Minutes of NWSSA General Membership Meeting 7-13-2022
NWSSA Staff
July 13, 2022
Date: 09/14/2022
Time: 6:30 P.M. PST
Location: Virtual via Zoom
ATTENDANCE
Board members:
Ellie Hochman, Jeremy Kester, Stephen Taplin, Cyra Jane Hobson, Rick Johnson, Tamara Buchanan, Pat Barton, Markos Weiss (Alternate), Denny Tsang, Deborah Wilson.
Board Members Present:
Ellie Hochman, Jeremy Kester, Stephen Taplin, Cyra Jane Hobson, Tamara Buchanan, Pat Barton, Markos Weiss (Alternate), Denny Tsang, Deborah Wilson.
Board Members Present via phone/virtual: All
Absent: Rick Johnson
Quorum: Yes
Staff Present: Renee Roberts
Guests: Leah Davidson, Carl Nelson, Ben Mefford, Arliss Newcomb, Aerin Sizelove
CALL TO ORDER
A meeting of the Board of Directors of the ORGANIZATION was duly called on 9/14/22, at 6:30 p.m. PST. Ellie Hochman (President) called the meeting to order.
Approval of minutes of previous meeting
Meeting minutes from the prior meeting were approved through “on line” vote.
Committe Reports
Treasurer’s report: (Cyra Jane)
Cyra presented a finance overview.
Membership: (Pat Barton)
Pat discussed printing needs to be anticipated for the coming season.
Communications Committee: (Leah Davidson)
Leah gave an update on the status of the website and recent communications committee activity. She requests 2 hours of time at board retreat for a workshop.
Journal Committee: (Arliss Newcomb)
Arliss proposes expanding the journal to either 6 issues annually or adding 4 pages to the quarterly journal.
Committee structure discussion: Tamara Buchanan
Ellie volunteered to be Journal Committee liaison.
Markos volunteered for Nominations and Membership committees.
Follow up on Marymoor Park planning: Ben Mefford
Currently waiting for a signed draft back from 4Culture. It’s a reimbursement grant.
Retreat planning discussion
Ellie moved to include Renee in the BOD Retreat. Cyra seconded and the motion passed unanimously.
Jeremy moved to allot 2 hours at the BOD retreat for Leah D. to run a Communications Committee workshop. Motion was seconded by Pat Barton and passed unanimously.
Open Community Discussion
Meg Pettibone pledged a donation of $2000.00 for BOD retreat costs with any unused remainder going to the general fund.
Meeting adjourned: 8:00 P.M. PST
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