BoardMeeting201901

Board Meeting: January 5, 2019

Time & Location

• Meeting Located at 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN
• 1:00 PM

Attendees

Board: Issac Merkle, Jondale Stratton, Tracy Homer, Bryan Howard, Laurie Kay, Sue Joslin, Billy Huddleston

Members: Andrew Messersmith, Tony Baker, Duskin Fairchild, Susannah Alexander, John Nowack, Jason Colby, Devin Colby, James Broyles, Sean Simoneau

Non-Members: LuAnn

Minutes

• Issac welcomed general membership
• Issac handed out agenda (with cats)
• Tracy gave financial report
• Andrew updated us on codes situation
  • Waiting on punch-list from electrical contractor
  • Work needed was much less than originally thought and we can DIY some of it
• Andrew gave update on grant progress
  • We maybe don't need stamped plans for pole-barn - yay save money!
  • Opted for larger porch and the building is a little more expensive but not much
  • Received $2000 grant check from Aslan Foundation
  • Sent plans to architect but holidays delay things sometimes
  • Architect has submitted the plans to the city for the classroom wall, not really any update from that.
  • Maybe we don't have to use super expensive sound proofing materials - we could do good enough with just standard drywall and insulation
  • Will we have to resubmit plans? We don't know.
  • Installing a door is not cheap, but we have to do it.
• Discussed Conflict Resolution Policy that Tracy and Issac put out.
  • Andrew suggested some linguistic sugar to the beginning to give more of the intent of the document
  • A question was asked regarding what to do if a member has an issue with a Peace Officer
  • A question was raised about how to get rid of a Peace Officer - decided to bring that back up at the end of the meeting (after the Bylaws discussion)
  • Issac asked Laurie to remove herself from the meeting so we could sweetly talk about her behind her back.
• Issac handed out a document with the intended candidates for the 2019 Board of Directors
  • Fearless Leader (President) - Issac Merkle
  • Membership Dictator (Secretary) - Tracy Homer
  • Chancellor of the Exchequer (Treasurer) - Sue Joslin
  • Events Coordinator - Tabitha Sheldon
  • Community Director - Sean Simoneau
  • Technical Director - Jondale Stratton
  • Facilities Director - Bryan Howard
  • Wizard of the Webs - Billy Huddleston
  • Development Director - Andrew Messersmith
• Creative Director position is bullshit
• Issac pledges to be useless as the president going forward
• Issac introduced the next topic - proposed updates to the Bylaws
  • Please see upcoming Annual Member meeting email to view proposed changes made to the bylaws
  • If Duskin wants a party, she better have it quick.
• Bryan pointed out that all of our votes have been unanimous, and no one was wearing their name badge
• Issac brought a binder for Laurie to add projects
• Next board meeting scheduled for February 2nd at 1pm

Votes

• Voted unanimously to create Blacksmithing zone
• Voted unanimously to appoint Andrew Messersmith as czar of Blacksmithing zone
• Voted unanimously to take all air filters from general fund instead of each individual zone's budget
• Voted unanimously to add new Conflict Resolution Policy to the Membership Rules, contingent on changes discussed
• Voted unanimously to select Ray and Laurie as Peace Officers for 2019; to be voted upon at the annual meeting
• Voted unanimously on the changes handed out by Issac, contingent on changes discussed