Board 2006 10 - Revision history

Rfs at 00:50, 7 July 2010

2010-07-07T00:50:53Z

Ideath: the real minutes

2006-10-15T00:22:07Z

the real minutes

Ideath at 02:21, 12 October 2006

2006-10-12T02:21:58Z

Ideath: rearrangement

2006-10-12T02:17:37Z

rearrangement

Ideath: minor wording changes

2006-10-12T01:39:25Z

minor wording changes

Ideath at 01:04, 12 October 2006

2006-10-12T01:04:06Z

Ideath: /* Attendance */

2006-10-12T01:03:22Z

Attendance

Ideath at 01:02, 12 October 2006

2006-10-12T01:02:39Z

Ideath at 00:55, 12 October 2006

2006-10-12T00:55:14Z

Oso: /* New Director */

2006-10-12T00:45:31Z

New Director

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 * Date: October 11, 2006 5:30pm
 * Facilitator: laurel
-* Scribe: Oso
+* Scribe: Oso and Jon
-* Minutes Checker:
+* Minutes Checker: Seamus and laurel
 * Place: Acme
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 === New Director ===
 Jon is welcomed, Seamus wondered which position (term length) he should take<br />
-BOARD AGREES - 2 years. The council will elect a 1-term director
+BOARD AGREES - 2 years. The council will elect a 1-term director at its next meeting.
 We do not have a lot of orientation materials for new board members. We have a book but don't know where it is at the moment. RFS will look for it.
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 Lar: FG board is unique, many things that are traditionally part of the board responsibilities are handled by the Council. Also, we use consensus.
-Further questions an be sent to the email list.
+Further questions can be sent to the email list.
 === Officer election ===
 See [[Bylaws#ARTICLE_IV._OFFICERS|the bylaws]] for more information on officers and their election.
-* Chairperson
+* Chairperson: wren
-* Treasurer
+* Treasurer: Seamus
-* Secretary
+* Secretary: laurel
 == Reports ==
 === Mt. Hood Grant ===
 see directors list archives for discussion and context
 === Budget Report ===
-=== Budget Amendments ===
-* Laptop Coordinator
+Review of the budget prepared by Seamus and Richard.  Last quarter was close to expectations except that we didn't buy some of the big ticket items we'd planned to.  Forward budget reflects a lot more input than in the past from staff about staff needs, so it includes a lot of new speculative spending.  Budget will settle in as staff figures out this communication and their actual needs.  Big change ahead, Nathan advocating facilities improvement (e.g. wiring up to code, etc).  Some of next few quarters' big spending is more one-time (think "buying something", says Seamus), so not so bad (on-going).
-* Office Coordinator
-* other requests?
+We need more staff: can we afford it?  The budget would suggest perhaps not, but there are reasons to believe we can.  Oso's departure frees some hours that don't need immediate refilling.  We have considerable savings at the moment.  The budget includes a 5% payroll growth each quarter.  Also the budget has historically been very conservative on income and expense predictions.  Oso points out that for the laptop coord, "more hours means more money".
 === Credit Card progress ===
-===Goin' back to Mt. Hood===
+Richard suggests a merchant services outfit that First Tech pointed us to.  Contract seems good, less restrictive than many, does not require a single co-signer (better reflects the structure of a nonprofit).  We can have this in place soon.  Sounds Good. Richard and Shawn have been doing good research.
 === Board's role and actions in fundraising ===
-* Marie will kick off this discussion
+* Marie has handouts.  Background: made 'welcome to free geek' video to help spread the word, as not everyone can come take tour of free geek, etc.
-* should cover both fundraising and grant activities
+* Suggestions (expanded on handout):
 == Commitments ==
-* RFS will seek the board info book (Chapter #?)
+* Marie - find/send links to Board legal responsibilities, procure DVDs for directors.
 == Next Meeting ==
-* Facilitator:
+* Facilitator: Wren
-* Scribe:
+* Scribe: Laurel
 * Minutes Checker:
-* Reporters to other meetings?
+* Date and time: 2nd wed in january (January 10)
-* Date and time:
+* Place: Meyer Trust meeting room?

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 === Budget Report ===
 === Budget Amendments ===
 * Laptop Coordinator
 * Office Coordinator
 * other requests?
 === Board's role and actions in fundraising ===
 * Marie will kick off this discussion
 * should cover both fundraising and grant activities
 == Commitments ==

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 == Board Business ==
 === New Director ===
-Jon is welcomed, Seamus wondered which term he would take
+Jon is welcomed, Seamus wondered which position (term length) he should take<br />
 BOARD AGREES - 2 years. The council will elect a 1-term director
-We do not have a lot of orientation materials for new board members, We have a book we don't know where it is at the moment.
+We do not have a lot of orientation materials for new board members. We have a book but don't know where it is at the moment. RFS will look for it.
 Marie will send links to board info.
-Lar: FG board is unique, many things that a traditionally part of the board responsibilities, these are handled by the Council. We use consensus.
+Lar: FG board is unique, many things that are traditionally part of the board responsibilities are handled by the Council. Also, we use consensus.
-No further questions.
+Further questions an be sent to the email list.
 === Officer election ===
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 == Commitments ==
-* name - commitment
+* RFS will seek the board info book (Chapter #?)
 == Next Meeting ==

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 Richard - FGS<br>
 Dave - FGS<br>
-Oso - FGS/FGB/scribing
+Oso - FGS/FGB/scribing<br>
 == Board Business ==