Mateel Board Public Meeting
Tuesday 21 May 19
Present were Eryn- Steve-
Pleasure- D Dan- Bruce- Nate-Meagan- Babette- Tephain- A
MINUTES. Bruce moved to
accept; Dusty2, U.
Discussion of possible tenants.
Tephain brought up the matter of
RENTALS. She’ll be needing a pretzel warmer and a cotton candy machine.
MOTION TO BUY both pieces of
equipment, instead of perpetually renting them: Dusty moved, Pleasure
2, U.
A and Tephain discussed signage
needed for the youth booth. A will create these.
Next up was consideration of
camping sites, and somebody to host the area. Gotta get the
coordinators to tell us how many they will need. Gotta find an ethical
and punctual host! Host needs a job description. To avoid
opportunities for pilfering we decide to let Burt collect camping fees, he’s
giving out wristbands already anyways.
Update on setting up, radios
ordered, shower arrangements, parking passes.
The board needs updates from HT re
RotR progress. Miscellaneous will hand over $100 to the Weed Whack
Warriors so they can get the site cleared of grasses &c. Trees need
checking for widowmakers. Reminder: we had big problems with
underground wasp nests last year!
There was a long and involved
discussion of grants, grant writing, grant sources. A motion was made
but no follow-through– Tephain kept coming up in all aspects… she has a long
history, after all, setting up programs for disadvantaged youth from like
Tierra del Fuego to the Arctic circle!, and very much wants to be part of the
Mateel. We discussed how she would be paid.
Then we went on to the kids
afterschool program itself. Seems the first day would be the Friday
after Summer Arts, one thing at a time! Logistics, activities,
staffing, forms and paperwork
County Line—what do we owe
them? NOTHING—they are washing away all debt from 2017. Steve wants to
see this clarified further..
COMMITTEE REPORTS. The
cabin. No renter yet. We need to revise the rental agreement. Bruce
and Nate will see about getting bids to repair the main building roof.
A will be working with Tommy on planting 3 of the beds around the center,
we’ll all keep an eye out for any watering over the summer. The alarms
all need covers, and re-setting. Eryn has a finance/accounting meeting
on Thursday with Tanya, Amy and E. Report on paperwork with Rangers, high
presales numbers over last year. The group took a look over the past year and
realized we’ver brought the Mateel out of Desperation!
This was the end of Open Session,
DnA leave the hall.
Submitted by A the Scribe to D Dan
the Secretary.
