Boiler Room Board Meeting
September 19, 2008
Start 7 pmish

Present:
Board Members: Gigi, Steve, Bruce, Thais, Julia, Amy, Cory, Catska, Terri
Prospective Board Members: Andrew Reding, Mary Hilts, Chauncey Tudhope-Locklear
Manager: Jason
Interns: Ahren, Evan
Board Members not present: Marc, Maitland (LOA)

Approval of August meeting minutes tabled until October

Chauncey and Mary need applications to become Board Members; Andrew turned his in during the August meeting

Andrew, Mary and Chauncey tell us a little about themselves and their involvement with the Boiler Room
Choice quotes:
"...treating the whole town as family..." Andrew
"...got my ire up seeing people picking on our kids..." "...I see a need for people with passion." Mary
"...been one of the most challenging things in my life..." Chauncey

Terri motions that Andrew's application for Board membership be accepted
Steve seconds
All present in favor

Terri resigns her position as Board Treasurer.
Bruce thanks Terri for her service and dedication. Board unanimously agrees.

Bruce motions that Andrew become Board Treasurer
Catska seconds
All present in favor

Amy motions that Andrew Reding be added to the list of signers for all applicable Bank of America accounts
Gigi seconds
All present in favor

FINANCE:
Big darn check for $150,000 presented to Gigi
Numbers from accountant don't appear to be correct; will be checked and reported on in October
$7,736 in savings; (please send me number that goes here) in checking
Clarity has been charging us for 15 hours a month, while only doing 10.5 hours (not including EXTRA hours for budgeting)
Bookkeeping topic referred to Finance Committee; report back in October
City grant turned in--accepted, but told to "look for other sources." Community Network says something similar.
However, City has money coming available in April and is making their budget now--would like Board to make presentation during public comment period.
Possible amended proposal now?

BUILDING:
Still standing.
Sign up, but not quite finished. Still needs inspection. Looks good.
Basement cleaned up; trips to dump made.
Will be doing a kitchen remodel.

MANAGER:
Everything's swell.
Many applications, no actual volunteers.
Need brainstorming session for getting and keeping volunteers.
"Need to promote volunteer culture." Chauncey
Volunteer Relations Committee formed: Chauncey, Catska, Evan, Ahren, Steve, Jason, Amy
Non-Violent Communications is not an anger management class. Jason, Gigi and Ahren are learning about feelings, and how to separate fact from emotion.
Jason inherited Scott's messed up deposit and spreadsheet system--working to make it easier.

POLICIES COMMITTEE:
Working on answering question: When do we decide we're going to restrict someone from the Boiler Room? How do we go about that?
Starting incident log.
Working on gas reimbursement policy.
Andrew volunteers to join the policies committee.

OTHER BUSINESS:
Neighbor relations are relative.
Jason will be power washing the sidewalks, possibly some other things.
Cannery Building owners are not unhappy with us---Yay!
Mary suggests a self-defense class be offered for girls by the Boiler Room.

NEXT BOARD MEETING:
Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 6:45 pm
The Boiler Room, 711 Water Street