💡 Adding notes from 1/19 Board meeting and from 12/10/17 (#87)

Author: svpernova09

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+title: December 10th 2017 MTF Board Meeting
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+[back to meetings](/about/meetings)
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+## January 2019 Board Meeting
+1. Organizational & Financial Update
+    1. Joe Gives update on financials
+        1. Operating expenses
+            1. Domain names
+            2. Banking costs
+            3. Quickbooks Online (~$50/year)
+        2. Holiday party ran $17.33 over their sponsorship
+        3. HACKmemphis & MTF are financially even
+    2. Brad Stepping down
+        1. Bank account ownership changes
+        2. Org filing/ownership changes
+        3. Filling missing board seats
+2. Current Events:
+    1. GiveCamp 2019
+        1. Everything on track for GiveCamp
+    2. Unnamed 2019 Conference
+        1. Conversation amongst a few folks (including Ted Patterson)
+        2. Joe Liaising with event coordinators to be financial rep, as well
+    3. Assist Midsouth Makers in partnering with UofM/FedEx Institute of Technology
+3. Financial Report
+    1. GiveCamp: $4,098.11

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 ## December 10th 2017 MTF Board Meeting
 
-Meeting notes to be added.
+* Old news
+    * State Organization status
+        * Joe gave history of status issues from early 2017 (for year of 2016)
+        * This does not have any current effect on our 501 status
+        * Joe will research and reconfirm state org status
+    * Fundraising
+        * Have a prospectus for TechCamp that we can use as a starting point
+        * In Q1 board meeting, discuss our plan for 2018 fundraising
+    * Bank Needs
+        * Check on AND or OR status for making authorized issues
+* Financial Report
+    * Outstanding Obligations
+    * IRS obligations
+    * Update on using Quickbooks
+        * Paid $50 to get set up on Quickbooks online
+        * Login info is in the google drive document
+    * In Jan. Board meeting, find use for budget while discussing fundraising
+* Fundraising Notes
+    * HACKmemphis 2017
+        * Autozone late sponsor, led to some running around
+        * Non-MTF-ran events, find reasonable cutoff dates, and explore logistics to prevent running events on credit
+    * General guidelines
+        * Digital Assets for Printed Collateral: 1 month in advance
+    * Holiday Party
+        * Now factoring in 18% Gratuity into budget
+* Website
+    * Meeting minutes.
+        * Need to publish older board meeting notes
+    * Website is live with good information!
+        * :claps: for Joe
+* Bylaws Review & Proposal
+    *  [http://www.memphistechnology.org/about/bylaws/](http://www.memphistechnology.org/about/bylaws/) 
+    * Change proposed at March 3, 2017 meeting: Amend board seats to be 4 board member seats with 1 chair (5 total)
+        * Structure: Brad Montgomery Chair, Bryan Robinson, Joe Ferguson Claudio Donndelinger Board members
+            * Moved to vote: Brad Montgomery (Bryan seconded)
+            * Yea Votes: Brad, Joe, Claudio, Bryan
+            * Nay Votes:
+    * Talked about proposed changes
+        * No new proposed changes
+* Board Positions
+    * Vacancies
+        * One vacancy now
+        * Floor opened for nominations
+            * Moved to “punt to 2018” from Claudio (Jan)
+            * Open board seat focus: Should potentially be focused on fundraising
+            * Floor closed
+* Other News
+    * Joe: In Jan. 2018 board meeting, we should look into where the future of MTF continue to go?
+        * Does the initial mission stand?
+        * Create Doc for future conversation in Jan
+    * FIT proposed spaces
+        * Midsouth Makers are in talks (and MTF has been in those conversations) about an off-campus but close to campus hackerspace
+        * AKA M-Division Technology & Innovation Neighborhood
+            * Launches December 2018
+            * Paid home for
+                * MGD
+                * Code Crew
+                * etc
+            * MM enters (potentially) as last member, in late 2019.
+    * Talk to Events for All
+        * Jan. Joe will discuss to see if there’s a cost/benefit that makes sense
+    * TechCamp
+        * 2017 was a success.
+            * Sold tickets
+            * Lowest attendance ever, but charged the most
+            * 60-70 checked in, ~15 no shows
+* Conclusion