Difference between revisions of "Council 2006 07"

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== Reports ==
 
== Reports ==
  
Reports from other working groups. Use headings with equal signs, like this:
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Reports from other working groups.
  
<nowiki>=== Blahblah Report ===</nowiki>
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=== Financial stuff ===
 
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* Richard or Seamus:
If reports came via email, please link to the message in the archive here. Like this: [http://lists.freegeek.org/pipermail/council/ Blahblah Report]
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* things look good in the last quarter
 
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=== Geek Fair ===
=== Foobar Report ===
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* Spent $2800, made $1800 fair events (probly more), made $2000 in the store.  things went well.
* presenter's name
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=== Providence ===
* summarize and/or link to report
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* 4 areas if concern: volunteer retention, space usage, expenses, culture changes.
* record conversation
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* Suggestions have been sent to staff, regardless of providence - we should be doing most of these things already.
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=== a/v hiring ===
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* trying to fit into a grant we, well, didn't fit. oso takes blame for lack of communication.  some grants have hirings built in.  we do not want open-ended positions created out of grants, we need to be careful about keeping on mission, and council needs to make these decisions.
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* this grant is not diring anyone anymore (capitalization!), looking for alternate funding.
  
 
== Old Business ==
 
== Old Business ==

Revision as of 23:49, 19 July 2006


  • Date:
  • Facilitator:
  • Scribe:
  • Minutes Checker:
  • Place:

Call the meeting to order

  • Are the scribe and facilitator there?
  • Check in - ask how everybody's doing.
  • Have everybody say their name (important at Council meetings.) Scribe: note names below. (under == Attendance ==)
  • You can delete this section from the minutes.

Attendance

martin, richard, oso, kerm, bill, seamus, shawn, wren, phil, serge, liane, marie, wes

Old Commitments

  • Martin will write about escalation of concerns for the wiki. DONE
http://wiki.freegeek.org/index.php/Propogating_Concerns
  • Providence working group will meet and report regularly to Council IN PROGRESS
  • Oso: Phil hiring report DONE

Reports

Reports from other working groups.

Financial stuff

  • Richard or Seamus:
  • things look good in the last quarter

Geek Fair

  • Spent $2800, made $1800 fair events (probly more), made $2000 in the store. things went well.

Providence

  • 4 areas if concern: volunteer retention, space usage, expenses, culture changes.
  • Suggestions have been sent to staff, regardless of providence - we should be doing most of these things already.

a/v hiring

  • trying to fit into a grant we, well, didn't fit. oso takes blame for lack of communication. some grants have hirings built in. we do not want open-ended positions created out of grants, we need to be careful about keeping on mission, and council needs to make these decisions.
  • this grant is not diring anyone anymore (capitalization!), looking for alternate funding.

Old Business

copy from previous meeting's minutes

Item 1

  • presenter's name
  • summarize presentation
  • record conversation
    • (use asterisks, not hyphens. It translates better to wiki.)

New Business

copy from email list's agenda additions

Item 1

  • presenter's name
  • summarize presentation
  • record conversation

New Commitments

New commitments, and Carry-Overs copied from above.

  • name - commitment
  • name - commitment
  • etc.

Next Meeting

  • Facilitator:
  • Scribe:
  • Minutes Checker:
  • Reporters to other meetings?
  • Date and time:
  • Place:
  • Unfinished business for the next meeting?