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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. | ||
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- | 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.]], 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]]. | ||
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- | In The President's absence, The Secretary, [[user:tim:start|Timothy | ||
- | Schmidt]], chaired this meeting. | ||
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- | The Chair welcomed all present and began the meeting's business. | ||
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- | [[user:zik:start|Ed Symanzik]] motioned to approve the agenda. | ||
- | [[user:oj:start|Jasmine O.]] seconded. | ||
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- | RESOLVED, that the agenda is approved. | ||
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- | The Chair then motioned to approve the last meeting's minutes. | ||
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- | RESOLVED, that the [[meetings:20120516_minutes|minutes of the May 16 | ||
- | meeting]] are approved. | ||
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- | The Treasurer reported Lansing Makers Network's current financial | ||
- | status, and purchasing checks was discussed. | ||
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- | RESOLVED, that The Treasurer will investigate check prices, and report | ||
- | his findings. | ||
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- | Graphic design matters were discussed. | ||
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- | [[user:likeawoman:start|Rachel Prevatt]] summarized the events and | ||
- | attendance of Lansing Maker Network's "Social Fun Time". | ||
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- | 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. | ||
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- | RESOLVED, that [[board_measures:board_proposal_002|Board Proposal | ||
- | 002]] is approved. | ||
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- | [[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. | ||
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- | The Chair then suggested the organization establish an immediate | ||
- | fund raising goal. There was some discussion of the goal, matching | ||
- | grants, and their interaction. | ||
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- | RESOLVED, that Lansing Makers Network set an immediate fund raising | ||
- | goal of $20,000. | ||
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- | Board members were encouraged to think of $3,000 as a personal fund | ||
- | raising goal. | ||
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- | [[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. | ||
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- | The Chair called for a five minute recess before further business. | ||
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- | 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. | ||
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- | [[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.]], [[user:rschott:start|Randy Schott]], and | ||
- | [[user:likeawoman:start|Rachel Prevatt]]. | ||
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- | [[board_measures:board_proposal_003|Board Proposal 003]] was then | ||
- | amended with the new language. | ||
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- | RESOLVED, that [[board_measures:board_proposal_003|Board Proposal | ||
- | 003]] is approved. | ||
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- | There was some discussion of wiki-related issues, collaboration, and | ||
- | contact information. | ||
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- | That concluding the matters at hand, The Chair thanked everyone | ||
- | for their attendance and dismissed the meeting at 10:38PM EST. |