Present:

• Scott MacPherson, ED
• Jennifer Myszkowski (President)
• Al Williams (Treasurer)
• Carey Baker (Vice-President)
• Mike Hines
• Natalia Munoz

Not Present:

• Denis Luzuriaga (Clerk)
• Gloria Caballero Roca

6:37 p.m.: Call to order

Acceptance of prior meeting minutes – February 16, 2023

Motion to accept prior meeting minutes

• Motion: AL
• Second: Carey
• Vote: Unanimous, motion carries.

 

Budget

• Staff salaries
• 2023 budget overall

Directors Report 

P and L

Balance Sheet 

Building Costs

Contingency Budget 

Purchase Proposal

Marketing Report

• Budget review. Approve through March. Waiting for the building to open. Using a temp through the end of the year in order to have a clear understanding of our finances. 
• Mike will email the school committee about the metro e-circuit switch over. A line item will be added to the budget regarding mileage reimbursement. Al asks if the marketing budget will possibly be dropped in Aug.
• Motion to accept IRS mileage reimbursement for business use
  • Motion: Mike
  • Second: Al
  • Vote: Unanimous, motion carries.
• Staff salaries discussed. Natalia spoke about an increase in salary. The board listened to what she had to say. We are sure if we had capacity to pay. Natalia mentioned she is open to juggle duties if that helps. Inflation has been running 5-7%. Maybe look at bi yearly rather than yearly. Approve budget through April? At the opening everyone will be juggling. At the end of the year will we hire a production or admin person was a question Scott brought up. 
• Motion to accept April budget. Scott to submit a revised budget with new numbers
  • Motion: Al
  • Second: Carey
  • Vote: Unanimous, motion carries.
• A purchase request from the Municipal Projects account. 
  • Motion to accept the Municipal Project request.
    • Motion: Al
    • Second: Carey
    • Vote: Unanimous, motion carries.
• Mike suggested we wait on tech integration at Dean tech. Jennifer, Al and I went in front of the Finance Committee on March 1st in response to an order filed by  Councilor McGee about the Council’s board appointment. A follow up order was filed to conduct  interviews for the appointment and I anticipate the vacancy will be filled shortly. Councilor Bartley voiced concerns  regarding bias on a piece of journalism we had recorded several years earlier. We as the board will look into this further.
• Targeting May as the grand opening date. Possible May 19th.
• Annual meeting update, Scott to follow up.

Organizational goals check-in

Old Business

• Temp hiring update
• Grand Opening plans -?
  • May 19th
  • coordinate with MIFA
• Annual Meeting Update
• Diversity statement update
• Contract Renewal Update
• Capital planning
  • Cornice of building
• Organizational development plan

Standing items

• Membership update
  • Member comms:
    • Replies to membership signups.
    • Newsletters to members
• Latest anti-racism consultant actions
• Marketing update
  • Plan for St. Patrick’s Day coverage (knowing that last year our site visits/page views were up on this day)
• Recruitment of new and diverse board members
• COVID response
• Personnel check-in
• Switching from construction to regular insurance providers
• Budget check-in re: hiring – April meeting 

New business

Task review and due dates

Next meeting April 20, 2023, 6:30 P.M.

Motion to adjourn 

• Motion: Carey
• Second: Jennifer
• Vote: Unanimous, motion carries.

Adjourn at 7:56pm