Dawn, Tim, Sharmeen, Roddy, Miles, Nat, Arij

 

 

Moved by Sharmeen, seconded Arij. 

 

Approved.

 

 

Dru: We need a conflict resolution policy, but I'm in a conflict with Arij, which means I can't work on it, but it's slightly more urgent.

 

Sharmeen: I can draft a CR policy for the next meeting.

 

 

-Formation of fundraising committee (Dru and Arij, Sharmeen as backup): not done; discussion deferred.

 

-Letter to staff about scenarios in case of financial difficulties (Dru): didn't do it, will do it this week.

 

-Staff binders/orientation of new board members - Dawn to talk to Sharmeen about this: followup happening.

 

-Finalize "between-meeting decision making process" policy: finalized; policy passes.

 

-Tim will ask Jessica for follow-up on Sandra's taxes (no answer yet, will follow up again): [sorry, I missed the update on this -doj]

 

-Crystel to work on motion from AGM about 50% of content budget going to online content: [sorry, I missed the update on this -doj]

 

-Tim and Maryann to follow-up on filing appropriate documents about the board and AGM with the fed'l and prov'l govts: [sorry, I missed the update on this -doj]

 

 

We have responses from 3/4 locals about our request to locals to forgo remittances or perhaps consider remittances as loans to help us with our budget crisis. 

 

HMC: wants to keep remittances and get back remittances ASAP.

TMC: willing to forgo, August-March, would like to discuss repayment

VMC: willing to forgo, August-March

 

Miles: When can we expect a cheque?

Tim: Should be able to send ASAP, Aug-Nov inclusive (no actuals for Dec yet).

 

Tim: Cashflow is up to date, up to November, with projections from Dec-March. We're in the black at the end of March. Finance committee is meeting soon, but we're in the red by April.

 

Tim: Hoping to see increase when we get December actuals, hopefully in the next week.

 

Tim: We adopted a 2 year budget, so we'll keep using that budget.

 

Tim: Need to focus on eliminating monthly deficits, which hover between $1500 and $2000 per month.

 

Tim: Expecting end of year deficit to $7200, which is about $4000 less than we previously expected. Yay!

 

 

Roddy: We should see a bump of about $1300 from first time subscribers and sustainers.

 

Miles: Good fundraising tip is to not stick to the script necessarily, use your own personality and point of view.

 

1: Shepherd a sustainer or subscriber. - Everyone.

2. Are you a Sustainer? Please give the co-op $5/month. - Everyone?

3. Kickstarter campaign. Lots of work to get it going - video, etc. - Dru, Dawn, Martin?

4. MMM core team: Arij, Sharmeen

5. Board report to members. 1 lead and one support needed: Arij, Tim

6. Ambassador in the Community. Identify one community event per quarter: Everyone?

7. Ongoing Asks. Just ask people for money: ?

8. Opening Doors. Need to get our message out to new people via other orgs. ?