International Association of Reservation Executives

IARE Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday, December 16,2014

Board Members Present:

[X] Jenifer Gibson[] Sandra Simpson

[X]Natalie Baumhover[] Anthony Caminiti

[X] Scott Wright [] Michelle Lord
[X] Angela Meyers [X] Perry Kendall
[X] Julie Silbar

Board Affiliates Present:

[X] Denise Pullen[] Sonia Bertulio[X] Peggy Heafey

[X] Kory Laszewski[X] Mike McWilliams [X] Pat Marugg

[] Dave Hamilton[] Tracy Penny[] Kim Conway

Others Attending:

[X] Ronda Trog[] Ken Pullen

Quorum was established.

2015 Conference

San Diego & the Phoenix area hotels have submitted numerous proposals that meet the needs of our event. Denise and Ronda, along with anyone else from the conference committee that is available, will schedule site visits in both cities the week of January 18. The cost of the dual site visit won’t be more than spent in previous years. The goal is that on the February 10 Board call will be to review and select the city and a hotel. Conference will be held Sunday, September 20 – Tuesday, September 22, 2015.

Membership

  • Xanterra Parks & Resorts (Kevin Dillman) and Brittain Resort Management (Brian Miller) both joined in the last week.
  • Memberships due for renewal in November: EAN
  • Memberships due for renewal in December: Kimpton, Hyatt – Omaha, Marcus Hotels (they renewed this afternoon) and Red Lion (they are not able to renew)
  • Memberships due for renewal in January: Red Roof (renewal is in process) and Wyndham
  • No Allied members are due for renewal until March.

E-mail Tool

  • Ronda will investigate other e-mail tools. Not everyone is receiving the e-mails being sent out.

CRADR

  • Denise and Tony will get with Scott Donovan in the early spring to understand what CRADR is looking to accomplish and we can draft some guidelines & definition based on the information obtained.

Job Share

  • Jen and Angie are working on this program and will share more at the January 13, 2015 Board meeting.

Mentorship Program

  • Survey results will be sent out today to the board and discussed during the January Board meeting.

Symposium

  • Board meeting on April 27 in San Antonio at the Hyatt Place Riverwalk. Room rate is $139 night and includes breakfast and guest room internet.
  • Symposium is on April 28 with a (hopefully) tour of the Southwest Airlines contact center.
  • Registration fees to be finalized and registration and promotion to start in early January.

Finance

  • Balance as of November 30, 2014 - $93,679.48
  • Forecasted Balance as of December 31, 2014 - $89,000.
  • This is an increase of $35,000 over last year

Next meeting Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 12n Central.