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=== Minutes ===
=== Minutes ===
*Where is Bryan - no one knows when he works
*Russell says start anyway
*Sue's Financial report
**Everything is about the same
**What Sue learned about investing our money
***The banks she looked into will only do CDs for individuals, not businesses
***Our current bank has high-yield money market for businesses - with a disappointing 0.75% interest :/
***Sue will keep looking for business CDs
**What Sue has learned about P-cards
***Talked to our bank - they had two types and Sue is following up this week
***Tracy will now be "in charge" of our P-card policy
*Grant stuff
**Due date of April 1st to send in our last bit of paperwork for grant reimbursement
**Do we want to submit again this year? For what? AV equipment? It's due soon - we need to think about it but quickly
*News about Spark
**Talked a bit about this in the last meeting - they are asking that we pay for the dumpster - Issac will follow up this week
*Membership - Tracy needs to follow up with people have been around for longer than a month
*Website wording - should we add another webpage that prompt people to Affirm that they are taking the Student/Senior Discount because they need it
**Would this cause people to switch back and forth and be a problem for accounting
**Lets try it anyway
*Maker Faire
**There was an initial meeting with the committee - Sean and Laurie will head it up
**Maybe Dogwood Arts will help because they have a lot of experience putting on large events
*Mayor's Maker Council - short meeting because it was recap of Whats the Big Idea and prepping for Big Ears
**Not much uptake on the Big Ears parade - Sean will try Mattermost
*Transforming Western - there is a meeting coming soon and who can be there
**What even is it? Who knows.
*Maintenance Issues - the toilet is acting up and we have let Spark know
*Next meeting April 16th




=== Votes ===
=== Votes ===
*Voted unanimously to renew our Arts and Alliance membership this year
*Voted unanimously to raise the booth price for the Make Sale to $40/$20

Latest revision as of 19:05, 19 March 2023

Board Meeting: March 19, 2023

Time & Location

  • Meeting Located virtually on Big Blue Button
  • 2:00 PM

Minutes

  • Where is Bryan - no one knows when he works
  • Russell says start anyway
  • Sue's Financial report
    • Everything is about the same
    • What Sue learned about investing our money
      • The banks she looked into will only do CDs for individuals, not businesses
      • Our current bank has high-yield money market for businesses - with a disappointing 0.75% interest :/
      • Sue will keep looking for business CDs
    • What Sue has learned about P-cards
      • Talked to our bank - they had two types and Sue is following up this week
      • Tracy will now be "in charge" of our P-card policy
  • Grant stuff
    • Due date of April 1st to send in our last bit of paperwork for grant reimbursement
    • Do we want to submit again this year? For what? AV equipment? It's due soon - we need to think about it but quickly
  • News about Spark
    • Talked a bit about this in the last meeting - they are asking that we pay for the dumpster - Issac will follow up this week
  • Membership - Tracy needs to follow up with people have been around for longer than a month
  • Website wording - should we add another webpage that prompt people to Affirm that they are taking the Student/Senior Discount because they need it
    • Would this cause people to switch back and forth and be a problem for accounting
    • Lets try it anyway
  • Maker Faire
    • There was an initial meeting with the committee - Sean and Laurie will head it up
    • Maybe Dogwood Arts will help because they have a lot of experience putting on large events
  • Mayor's Maker Council - short meeting because it was recap of Whats the Big Idea and prepping for Big Ears
    • Not much uptake on the Big Ears parade - Sean will try Mattermost
  • Transforming Western - there is a meeting coming soon and who can be there
    • What even is it? Who knows.
  • Maintenance Issues - the toilet is acting up and we have let Spark know
  • Next meeting April 16th


Votes

  • Voted unanimously to renew our Arts and Alliance membership this year
  • Voted unanimously to raise the booth price for the Make Sale to $40/$20