman. Ralph will send a letter apologizing for not securing their release permissions to the CD's artists. It is hoped a new version can be developed prior to the annual meeting. Ken Harris will explore ASCAP/BMI release nights and will work with artists to secure their permissions.

Article assignments were made for the new newsletter. The meeting adjourned at 7:10 P.M.