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CITY OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA
TECHNOLOGY VILLAGE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
MEETING MINUTES – July 2, 2015
1.Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:31 a.m. in the Little Prior Conference Room at City Hall. Members present: Gerry
Hughes, Lori Frank, Ken Hedberg and Adam Proehl. Members absent: Dan Stratton and David Rech.
Staff present: Casey McCabe.
2.Approval of Meeting Minutes
a.May 14, 2015
MOTION BY FRANK and SECOND BY PROEHL to approve the May 14, 2015 meeting minutes. The motion
was approved 4-0.
b.June 3, 2015
MOTION BY HEDBERG and SECOND BY PROEHL to approve the June 3, 2015 meeting minutes. The motion
was approved 4-0.
3.Old Business
a.Lunch and Learn Event
Frank: informed the board that her contact to present on the topic of receipt of payment (liability and security) is
not available during July and August.
Board Members: discussed other options for the lunch and learn event including banking or sales presentations.
Board members favored a lunch & learn discussion around the sales process including process improvement
and pipeline generation.
Hedberg: offered to contact Pivotal Advisors to see if they would be interested in presenting to program
participants and other Prior Lake businesses. Mr. Hedberg will contact Pivotal Advisors and follow up with staff.
4.New Business
a.Technology Village ‘Virtual’ Pilot Program
Hughes: summarized the discussion of the ‘Virtual’ Technology Village pilot program from the last Technology
Village work session.
Hedberg: commented that the board should pursue expanding service providers beyond the Technology Village
Board of Directors.
Board Members: reviewed a draft program outline and provided direction for staff to update the outline. Board
members will review the updated outline at a future meeting.
b.Board of Director Meeting Dates/Times
Board Members: discussed rescheduling meeting dates/times to accommodate all board members. The board
determined the 1 Thursday of each month from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m. would work for the regular board meeting. The
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work session meeting date/time will remain on the 3 Wednesday of each month from 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
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Phone: 952.447.9813 / Email: drogness@cityofpriorlake.com / www.cityofpriorlake.com
Board Members: directed staff to send out a meeting invitation to all board members to reflect the change in
meeting day/time.
c.Lakefront Days Booth
McCabe: informed the board that at the last work session the board talked about having a booth at Lakefront
Days to generate awareness of the Tech Village program. The board asked staff to check with the Prior Lake
Chamber to determine the cost and see if this would be a good use of board time. Staff spoke with the Chamber
office to determine a cost and the Chamber recommended the fall community fest at PLHS would be a better
opportunity for a Technology Village booth.
Board Members: asked staff to coordinate a Technology Village booth near the City of Prior Lake booth for fall
community fest.
d.Phase II Program Participant Inquiry – RE2 Technology
McCabe: informed the board that staff received a program inquiry from RE2 Technology, a home-based business
looking for office space and support. Mr. McCabe added that staff has met with RE2 Technology and provided
application information and available office space listings. Mr. McCabe will follow up with RE2 Technology and
if the prospective participant is interested, Mr. McCabe will schedule a meeting between RE2 Technology and
Mr. Hughes.
5.Staff Update
a.Technology Village Metric Report – June 2015
Board Members: reviewed the June 2015 Technology Village metric report. Proehl requested the analytics
information and offered to research the metrics and determine what is causing the high number of site visits over
the past few months.
b.LinkedIn Promotion
Board Members: reviewed updates to the Technology Village marketing information to be sent out via LinkedIn.
Board members also suggested adding a page in Word Press with the marketing information and send a link out
to all members through LinkedIn which can be shared with the board member’s network.
c.Action Item Update
Board Members: reviewed and discussed the pending action items.
d.Board Member Ideas/Recommendations
Hughes: directed staff to add acceptance of Dave Rech’s resignation to the August meeting agenda. Mr. Hughes
also asked staff to add an agenda item related to the appointment of Dave Rech as an Advisory Board member.
6.Adjourn
MOTION BY PROEHL and SECOND BY FRANK to adjourn the meeting. The motion was approved 4-0. The meeting
adjourned at 8:28 a.m.
Submitted by: Casey McCabe