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Grex > Coop > #276: Board Minutes for April, 2010 | |
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mary
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response 10 of 15:
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Apr 18 18:11 UTC 2010 |
I'm thankful we have good folks willing and able to serve on Grex's board.
They shouldn't have to pay to attend meetings and reimbursement should
extend to paying for long distance telephone charges to connect, reserved
meeting space and gasoline when a reasonable distance is involved. I'd
also like to see membership dues waved for those serving on staff or as
board members.
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tonster
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response 11 of 15:
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Apr 19 02:39 UTC 2010 |
I'm absolutely thankful to everyone who volunteers to be on board and
staff here, but I think that they also need to remember that they are
volunteers, and this borders on unicorn being a paid volunteer. I
realize that the amount is small, but unless he's not itemizing
deductions, I'd think he'd get a better deduction by writing off the
costs associated with volunteering and donating to be on board and staff
than the $0.14/mi grex can pay him without writing out a 1099 (at which
point he owes taxes on it too).
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unicorn
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response 12 of 15:
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Apr 19 23:41 UTC 2010 |
I would like to point out to everyone (and especially to lar) that I
didn't *ask* to be reimbursed, and abstained when the vote was taken.
When I drove down, I fully expected to cover the cost myself, and was
surprised when tsty made the motion to reimburse me. I didn't even
so much as complain or otherwise comment on how long the drive was or
how much it cost, or make any other mention of the trip. Although
board meetings have been more frequent lately than in the past, I just
didn't consider them frequent enough to consider this a major expense,
and I expect their frequency to drop again in the future.
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tonster
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response 13 of 15:
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Apr 20 22:08 UTC 2010 |
That's worth noting, Chuck. I can certainly appreciate your willingness
to continue attending in person.
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richard
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response 14 of 15:
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Apr 21 20:54 UTC 2010 |
re #10 but how can grex reimburse anyone for anything if it doesn't
have any money coming in? Hadn't Grex agreed at a previous board
meeting not to require dues for membership for some period of months
until the viability of continuing the board had been assessed? I would
think under the circumstances Grex needs to be rather stingy with its
resources so as to not deplete its existing funds anytime soon.
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cross
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response 15 of 15:
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Apr 22 03:24 UTC 2010 |
This is making a mountain out of a molehill. Grex has literally *thousands*
of dollars in the bank; throwing Chuck a few bucks for gas isn't going to be
what shuts us down.
Also, the board never agreed to suspend the collection of dues, but rather,
to suspend membership status as a requirement for a recent board election
because it wasn't clear who was a member anymore.
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