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-MINUTES OF THIRD MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LANSING MAKERS NETWORK
-The third meeting of the Board of Directors of Lansing Makers Network
-was held at the TechSmith building at 2405 Woodlake Drive, Okemos, MI on
-Wednesday 06-07-2012, at 7:15PM EST.
-Present were: [[user:carlraymond:start|Carl Raymond]],
-[[user:tim:start|Timothy Schmidt]], [[user:mflaga:start|Michael
-Flaga]], [[user:zik:start|Ed Symanzik]], and [[user:oj:start|Jasmine
-O'Jibway]], being persons designated as the Directors in the Articles
-of Incorporation and/or participating as directors of the Board of
-Directors. Also in attendance, [[user:rschott:start|Randy Schott]],
-[[user:likeawoman:start|Rachel Prevatt]].
-Absent: [[[user:wreality:start|Brian Adams]].
-In The President's absence, The Secretary, [[user:tim:start|Timothy
-Schmidt]], chaired this meeting.
-The Chair welcomed all present and began the meeting's business.
-[[user:zik:start|Ed Symanzik]] motioned to approve the agenda.
-[[user:oj:start|Jasmine O'Jibway]] seconded.
-RESOLVED, that the agenda is approved.
-The Chair then motioned to approve the last meeting's minutes.
-RESOLVED, that the [[meetings:20120516_minutes|minutes of the May 16
-meeting]] are approved.
-The Treasurer reported Lansing Makers Network's current financial
-status, and purchasing checks was discussed.
-RESOLVED, that The Treasurer will investigate check prices, and report
-his findings.
-Graphic design matters were discussed.
-[[user:likeawoman:start|Rachel Prevatt]] summarized the events and
-attendance of Lansing Maker Network's "Social Fun Time".
-The Chair moved the discussion to
-[[board_measures:board_proposal_002|Board Proposal 002]], a proposal
-to authorize the treasurer or their designee to open an Amazon
-Payments account to accept donations via the website.
-RESOLVED, that [[board_measures:board_proposal_002|Board Proposal
-]] is approved.
-[[user:zik:start|Ed Symanzik]] summarized a conference call with
-[[http://www.makeitlabs.com/|MakeIt Labs]]' Joe Schlessinger, and
-updated the board on progress with the business plan.
-The Chair then suggested the organization establish an immediate
-fund raising goal.  There was some discussion of the goal, matching
-grants, and their interaction.
-RESOLVED, that Lansing Makers Network set an immediate fund raising
-goal of $20,000.
-Board members were encouraged to think of $3,000 as a personal fund
-raising goal.
-[[user:tim:start|Timothy Schmidt]] informed the board of
-[[http://schoolfactory.org/|School Factory]]'s responses to it's
-questions, and pledged to forward the email to the board mailing list.
-The Chair called for a five minute recess before further business.
-After rejoining, there was much discussion surrounding
-[[board_measures:board_proposal_003|Board Proposal 003]], a proposal
-to update our mission statement to further emphasize our commitment to
-supporting under-served populations and to provide a direct community
-benefit.
-[[user:zik:start|Ed Symanzik]] proposed a new mission statement, to
-which [[user:carlraymond:start|Carl Raymond]] proposed revisions.
-With input from [[user:tim:start|Timothy Schmidt]],
-[[user:mflaga:start|Michael Flaga]], [[user:oj:start|Jasmine
-O'Jibway]], [[user:rschott:start|Randy Schott]], and
-[[user:likeawoman:start|Rachel Prevatt]].
-[[board_measures:board_proposal_003|Board Proposal 003]] was then
-amended with the new language.
-RESOLVED, that [[board_measures:board_proposal_003|Board Proposal
-]] is approved.
-There was some discussion of wiki-related issues, collaboration, and
-contact information.
-That concluding the matters at hand, The Chair thanked everyone