12.15.20 BoD Zoom

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12.15.2020 BoD Meeting 7:00 pm Zoom



Attendees: Shawn Dean, Doug Lockett, Adam Nitschke, Justin Cook, Bill Musselwhite, Andew Sharkey, Lawrence Zapata, David Foster



I. Any way to improve the ARC Zoom meeting experience?

• Exporting additional information gathered on Zoom registrations.

II. Taxes

• No taxes paid in 2019 per instructions from Jin.
• We may need to hold some income back to cover taxes and/or penalties.
• Brief conversation about our tax status.
• Vote – Should we keep the current accountant that has been doing our taxes and trust work? All voted yes.

III. Forum rules update.

• Rules are updated and have been sent out for review.
• Current version is v4.2
• To be completed and posted by December 29th.

IV. Facebook Moderators

• Deny folks who have created FB accounts within two weeks of applying.
• These folks are typically spam accounts.

V. Logo Update

• Andrew is building on current drafts.
• Drafts will be presented at the next BoD meeting.

VI. Meeting Schedules

• We are going to shoot for alternating Saturdays and Sundays.
• Reach out to Dana Riddle and get a date that works for him.
• January, February & March dates selected.
• Announcement to be posted once we hear back from Dana Riddle.

VII. Expo Date

• We will have the Expo in the Fall of 2021
• To be held at Infinite Energy Center.
• We all agreed to bring back Cherry Convention Services for Expo setup.
• We’ve focused in on October 23rd as the date, no announcement to be made yet.
• April 17th as the date for the Spring Frag Swap.

VIII. MASNA and Reef2Reef

• Vote – Should we join MASNA officially as a Club? – All voted yes.
• Vote – Should we put ARC on Reef2Reef? – All voted yes.

IX. Sponsor Update

• Nemo’s does not want to do 10% discount, period.
• What can we do for the stores to make it valuable for both stores and members?
• In store meetings generate a lot of good will for both ARC and Sponsors.

X. Moderators

• Bring on Victor Hap as a moderator.
• Need to have a person to organize the moderators.
• Forum rules should help make this job easier.

XI. Sales on Facebook

• Livestock is not to be sold on Facebook, per FB rules.
• How should we handle livestock sales when they come up.
• Pumps & dry goods alright.

Edit: Under Section VII I had written "Cobb" Energy Center. Actual location is to be Infinite Energy Center. Same location as 2018.