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Mateel Community Center

Annual Membership Meeting

Public Board Meeting Minutes

11/19/25

Date / Time:November,19th 2025 @ 6pmLocation:MCC Hall, 59 Rusk Lane, Redway or by Google Meet
Mateel Membership Board of Directors Public MeetingWednesday, November 19 · 6:00 – 8:00pmTime zone: America/Los_AngelesGoogle Meet joining infoVideo call link: https://meet.google.com/aqh-aiqe-fjtOr dial: ‪(US) +1 209-850-2447‬ PIN: ‪172 819 585‬#More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/aqh-aiqe-fjt?pin=3161718047631Current Board Members: 
Pleasure Strange.    (President)*
Shanon Taliaferro(V. p.)*
Dillon Oppelt (Trez)*
Josh Harden*
Julia Ralsten (Sec)*
Lonny Whitlow*
John Bruno*
Nicole Fryer

Meeting Called to Order at: 

Board members in attendance (notes) : * next to name

Also in attendance: Shiloh, Alisha, Amie, Lynn, Josiah, Babbette, Sonia, Elena, Cassandra, Teresa, Damond, Robert, Jamason,Jono, Eyrn, 

Quorum established :6:30

Announcements: 3 minutes each

  1. Approve minutes: 10.15.25 PUBLIC BOD Minutes Julia makes a motion to approve minutes, Shannon seconds, every one is in favor motion passes. 
  1. Office and Staff updates: Elena is the office hall manager, website, and some media. Damond ground maintenance, Eryn events and talent, Jamason security coordinator. We have had a good amount of rentals, along with co-llabs, such as halloween show (monster mash up) and Gangasaurus rex. We also brought back Missoula Children’s Theater. Theresa Campbell has been doing a fitness class for the last three years here at the hall. There have been some building upgrades such as the front railing, and kegerators fixed. There has been a lot of Kitchen use by SHO, they have been feeding the community, professional kitchens here at the Mateel available for rent. The next big building project will be putting in the large donated beam, donated by Bob Howard. -Jameson got his security guard card. – Pleasure thanks Aimee for her expertise, Alisha for her work with ROTR, and everyone else who puts in the time to keep the Mateel and festivals going. 
  2. Votes: motion passed to follow the PC recommendation for Dusty

Old Business: 5 minutes each

  1. Don from Sylvandales Beautification of the Hall grounds PLANT LIST for Mateel.xls  
  2. Damond and Theresa- they want to keep the show here going, after bringing Nahko coming, they have plans for a reggae show so hum Jam for unity on 11/29/25. 
  3. Committee reports:

Building– the front rail was finished, the main next project is the post, siding is definitely an issue and needs to be done pronto. Floor needs to be redone, gutters-Armand or neighbor is going to do a bid. Shannon and a few others including Elena are working on an energy grant, which will help replace inefficient appliances and get us a battery back up system -solar would be our second step. -sonia asked how long the loan will take. -Gary vella is willing to help out with doing the floor. 

Finance – because of this board and a huge thanks to Leo(Hot Milk Entertainment) we were able to put 254k, we were able to bring 40,000 in alcohol sales thanks to Summer. The Kitchen made us 14k thanks to Babbette and Christy. 4200 in membership, 16,000 in sponsorship(GreenOx, Clarkies, Redwoods Rural, Eureka Natural food, Humboldt Homegrown, Sohum health, Community first credit Union,  30,000 in rentals,  75k ROTR, 70k SAMF, 

Membership(234) and Fundraising – Elena has been keeping the membership informed, it has been a little non existent, but there has been random tabling, we could use more membership and interaction from the member and community. 

Youth– the board was approached by Petter Weissman to be the in-between Humboldt area foundation to help with his sons Cyrus Weissman memorial fund, Shannon is in talks with Laura to go get youth (high schoolers) to volunteer. We have offered up the use of the hall for the booster club school fundraisers. 

Events and Talent – we did a neat puppet show that was a no cost event for kids and families. It was a good attendance. -420 was a success that was reimagined this last year, local bands, local djs, and a good amount of food. Steel Pulse was a good show that sold out. SAMF was amazing this year, a new home at the community park. July 11-12 (tentatively). Engage new members of the community, lots of new comers to the community. 

Policy and Bylaw – we had a weekend set aside but it fell through. 

Personnel – meets as needed, they meet among themselves, and determine if more action or board involvement. 

Dining–  brought in 14k this year, Babbette and christy are the main people in charge of dinning. Sho has been using the kitchen. Dinning keeps the kitchen in order and plans the menus for upcoming events. -we can’t always run our kitchen during events, so we are trying to rent the kitchen out during our events.  

Alisha Bullet points for ROTR– over all it was successful, all community organizations we worked with were happy, not a huge up tick in turn out but a mostly positive reception from patrons. Bar and Merchandise did better this year. We got a grant from HLA. It may be a little different moving forward but hoping to keep it a viable community fundraiser.   

New Business: 5-10 minutes each

  • We held a date last weekend in June, 11th and 12th, beginning of August. And 2 dates in September for a country, Folk, Blue grass kinda festival. Harvest Fair/Barter fair. 
  • Board Election  
  • Nominations. Theresa Campbell, Annie Bignon, Laura Lasseter, Jason and llaria Ballard, Rio Anderson, Alisha Goodrich, Bruce Champie, Armand Morre, Jonni Hipp, Loren Miller and Maryanne Rubens, David Sunberg, Lisa Todd, Zion Carl, Derek Baca, John Cabots, Jason Cox, Nikki Rose, Joe Sandoval, Joseph Holgan, Daymora Taylor. Alex Chivington, Jennifer Fitch.  We are allowing 24 hrs for more nominations. 

Public Comments 3 minutes;

  1. She has been noticing a lot of chatter on ROTR chat, and there are a lot of people wanting to know the dates. Just wanted to bring awareness to use. 
  2. Damond mentions that they are looking for vendors for their 11/29/25 event. 

Up-coming Events:

  • 11/27 Garberville Veterans Association Community Thanksgiving Meal 12pm
  • 11/29 TnD Productions Present: Jam For Unity
  • 12/12, 12/13, 12/14 48th Annual Winter Arts Fair
  • Dec 20th? Donating hall for fundraising event. 

Meeting adjourned at: 8:17pm