Minutes for 06-07-2022

Meeting Location

Meeting was Called to Order At: 19:45 by Jamie

https://i3detroit.org/hangout

Virtual Meeting Etiquette

Be excellent.
Attendance and voting can be found in the #meetings slack channel.
Please show up early if you are concerned about your audio.
If there is no one waiting to speak feel free to do so at the next opportunity.
If there is someone waiting to speak, please say that you are raising your hand in the google call chat. (This will be demonstrated)
Please refrain from other side conversations, these can be distracting for the rest of the meeting and make it difficult for the chair to keep track of what's going on.

Introductions

Experienced Members

n/a

New Members & Guests

n/a

Show and Tell

n/a

Old Business

n/a

Outstanding Action Items

New Business

Adjourn Meeting

As done of the individuals with discussion topics or proposals were present, and there were very few attendees, the meeting was adjourned without discussion.

Upcoming Events

Volunteers to host upcoming Friday tours?
Up coming Events Calendar

Discussion About the Size of the Board

The board would like to reduce its size to 5 directors but would like the input of the general membership.

We need more officers a lot more than we need board members right now, and a lot of people are doing both (and sometimes also running a zone) and burning out and that is not helpful. If we reduce the size of the board, that means at least some people have less stuff to do.

Also we have spent this past year with effectively 6 board members because Rick ended up moving for work right after the term started and this didn't cause any issues till there had to be a unanimous vote.

Proposal to Change the Timing of the Board Elections

Proposal by inaudible Amend the date of the board election in the Standing Rules to move it up one month from the September member meeting to the August member meeting with the start of nominations moving from August 1st to July 1st. This is requested by the board because there are reports to the State of Michigan that are due in September which doesn't leave the Secretary sufficient time post-election to prepare the reports.