Present: Jeff Gilmore, Sharon Tregaskis, Steve Nicholson,
Pamela Coleman, Lisa Ripperton, Suzanne Cates, Jared Jones, Peter Bardaglio,
Francis Vanek
Minutes taken by: Francis Vanek:
Dues 2015-2016: Dues payments are coming. The period will be
for December 2015-November 2016. For shareholders, it will appear on your
December bill.
Interest in board membership: Lisa Ripperton, Pamela Coleman,
Sharon Tregaskis, and Danielle Klock (who was not present) have all expressed an
interest.
Outreach for more memberships: The following will reach out
to the three neighborhoods to talk to residents who have not yet joined, to see
if they want to join:
Frog: Pamela and Suzanne
Song: (Francis will try to find someone else)
Tree: Lisa
Annual meeting: Annual meeting will happen 1 PM on Sun 11/15
in Frog CH.
Business:
1.
Slate of candidates for board membership
2.
Change of bylaws
We discussed election of officers to EVI board offices,
namely chair, ombudsperson, secretary, and treasurer, but judged that this would
happen at the next board meeting after the annual meeting.
Discussion of interesting activities for annual meeting:
1.
Display of relevant maps of land and surrounding area
2.
Photos of Ecovillage then and now, where possible taking photos at
locations today for comparison
3.
Short videos from intentional communities around the world, gathered from
youtube etc
We need to formally announce the business of the meeting on
or before 11/5 so we will provide further details between now and then.
Discussion of proposed changes to the bylaws:
Jeff Gilmore
brought to the board three proposed changes to the bylaws. The board discussed
and in the end agreed to continue with the plan to offer the changes. They are
in the areas of:
1.
Membership
2.
Composition of the EVI board
3.
Definition of leasing activities
The exact text of the proposed changes is not included here
as it will be provided separately to members.
Announcements: At the end of the meeting, it was announced
that Kurt Pipa from Frog will be leading a workshop on biochar on Sat.10/24,
with demonstrations at 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM
Adjourned 8:30 PM
