Board Meeting Agenda, March 23, 2009

March 23, 2009 at 6:30           Action items are underlined

Location: Deep Spring Center

Attendees: Anna Teare, Linda Longo, Simon Ha, Curt Fish, Sherry Hansen, Barbara Brodsky, Alice Britt.

Not Attending: Peg Tappe

Brief sitting.

Sharing of personal matters.

Agenda

  1. Sangha commentary (5 minutes per person)

  2. Newsletter status (10 minutes)

    1. Thoughts from the Newsletter coordinator

    2. Next steps?

  3. Treasurer's report (Linda & Alice, 25 minutes)

    1. 2009 Budget status & review

    2. February actual

    3. 2008 tax return

  4. Sangha meeting (All, 20 minutes)

    1. Confirm location, date and time (19-Apr at 11:00 at Deep Spring Center)

    2. Save-the-date e-mail

    3. Agenda

    4. Materials to be made available

    5. Date for a follow-up/prep meeting?

    6. Other coordination?

  5. Calendar (All, 5 minutes)

    1. Upcoming events

  6. 5 Minute break, OM not needed after the break

  7. Library

    1. Purchase copies of Bill Altork's book? Take copies on consignment?

  8. Initiative: Location (Curt, 5 minutes)

    1. Discuss terms of new lease

  9. Initiative: Board/Teacher/OM/Sangha communication (10 minutes)

    1. Status

    2. Non-violent workshop (Peg to report in April)

    3. Report on Calendar Coordinator (Barbara)

  10. Initiative: Deep Spring archives (Simon & Curt, 5 minutes)

    1. Status/updates

  11. Initiative: Visioning framework (Anna, 5 minutes)

    1. Review handout

  12. Administrative (All, 10 minutes)

    1. OM attendance at board meetings

    2. OM Review

  13. Retreat committee report (Any who care to comment, 5 minutes)

    1. Status

    2. Upcoming retreats

  14. Social committee report (Linda, 5 minutes)

    1. Status

  15. On hold: Board book maintenance

    1. Update all board books, weed out the old stuff

Meeting adjourned at ?

Upcoming board meetings

April 27 at 6:30

May 18 at 6:30 at Linda's house

June 15 at 6:30 at Linda's house