HCMI Board Meeting July 15, 2020
Meeting minutes of Holyoke Media – July 15, 2020
Meeting held remotely via zoom.
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
- 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
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- 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:
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- 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
