Board Meeting Agenda, July 27, 2009

July 27, 2009 at 6:30 Action items are underlined

Location: Deep Spring Center

Attendees: Peg Tappe, Simon Ha, Curt Fish, Sherry Hansen, Barbara Brodsky, Tana Dean

Not Attending: Linda Longo

Sharing
Brief sitting

Agenda

1. Sangha commentary (5 minutes per person)
   
2. Fragrance-free zone
   1. Sign posted – Thanks!
   2. Notice in the newsletter
   3. Summer teachers announced at classes
   4. Any further follow-up needed?
   
   
3. Need a secretary (5 minutes)
   1. Curt taking minutes this month
   2. Peg listed as Secretary for managing bank accounts – Sherry & Curt still need to sign
   
   
4. Administrative (15 minutes)
   1. Transfer/spin-up status (Tana)
   2. OM comments/questions/concerns (Tana)
   3. Class coordination (Barbara)
   
   
5. Treasurer's report (Sherry, 10 minutes)
   1. June actuals
   2. Estimate for new computer (Tana)
   3. Discussion of purchase of new office computer
   
   
6. Calendar (All, 10 minutes)
   1. Upcoming events
   2. Reserve 4th Monday at DSC for Sept – Nov meetings?
   3. Picnic in August
   4. Board intensive on 12-Sep
   
   
7. Planning for board intensive (15 minutes)
   1. Location
   2. Start time
   3. Agenda
   
   
8. Bookstore
   1. Clarify info about on-hand copies of Bill Atwork's book
   
   
9. Board member recruiting (All, 15 minutes)
   1. Tom, Lisa and Sandra will all be joining in September
   
   
10. Retreat committee report (Any who care to comment, 5 minutes)
    1. Summer retreat assessment (All)
    2. Discuss taking payments online, per Terry Gliedt's suggestion
    3. Upcoming retreats
    1. Howell retreat in October is set.
    2. Sunnyside in the fall questionable
    3. Personal retreat in March is set.
    4. Howell has been booked for next spring.
    
    
11. Social committee report (?, 5 minutes)
    1. Canoe Trip on August 8^th. Any concerns with this date?
    2. Picnic on August 15 at 2:00. One e-mail has been sent. Tana to send a second a week before the event. Also need to add it to the calendar.
    
    
12. On hold: Board book maintenance
    1. Update all board books, weed out the old stuff
    
    

Meeting adjourned at ?

Upcoming board meetings

No meeting in August

Sept 12^th – Board intensive

Respectfully submitted,