EMSBo DMeeting Minutes071713

EMS
Board of Directors
Meeting Minutes
Meeting date: 07/17/2013

Call to order:

A Regular meeting of the Board of directors of EMS, was held at 687 McKinley street, Suite #2, Eugene OR on July 17th , 2013. The meeting convened at 6:21 PM, Rick Osgood, presiding, and Clif Cox secretary.

Board Members in attendance: All
Board Members not in attendance:

Quorum present? Yes

Also Present Were: none

Approve agenda, and previous minutes.

Agenda:

1. Approve the agenda
2. Review previous meeting minutes
3. Officers Reports
4. Progress on new space search
5. Kids day No. two

Approval of Agenda: Motion was made by Rick , and seconded by Clif to approve this meeting's proposed agenda.

Unanimous approval.

Motion carried.

Approval of minutes: Motion was made by Rick , and seconded by Kassie to approve the minutes (as amended) of the 6/19/13 meeting.

Unanimous approval.

Motion carried.

Officers' reports:

Treasurer: Kevin has the numbers for membership growth and decline. We could be a little bit more proactive about reminding members to pay their dues. Talked about what causes the high attrition. The foremost cause seems to be the size and state of the space.

Progress on the new space search

Not much but we should get Marks document finished up and send it off.

Kids day number two

We think it would be a good idea but haven't made any plans.

Other topics of discussion:

Kassie suggested that in terms of grant writing we could get some UofO student to do an internship and write a grant.

Action Items:

Kassie:

Rick:

• Contact Mark and get the current proposal for new land lords
• email the group about how to improve the space.

Clif:

Bob:

• Talk to Liz and schedule the next family hack day!

Kevin:

• Send us a graph of membership growth and attrition

Adjournment:

Rick moved for adjournment, Seconded by Kevin

Unanimous, the meeting was adjourned at 6:59 PM.

____________________________ ___________________
Secretary Date of approval
Eugene Maker Space