In Attendance: Alex, Heather, diem, Randy, Riff Raff, Corprew, Kay, Shelly, Phill. Absent: Amani, Dane
Seacompression
• Took in around 24k, spent about 18k. Spent over quite a bit, but also made a lot more then we had planned.
o Why so much over budget?
o Too much confusion about how money was moved around
• Would like to reserve the SeaCom space before BurningMan.
• Everyone loves Obsidian Security
• Bar didn’t “loose” money, but didn’t make as much as it should have.
• Need to stress the importance of this being a community fundraiser
• Should keep start keeping records of the budgets from year to year
• Importance of mentorship in event planning. Need to focus on more
• Fire is difficult to manage, takes a lot of set up time, smells up the place, scheduling is difficult to manage
o In future it would be good to have a dedicated fire stage
• Facilities manager would be helpful
• Ignition should be the executive producer for these events.
• More oversight is needed for event
• Proposal: Events committee works with the event planners from this year to write a succinct plan for SeaCom, and should have it done by March.
o Start planning space in April.
o Kay will plan meeting in January.
Money
• Serious checks and balances for the money. If your budget is 2k, then that’s all you get. Period.
Board can approve budget that is proposed by committees or event teams.
• Heather should sit down with the Massive Treasure and figure out the checks and balances with her.
• Ignition will begin its first fiscal year in 2006, with around 12k.
• Plan vs. actual budget should be compiled and should be sent out and included in the info sent out about the event.
• Will need to figure out when and how to pay taxes.
• How much money did was Peterman holding?
o RiffRaff – will find out where the receipt for the money from Peterman. Will be done by January 3rd.
Operating agreement/LLC
• Want to get it done in January.
o Randy will look over it again, and add the little bits of info to make it complete.
o Randy: Will call meeting to discuss Operating Agreement. Or will send out e-mail to start discussion.
o Draft by the 12th.
• Will cost $175 to file the paperwork
Committees
o Each committee should go into their first meeting with something to talk about. These are some good starts.
o Each committee would have short and long term goals.
Anyone can come to the meeting and participate, and the notes will be sent out, and posted on the site.
• Art
o Big Burner Art show
Lectures, presentations, in a gallery, with guest speakers, but focus on local art
Who could curate? Is it paneled? Where to have it?
Joining BM art scene with other local contemporary artists
o Cultural Café
Bunch of space in City Hall that is not being used, and they are just waiting for someone to want to use it.
We could be the people who bring life into that space
o Sculpture Garden
How to get our art into the Garden
Randy: will call art meeting right after phill sends out blanket e-mail.
• Events
o Shelly’s kick ass proposal for Burn Night
It’s important to maintain this community gathering. Much goodness happens.
Shelly’s drafted burn night proposal covers number of volunteers, possible programming,
Fire safety taught by the SFD, would be another good night of programming.
Bringing us all up to speed, and also build collaborations with city entities, like the cops and the fire department.
Working within the system to further our community goals.
Concern about what details are coming out to prospective venue’s
o Kay will call Event meeting:
Set date for January, have talking points for specking space for Burn Night
o Does this committee deal with planning Town Hall’s ? Yes.
• Communication
o How to use lists appropriately and effectively
o Who manages the website in Peterman’s absence
o Much talk about building an information database/social networking software.
o Send one blanket e-mail announcing the current org structure.
Each committee will send a message explaining what they do and when the first meeting will be held.
Or one big blanket e-mail, with reminders coming from the committees
Phill: will draft the blanket e-mail, and send out to pnwcrew.
Committees should send Phill a brief description of what their committee is about and when the meeting will be.
Alex: will need to update all our lists and shit with our new name.
o Possible logo contest for community, with winner getting tickets to Critical Massive?
Or get volunteers to work on researching and defining the logo to reflect our ethos.
Alex would like to bring in outside talent to teach some skills.
o Need to change the name of lists.
o Shelly: will organize names and e-mail of all our members. Member management.
o No plan for communication meeting as of yet?
Phill’s sweet, sweet ass
o Phill’s ass was tabled, then splayed out for display, delighting everyone.
Next meeting
• Make meetings on the 2nd & 4th
• Next meeting January 14