** Present board voted unanimously to pay monthly fee to add another user for the API key project
** Present board voted unanimously to pay monthly fee to add another user for the API key project
* Rhys's suspension is over, probation is not over - we may discuss in the future to allow infrastructure access
* Rhys's suspension is over, probation is not over - we may discuss in the future to allow infrastructure access
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* Will volunteered to rally the troops to organize kitchen build
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* Grant writer gave us advice - most of the grants we would be most interested have passed deadlines
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** creative place-making
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** most of the grants are focusing on arts/teaching(particularly children)/
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** capital improvement for the purpose of teaching
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** he recommends matching grants- we would have to do outreach to our members and community at large (can not include our membership fees) works better with new people than with people who already give us money
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** set up programs that we want to have, get text on those, group target, budget
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** formal letter that introduces us to organizations offering grants
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** he can help with writing grants and coming up with text when given raw info, designing the fundraising campaign and making sure the reporting after the grant is recorded properly