Meeting opened at 7:40 p.m. Present were Helen Elden, Dini Schut, David Engel, Hal Hamer and Benjamin Solomon.
June meeting minutes were read and amended to correct a spelling error, then approved.
Finance Comm. Sandy, Becky and Helen went to People's Co-op in Ann Arbor and met financial director Dave Blackburn. They toured Fourth Street store, got information and ideas. They recommend that we not store food in basement, due to traffic hassles and inefficiencies; rather, make the offices and meeting room downstairs and store the food in the office space upstairs. Kristie and Helen will go to Columbus to F.O.R.C. on 7/29 for financial and floor plans, credit line, opening costs and expenses. Treasurer's report (enclosed) was read and approved.
Location Comm. No formal meeting, but various tasks were performed by members since last board meeting. Committee will remain as the Building Preparation Committee
. Ben is organizing work efforts for the city code approval. Helen shared three insurance quotes and concluded with agreement from those present to take out the minimum necessary coverage tomorrow from Anderson-Miller agency as follows:
Fundraising Comm. see enclosed report. We discussed the copyright on Phoenix name regarding a company in Cincinnati and what we can do about it. Dave suggested we offer a free 30-day trial membership to attract customers to be discussed next meeting.
Education Comm. Hal announced the newsletter got out!
Membership Comm. The phone tree begins Thursday night. Members present went over the mailing list and selected people whom they will personally call. Dini moved to issue an additional working member
discount (amount to be determined later, so that this could be included as a benefit to members during the phone tree. We called Theresa, whose vote made us a quorum, and the motion carried unanimously. Meeting adjourned 9:45.