Attendees:

WCA Board

• Heather McAllen

• Jim Foley

• Vince Cassara

 

Contractor Presentation

• No contractor Presentation this month

 

 

Notes:

Heather McAllen: 

• Discussed ideas for Spring Fundraising. Some ideas discussed were Wine events, golf tournament, 5K, and paint and sip. We will discuss further.

Other:

• The scholarship drive for UMES and ESCC was brought up by Rick Weaver. This event was done last year in January but is typically done in Sept-Dec. WCA will continue to this event and Heather will begin working on the logistics.

• We discussed having a spring event used for fundraising. 

• Vince asked about reserving a WCA table for the WFF Fall Festival. We agreed it would be a great way to get WCA’s name out to the WFF community.

• Announced the December meeting as being our quarterly where we will have Dave Pierce and Procurement presenting.

Running Actions (new actions in green):

1. Jim to work with General Counsel on wording of the donation request so there are no issues with companies participating

2. Board Members provide picture and bio to Heather for the website

3. Update the by-laws to make sure we are incorporating our new initiatives

4. Determine presentations for next month

5. Notify company representatives of golf tournament on September 20 at Great Hope Golf Course.  Cost is $100/person to participate

6. Begin WCA branding initiative across Wallops

7. Heather to begin 501c3 efforts

   1. Nick to discuss efforts with Lee Rizzo on non-profit

   2. Nick to discuss how to set up a non-profit with either MSBR or Maryland Aerospace Alliance leaders

8. WCA Scholarship for UMES and ESCC will begin in September.

9. Vince reserved a WCA table for the WFF Fall Festival October 24.