The Blasting Advisory Board voted to authorize staff to check flight and hotel prices for the February Tallahassee "date days" and to proceed with booking for a small delegation if costs fall within available travel funds.

"I make a motion that we look into the pricing," Speaker 3 said during the meeting, asking staff to check flights and hotels and to book the earliest feasible flights that allow the delegates to be present on Feb. 10–11. Speaker 1 seconded the motion and the board approved it by voice vote.

Members discussed budget constraints ahead of the motion. Speaker 5 reported the board's fiscal-year budget is $4,500 total with $3,000 allocated for travel and $1,500 for marketing. Board members referenced prior trip totals (examples discussed during the meeting included $4,070 and $5,600 figures for previous years) and urged early booking to control costs.

The motion was specific to checking pricing and did not commit the board to a final passenger list: Speakers agreed that only two members would likely travel unless estimates showed it was feasible for more. The board set a near-term internal schedule to get pricing before the regular January meeting so any booking decision could be made in time for the Feb. 10 date days.