Minutes: Board of Directors Meeting September 21, 2006
Members present: Bill Matthews, Sidney Birkins, Delia Castillo, Nelda Reid, Bobbie Nehman, Michael Millican, Len Ellis, Liz Branch, Bill McElvaney;
proxies: Liz Wolff, Danna Pyke, Marian Avalos, Stephen Brown.
Staff present: Lon Burnam.
Visitors: David Reid.
1. Opening: Bill Matthews called the meeting to order at 7:10pm; Len read a poem.
2. Minutes: The August minutes were presented. Bill Mc noted an error in Item 9 read "Michael Deats" and should be "Richard Deats". Bill Mc moved to accept, Nelda second, the minutes were accepted with the noted change.
3. Treasurer’s Report: Nelda reviewed the August report; of note that approximately $10,000 of the challenge grant has been raised. Bobbie moved to accept the report, Sidney second.
4. Teams:
Communications Team [Bill] - Written report from Trish. Walt and Rolf have been trained for DCTV; they have discovered that they will need additional people to assist.
Dismantling Racism [Delia] - meeting this coming weekend to plan for the Dec 2 event with Michael Philips.
Fundraising [Sidney] - Written report; Bill Mc will meet with Peter Johnson to prepare an article for Peacemaker Dinner.
Organizational Development [Lon] - Written proposal on the computer system upgrade; Liz, Delia and Len would like to assist with the review of the proposal. Written report on personnel from Liz W. Rashid submitted his resignation from the board, and we now have 6 positions to fill for next year.
Peace Education [Michael] - Michael Nagler will give presentations Sept 29 and 30 and everything is moving along smoothly. DPC will have a table at UCD and Michael requested help with book sales and refreshments.
Swords/Plowshares [Bill McElvaney] -Written report; reminder of Antonia Juhasz event later in the week. Liz distributed "Iraq For Sale" movie and reminder of Oct 11 screening at the Magnolia. Bobbie invited board members and partners to Sukkot celebration at her house on Friday, Oct 13, 7pm.
SOA Watch [Liz] -reminder of activity planned for Nov 17-19.
5. Nuclear Weapon Position Statement: The statement had been reworked since the last board meeting and now is ready to be posted on the website and published in the DPT. Bill Mc moved to accept and publish, Sidney second.
6. Announcements: Sept 16 Day of Peace and Sept 11 Memorial were very positive events.; reminder of Sept 25/26 Antonia Juhasz; Sept 29/30 Michael Nagler. .
7. Adjourn: Bill asked for an adjournment at 9:00p.m.
submitted by Len Ellis
Secretary
September 25, 2006
