Minutes of NWSSA BOD Meeting 7-12-2023
NWSSA Staff
July 12, 2023
NorthWest Stone Sculptors Association
Established 05/27/1988
Board Meeting Minutes
ORGANIZATION NAME: NWSSA
Date: 05/8/2024
Time: 6:30 P.M. PST
Location: Virtual via Zoom
ATTENDANCE
Board members:
Ellie Hochman, Jeremy Kester, Stephen Taplin, Cyra Jane Hobson, Tamara Buchanan, Markos Weiss, Denny Tsang, Deborah Wilson, Michael Yaeman
Board Members Present via phone/virtual: All
Absent: Denny Tsang, Deborah Wilson
Quorum: Yes
Staff Present: Renee Roberts
Guests: Karen Walsh Roe, Constance Jones, Oliver Harwood, Steve Rabago, Rachel Jarvis, Pat Barton, Carl Nelson
CALL TO ORDER
A meeting of the Board of Directors of the ORGANIZATION was duly called on 05/8/2024, at 6:30p.m. PST. Ellie Hochman (President) called the meeting to order.
Approve Consent agenda
Minutes Approval
A motion was made to approve. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously.
Reports
Intro to prospective board members – Tamara Buchanan, Markos Weiss
Treasurer’s Report – Michael Yeaman
Website report – Carl Nelson
Oregon Symposium – Rachel Jarvis
Women’s Event report – Beth K
Everett Arboretum report – Constance Jones
Scheduled for 8/17-8/18
Nominations Committee – Tamara Buchanan, Markos Weiss
Events committee – Pat Barton
Pat recommends not continuing with the mineral market in 2025
Pat recommends making a motion to accept the offer from the Northwest Arts Alliance for NWSSA to commit to showing stone sculpture in their Gallery area, demonstrating stone carving and providing a soapstone carving clinic for youth at the Spring, Best of the Northwest show 2025. (with the caveat that we don’t participate in the Flower and Garden Show or Seattle Mineral Market)
A motion was made to approve. The motion was seconded. The motion passed unanimously.|
(Oliver will donate the soapstone for workshop)
Old Business:
Finance Committee Endowment presentation – Michael Yeaman
Pro-bono lawyer has cleared the endowment plan. Presentation to be made to the membership at the two major symposia.
How to fund operating expenses in the future
-discussion about changing rate structure for membership as per survey results
Website oversight in future– best way to do that?
Website follow up of things to get done from our list board list
New Business:
Karen Ryder Scholarship fund – Cyra Jane
Update on Camp Emergency protocol for first aid –
What we want to present at General Membership Meeting
We need some kind of descriptive text here.