JTEL Board of Directors Meeting, Sunday, 3.20.2011 JTEL Business Office, the Annex, studio #8, 6 pm (please note time!) Special Meeting to discuss a proposal from Don Cameron Agenda: Roll Call Discussion & decision Next regular meeting: Sunday, April 17, 2011 MEETING MINUTES Roll call: Ken Bluhm (via proxy), Roy Earnest, Eric Glos,Melinda Harris, Deirdre Helfferich, Monique Musick Abstaining from meeting: Nancy Burnham, Amy Cameron Call to order 6:05 p.m. There has been a lot of private discussion already Deirdre- personally feel we can’t accept it: $2,000 a month for a place we need to leave anyway- waste of money Eric- generous offer but doesn’t fit budget or overall vision Getting money Detrimental to our energy and direction We’ve developed a purpose for the last 7 years- this is not it Thank Don for a very generous offer Positive- acknowledges that we have come far enough as a group to make the offer This is a commercial space- not compatible with our purposes Right now we pay close to nothing, we can’t afford $2,000 a month Certainly not yet It seems everyone already agrees we can't do this
Commit the board to this course of action- design and build this building.Melinda does think that Mitch’s building, the log one across from the Post Office is one that could be considered if we can’t build this library for some reason. No other Ester building or location would be appropriate Create some strong language in support of building this library on “our land” Need to make sure we don’t trap ourselves Resolution of understanding that we are committed to this library Creating a permanent home Roy- Feels strongly that the land be included in this statement of intention. The property we have is perfect Resolution of Commitment:The JTEL Board is committed to creating a permanent home for the library on our land in Ester. Propose this at the board. It isn’t right that some members are not allowed in this meeting. Discussion on the endowment Alaska Community Foundation, Babbie Jacobs Sent an example agreementWant us to insert any language we want inserted Name Name any specific purposes Suggested that we keep it very general An endowment will always exists- if for some reason the grantee disappears the ACF will repurpose the endowment for another related mission Give suggestions to Deirdre for what to say Get the endowment set up before the end of April- before the 15th even better! The sooner we can set this up the better! They already are 501(c)(3)- people can make tax deductible donations Let’s get this set up as soon as possible We will e-mail our input and get the endowment set up Need to determine who the fund advisor is Make the Board in charge of the endowment The board is elected by the members The board is who discusses things and votes on actions Need to read the information and will make recommendations
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