Board meeting notes 2010-03-02

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Attendance

• Jim
• Daniel
• John
• Kevin
• Joe

Agenda

• What do we wish to accomplish with these meetings?
  • Separate vast majority of business related info from the regular weekly meetings?
  • How formal to make them?
• Organization Status Update
  • We now have an EIN
  • Bank account is one of the next steps
• Organization Structure
  • What responsibilities can we hand out now?
  • Proposed Board Structure and Their Roles
    • President
    • Vice-President
    • Secretary
    • Treasurer
    • Public Relations
    • Additional Directors
• Dues
  • Possible Tiered Membership
  • Foreseen Issues?
• Running out of space
  • Possible actions
• Any other items to present?

Notes

Comes to Order @ 8:41 PM

• Board Meeting Structure
  • Likely to follow parlamentry procedure
• Organization Structure Next Steps
  • Non profit status update - Mutal vs Public
    • 501(c)(3) seems to be the most favorable choice
  • Board Members
    • There should be always an odd number
    • President
      • John is the next president
    • Vice President
      • Jim H. is the next vice president
      • Officiating over the newbies
    • Treasurer
      • Daniel is the next treasurer
    • Secretary
      • Joe is the next secretary
      • Handling any official paperwork
    • Un-named 5th position
      • Kevin will have this position, he is to pick his title at a later date and time
    • Public Relations
      • Chris is to be asked if he can fill this position
  • Term limits
    • The limits for the officers is to be no more than a year
  • Dues
    • Tiers based on access time?
    • Based on interest?
    • Based on income?
  • Purchases
    • Careful presentation of what we intend to buy
    • Everyone has the opportunity to say yay or nay
    • Ensuring that no favoritism towards a specific interest
  • Locations
    • Emerge Memphis
      • Board members will try to meet with Emerge Memphis
    • Hilton Data Center?
    • Christian Brothers University
    • First Congo
      • Board members need to respond to them
  • Web presence
    • Joe is going to fix it all