Minutes for 2013-03-16 MnStf Board Meeting Location: Dreampark Attending: Hershey Lima, Kevin Austin, Beth Friedman, Dean Gahlon, Scott Raun (by phone) We met, and settled on the officers: President: Patricia Zetelumen VP: Lydia Nickerson Treasurer: Carol Kennedy Membership Secretary: Laura Krentz Corresponding Secretary: Clay Harris Einblatt Editor: Scott Raun, with Emily Stewart printing and mailing the printed copies Recording Secretary: Kevin with Beth as backup (yay! you all may be able to tell from these notes that I am *not* good at notetaking) Archivist: Matt Strait Rune Editor: Matt Strait Botanist: Kim Huett (subject to my contacting him, which I have yet to do, but will do in the next week or so) The above is all that I took notes of. I have a vague recollection that Beth reported on the status of the 501(c)3 process, but only remember that things were proceeding apace. Next meeting: April 6, at 2:00 PM at Joel's. Dean [addendum by Beth Friedman] What Beth said about the 501(c)3 process was the following: 1. She has received 5 years' worth of financial information in one form or another from all the necessary parties. 2. The tax attorney said they were not sorted into acceptable categories, and it would be prohibitive for her to do the work at attorney rates. 3. Beth is meeting with Pat Wrede (an accountant) on Monday, April 8, to try to get the financials sorted acceptably. 4. If that can be done, she'll schedule another meeting with the tax attorney.