{"id":9018,"date":"2026-05-27T16:55:29","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T23:55:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/?p=9018"},"modified":"2026-05-27T16:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T23:55:42","slug":"mateel-community-center-board-of-directors-public-meeting-minutes-5-20-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/?p=9018","title":{"rendered":"Mateel Community Center Board of Director&#8217;s Public Meeting Minutes 5\/20\/26"},"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>5\/20\/26<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Date \/ Time:<\/strong>May 20,&nbsp; 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, May 20 \u00b7 6:00 \u2013 8:00pmTime zone: America\/Los_AngelesGoogle Meet joining infoVideo call link: https:\/\/meet.google.com\/aqh-aiqe-fjtOr 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:&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Shannon Taliaferro &nbsp; (President)*Alex Chivington *Josh Harden&nbsp;(V. p.)* Dillon Oppelt (Trez)Pleasure Strange*(Sec)<br>Lonny Whitlow*Theresa Campbell *Dave Sundburg*<br>Darren Nothstine*<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meeting Called to Order at:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Board members in attendance (notes) : * next to name<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also in attendance: Bruce Champie, Amie McClellan, Ashley Wilma, Tembra, Javi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quorum established :&nbsp; 6:10<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Announcements: 3 minutes each<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Approve minutes: 4.15.26 Public Meeting Minutes Josh motions to approve &#8211; Dave seconds all in favor- Minutes Passed<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Office and Staff updates:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>2 Sets of Reggae tickets were auctioned at the Firemans Ball correction 1 pair of ROTR tickets w\/VIP add on and 1 GA Parking Pass and 1 pair of weekend passes to SAMF.-Ew<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>4 tickets for SAMF are headed out to Nor-Can for an event at the Adorni Center<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Seating Alex Chivington &#8211; Alex Accepts his board seat<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reports:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Committee reports:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Building; Josh says not much to report- he will reach out to some students to help with the stage extension at the Community Park and stage at CLR &#8211; hall needs painting and grounds work done<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finance: Tickets are on track: sales have slowed. SAMF is on track for meeting our budget- Spread the word for Yellowman push on all social media platforms. Anyone can bring sponsors in for SAMF and ROTR, if you know of a business or philanthropist\u00a0 please ask them to sponsor our event that supports keeping the community center open and available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Membership: 5 new members at KMUD block party.  Redwoods Rural 50th Anniversary Theresa will table in July 17, 2026 she is requesting baked goods to sell from the board<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Youth :&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Events and Talent:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Policy and Bylaw:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Personnel :<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dining: We need people to help for Yellowman- a kitchen director and clean up crew &#8211; SHHO will provide food for volunteers at SAMF- Working on spring cleaning out pantry and freezer- as well as conex boxes in the parking lot- reach out to babette to help- Steve will come to repair for free but will charge to come back a second day and we pay for parts- Please call Babette to volunteer or reach out to Elena in the office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Old Business: 5 minutes each<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Pixsy Case update&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ROTR sales update:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>New Business: 5-10 minutes each<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Allegra studio (Ashley Wilma): Ceramic Studio in Meadows Business park- All people who do ceramics there are members-the organizer of the studio is retiring and they would like to know if the Mateel will umbrella them so they can become a nonprofit and file for grants &#8211; Ashley will write up an MOU with all the utilities and rental insurance information clearly stated &#8211;&nbsp; Creating an Umbrella to incorporate Alegra Studios into the MCC- All board is in favor of this with further information being presented<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>My Humboldt Abode (would like to offer Private Car Service to Staff, VIPs, and perhaps the General Admission attendees for the SAMF and\/or ROTR 2026. (Samantha Wilson): Sam would like to provide our patrons with a private car service for our events- Shannon suggests purchasing a business membership and offer a percentage of profits to the MCC- Shannon makes a motion that My Humboldt Abode is given the opportunity to provide shuttle service at the MCC events with the condition that she purchases a business membership and for Sam to provide an MOU- Darren seconds- everyone is in favor- motion passes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\ud83c\udf32 Reggae on the River Community Boost Proposal (Javier Rodriguez)- <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/14Sipf9GZN85xqMM8-BA7PRG7Z1UGs5V-\/view?usp=drive_link\">420 Peace Vibes quick.pdf<\/a>&#8211; Dave makes a motion that we accept Javier&#8217;s proposal- Teresa seconds &#8211; all board is in favor &#8211; motion passes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bruce Champie- would like to make&nbsp; huge adirondack chair for children both young and old to play on at our events at the hall- it will be placed on the upper flat on the back 40- Pleasure makes a motion to allow Bruce to build the chair pending Elena finding out about insurance coverage- Dave seconds all in favor- motion passes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Public Comments 3 minutes;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tembra-<\/strong> Would like to speak about what kind of show we want to have in the fall- JGB- Devil Makes Three &#8211; she would like to be added to Events and Talent committee- Trike a pose- make fun seating at ROTR- ROL have all event tickets have a terms of service that releases the MCCC of all liability<\/p>\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<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MCC Presents: Yellowmant 5\/30\/26<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AL Ceraulo celebration of life will be at the MCC &#8211; June 13, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Meeting adjourned at: 7:24<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mateel Community Center Public Board Meeting Minutes 5\/20\/26 Date \/ Time:May 20,&nbsp; 2026 @ 6pm Location:MCC Hall, 59 Rusk Lane, Redway or by Google Meet Board of Directors Public MeetingWednesday, May 20 \u00b7 6:00 \u2013 8:00pmTime zone: America\/Los_AngelesGoogle Meet joining infoVideo call link: https:\/\/meet.google.com\/aqh-aiqe-fjtOr dial: \u202a(US) +1 209-850-2447\u202c PIN: \u202a172[&#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\/9018"}],"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=9018"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9019,"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9018\/revisions\/9019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mateel.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}