Board Meeting Minutes for 2/11/18 meeting at Go! Ice Cream at 6:30pm

In Attendance: Jeff Yoder, Emerson Delacroix, Sue Coles, Lindsey Schafer. Also in attendance were Ellis Jackson and Malaika Worsham

Absences include: Karen Coleman, Shelley Williams, Elizabeth Warren

Old Business & Tasks: Followed up on previous meetings tasks shown in blue.

• All

• Watch presentation at www.benevon.com –

• Eliz

• • • Does CSAM-PO carry board/officer insurance?  What documents does it file with MI and Feds?  Any? Ask Debbie Burr. or Pam Gillespie: 734-277-0030

• Emerson

• • • Complete membership report done
    • Attend MAOTB Meeting – Lots to report from this!
    • Write blog post about about what Emerson likes about hEY and what it has added to their life not done
    • Add https://ypsilantifreefaire.wordpress.com to hEY FB pages Added Feb & Mar dates
    • Add FFY event to hEY FB Pages Added March infoshop date and Pride in June.

• Jeff

• • • Update hEY Website: edit Board Members.  done
    • Meeting Minutes (recent 3 months) done!!
    • Add https://ypsilantifreefaire.wordpress.com and event to gCalendar (see mins) done
    • Add FFY event to gCalendar done
    • Speak at YDL done

• Karen

• • • None

• Shelley

• • • Attend Barrier Busters Meeting – ?

• Sue

• • Complete treasurer report done

Agenda:

1. Go over everyone’s tasks for last month
2. Approve January minutes
   1. Approved
3. Treasurer Report
   1. Total received in 2017 $954.61 from 35 people. $47.94 in Jan 2018 from 2 people.
   2. 4 persons in AR (from 0 member in Accounts Receivable last month)
4. Outreach Report
   1. 188 members, which is 6 more since our last meeting. (182). We’ve exchanged 5382 which is 38 more since our last meeting (5344).
   2. 6 person applied this month. We have 3 applicants in pool.
   3. MAOTB Monthly Meeting Report: Em attended and Lindsey eavesdropped
      1. Ask if we can have a MAOTB table at Detroit Pride
5. New Topic: Renew Non-Profit Status vs. Community Orgs
   1. Ferndale TB is a community org
   2. Eliz will look into what legally is required of a comm. Orgs.
   3. Could also save $1k in board member insurance
   4. Could also save on member liability insurance.
   5. Maybe could provide volunteer insurance.
6. New Topic: Getting new orgs, churches, etc
   1. ?
7. New Topic: Cooking Class
   1. ?
8. Carry-over Topic: Crowdfunding
9. New topic for next time: Washtenaw County Alliance of Timebanks?
10. Next Meeting: 3/21/18 at 6:30 at Go! IceCream.  

Tasks to do in the next month:

• All:

• Eliz

• Emerson

• • • Complete membership report
    • Attend MAOTB Meeting
    • Create Social Outreach Committee Past

• Jeff

• Karen

• • • None

• Shelley

• • • Attend Barrier Busters Meeting

• Sue

• • Complete treasurer report

Parking Lotted or Floating Items:

1. Carry-over Topic: Retreat
   1. Maybe wait until after Anne joins in Feb/Mar.
2. Carry-over Topic: Auction
3. Carry-over Topic: 5th Anniversary Party

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