Board Meeting Notes 2017-01-17
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Meeting Start:
Attendance
- Board Members
- Justin
- Lyn
- Michael
- Simon
- Ray
- Jennie
- Other Members
- Andrew
Agenda
- Check talk page for board meeting notes, see if any discussion on the agenda took place
- Consent Agenda
- Committee Reports
- Read mail
- Financial/membership report
- Review the PayPal and banking transactions
- Member leaving reason reports
- Check RT queue
- New business
- Cold metals authorizer selection
- Planning new board member orientation
- Board feedback
- Door quotes
- Old business
- Membership audit followup
- Printer disposal followup
Minutes
Discussion on previous minutes
- See talk page
Consent Agenda
- Passes unanimously
Committee Reports
Reports from Committees
- No update from Bylaws Committee
- Lyn sent the board a copy of the proposed DRC (member conflict resolution)
- Amazon confirmed that they will direct deposit Amazon Smile funds
Financial Report
- Chase Checking:$97,010.81
- Chase Savings: $35,671.54
- PEX: $12,810.61
- PayPal: $11,715.09
Membership Report
- Starving Hackers: 301
- Full Members: 133
- Total Members: 434
- Quorum:45
Review the PayPal and banking transactions
Member Leaving Reason Reports
- To be forwarded to director's list
RT
New Business
- Cold metals authorizer selection
- Dean asks to fill one position tonight, fill second position later
- Todd is chosen as cold metal volunteer authorizer
- Board will revisit applications in a future (next?) meeting for a second position
- Planning new board member orientation
- Individual handoffs and many of us will be at the next meeting
- Doublecheck New Board Orientation page
- Board feedback
- Will pass on to next board
- Suggest doing this at intervals throughout the year
- Door quotes to replace the front door
- Erik got quotes to replace the single front door
- $2945, ~$2884, $2311
- $2311 was super responsive, but maybe not paying as much attention as he should have.
- Erik recommends either of the first two quotes
- Landlord promised to give us a credit for $2000
- Erik will put together a vote, offers of co-sponsorship from board members
- Erik will contact landlord, Justin will put him in contact
Old Business
- Printer disposal followup
- Andrew gave an update after having completed talking to everybody involved.
- It's unfortunate that the people involved didn't come forward.
- The (next) board will communicate to the membership a reminder about tidy space policies and that this situation has been addressed.
- Vote to move to formal complaint situation fails
- Membership audit followup
- Board votes to allow Ray to spend down his existing member points and pay back his dues deficit over the next three months, in cash or member points.
- Deficit is equivalent 19 member points