{"id":9013,"date":"2026-05-19T14:39:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/?p=9013"},"modified":"2026-05-19T14:39:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T21:39:49","slug":"mateel-community-centers-board-of-directors-public-board-meeting-4-15-26-minutes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/?p=9013","title":{"rendered":"Mateel Community Center&#8217;s Board of Directors Public Board Meeting 4\/15\/26 Minutes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Mateel Community Center<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Public Board Meeting Minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>4\/15\/26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Date \/ Time:<\/strong>&nbsp;April 15th 2026 @ 6pm<\/td><td><strong>Location:<\/strong>MCC Hall, 59 Rusk Lane, Redway or by Google Meet<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Board of Directors Public MeetingWednesday, April 15th 2026 \u00b7 6:00 \u2013 8:00pmTime zone: America\/Los_AngelesGoogle Meet joining infoVideo call link: Google Meet LinkOr dial: \u202a(US) +1 209-850-2447\u202c PIN: \u202a172 819 585\u202c#More phone numbers: https:\/\/tel.meet\/aqh-aiqe-fjt?pin=3161718047631<\/td><td><strong>Current Board Members:\u00a0<\/strong><br>Shanon Taliaferro\u00a0(President)*<br>Josh Harden (VP)* <br>Dillon Oppelt (Trez)<br>Pleasure Strange* (Sec)<br>Darren Nothstine*<br>Lonny Whitlow<br>Theresa Campbell*<br>Dave Sundberg*<br>TBT<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meeting Called to Order at:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quorum established : 6:04 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Attendees: Lynn Porritt, Mark Schaffner, Bert Clements, Riah, Tembra<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Approve minutes from last board meeting 3\/18\/26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dave makes a motion to approve minutes, Josh seconds- everyone is in favor-minutes passed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Announcements: 3 minutes each<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reports:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Staff report- Elena- In office for 7 days straight last week- some students are coming in to volunteer- Hall upkeep has been going smoothly- SHHO\u2019s rental is going good on a month to month basis- There will be a woman renting the kitchen for food prep (kebbeh\u2019s to be served at Farmers Market)\u2013 Shannon inquired about hours she spent and was overtime involved, Elena says no- we will need someone in May to open and close the hall for California Rabbit Association-&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Committee reports;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Building<\/strong>&#8211; Lonny will be putting concrete into the open space in sidewalk- Tentative plan to&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Finance-<\/strong> Amie will join &#8211; The free show did well, we brought in the projected amount that we had expected, the kitchen did well- We are limping along and can keep the hall open &#8211; Amie recommends keeping 6% of funds to direct towards hall operating costs- Shannon is asking for a growth chart covering the last few years to present to the board and public to show areas that need improvement and areas where sales need to be pushed &#8211; Amie would like to see reports from Easol for ROTR 2025- Cassandra would like to see charted gross profit vs net profit on a month to month basis based on our historical data, Amie will work on that-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Membership-<\/strong> Currently have 273 members plus 37 more to be added (310) total- Having board members focus at events to sell memberships is paying off<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Youth<\/strong> &#8211; We failed to meet at Shanon\u2019s last weekend to go over the students questionnaires-&nbsp; Youth was out in force for the free show last weekend, having more youth centered events would be great- we are having some students show up to volunteer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Events and Talent <\/strong>&#8211; Anthony B cancelled- We are having a replacement show on May 30 th who&nbsp; will draw an even bigger crowd &#8211; Working on a November Funk Show- Finalizing for summer arts faire- Billy Wayne Davis will be returning October 24 &#8211; We have a hold on Community Park for September 19 &amp; 20 to have a small event, we need to collectively create a theme of what we want<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shannon recommends that we hold a monthly free event for the community on a Friday- $400 dollar start fund<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Policy and Bylaw&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Amendment to bylaw of the number of board members needs to be added to the bylaws\n<ul>\n<li>Vote passed 2026 &#8211; Going from a 9 seated board to a 7 seated board- Membership voted in December 2025 and accepted so it passed-<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New policy recommendation<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Food for paid employees at Mateel hall shows &#8211; If a paid employee works over 6 hours they will be fed- all volunteers get fed- Motion was made at the last meeting and it passed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Personnel.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;. &nbsp; &nbsp; The personnel committee has nothing to report at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dining<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Recommendation to make Babette chair and Theresa board liaison (formalize)- Dave would like to bring several non-profit entities together to participate at SAMF- babette is reaching out to several people to have pop-ups at future shows here at the Mateel-<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Old Business: 5 minutes each<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Updated board conduct to include sobriety at meetings clause. New signatures will be needed.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standards of Conduct\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Board agreement signatures needed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1b_82KbOlJoehv1NazDm-qQWQNCVPl8L-gAhG15pqf4Y\/edit?usp=drivesdk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><strong>Review Basic Board Responsibilities\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Board sponsorship report &#8211; <\/strong>We have some sponsorship money coming in but nothing on a larger scale &#8211; our goal is $100,000 and we are at 7.5% of our goal- Darren made a very simple PDF of our sponsorship deck, it\u2019s easy to send a link to anyone we think would like to be a sponsor &#8211; Dazeys will sponsor but not sure of the amount yet TBD at a later date &#8211;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Darren reached out to Elena and Josh about the sponsorship deck and reformatted it for distribution to potential sponsorships-&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><strong>ROTR sponsorship update presented by Alisha<\/strong> &#8211;&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>SAMF update presented by Elena<\/strong> &#8211; Working on finalizing event reports to be filed with the county, working with Laura to get it done- Working on new stage for belly dancing- Tickets for SAMF are now available online at <a href=\"http:\/\/summerartsandmusicfestival.com\">Summerartsandmusicfestival.com<\/a> website- We need goats to help clear underbrush- Anna created&nbsp; FB and IG pages for Summer Arts Music Festival &#8211; SHHO and Vets are going to have food booths and feed volunteers&nbsp; <strong>Meeting onsite this Saturday April 18th, at 12 noon-<\/strong>&#8212;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Business: 5-10 minutes each<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1w4MjDajP1mL5J3ynAxH4YEZL0mrSE3db\/view?usp=drivesdk\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Public Comments 3 minutes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Riah Homegrown Music Festival &#8211;<\/strong> June 26th-28th free community event at Dean Creek- Would like us to donate a 20 x 20 canopy for the weekend- The board will reach out to Alex to see if he is interested in setting up a tent for them and taking it down- Elena asked for him to reach out to her via email and she will work with him<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark Schaffner thanks the BOD for all their work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tembra and Lynn Porritt also thank the board for their continued commitment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Babette- Thank you Dave Sundberg for BBQ at free event and Eryn for donating the tuna-&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tembra- Sponsorship &#8211; suggests we hire a team to go out and get it done<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Up-coming Events:<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>On-going Get Fit Sohum w\/Theresa Campbell T&amp;TH&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Next Public board meeting 5.20.2026 at 6pm<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meeting adjourned at: 7:34 pm<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mateel Community Center Public Board Meeting Minutes 4\/15\/26 Date \/ Time:&nbsp;April 15th 2026 @ 6pm Location:MCC Hall, 59 Rusk Lane, Redway or by Google Meet Board of Directors Public MeetingWednesday, April 15th 2026 \u00b7 6:00 \u2013 8:00pmTime zone: America\/Los_AngelesGoogle Meet joining infoVideo call link: Google Meet LinkOr dial: \u202a(US) +1[&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[117,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9014,"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9013\/revisions\/9014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}