Board Meeting – May 26th, 2015

 

Start the Recording

  1. Call to Order

Chair, Nathan Wakefield, called the meeting to order at: 6:38 pm EDT

2. Roll

Present: Nathan Wakefield, Jared Davis, Louie Skaradek,Veronique Provencher
Absent: Noel Yee, Afton Benson, Martin Frost, Kyle Johnson, Warren Hammond, Mike Sullivan

 

  1. Approval of Agenda

Motion: Jared

Second by: Louie

Discussion: None.

Vote:  Unanimous approval.

4. Approval of Minutes:

April 21, 2015

Motion: Jared

Second: Louie

Discussion: None.

Vote: Passes unanimously.

  1. Reports (Please keep verbal reports to 5 min or less except for festival and future festival discussion)

 

Financial Report (Afton Benson)
Discussion:

 

2015 IJA Festival Report (Veronique Provencer)

Discussion: Discussion about camping space. Vero has a back up if there is not enough space, but it should be covered. Concern about cost of flights and insurance, but Vero has space in her budget.

 

YJA Report and YJA Website Outline (Ellen Winters)

Discussion: Jared feels that YJA should have it’s own section on the website, not its own domain. Talk about how its own domain is important for branding. Discussion regarding training on the new website and how to proceed with that. Plan to send an email to the AMS team to get further progress.

 

Marketing (Kyle Johnson)

Discussion:

eJuggle Report (Scott Seltzer)
Discussion:

Membership (Marilyn Sullivan)

Discussion:

 

IRC (Erin Stephens)

Discussion: Good work!

 

World Juggling Day (Erin Stephens)
Discussion: We love the tshirt design. Planning on juggling on WJD!

  1. Motions for Consideration

 

  1. Motion to appoint Bob Neuman to the vacant Board position.

 

Motion: Jared

 

Second: Louie

 

Discussion: Bob is taking Lucho Fernandez’s position, who recently resigned.

 

Vote: Passes unanimously.

 

  1. Motion to change the Board nomination deadline and the candidacy statement submission deadline to June 19th for this year only.

 

Motion: Jared

 

Second: Louie

 

Discussion: Plan to reach out to a few people. Jared suggests seeking out people that attend the festival.

 

Vote: Passes unanimously.

 

  1. Motion to purchase a SSL certificate at a three year period cost of $750, $500, and $500, each year respectively for a three year period total of $1,750.

    Motion: Jared

    Second: Louie

Discussion: Discussion if it is worth the price and how it can pay for itself.

Vote: Passes unanimously.

 

  1. Varia:
  1. Attendance and business at the festival.
    Discussion: Coordinating board meeting for the festival.

 

  1. Set June Meeting

Next Vision Planning Meeting – June 9th at 6:30 ET.

Next Board Meeting – June 23 at 6:30pm ET.

  1. Adjournment

Motion to adjourn: Jared

Discuss:

Voting: Passes unamimously

Meeting adjourned at 7:41 pm ET.