Board Meeting Notes 2023-05-16

Board Meeting Minutes
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Meeting Start:

Attendance

• Board Members
  • James
  • Jennie
  • Joe
  • V
  • Donzell
  • Jesse

• Other Members
  • Carl

Agenda

• (closed door)
• Alicia - PR report

• Consent Agenda
• Committee Reports
• Read mail
• Financial/membership report
• Review the PayPal and banking transactions
• Member leaving reason reports
• Check Freshdesk queue
• New business
  • Theo loaned tool agreement.
  • Ryan volunteer position.
  • Board resolution letter for bank.
• Old business

Minutes

Committee Reports

Reports from Committees

Financial Report

• Chase Checking:
• Chase Savings:
• PEX:
• PayPal:

Membership Report

• Number of Members: 549
• Quorum: 54

Freshdesk

Login link: https://pumpingstationone.freshdesk.com

New Business

• This meeting began with a long closed door session that was documented in the board drive.

• Theo loaned tool agreement.
  • Has been signed. James will put it in the board drive.
  • It is hosted in Hot Metals
• Ryan volunteer position.
  • All on board
• Board resolution letter for bank.
  • Letter has been drafted and signed as follows:
  • The Board of Directors of Pumping Station: One, NFP resolves in a meeting on May 16th, 2023 that James R. Lamken is still the President of the organization and should take possession of the organization’s bank accounts.

• i3 Detroit has requested a summit of treasury teams
  • We are onboard!
  • we can all weed out dumb stuff

• Discussion of the importance of closing Freshdesk Tickets w/ MMT.
  • V will push harder

• Discussion of "refunds" at the request of Treasury team.
  • Who can authorize refunds? Cracking down on confusing responses to freshdesk tickets.
  • Sometimes people deserve the refunds, sometimes they don't.
  • If someone asks for a refund, they should be referred to treasury email

• NMR Machine
  • Should have a loaned tool agreement.
  • Do we create a science area?

• PR Team Questions
  • The board expresses that first and foremost we would like to get the PR team to send approximately one email newsletter per month.
  • Alicia can't get into Mail Chimp.
    • James is getting into this issue.
  • The board expressed a desire to send some more emails.

Votes

• The board votes to approve a W.I.L.D. Volunteer position for Ryan Pierce as coffee roaster authorizer.
  • For 6 / Against 0 / Abstain 0

• The board votes to appoint John Jegerski as Kitchen Area Host.
  • For 6 / Against 0 / Abstain 0