In Attendance: Bob Bruhin, Raffaella, Nancy Lebovitz, Maria Sawczuk, and Paula

Board Members Not Present: 

ITEMS UP FOR DISCUSSION

501 (C) 3

Maria reviewed the 501(C) 3. She noted that the Charter Committee failed to answer three questions when completing the questionnaire. The Charter Committee members present agreed that she should complete the questions and e-mail her responses to the rest of the committee. 

Charter Ratification

Maria asked the Board if everyone had read the document that had been sent. We all stated we had. She then called a vote.

Votes:

Yea: 5

Nay: 0

The DVPN Board unanimously ratified the Charter.

PayPal

Bob advised everyone that we were officially signed up with PayPal and are now able to accept payments for newsletters, ads, and events online. We will be charged 25 cents per transaction, but the monies will be sent to our account, and we will be given Ship To addresses with each order.

Bob advised the Board that when he was checking our account he found a discrepancy. Maria said she would be contacting the bank to verify the balance in our account. He also said that he tested our PayPal account by purchasing a newsletter subscription and that everything seemed to work well.

Planned Concert

Maria advised the Board that she has been working on this project. To date she ahs contacted venues and is waiting to for responses regarding costs and other information. She has also contacted a friend of hers at one of the radio stations for a lead on an up and coming area band or a popular area band with a good following. She will keep the Board apprised of her findings.

Newsletter

Raffae requested that the Board review the latest edition and submit any changes to her no later than Monday at 5pm. Regarding one of the submissions, the Board agreed to use editorial discretion and edit the piece accordingly.

2^nd Annual Crystal Ball

The board agreed that we must begin finalizing plans for the Crystal Ball. It was agreed that the UU church in Germantown was the most promising site for the Ball this year given it’s proximity to public transportation and parking availability. 

Raffae volunteered to contact them since she is able to work from home. She will advise the Board at the next meeting.

Advertising

Three Blade has agreed to solicit ads in the western section of the city and south of the city. We still need people for other areas. Raffae will keep accepting applications and the Help Wanted ad will appear in the newsletter.

Pagan Pride Project

Bob has asked the Board to appoint someone to be local co-ordinator since he has accepted the position of regional co-ordinator.

The Board agreed to establish a committee to run the local 2001 Pagan Pride event. He asked if anyone on the Board would be interested in Chairing the committee. Maria stated she would if no one else was interested. Paula stated she would assist Maria if needed. 

The Board also agreed we should ask leaders within the community if they would be interested.

Bob also advised the Board that he would be creating a website for the Mid-Atlantic region. The Board agreed that DVPN would sponsor and that there would be links between both sites. Bob will be paying for the site personally.

Advisory Board

The Board agreed it was time to establish an Advisory Board of leaders from within the community who would be willing to advise DVPN on the needs and wants of the community. The Board agreed that the advisory board would only need to meet quarterly. 

In an effort to bring the leaders of the community on to the advisory board, the DVPN board agreed we would invite the leaders to dinner. The agreed upon date was January 25.

Pagan Juried Art Show

Raffae brought a request to the Board from Samantha Levens. Samantha has offered to spearhead a committee and act as chair for a Juried exhibition of Pagan Art. The idea is to link it to the Fringe Festival in 2001.

Raffae said that Samantha thinks she may be able to get the Fleischer Art Memorial to hold the exhibition. There would be traditional art forms as well as performance art. Apparently, it is very trendy at this time to incorporate ritual into art.

Bob said he has looked into how to have events in the Fringe and believe the deadline is March. 

The Board discussed the various pros and cons of sponsoring such an event. The vote was unanimous to sponsor the event.

The committee chair will be Samantha Levens. Raffae will be a committee member. Other members will be solicited and/or appointed.

Blood Drive

Bob reported there were eight (8) donors at the quarterly blood drive.

Open Discussion

There were no other items of business so the Board openly discussed a lot of stuff that was not relevant.

The meeting was adjourned.

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