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Minutes - July 28, 2005 Board Meeting
Doug Toney supported the idea of leaving dues where they are as prudent financial planning, and Gary
Borders added that salaries and expenses will always continue to go up.
Darla Thompson presented the Membership Services Report (attached to file copy). She told the
board that the project to gather e-mail addresses and fax numbers for all daily newspaper personnel
was well under way and that TDNA would soon be gathering that data for associate members,
journalism departments and corporate offices. Notices of journalism conferences were recently added
to TDNA's website, and updates and improvements to the website are ongoing. Thompson also
reported on current activities taking place in established programs such as the Linage Report, awards
contests, and summer intern program.
Walker suggested that TDNA might want to combine directories with TPA.
Whalen presented the Annual Meeting Report (attached to file copy), explaining that the per-person
cost to attendees was not as low as stated before the convention - although the thinking that produced
that estimated reduction in cost was sound - because of higher-than-expected costs for the Sunday
night buffet, a Driskill Hotel penalty fee for booking fewer rooms than contracted for, and low
attendance which divided the total cost among fewer people.
A net convention profit of $1,000 was included in the 2005 budget. The actual profit was projected at
$1,824, but that number was reduced to a profit of $784 just before the board meeting.
Jeremy Halbreich, who could not attend the board meeting, sent his comments via e-mail suggesting
that: 1) the Sunday evening reception have a less bountiful spread of food and a reduction in
entertainment/music; and 2) the board consider raising the convention deposit from $150 to $250 and
making it non-refundable three or four weeks prior to the event.
Those suggestions were supported by the board, and admitting non-members to TDNA conventions
was also discussed. Bob Carlquist asked that the board serve as a committee of the whole to come up
with convention ideas for next year.
The board discussed a number of possibilities for future conventions - which included inviting weekly
newspaper staff, providing separate programs for larger and smaller dailies, and holding joint
conventions with TPA.
Ken Whalen presented the Membership Status Report (attached to file copy). TDNA expects to
receive $411,804 in dues for 2005 -- $390,324 from newspapers and $21,480 from associate members.
The board discussed newspaper websites and how online reporting may be changing the definition of a
newspaper and thus qualifications for TDNA membership. Walker and Whalen agreed to discuss
"newspaper" versus "communicator" and, at the direction of the board, Whalen will continue to pursue
this subject and will make a recommendation to the board concerning TDNA by-law changes.
Darla Thompson will contact board members at a later date to organize personal calls to firms on the
list of potential associate members included with the Membership Status Report.3
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Texas Daily Newspaper Association. TDNA Meeting Minutes, July 28, 2005, text, July 28, 2005; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1339207/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.