HCMI Board Meeting July 15, 2020

 In Board Minutes

Meeting minutes of Holyoke Media – July 15, 2020

Meeting held remotely via zoom.

Agenda

Present:

  • Scott MacPherson, ED
  • Jennifer Myszkowski
  • Carey Baker
  • Al Williams
  • Patty Norris Lubold
  • Mike Hines
  • Denis Luzuriaga

Not present:

  • NA

Call to order: 6:37 p.m.

Minutes:

  • Motion to accept minutes from 6/17/2020: 
    • Motion: Patty
    • 2nd: Mike
    • Vote: Unanimous

Directors Report

 

  • Discussions related to:
    • Covid related Journalism Fellowships
    • Possibly hiring a “cultural competence consultant”
    • PPP loan
    • Tax filing and annual review with city
    • Editorial Content Policy
    • We decided to put together a workgroup to further discuss Editorial Content Policy consisting of Jennifer, Al, and Patty.
    • Architectural update. Waiting for the architect to finalize construction drawings so that we can call for new bids.
    • Discussion about Strategic Plan
  • Motion to dedicate $200K from capital account fund to match Cultural Facilities Grant per E.D. request
    • Mike makes Motion
    • Carey seconds
    • Unanimous vote

 

 

 Social Media Community Standards –

 Editorial Content Policy –

 Community Bulletin Board –

 Social Media Use –

Old Business

    • COVID response: Discussion about what E.D. has been doing in this matter.
    • Discuss the specific action steps can we take as an organization to combat systemic racism both within our organization and the wider community – E.D. suggests that this be an agenda item at every board meeting, etc.

Other Business:

    • Revisit membership – what are the barriers to moving forward?
    • Strategic plan — what are the barriers to moving forward?
    • (DL) Assign someone to comb through website to correct errors for example: date of “studio” completion stated at “Fall 2018” https://holyokemedia.org/about/
    • Discussion about translation services for content created and presented by Holyoke Media

Next meeting:

  • Schedule next meeting – Wed., Aug. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
    • Agenda: TBD

Motion to adjourn:

  • Motion: Al
  • 2nd: Carey
  • Vote: Unanimous

Adjourn 8:17 pm

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