Native Spaces | August 2006 Minutes.

Board reviewed and approved minutes from all previous meetings. One meeting August 13th is missing. Agreement reached to post minutes on the website, in publicly accessible "archive" section.

August 2006 Minutes.
Native Spaces Board of Directors
Attending: Geoff Coffey, President; Casey Allen, Treasurer; Greg Hayes; Secretary

Announcements

No general announcements.

Minutes

Board reviewed and approved minutes from all previous meetings. One meeting August 13th is missing. Agreement reached to post minutes on the website, in publicly accessible "archive" section.

Secretary responsible for posting minutes. Proposed, posted minutes are considered approved unless challenged. Changes to minutes then to be resolved at following meeting. Casey suggested developping standard format to minutes. (these minutes are in the generally proposed format)

President's Report

Geoff offered draft operating budget for consideration. Discussion about general budget. Agreement to consider draft and make additions as initial steps towards a coherent business plan.

Geoff suggests Treasurer take small business class. 2-day $20. City class which discusses taxes, etc. Casey in general agreement.

Geoff proposed and agreement was reached upon working to develop NS business cards.

He also proposed, requested:

--input for opening statements for the web-site

--people work to link other websites to NS site

--Board members start to draft bios for contact page

Geoff commented that the formal mission statement is to cumbersome for web lead-in text. Geoff and Greg agreed to resolve lead-in text via e-mail exchange. Casey commented that he liked the news and youth using natives type nature of the first lead article on the website.

Treasurer's Report

Treasurer accepted Greg's $50 contribution to the general fund. Casey agreed to contribute $200 to general fund so we can pay the web-designer.

Casey said he would open a new bank account at Wells Fargo for easier access and use.

Treasurer commented upon his meeting with an organizational consultant and reviewed her comments upon NS development to date. NS is apparently on the right track having already achieved many of the intitial org/ goals cited by the consultant/ NS has distinguished its mission from other similar orgs, developed name, etc. Casey said that NS progress to date reduces the need for a retreat because NS has largely accomplished the development of the larger scale goals. Now it is time for the details.

Consultant suggested that NS work on developing a business plan and becoming self-sufficient. Consultant said we should conentrate on aspect of the org and see it through to completion instead of diluting identifiable progress by having too many goals. Orgs that offer funding often look for a coherent business plan and a clear record of goals achieved.

Casey proposed NS concentrate on Apprentice/Certificate curriculum. Greg commented that we should also follow/through continue through with website development (a past primary goal).

Agreement that Board will work on both and discuss at the next meeting
Caey agreed to host a mini-retreat, most likely a full moon Kayaking trip in the bay in the near future.

Secretary's Report

There was no formal secretary's report as most issues were resolved in the course of the other reports.

Next Meeting

Agreed to be determined.

Minutes prepared August 28th 2006,

Greg Hayes

Secretary, Native Spaces



August 2006 Minutes. Board reviewed and approved minutes from all previous meetings. One meeting August 13th is missing. Agreement reached to post minutes on the website, in publicly accessible "archive" section. August 2006 Minutes. Native Spaces Board of Directors Attending: Geoff Coffey, President; Casey Allen, Treasurer; Greg Hayes; Secretary Announcements No general announcements. Minutes Board reviewed and approved minutes from all previous meetings. One meeting August 13th is missing. Agreement reached to post minutes on the website, in publicly accessible "archive" section. Secretary responsible for posting minutes. Proposed, posted minutes are considered approved unless challenged. Changes to minutes then to be resolved at following meeting. Casey suggested developping standard format to minutes. (these minutes are in the generally proposed format) President's Report Geoff offered draft operating budget for consideration. Discussion about general budget. Agreement to consider draft and make additions as initial steps towards a coherent business plan. Geoff suggests Treasurer take small business class. 2-day $20. City class which discusses taxes, etc. Casey in general agreement. Geoff proposed and agreement was reached upon working to develop NS business cards. He also proposed, requested: --input for opening statements for the web-site --people work to link other websites to NS site --Board members start to draft bios for contact page Geoff commented that the formal mission statement is to cumbersome for web lead-in text. Geoff and Greg agreed to resolve lead-in text via e-mail exchange. Casey commented that he liked the news and youth using natives type nature of the first lead article on the website. Treasurer's Report Treasurer accepted Greg's $50 contribution to the general fund. Casey agreed to contribute $200 to general fund so we can pay the web-designer. Casey said he would open a new bank account at Wells Fargo for easier access and use. Treasurer commented upon his meeting with an organizational consultant and reviewed her comments upon NS development to date. NS is apparently on the right track having already achieved many of the intitial org/ goals cited by the consultant/ NS has distinguished its mission from other similar orgs, developed name, etc. Casey said that NS progress to date reduces the need for a retreat because NS has largely accomplished the development of the larger scale goals. Now it is time for the details. Consultant suggested that NS work on developing a business plan and becoming self-sufficient. Consultant said we should conentrate on aspect of the org and see it through to completion instead of diluting identifiable progress by having too many goals. Orgs that offer funding often look for a coherent business plan and a clear record of goals achieved. Casey proposed NS concentrate on Apprentice/Certificate curriculum. Greg commented that we should also follow/through continue through with website development (a past primary goal). Agreement that Board will work on both and discuss at the next meeting Caey agreed to host a mini-retreat, most likely a full moon Kayaking trip in the bay in the near future. Secretary's Report There was no formal secretary's report as most issues were resolved in the course of the other reports. Next Meeting Agreed to be determined. Minutes prepared August 28th 2006, Greg Hayes Secretary, Native Spaces Posted by G.Haze on August 28, 2006 07:24 AM \| Post a comment (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) Name: Email Address: URL: Remember personal info? Comments: (you may use HTML tags for style)

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