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hoping to get more sponsors. As Cozy said, we need to go from surviving to thriving.
• The lack of team managers has hurt the program. Paul pointed out that one team manager took on three DI teams in Groton. Kristi added that someone wanted their child in DI and she told them she would help her become a team manager, but then nothing happened.  We need to come up with ideas for raising awareness.
• Pierre now wants to charge South Dakota Creativity $4,000 for the use of their facility. The price is high, so the board was looking for other options. Colleen (with the help of Paul's hot spot on the phone - sorry, I had to add that in there!) used her ipad to email to her superintendent during the meeting as Huron had not yet decided about hosting the state event next year. Finally, the word came in that South Dakota Creativity could use Huron as a host site for 2015 and there will be no fee the first year. SDC would be responsible for expenses such as custodians, etc.  Huron may will be the site in 2016 as well. It was pointed out that the state event brings in a lot of families who spend money in the community. The state DI event has an economic impact on the community that hosts the event. The 2015 state event is March 28.
• Cozy said that there were 13 ADs that were retiring this year across the United States. Some states have elections for the AD, some have three-year terms. Cozy has been South Dakota's AD for 20 years and does not draw a salary.
• When Cozy retires (but she's not planning to get out of DI), there will be a big hole to fill in the organization. It was suggested that perhaps departments could be created to take over the many duties that she has done. At the next meeting, Cozy will have a list of departments and duties within each department.
• Next year's regional events will be held March 7 for the Northeast quadrant, March 14 for the Southeast and tentatively March 14 for the west.
• Cozy talked about the buddy system at Globals and how four teams from South Dakota were chosen for the programs. "That's amazing as a lot of American teams apply to be a buddy team," Cozy said.
• Cozy talked about the survey results.
• One thing that was brought up was preparing for tourneys for team managers and having appraisers look interested at the state event.
• Lois has served one year as president and will give up the helm to Maria Kendall of Crooks. Paul questioned why the president's term was only one year. He suggested that they be three years because you first get your feet wet after one year and that would give you two years rule with authority. That is something that will be considered at the next meeting.
• There was discussion on changing the quorum for the state board meetings. A suggestion was made to have a minimum of seven board members present, but

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