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Add the minutes for the 2023 board meeting

5 months ago, Gary Kramlich
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Add the minutes for the 2023 board meeting

Testing Done:
Ran the site locally and verified it rendered properly.

Reviewed at https://reviews.imfreedom.org/r/2872/
1 files changed, 100 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
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    hugo/content/minutes/2023-06-17.md
    • --- a/hugo/content/minutes/2023-06-17.md Mon Dec 11 23:09:01 2023 -0600
    +++ b/hugo/content/minutes/2023-06-17.md Fri Dec 15 13:02:24 2023 -0600
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    - "https://data.imfreedom.org/public/board-meetings/video-20230617.mp4"
    ---
    -IM Freedom Board Meeting 2023-06-17 00:00 UTC
    +IM Freedom Board Meeting 2023-06-17 00:00 UTC using Zoom.us. All times listed below are in UTC.
    +
    +* Preamble and call to order:
    +* Directors Present
    + * John Bailey, President/Treasurer
    + * Matthew Needham, Vice President
    + * Gary Kramlich, Secretary
    + * Ethan Blanton, Director
    + * Richard Laager, Director
    +* Treasurer's Report
    + * Closing Balance on December 31, 2021 was $24,414,41.
    + * Opening Balance on January 1, 2022 was $24,414.41.
    + * Expenses:
    + * Development: $196.22
    + * Fees: $40
    + * Representation: 364.68
    + * State Filings: 228.00
    +
    + * Total Expense: $848.90
    + * Income:
    + * Amazon Smile: $73.62
    + * Donations: $339.95
    + * Interest: $4.84
    + * Spreadshirt: $40.02
    +
    + * Total Income: $858.43
    + * Closing Balance on December 31, 2022 was $24,443.94.
    + * Checking account: $1,448.31
    + * Savings Account: $22,849.87
    + * Paypal: $145.76
    + * Net change in money on hand for the year is an increase of $9.53.
    + * I made several transfers intended to keep the checking account near $1500
    + and the paypal account near $100.
    +
    + * 2023 so far...
    + * Opening balance on January 1, 2023 was $24,443.94.
    + * Expenses:
    + * Representation: $731.50 (Chestek Legal for Trademark)
    + * Development: $3,400.00 (mail/infrastructure)
    +
    + * Total Expense: $4,131.50
    + * Income:
    + * Amazon Smile: $74.80 (there will not be any further Smile income)
    + * Donations: $5.34
    + * Interest: $1.75
    -Minutes haven't been completed yet, bug grim to do them.
    -
    + * Total Income: $85.49
    + * Current balance on hand is $20,387.24.
    + * Checking account: $1053.92
    + * Savings account: $19,197.82
    + * Paypal: $100.00
    + * Net change in money on hand is a loss of $4,056.70
    + * John will no longer be maintaining a balance of around $1,500 in the
    + checking account. This was being done due to a misunderstanding with the
    + terms on that account where the actual minimum balance is $500.
    + * Ethan moves to accept the treasurer's report
    + * Gary seconds
    + * passes unanimously
    +* Board Election
    + * Matthew moves to reup the current slate of officers
    + * Ethan seconds
    + * Passes unanimously
    + * Ethan moves to re-elect the board
    + * Gary seconds
    + * Passes unanimously
    +* Old Business
    + * Bank accounts
    + * Got Gary added onto the accounts
    + * John turned on electronic statements
    + * John got the address changed to his
    + * Investment account
    + * Richard notes that the account setup was completed without issue
    + * Richard mentions that the money market on Fidelity has a 4.75% interest
    + rate
    + * John states that we should talk about this in new business
    + * Gary talks about email being shutdown and the move to Discourse
    + * There's a few more minor things to do before tearing down rock.pidgin.im
    + * Richard mentions there's a few forwarding mailing addresses that he kept
    + * John reminds everyone that we have board@conference.imfreedom.org MUC
    + * Gary reminds everyone that they have fully federated imfreedom.org XMPP
    + accounts
    + * John mentions that he intends on looking for new representation to save us
    + money as Richard found one that was much cheaper than CT Corp
    +* New Business
    + * John mentions moving a significant portion of our money from our savings
    + account
    + * Richard moves to move our money from savings to the investment account
    + and leave it in the core position
    + * Ethan seconds
    + * Passes unanimously
    + * Gary mentions November 18th is Pidgin's 25th Birthday
    + * Talks a bit about doing something but asks people for ideas
    + * Also mentions the interviews of the early developers and
    + history.pidgin.im
    + * Also asks for help on any of these ideas/fronts including running a fund
    + raiser
    + * Also mentions a 25th Birthday sticker/logo
    + * Also mentions federating pidginchat.com
    + * Solicits estimates on a budget for the Birthday
    + * We decide to take this offline after we have some ideas
    +* Meeting adjourned at 2023-06-17 00:57 UTC