• Members present were President Lois Stuefen, Elkton; Dean Fenenga, Watertown; Cinda Jones, Custer; Steve Schaffer, Sioux Falls; Kristie Erickson, Aberdeen; Arlinda Gylfe, Elk Point; Colleen Jensen, Huron; Paul Kosel, Groton; and AD Cozy Dorton, Custer.
• Lois called the meeting to order at 11:08 a.m. and she started with an exercise with what's in your purse or wallet and find three things that describe you.
• South Dakota Creativity is in the process of transferring financial responsibilities to Arlinda. Once everything gets transferred to Arlinda, she plans to have more of a breakdown of funds, especially on the revenue side.
• Brought up during the budget discussion was the distribution of the pins and towels. Currently, they are mailed to everyone which costs a lot of money in postage. One option is to have the packages ready for distribution at the state event. There may be some teams, that even though they qualify for Globals, will not know if they can attend Globals until they get back home.  It was suggested that if the first place team cannot go, then they could send their package to the second place team.
• South Dakota's Destination Imagination has been struggling with numbers over the past couple of years. The South Dakota chapter has lost 40 teams in 2013 and 25 in 2012. That has hurt the budget with a loss of $6,000 just from fees.
• Cozy said that South Dakota needs something to keep us more financially stable so we don't have to rely on fees, jars and other sales.
• Cozy gave her director's report. She will be retiring as South Dakota's AD after 20 years at the helm. She said that she would like to leave the program in good shape. "The children of this generation need this program just as much, if not more, than the children of 30 years ago," she said. "It's time to grow. We need to go beyond survival and think of different avenues for support."
• In 2014, there were 139 teams, that's down from 180 just a couple of years ago.
• The profits from sales was very good. The SE had $533.75, the NE had $715.75 and the West had $469.55. The state was $895.13.
• In raffle jars, it is usually $300 at each event. This year, the SE was $576.75; the NE was $638 and the West was $427. The state was $1,166.25.
• Thus far, there are only three corporate sponsors in South Dakota: 3M with $1,000, Black Hills Power with $1,000 and Watertown Optimist with $250. We are

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