December 17 Board Meeting Minutes

Attendance

Attending

  • Chris O’ Sullivan – Board Chair
  • Cela Smith – Board Member
  • Patrick Davis – Board Member
  • Steven Sheffield – Board Member (interim)/Treasurer
  • Rachell Sadd – Executive Director

Not attending

  • N/A

Taking Notes

  • Steven Sheffield

Key

  • Board actions are italicized.
  • Notes and additional information are bolded.

Minutes

  1. Call to Order
    1. Steven Sheffield moved to call the Board meeting to order (at approximately 7:10pm, on December 17th, in the coworking suite)
    2. Motion seconded by Chris O’Sullivan
    3. The motion was carried unanimously
  2. Approval of the Agenda
    1. Steven Sheffield moved to approve the agenda as written
    2. Motion seconded by Chris O’Sullivan
    3. The motion was carried unanimously
  3. Approval of the Minutes
    1. Steven Sheffield moved to table the approval of the minutes until the minutes from the November meeting become available; pending the offboarding of the Secretary.
    2. Motion seconded by Chris O’Sullivan
    3. The motion was carried unanimously
  4. Reports
    1. Executive Director
      1. At-Risk Programs and Operations
        1. membership revenue – revenue is down in November due to members # decreasing; see SOO
      2. Laser status – down; pending more testing
      3. Sustainability Updates
        1. Rates Raise performance – see SOO
        2. Exit feedback – mixed neutral and negative responses to rate raise, some folks did not seek out AMT resources to defray costs (hacker rate/scholarship)
    2. Treasurer
      1. Loan status – the loan application is not being processed yet according to Bank of America. Application not properly setup or completed by banking specialist. 
      2. Bank accounts – accounts at Capital One to be closed within 60 days.
      3. Stripe access – access to reports was disabled, limiting financial reporting for November close. Pending ED and Treasurer connecting with Stripe.
  5. Old Business
    1. Pending legal matter** – The plaintiff loses the ability to resubmit the complaint on December 20th, 2019. Status pending. 
  6. New Business
    1. Standing Item: Applications for full member approval – no applications received
    2. To attend Board Match or Not – board and officers agreed to Board Match should be attended again.
    3. Secretary coverage (esp vital legal/tax/operational paperwork) – officers to finalize role description and post to Volunteer Match.
  7. Comments and Announcements – Next meeting date January 15, 2020, 7pm, coworking
  8. Adjournment
    1. Chris O’Sullivan moved to adjourn the meeting
    2. Motion seconded by Steven Sheffield.
    3. The motion was carried unanimously

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