Agenda for 05-14-2019

Chair: Matt Carpenter

Meeting Location

i3 Detroit 1481A Wordsworth St. Ferndale, MI 48220

Meeting called to order at 7:39 pm

Officer Reports

Treasurer & Budget

April (and year-to-date) financial statement: Media:April_2019_Financial_Statement.pdf
Due to expenses from the expansion, we are running at a slight deficit
Mel is working hard on getting the Patronicity campaign up and going.
- Good news! We can offer discounted (up to 100%) membership dues through the fundraising campaign.
- However those funds must all be spent on expansion. If all the campaign funds came from dues that might leave less for operating expenses.
Our gas bills have been higher han usual for the pas several months, including taking B-Side into account.

Bank balance	$57,924.36
Emergency Fund	($30,000.00)
Net	$27,924.36

Tax Update

Extension was filed today. Been doing some research on other space's tax return and I think there are things I could do better, so I'm considering filing an amendment to 2017 first. I should have drafts to share with board soon.

Secretary

Nothing to report.

President

n/a

Senior Vice President

n/a

VP of Activities & Classes

We had a live fire extinguisher training last month.
Potluck attendance was a little light, probably because we forgot to announce it properly.

VP of Membership-Onboarding

We've had a lot of people coming in from Village Workshop.

VP of Membership-Member Advocate

Not present. No issues known of.
They now have a mail box to the right of the classroom door.

Committee Reports

Floor Planning Committee

Three plans have been submitted to the committee for consideration: Floor Plan Proposals
There have been discussions with many/most zone coordinators and some changes have been made based on that feedback.
Matt: Are all plans ready to be voted on and are the digital and physical copies the same?
Yes and No. Mark will finish getting an upated version of Plan B posted.

Fundraising Committee

Fundraising Committee Meeting Minutes 20190507

Patronicity/MEDC campaign has been scheduled for July/August.
We have approved a craft show as a fundraiser. Time and place will depend on CoO, but tentatively we're planning for end of June on B side.

Proposal:
Disband the Floorplanning Committee
Moved by Mark, Seconded by David
7 Ayes / 0 Nays
Result: PASS

Safety & Compliance Committee

Moderation Committee

Old Business

Summary of Board List/Slack Discussions since last meeting

Discussion of and creation of #ask-the-board slack channel.
We are almost out of scholarship slots, and there was discussion on changning to a scholarship fund with partial scholarships. Some potential language was suggested but it needs refinement, so this is being tabled.
Alec resigned and we appointed Aisha as member advocate.
What can we do on B-Side before getting CoO?
HVAC inspection for CoO:
- 4/18/2019

Proposal:
Allocate $400 for an HVAC inspection for the furnaces on B-Side
Moved by Jody, Seconded by Paul
7 Ayes / 0 Nays
Result: PASS

Tracking who has passwords to what accounts.
How to do the floor planning vote.

New Business

NOMCON 2019

NOMCON will be in Chattanooga 6/14-6/16. Tickets are $250 but Matt applied for three pay-what-you-can tickets for $75 apiece.

Do we want to send a group?
- How many people? - Paul and Matt (and Jody?) have shown interest so far.

Final Floor Plan Selection

Tentatively planning for a referendum to open 5/14 and end 5/21 with a special board meeting on or around 5/23 for the official vote

Decisions which need to be made:

Type of vote
- Plurality Voting - Pick your favorite (1 selection per ballot)
- Approval Voting - Check all you would be happy with (multiple selections per ballot)
- Opavote suggests San Francisco Ranked Choice Voting for a single winner vote. Mkfink (talk)
- General consensus is Ranked Choice.
Roger: How are we providing the floor plan info to members?
Matt: Is planning to send out an email before the vote email with that information. That can also be embedded in the vote email itself.
How to phrase the question?
- Ask 'Which floor plan is best for you?' to get member opinions. We will consider 'Which floor plan do you think is best for i3?' when we make our final decision.
Final board vote will be in person at a special meeting, tentatively 7:30 pm 5/23/2019.

i3 Has No Mission Statement

At the fundraising meeting, Vivian pointed out that i3 lacks a mission statement. Additionally, we don't have one cohesive vision (sounds like we may have several in different places?)
These are important pieces of information to provide to grant-giving organizations
- Mkfink (talk): From our Articles of Incorporation: "The Mission of the corporation is to educate, create, inspire and innovate through open education, Research and Development." However I recognize vision and mission statements are somewhat different, but that's at least a place to start.
Mark suggets it could be done by the fundraising committee or the president, or a vision committee.
David suggests a vision statement should be voted on by the membership and not the board.

Meeting Metrics

Time completed: 8:23pm
Funds appropriated: $400
Attendees: 10

Action Item Summary

No action items.

Proposal Summary

Proposal	Moved By	Seconded By	Aye	Nay	Result
Allocate $400 for an HVAC inspection for the furnaces on B-Side	Jody	Paul	7	0	PASS
Disband the Floorplanning Committee	Mark	David	7	0	PASS

Attendance

Matt C
Mike F
Mel G
Paul L
Jody R
Mark F
Roger S
Matt C
Jan H
David H

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