Board Election Coming Up.

We have 4 self-nominations for the upcoming election thus far. View their candidate statements here.

Members can also self-nominate at the Special Meeting to Elect Directors which will be held at 7:30 on Tuesday, August 5 at the Social Justice Center Conference Room, 1202 Williamson St.. Members interested in declaring their candidacy are encouraged to post a candidate statement here at madisonhours.org.

You must be a current member to be a board member or to vote. Anyone can join or renew their membership at the beginning of the Special Meeting.

All 5 seats are open. The top 3 vote getters will get 2 year terms and the others 1 year terms. This will put us back on the rotation called for in our by-laws. If we don't have a 5th candidate, the Board may elect to appoint a member to the 5th seat.

In addition to the regular distribution of proceeds collected at our pancake breakfast fundraisers, we will also pay the co-hosting organization one Madison Hour for each volunteer hour performed with a maximum of 12 being paid for any one breakfast.

This policy was approved by the Board July 1, 2008 with the condition that it apply retroactively to June 8, 2008.

Hello , I would like to be the pivotal point with generating new members to the Madison Hours cooperative , based on my volunteer service with a local community center, which is currently associated with the Dane Co. Time Bank. Question; Would there be objections towards initiating some members of new and growing local Hispanic business community to participate with this idea?, and possibly individuals whom use the community service like the food pantry. would their participation be welcomed also? email me ;; crowmessenger57@yahoo.com personally I see good possibilities. Thank you. jhn_

Madison Hours Board Meeting, Jan 31, 2008. Called to order at 8:05 pm.
Present: Jon Hain, Ali Dwyer, Rob McClure, Susanne Galler, Erin Schneider

Renewal Mailing:
A renewal mailing will go out in about one week. Jon will take the mailing to Chrysalis to have them put it together.

By unanimous consent, the BOD approved the plan for the board meeting minutes to be on the website as a permanent archive.

Ali will make a sign for the next breakfast that says “sales tax is included in admission.” Because it is.

Financials:
Budget for 2008 passed by unanimous consent.
BOD approved a $50 donation to WNPJ, to come out of “dues” category.
BOD approved a $50 donation to CSW for their “donor software fund”
BOD approved a $50 donation to Timebank (1/2 in Hours)

Pancakes:
This month’s co-sponsor is Low Power Radio Project. Ali will update the website with co-sponsor information.
March co-sponsor: Quann Garden (Pamela)
April co-sponsor: MACSAC (Erin)

Madison HOURS BOD meeting Aug 7, 2007
Called to order at 7:35pm. Susanne, Rob, Jon and Ali are present.

We approved previous meetings’ minutes unanimously.

Outreach: Ali will email our pancake dates to Madison Datebook and will contact Jon for pancake related pictures.

Budget: The board reviewed the pancake data that Jon pulled together. Jon will re-arrange it so it is easier to understand (for the purpose of comparing co-sponsor’s effectiveness as fundraising helpers).

Newspaper: the BOD approved payment to Grace for this paper’s layout. We discussed layout and updates and Jon will make updates to the New Member form as noted.

Pancakes: Ali will continue to recruit for the upcoming breakfasts. Next up is to talk to Norm Stockwell about the Socialist Potluck. October is Chrysalis and November is WI Books to Prisoners.

Currency: Jon presented samples of potential paper. BOD will wash them up to see if they are sturdy enough to be made into currency.

Madison HOURS Board of Directors Meeting
March 2, 2006

Present: Jon Hain, Ali Dwyer, and Rob McClure

Meeting called to order at 7:55 pm. Minutes from January reviewed and overwhelmingly passed as written. February minutes to be distributed next month.

Budget: Pancake Breakfast over expectation by $300. Expecting CHIP grant soon. Subscription revenue. Jon sent $180 in invoices for advertising to be received by next month. $2300 in the bank right now.

Petition Against AOL email tax: Effects HOURS with bulk emailing, will need to pay a tax to AOL. Direct effect, plus indirect economic justice issue. Madison HOURS will sign on Move-ON/Free Press Petition against this.

HOURS Board Meeting
December 7, 2006

Present: Jon Hain, Ali Dwyer, Rob McClure

Meeting called to order at 7:45 pm. Minutes from previous months forthcoming.

HOURS Board Meeting
February 1, 2007

Present: Jon Hain, Ali Dwyer, Rob McClure, Susanne Galler

Meeting called to order at 7:43 pm. Minutes from previous months forthcoming.

Money: Simple. We're doing fine, reports Jon. One potential problem is that Jon is 8.5 hours short in volunteering with Community Shares, which may lead to a reduction in funds.

Insurance Follow-up: Jon called to ask about coverage for insurance matter. Waiting for call back.

Newspaper: Last meeting set assignments for newspaper, but uncertain of who, what, and when. New deadlines are being set: February 15th is set deadline. Susanne is writing about Forest Espinoza, Ally is writing about Costa Rican restaurant, Rob is writing about farewell to Mifflin and something else, Jon writing about Toronto HOURS, Susanne will write a short article about Holiday Fair and raffle winners. And we need ads, Susanne will solicit ads, and remind Just Coffee of past due amount.