Attendees: Kathryn Adair (Treasurer), Thomas Hiura, Ralph Pledger, Marti Ravits, Josh Pugh (Intern), Sandy Smalley (Secretary) Absent: Sally Bell, Andrew Kalloch (President), Marilyn Milne, Miles Pendleton
Because Andrew was away, Kathryn moderated the meeting. The minutes of the last meeting approved without edits.
President’s Report: Kathryn – Nominations for new Board members are due by April 19. We are gathering names now in anticipation of the May elections. Update of University of Oregon Non-profit Clinic: They will deliver our packet on April 8 and present their findings to us on April 16. This will likely be at the Law Center again, but they will confirm.
Financial Report: Kathryn – Because Bloomerang doesn’t distinguish between donations, memberships and sponsorships, it is difficult to categorize the source of our finances. We had a negative income for January and February, but March looks better, and we should be on the positive side. Our 2022 taxes were not accurately paid, so we are still working with the IRS to resolve this.
Membership Committee Report: Ralph – Membership has plateaued at 110 current members. The committee has discussed the proposed change from annual dues to monthly dues, but no consensus was reached. This may be a Board decision rather than a committee decision.
Development Committee: Josh – PeaceHealth and the U of O have renewed their sponsorships. Josh is reaching out to former sponsors about renewals, researching grants, and creating a QR code to join CCE. We need to capture contact information for attendees at our fora so we can connect with them.
Program Committee: Kathryn – The majority of our time was spent discussing a request from Andrew and the Program Committee (PC) to resolve a question re: speakers’ biographies. Currently a member of the PC edits the biographies submitted prior to our fora. There has been some pushback from at least one speaker re: those edits. The question before us is whether to let the bios submitted stand on their own, or whether to continue the edits. A motion was made to allow the speakers to provide their own bios up to 150 words without editing except for spelling or grammatical errors. The motion passed with 4 yea votes and one nay vote.
Respectfully submitted,
Sandy Smalley, Secretary
