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Monday 5 March 2007: Special Members Meeting on Assessments

• Meeting brought to order: 2000
  • Present: James Cowan, Shannon Cowan, Jan Steinman, Carol Wagner.
  • Facilitator: group
  • Recorder: Jan
• Old business
  • Context: continued discussion from the monthly members' meeting on ways to cover operational deficits in a manner that recognizes labour inequities.
    • AGREED: we will keep careful records of labour spent on EcoReality projects, for at least March and April, using the time sheets created by Carol.
    • ACTION: Contact the Advisory Council and solicit advice on equitable ways of handling this situation (James Cowan)
      
    • AGREED: as a trial for March 2007, we will assess each member dues of $300, or 20 hours of labour, or any combination of the two, with labour valued at $15 per hour. Cash portions are to be paid by the April Members' Meeting; labour portions are to be completed within the month of March.
    • At Jan's request, we re-affirmed a prior agreement that Jan will create a time-logging system on the wiki, and will count his time toward that as work on an approved project.
  • Biodiesel brewing workshop
    • Cost set at $40, including lunch
    • Jan will create syllabus
    • Invite Kelly to facilitate
    • offer instructor 60/40 split of the take after expenses
    • advertising
      • e-mailing in the next week or two
      • poster in Ganges
• Meeting adjourned: 2130

-- respectfully submitted, Jan Steinman 22:58, 5 March 2007 (PST)