Board Meeting Notes 2022-02-15: Difference between revisions
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** Andrew M. Topped off the boiler with some more water. Seemed to help | ** Andrew M. Topped off the boiler with some more water. Seemed to help | ||
* New garbage bags were topped off. | * New garbage bags were topped off. | ||
=== Area Host Update === | |||
Arts Area: | |||
* Lydia and Vero would like to reorganize the computers, she will contact Sky to ensure there were no issues. | |||
* Discussion about how to do new capital purchases for Arts Area. | |||
** Want to get an embroidery machine | |||
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=== Mail === | === Mail === | ||
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=== Membership Report === | === Membership Report === | ||
* '''Number of Members:''' | * '''Number of Members:''' 476 | ||
* '''Quorum:''' | * '''Quorum:'''47 | ||
=== Review the PayPal and banking transactions === | === Review the PayPal and banking transactions === | ||
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* tbielawa - A recent member suspension could have been handled with more grace and finesse | * tbielawa - A recent member suspension could have been handled with more grace and finesse | ||
** Paul says Jennie will talk to Scott about how to handle this better in the future. | |||
** Member should never have been suspended in the first place. Paul made a mistake. | |||
** Going forward we are going to try to do better due diligence into the veracity of a claim before acting. | |||
** We need to get all of the new board members on freshdesk, Sky has been asked for guidance. | |||
* Individual project plan updates | * Individual project plan updates | ||
** Donzell would like to turn the lounge into a gallery. | |||
*** Paul would like Donzell to document some breakdown of how this would be achieved and how the board can help. | |||
** Jesse would like to help in as neccessary | |||
** Tim wants to help reform tidy space | |||
** Nathan would like to do a few things. He is putting together a document and will send it over this week. | |||
* Scholarship status update | * Scholarship status update | ||
** Didn't post them in January this year. We are supposed to do this twice per year. | |||
** Nathan will put together the scholarship applications for this spring. | |||
** We need a scholarships officer position on the MMT again. Paul will talk to the MMT or we will put an open call out to the membership. | |||
** Would be nice to better document this process for the MMT | |||
* DRC Team update | * DRC Team update | ||
** New Board Members on DRC | |||
*** Donzell | |||
*** Jesse | |||
*** Jennie | |||
* Member meeting leadership | * Member meeting leadership | ||
** Board is willing to. | |||
** Joe would like to encourage more community growth at the member meetings, a la 300 seconds of fame | |||
*** Member meetings should be made more appealing. | |||
* Area host reviews have been added to action log. | |||
* Diversity and Inclusion | |||
** Last year we attempted to get a diversity and inclusion team together. | |||
** Got dragged down by red tape | |||
** We would prefer to make this as straightforward as possible. | |||
** Donzell said last year that the position should be on the board to have teeth. | |||
** Joe volun-told Donzell into making D&I his board priority for the year | |||
*** Donzell and Paul were both on board. | |||
*** Jesse had been the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion officer at her work place. | |||
*** She expressed concerns that having a minority at the helm of the effort makes it harder for the effort to succeed | |||
*** Nathan thinks that we need there to be a full committee to avoid this problem | |||
*** Lil street "makerspace" is predominantly run by women in Ravenswood. | |||
**** Protohaven in Pittsburgh as well. | |||
*** We should look into other ways to deal with diversity issues and schedule a board meeting around it. | |||
=== Old Business === | === Old Business === | ||
