Board Meeting 05-07-2026

1) Charity Check Presentation
June 3, 2026 – 6:00pm –Alamo – Check will be $10,000

This was deeply discussed to arrive at this date/Time/Place/ and amount and it went back and forth to arrive there.
Some highlights of that discussion:
-Since Recipient is “Heart of Downtown”, the presentation may mean more if it were downtown.
-Since our normal giving has been $7500, if jump right to $15k, we may not be able to maintain that multiple years as the expectation..so the compromise was to ease into that $15,000 number and see how we do financially next year.

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2) Washington School called asking about their Marching Band Check for $500
– I supplied him with the cancelled check image from the bank from April 2nd 2026 and CC’d in Tracy and Connor.
I had some back & forth on that topic with them…thanks for your efforts and info. Washington will look for that missing amount
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– Iles School and Knight’s are only checks not cashed. I have Knight’s and will get that off to him ASAP. There is no info on why Iles has not cashed their yet.

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3) Lincoln Library has free meeting rooms and they are just down the road from the Alamo. I suggested for meetings where we have a lot to on the agenda, we can meet in 1 of those rooms..have the meeting, then a “hour” on the parade at the Alamo after. I like that
Board Room” style but if you all like the others..we can do any of those. They are open until 8pm so our 5:30pm meet time fits.

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4)  Hold back money for Volunteer SWAG for next year. I asked Chris & Laura Stiltz with Debbie Farder to see what ideas we could get for next year.

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5) Miranda will put out press release (not PSA..we leaned the definitions of each) announcing the start of the Irish Brigade Club monthly meet up on 1st Tuesdays of each month.  This will be the club to build and be the Parade Staging Volunteers. I will write something up and she will take that turn it into something that is supposed to be on a Press Release.

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6) We have 4 boxes of Koozies left. Will get 1 to Barry.
We can give away at 1/2 way to St Patrick’s event on 9/17
and the rest to next year’s Grand Marshal to throw out.

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7) Porta Potties – We paid for same amount, but the bars that get their own extras…did not do it this year to save money…so there were less amount visibly available.
7a)  we need more than 2 that covers al Section F, C, D, and B

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8) 1 or 2 golf carts from local golf course…but Taylorville golf carts will drop off and pick up for a fee.

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9) Although Section F had new map where every space is 45 foot, We need each column visibly identifiable. Debbie  F discussed saw horses at the front of each column. We can have sign with what space numbers are in that row.

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10) Section A (but the 1st block) just for ‘heroes” that do not pay to be in the parade. Section Block 2 of the new design could be Sponsors that also have entries or for ‘In-Kind’ sponsors if they what a free entry.  (In-kind, like rudin Printing and other that give us items instead of money.
10a) received a couple emails about not ever moving up in the parade. Rick Ray Plumbing said they should have been the 1st people to sign up….thinking that could get them a better spot…. and they were only 1 spot off from where they were last year. I responded and explained a bit how staging works.