Minutes:08 NOV 2023 Members Meeting Agenda
Meeting begins: 1906
Meeting ends:
Participants: Nate Y., Sarah B., Andrew C., Brian J., James K., Ben N.
Agenda
- Announcements/new business - 10m
- Operations
- Financial
- Membership
- Outreach
- Education
Minutes
- Announcements/new business:
- Operations:
- PC upgrades: buy new vs. upgrade (i.e. more RAM/switch to SSD)? - James K./Nate Y.
- Access control: pivot to off-the-shelf Unifi solution? - James K./Nate Y.
- Financial:
- Financial Position: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nn4OxS-0l0mwA1Fsy550Xy8HV_6iZHvk/view?usp=sharing
- Financial Activity: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RmAh9c6b-OJDsFHtfV3O_bssShu8y62Q/view?usp=sharing
- Monthly financial report https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fCZ2j8G5ZXTxQlR_fnR_BoUldrVSsgBDnbztHpAYgGw/edit?usp=sharing
- Accountant/tax advice - Joe D.
- Payroll solutions?
- Membership:
- Volunteering SOP/color-coded task list?
- Election updates - James K.
- Membership tracking
- Outreach:
- Future grants?
- Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC)
- $5 million total available, up to $250,000 per grant
- Due Wednesday, December 13, 2023, before 5:00 pm ET
- Haven't looked too closely at this one to see if we are eligible
- Free-form MEDC grant
- SA2T (Sustaining Ann Arbor Together) - Sarah B.
- SPARK cooperation, can we give them more bang for their buck? - David G.
- Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC)
- Upcoming events:
- End of the year fundraiser:
- CiviCRM fundraising management - Sarah B.
- Events: Winter Workshop, Gift-repairsday, 14th Anniversary party
- Regulations for buying/selling Winter Workshop kits - Sarah B.
- Materials for the kits may be sales tax exempt. If we want to do this, need to check deeper on regulations & fill out MI Form 3372 to give to retailers
- The kits count as "tangible personal property," but because we won't do over $10,000 in sales or $25,000 in aggregate sales, MI regs say we don't have to charge sales tax
- What we're proposing will not end up under Unrelated Business Income Tax because this is a short term sale related to a fundraiser
- Social media planning for events - Sarah B.
- Regulations for buying/selling Winter Workshop kits - Sarah B.
- End of the year fundraiser:
- Future goals & pitch deck
- Future grants?
- Education:
- 2024 education goals/classes