[absoft-board] Re: March and April Minutes 2012

  • From: "christine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <christine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: absoft-board@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 16:47:08 -0700

I'll make the changes.

On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 2:37 AM, John J. Boyer <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> wrote:

> I wonder if there is a misunderstanding about the Directors and Officers
> Insuran ce. The insurance agent advised us to get our letter of
> recognition from the IRS first. I thought Marcia knew about this. Jack
> is working on the documents the IRS wants. It is time-consuming. The
> trip to Washington delayed things. Our tax accountant has agreed to
> review the documents for free. Jack can also send them to the Board if
> desired.
>
> John
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 11:34:11PM -0500, Marcia Carlson wrote:
> > Laura's last name is Torres, for the record. I am chair, or so John tells
> > me LOL. This looks like a good format for minutes, just a brief few
> > sentence recap of the month's discussions and then only what is actually
> > accomplished. I learned from past experience that a group can have
> > discussions that are started and ended within a meeting or that can go on
> > for months about issues pertinent to the group but that the official
> > minutes do not have to record these items discussed until they are
> > officially acted on. The minutes may have an item stating that this and
> > that was discussed. period. just a general acknowledgement of how the
> time
> > was spent, but no details. When something has been discussed over several
> > meetings is finally acted on, the minutes often record simply that the
> > group voted to do something. Keep it simple and short. Geat work,
> > Christine. Marcia
> >
> > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 7:23 PM, christine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <
> > christine@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > I will paste text of the minutes and attach a word document.
> > >
> > > If the format is not acceptable or if there are changes.  I realize we
> > > were not technically a board until April, but thought including email
> > > exchanges for March would be beneficial.
> > >
> > > The missing information probably needs to be amended by me, and
> > > resubmitted as a complete minutes.
> > >
> > >
> > > The missing information is mostly names, and official titles.  If I
> left
> > > out other information please reply in an email and I will add it and
> > > resubmit for approval, if that is required.
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you for your patience,
> > >
> > > Christine
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Minutes for March and April, 2012
> > >
> > > Board members included in email transmissions between above dates
> include:
> > >
> > > John Boyer,
> > >
> > > Laura, vice chair
> > >
> > > Sam Boyer,
> > >
> > > Jack Schroder, business manager
> > >
> > > Marcia Carlson,
> > >
> > > Christine Jeune, secretary
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Marcia suggested bank statements, insurance should be discussed only on
> > > the board member list.
> > >
> > > Laura and Marcia asked about officer and director insurance, and it
> will
> > > be in place April 1st, according to John.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jack posted March 2012 financial documents, including Capital One,
> Chase,
> > > and Payroll statements, for all board members.  These statements will
> not
> > > be repeated here for security and avoiding duplication.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > John contacted Bookshare/archive.com, asking about format,
> reproduction,
> > > how mathematics are handled, and copyrights.  John will seek an NLS
> key.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Jack posted April 2012 financial documents, including Capital One,
> Chase,
> > > and Payroll statements, for all board members.  These statements will
> not
> > > be repeated here for security and avoiding duplication.
> > >
> > > The board and member email lists were finalized.
> > >
> > > Next minutes will be submitted combined for May and Jane 2012.
> > >
> > > Respectfully submitted,
> > >
> > > Christine Jeune
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Marcia
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
>
>

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