Anyone have the link?
Home sick. Must watch from afar.
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+1 (and a bunch of other stuff to fill space… )
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I don’t see anyone here streaming. The 360 camera is recording but that’s it.
The finders fee motion just failed, the board decided to drop it with no motion. We’re wrapping up the science committee rules, the board decided to table it (consensus seems to be that something needs to be done, but not now). Apparently wood shop has a proxy ban in the wiki and the board doesn’t think it’s enforceable. Kris would like the chairs to come up with some rules and present them to the next board.
Steve just added another procurement officer (Freddy) to the agenda item and they approved both.
On to the gift shop policy. Kris started off saying ‘… This is why the board is going through with this’, which I personally found presumptuous. Political commentary aside… David would like the details to go into the SOP and not in a board motion, he mentioned that there are too many details to work out now. Steve is concerned about the volunteer hours required to run it. Pearce mentioned a place downtown that does this by portioning out gift shop ‘required volunteer hours’ based on space used by stuff. Chuck agreed. Kris mentioned this is open to the public, the plan is to put it in the lobby in 102. Pearce wants to reevaluate the ‘30 days or longer at SIG leader discretion’, Kris proposed that the finance group could take some oversight in extensions. Jimmy mentioned concerns too about stale items. David would like a requirement that the item be made at least partially made at DMS. This seems to be contentious (Kris would like it open to any member item). Robert mentioned that DMS Liability doesn’t cover this (esp. open to the public), Kris believes it does, or that the waivers cover it (the public needs to sign the waiver when they come in). Axel asked how we protect from liability of use of products sold, doesn’t seem like we know… Sue would like to contact the Dallas Craft Guild to get more information before a decision is made. Both the gift shop and gallery were tabled due to insurance concerns.
Kris mentioned that the storage solution should have been withdrawn because it’s a committee level decision. However since its here she’s like to get the boards opinion. David believes the board should approve it but discussion seems fairly quiet. It’s pulled.
Steve is presenting his logic regarding the resource allocation by the board. If a committee wants space, they can go to logistics and get space (ex software). He believes this is sideways, and would like for the board to allocate the square footage and logistics to find the space. Kris dissagrees. They’re now discussing the finer points of the seperation of board and committee. Steve would like the board to control space allocation, it’s more visible than logistics controlling it. David is wondering if this is more in line with committee’s sharing space vs logistics allocating space. Vector is concerned with logistics playing favorites if they’re allowed to have the power. Josh is concerned that his committee might not have space in the move because he was never allocated space when the committee was formed. Pearce mentions that when logistics was formed that all space not allocated to other committees was put under logistics and they could give it out to committees as they see fit, he mentions that there’s no real options to take it back. Kris mentioned that logistics now has a real marked off area, which is different than how it has been. Bert has a ‘philosophical statement’, he would hate to see the board take an operational activity, he would rather the board oversee the logistics committee as a ‘court of appeals’ so to speak. James mentions that expansion has had to work with committees to save some money/headache like science and vector, and a few other minor things (6in width from logistics to science). Kris is concerned that the board has too much work and needs to delegate more. Steve’s fallback position is that he would like to see logistics reporting these allocations to the board. Chuck proposes the board approve allocation on the consent agenda rather than discuss it each time. David clarifies that we’re only talking about logistics giving away logistics space, not taking away space from anyone else. ‘Any changes in floor space must be submitted to the board for approval’ passed.
Damn that was long. Here goes the next one…
Alright I’m not gonna quote this. Steve and Ken are quite upset at each other. Ken believes this is another try at getting him banned. Steve retorted that he thought he should be banned the first time. Kris called a break and went to talk to Steve outside. Starting back, Kris asked Ken to hold any comments and assured him that Steve would clarify that this isn’t a personal attack and asked Steve that this take 15 minutes. Just as we were to start without chuck he walked in. Steve did indeed clarify he doesn’t want a ‘second bite at [ken]’. He believes the finance committee members were hidden to the board and wants this item to ensure ‘standing committees have members that are visible to the board’. He went to his brother in law, an atteroney in a large oil company, ‘the ability to change atteroney client privilege resides with the chief attorney only’, and thinks DMS should run the same way. David only wants only confidential documents sentence (or both on seperate motions) and disagrees with the phrasing of the item. Kris would like both parts. Raymond and Kris clarified this only applies to standing groups. Kris mentioned that confidential documents are anything that says confidential (I believe, didn’t quite follow). Robert mentions a problem with the document sentence is unenforceable (‘if I get an email from a sales person that says confidential, I can’t share it with my committee’) , and suggests the board does nothing. The concern seems to be that volunteers aren’t keeping up with what they should be, and Kris mentions there’s nothing we can do with that. Discussion continues on the document (confidential and attorney) sharing sentence… Kris proposed this be tabled and leave it to the next board, the vote seems split. It’s tabled.
Steve has a new item, chair elections, he proposes they be moved to June, consensus was to leave them alone.
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Keep us updated please …
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I’ll be editing the original post.
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What happened with Steves items?
Talking about it now
Kris is against it
Steve is for it
Others are silent
What happened with your complaint? We left right after the first discussion
Did they add Shay as procurement officer as well?
Yes two procurement officers were added.
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Alright. 10 edits a lot of stream of consciousness later we’re done.
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Thank you, and more
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You did yeoman’s work tonight. Many thanks!
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I asked them to document the transaction on QBO. Right now there is no documentation of the transaction. But all 4 with the exception of Luke Strickland who was not present did not see a problem with selling the vehicle for $25.
Any one want to place a bet that the minutes won’t reflect this?
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Michael is the MVP! Thank you
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Thank you for the notes.