Board Meeting Minutes

Gary gave an update on the current events happenings at the shop.

• Dara is heading up a Help Desk at the Eye Opener during Social Hour for people who need help with Pro Class issues.
• Isaac Smith will run the website and Amanda will help him.

Peggy Anderson in for Oi Ling Kwan.

Ron showed a list of people in the different positions we currently have and need input from them:

The form asks the questions:

• What are your job responsibilities?
• What skills do you have or need to do those responsibilities?

Once these are completed, we can use them to help us identify Members with the respective positions, allowing us to begin planning for succession in each position

Gary asked Ron to send out a refined template breaking into two parts Required and Desired for job skills. Board Members need to complete these for their respective positions and return to Ron by June 25^th.

There is a need for an easy way to pay for dominos and maybe have a QR Code. Pete said he would look into it.

She talked to Isaac about the BitWarden password protection and also creating Individual Google accounts for the Board. Pete will work on setting up the payment plan.

Updated on upcoming Fair and things are going as planned. Sponsored Fair Dinner is on the 7th at the Fair Grounds and Board members are invited.

Pete updated everyone on current Financials.

• Year to date through May, gross revenue is down about 12%
• Expenses are up around $1,000.
• Net operating revenue is down about 32% year to date.
• Education revenue is down
• Pete is looking for options on where to put money to get a better interest rate.

Pete committed to sending out Monthly financials immediately after they are completed.

• It was unanimously decided that we will no longer award Bronze Membership and will no longer include an additional, free membership for the spouse.
  (Pete will complete the steps necessary to change the By laws to reflect this change)

  Gary asked Pete to write a concise letter and post it in the newsletter about the changes

• Should we allow non-members to attend the Eye Opener? (Board- all in favor of allowing non-members to attend Eye Opener)
• Non-members should be allowed to attend Sig’s, however the Sig leaders need to police attendees to make sure they are not using power tools.
• We tested the idea of letting 16- and 17-year-olds take classes and allowing them to become Bronze members or shop members. State law has a lot of requirements to allow minors in the Shop so it is not worth pursuing.

Ron and Travis want to test “Go Fund Me Pro”, a website designed for non-profits to raise money. It offers a lot of basic campaign management features. They need people on their committee with marketing and organizational skills to promote and help with this project.