Deep Spring Center
Board Meeting Agenda
April 28th at 6:30 p.m.				   Action items are underlined

Location:  Deep Spring Center

Attendees:  Delyth Balmer, Linda Longo, Simon Ha, Curt Fish, Peg Tappe, Susan Klimist, Alice Britt. Barbara Brodsky is away on the Emerald Isle retreat.

Agenda
1.	Sangha commentary - none
2.	Treasurer’s report (Linda)
a.	Linda presented the draft of the 2008 budget. 
b.	The projection for class offerings and potential income is incomplete. Peg will go back to the teachers and ask for predicted number of students and income.
c.	Linda will talk to Rori about possible cost reductions for the newsletter.
d.	Will review updated 2008 budget at next board meeting.
e.	2007 Tax return is drafted, Linda to continue to work on this.
f.	March balance sheet was reviewed.
3.	What is a Deep Spring Event? (All)
a.	The updated policy was approved with consensus by the board.
4.	DSC Teachers (Peg)
a.	The search for a Calendar Coordinator is underway. There is one possible person interested from the teachers group. Search will continue.
5.	Deep Spring archives (Simon & Curt)
a.	Current status
i.	Web site-Terry has been experimenting with various navigation systems and designs for the web site. Simon and Curt will be meeting with him Saturday, May 17th to discuss further. We now have a separate web site for the archives which is linked to DSC’s website.
b.	Roles:
i.	Terry Gliedt – Tech volunteer
ii.	Phil Harding – Talk Distribution Coordinator-Peg will call Phil and ask about the process of communication between he and Bob. When archive readers return the transcript to Bob, is Phil aware of this and sending out a new one?
iii.	Bob Bartz – Topic Feedback Coordinator
6.	Can DSC accept dana for teachers to make it tax deductible? (Curt)
a.	Linda volunteered to investigate this topic. Will table topic for now. Question was debated briefly.
7.	Building lease (Curt)
a.	Landlord not yet contacted, Curt will follow up on this soon.
b.	Lease up June 2008
8.	Nonprofit mailing application (Curt/Alice)
a.	Alice reported there is no cost to apply for nonprofit mailing status; potential savings is $150.00 per year. Board in consensus for Alice to move forward with the application.
9.	Board member recruiting (Curt )
a.	Peg will talk with Anne Barden to get this going. There are two possible candidates for general board member positions.
b.	Retreat committee report (Peg)
c.	February self-retreat-$428 in the red. 
d.	March retreat, net income $1083.79. 
e.	April No frills retreat is in the red by about $400-had only 7 attendees. 
10.	Social committee report (Linda)
a.	Recruiting status-not going well so far.
b.	Linda talked with Alice Brown regarding her thoughts on the drum circle proposed last month. Alice sees it as a social event and would like to do it the 2nd Sunday of the month after sitting, beginning June 8th. Consensus by the board for her to go ahead with this, perhaps trying it for a few months to start.
c.	Alice Brown and her husband Dave would like to have a ceremony for the renewal of their vows at DSC. Sangha members have done ceremonies here in the past. Board agreed there should be a rental fee for this.
d.	Board discussed use of keys for these special events; Alice noted that when the building is rented a key is signed out to the person holding the event.
11.	Calendar (Curt)
a.	OM out 1-May to 21-May - Peg is contact person while Alice is away.
b.	Annual Sangha meeting – some have expressed an interest in having a sangha meeting. Will discuss next month – identify volunteers to investigate/organize.
c.	May 18th is Spiritual Journey Night; Carol Blotter will be the main speaker. 4 p.m. at Linda’s house.

Meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

Upcoming board meetings
May 19th, 2008 at 6:30p.m.
June 30th, 2008 at 6:30p.m.
July 28th, 2008 at 6:30p.m.
No meeting in August

Respectfully submitted, 
Delyth Balmer, Secretary