Council 2009 03 - Revision history

Rfs: /* NEXT MEETING */

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NEXT MEETING

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Priorities Group: Laurel1 (NEW)

2009-03-19T20:34:53Z

Financial: wrong chart!

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Financial

2009-03-19T20:30:42Z

Financial: adding the charts i forgot before

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Next Meeting

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2009-03-19T03:34:58Z

PRIORITIES GROUP: LAUREL1 (NEW)

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REPORTS

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REPORTS

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 Clarifying Questions:
 * Who is on the priorities group? Whoever wants to be, but most often RFS, Cliff, Dave, matteo, Liane, a few others.
-* Will this cause meetings to go overtime? We can't know yet, but the agendas have been fairly empty lately.
+* Will this cause council meetings to go overtime? We can't know yet, but the agendas have been fairly empty lately, and a lot will depend on the group's motivation and skills. We are pretty good at ending on time.
 Discussion:

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 ===Financial===
-[[Image:Jan2009_income.png‎|thumb|2008 income sources chart. 49% sales, 7% other, 14% fees, 15% recycling, 15% donations]]
+[[Image:2008income.png‎|thumb|2008 income sources chart. 49% sales, 7% other, 14% fees, 15% recycling, 15% donations]]
 [[Image:Jan2009_income.png‎|thumb|January 2009 income sources chart. 55% sales, 19% donations, 16% recycling, 9% other]]
 * 2008: $854,366 revenue, $806,654 expenses: $47,712 net

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 * 2008: $854,366 revenue, $806,654 expenses: $47,712 net
 * Jan 2009:  $71,583 revenue, $62,852 expenses: $8,731 net
-[[Image:Revenue-expenses_compared.png‎|frameless|center|350px|Representation of above revenue figures, to more easily compare the year data with the month. See below ''nb'' about useful resolutions of figures, though.]]
+[[Image:Revenue-expenses_compared.png‎|frameless|center|300px|Representation of above revenue figures, to more easily compare the year data with the month. See below ''nb'' about useful resolutions of figures, though.]]
 Fees have mostly disappeared, only partly replaced by reimbursements. Donations are up, partly because they are replacing some of the fees. There has been some incentive for corporate donations and they are going up.

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 ===Financial===
-* 2008: 49% sales, 7%other, 14%fees, 15%recycle, 15%donations (854,366revenue, 806,654expenses:47,712net)
+[[Image:Jan2009_income.png‎|thumb|2008 income sources chart. 49% sales, 7% other, 14% fees, 15% recycling, 15% donations]]
-* Jan 2009: 55% sales, 19%donations, 16%recycling, other 9% (71,583revenue, 62,852expenses, 8,731net)
+[[Image:Jan2009_income.png‎|thumb|January 2009 income sources chart. 55% sales, 19% donations, 16% recycling, 9% other]]
 Fees have mostly disappeared, only partly replaced by reimbursements. Donations are up, partly because they are replacing some of the fees. There has been some incentive for corporate donations and they are going up.

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 * Laurel1 - will get the [[Council Orientation]] ready for the next meeting.
-== Next Meeting ==
+== NEXT MEETING ==
 * Facilitator: Dave
 * Scribe: Webb

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 * Will we be able to deal with people who don't know how to behave in council?
 * We will need more consensus training on an ongoing basis so our facilitators are skilled enough to deal with problems.
 Proposal:
-*: (final proposal)
+*: Dissolve the Priorities group and roll their function into the Council until needed again. CONSENTED.
 == REMAINING COMMITMENTS ==
-: New commitments, and Carry-Overs copied from above.
+* Laurel1 - will get the [[Council Orientation]] ready for the next meeting.
 == Next Meeting ==
-* Facilitator:
+* Facilitator: Dave
-* Scribe:
+* Scribe: Webb
-* Minutes Checker:
+* Minutes Checker: Marie
-* Reporters to other meetings?
+* RT Jockey: vagrant
-* Date and time:
+* Consensus training: Laurel1
-* Place:
+* Date and time: April 15
-* List of unfinished business for the next meeting:
+* Place: Free Geek

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 == BUSINESS ==
-=== PRIORITIES GROUP: LAUREL1 (NEW)===
+=== Priorities Group: Laurel1 (NEW)===
 * See email http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/2009-March/002463.html
-*:(Summarize Presentation)
+*:Propose to roll Priorities group back into the Council for now.
-* List Clarifing Questions
-** Question - Answer
+Clarifying Questions:
-* List Concerns
+* Who is on the priorities group? Whoever wants to be, but most often RFS, Cliff, Dave, matteo, Liane, a few others.
-** Concern - Questions Which Clarify the Concern
+* Will this cause meetings to go overtime? We can't know yet, but the agendas have been fairly empty lately.
-* Proposal:
 *: (final proposal)
 ** Decision adopted (with Unresolved Concerns Listed - AKA Stand Asides) | Send to Committee (if creating a new committee list intrested people)

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 http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/State_of_the_Onion<br />Recycling is up. Forklift needed expensive repairs. New front desk intern: Tim Webster. Renee is still doing spanish tours. Ian is leaving and we'll be hiring a FT build coord. Allie is taking on interim laptop coord. Ryan Wunderkind is now the youngest staff ever hired. Inreach is working on making the front desk work smoothly. New website! And there's a new grants group starting up.
-==='''Space Cadets'''===
+===Space Cadets===
 Removed the wall at the back of the big room to make the laptop space bigger. Next step: add a wall to make the classroom a viable classroom. Other changes are planned - see [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/minutes/2009-March/000691.html meeting minutes].
-==='''Financial'''===
 * 2008: 49% sales, 7%other, 14%fees, 15%recycle, 15%donations (854,366revenue, 806,654expenses:47,712net)
 * Jan 2009: 55% sales, 19%donations, 16%recycling, other 9% (71,583revenue, 62,852expenses, 8,731net)
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 Due to the winter storm Q4: low sales, donations, fees due to closedness. Expenses the same.
 ===General Priorities===
 http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/General_Priorities<br />
-===Board===
+Meeting from February: worked on [[Overview Time Line]]. They declared an end to "the weirdness" because we now feel there's sufficient predictability. Did not meet in March.
 ===Fundraising/PR===
 == BUSINESS ==