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MCC Public Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 8/20/25

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Public Board Meeting Minutes

8/20/25

Date / Time:August,20 2025 @ 6pmLocation:MCC Hall, 59 Rusk Lane, Redway or by Google Meet
Board of Directors Public MeetingWednesday, Aug 20  •  18:00 – 20:00Google Meet joining infoVideo call link: https://meet.google.com/aqh-aiqe-fjtOr dial: +1 209-850-2447 PIN: 172 819 585#More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/aqh-aiqe-fjt?pin=3161718047631Current Board Members: 
Pleasure Strange.    (V. p.)*Nicole Fryer *Josh Harden*  Dillon Opllet (Trez)Shanon Taliaferro*Lonny Whitlow*Julia Ralsten (Sec)*
John Bruno

Meeting Called to Order at: 6:06

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

Also in attendance: Damon, Threasa, jono, katie, yvonne, peter, lauren

Quorum established :

Announcements: 3 minutes each

  1. Approve minutes: 

7.16.25 PUBLIC BOD Minutes Pleasure makes a motion to approve minutes julia seconds, all here in favor. 

  1. Office and Staff updates: since, the last board meeting which was full blown ROTR 25 mode. Currently doing a lot of pick up after reggae, Damond has been a lot of help, babbette has been there helping to clean the hall. She is mainly back to office duties, still answering questions and such. -elena mentions that next year she will need to have help answering the phones during ROTR. – Lonny mentions that our website will be more interactive, so there will be more assistance from that. 

-shannon mentions that bob howard may be milling us a beam. -Babbette is wondering about a ROTR25 wrap-up meeting, when it would be? Pot-luck? There are a few things possibly coming up at the hall. -Damond experienced ROTR  for the first time, he mentions that a lot of people just left things and weren’t accountable for the items they were returning. -shannon mentions doing a social media call out to help clean the containers, and pile a bunch of stuff for the 

  1. Votes: Lonnie makes a motion to spend the 300 dollars to install the projector permanently as soon as it is verified to work.  Shannon second, all here in favor. Motion passes. 

Old Business: 5 minutes each

  1. SAMF25-  summer arts wrap up meeting was done a bit before. 
  2. ROTR25-wrap up, that is scheduled for Friday 29th 

New Business: 5-10 minutes each

  1. SAMF26- laying out some plans and blueprints for SAMF26, Shannon mentions that we did well this year, especially thanks to Elena. It will also be moving dates, to the first week of august. 
  2. ROTR26- All signs point to yes 
  3. Peter Weissman- Cyrus Wong Weissman Scholarship Fund- Cyrus, Peters son passed away a couple of years ago, his love and passion was music. He loved the healing aspects, and the way it brought people together. He would like to set up a endowed-sustainable music fund, to be offered to children up to the age of 18. The children would be located in Humboldt.  It would supply fund to pay for instruments, lessons, camps, ect. He would like 3 to 5 of Cyrus’s friends to head to board who would decide who would be the recipients of the funds.-Mark Shafner, Scholarship Fund – SHWT did this, when it was active. I suggest a robust written agreement that delineates responsibilities and due dates as well as ramifications for potential amendments. The MCC BOD and the individual board members can be held liable including, tax issues. I suggest a MCC Finance Committee rep get written confirmation from HAF as to the plan. Best with this. Thank you Peter. *****Shannon makes a motion to administrate the Cyrus Wong-weissman endowed-sustainable Music fund. Lonnie seconds, all here yes, motion passes. 
  4. Damond & Theresa-They want to propose renting the hall for Nahko on Sept. 17th-  there has been past controversy with Nahko, he was canceled in culture because of an incident that happened in 2020, we have a unique opportunity to have Nahko here at the hall. Multiple board members mention the risk of it, other board members mention that we could let Theresa and Damon do it. Shannon makes a motion to rent the hall to Theresa, and Damond for Nahko, every in attendance is a yes, Motion passes. 
  5. Loren and Marianne Miller:(sound people)  they came to ask for their jobs back( SAMF and ROTR) they have not been contacted by Eryn Snodgrass and they would at least like to put a bid in. They even mitigate things with the band and help bring the cost down.  

Public Comments 3 minutes;

  1. Babbette mentions that a bunch of past coordinators were not contacted for SAMF or ROTR this year. 

Up-coming Events:

  • September 17th. 
  • Oct. 24th Billy Wayne Davis; Last Podcast the left. 

Meeting adjourned at: 7:50