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Next Meeting
Sunday April 13, 2008
3 - 4 PM
General Orientation and Information Meeting
Higher Grounds Trading and
The Broke Spoke Coop
3 - 4 PM
General Orientation and Information Meeting
Higher Grounds Trading and
The Broke Spoke Coop
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Minutes by Alita Townsend, Broke Spoke Meeting, January 19th
1. How should we organize? What positions should be held to maintain the logistics of Broke Spoke? For coop organizing?
A. The group decided by consensus to create interim roles through the 2008 calendar year. The roles will maintain the functioning of the bike coop. They are three: 1. Treasurer/Secretary 2. Web/Outreach 3. Shop organizer/garage manager
These roles are outlined with the following tasks:
1. Treasurer/Secretary- banking, membership upkeep, email contact, minutes, thank yous, web information updates, meeting coordination
2. Web/Outreach- event upkeep, poster/design delegation, news correspondence
3. Shop organizer/garage manager- garage upkeep, maintenance, skill builder workshop coordination
Based by voluntary commitment, the following members are the 2008 Broke Spoke representatives (respectively to the roles listed above).
1. Deb Samuel
2. Lou Blouin
3. Denis Bean-Larson
2. What is the long term vision for Broke Spoke?
A. Create a Steering Committee:
Bill Palladino offered to facilitate a strategic organizing meeting to form the structures and procedures for the coop--most urgently, forming some idea of a mission statement. The attendees agreed this is a great first step and that big plans, elections, projects, etc will naturally follow. Bill will send out a mass email to the members with the date, time and place of this meeting. All are welcome to participate.
3. How should we fund raise for future projects and paying shop debt?
A. Currently Broke spoke owes the following:
i. 950.00 (tool set)
$339.10 (table)
$128.69 (table holder)
$20.00 (dba)
$1419.69 (owes to Higher Grounds)
205.25 (paid)
$32.36
$32.36 (owes to Denis)
Total owed= $1452.05
B. Currently Broke Spoke has the following:
1/3/08 Northwestern Bank Balance= $144.65
1/3/08 Dues to be deposited= $60.00
$204.65
C. There are currently quite a few of unpaid member dues:
11 Un-paid member dues= $220
7 HG member credits= $140
D. Memberships: Denis shared the Cherry Capital Cycling Club would be a great target for memberships…they have 200 plus members.
E. Film night: Denis is organizing a film night at the Inside Out Gallery for a fundraiser for bike caution signs to be put in TC limits. Broke Spoke could sell concessions for a fundraiser.
F. Earth Day parade: it would be nice for Broke Spoke to have a presence and even get more members…to be worked on in March and April
G. The TART trail committee is working on a Bike week and asked for Broke Spoke involvement. To be discussed in the Spring.
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