May 2007 Business

1) Moderator for the Sharing portion of the meeting:
“F” was the moderator and “C” kept time for this meeting. “R” will be the moderator and “C” will keep the time for the June meeting.

2) Organizational Issues portion of the meeting:
Each person responsible for things, reported on the areas they were responsible for. “F” reported that there were no problems with the bank account. “C” reviewed any website issues as shown below.

3) Format of the meeting:
As was discussed in April’s Org. Issues, we tried running the sharing portion of the meeting for the first hour and 45 minutes. The Organizational Issues portion ran for the remaining 15 minutes. The time felt short and rushed, but in general the group liked being able to share for a longer period of time. The trade-off seemed worth it, so we will try it again for June’s meeting.

4) Update FAQ’s:
The group reviewed the FAQs that were posted on the website. Suggestions and revisions were made, and are now posted. “C” will bring the updated version to the next meeting to confirm it’s contents, as it’s still a work in progress. If anyone has further input with regard to this, you are welcome to contact us and let us know.

5) Update Pamphlet:
“C” will bring an updated version of the pamphlet for the group to review at the June meeting. We discussed posting the pamphlet on the website so that people could download and print the pamphlet.

6) E-mail Policy change:
The group discussed the idea of sending out a group email after meetings as well as before. The current policy states that a group email is only allowed to be sent before meetings to give notice of an upcoming meeting. We would like to send an email to everyone after meetings as well, informing them that new information has been posted. We think this may spur people to look at the website more often, which may possibly encourage more interaction and submissions to the site.