Minn-stF board meeting 2008 April 19

Kevin went to US Bank.  Our statements will now go to our PO box.  We got
copies of the last 6 months of statements.  We currently have $3000+ in
checking.

We now know for sure that we have CDs at Ameriprise Financial (formerly
known as American Express).  Irene continues to persue this.  [After the
meeting Irene made progress: Our statements will now be going to the right
place and we have a contact name (Charles Polksnik), phone number, and
"group number" and we know the amounts in our accounts.]

Matt reports that Minicon 43 roughly broke even and that the books are not
yet closed.  We started with $1309 in the bank from Minicon 41, then $1000
was deposited, but Matt's not sure what that was, then later we got $2000
in seed money from mnstf.  We're not counting the $2000 as a credit when we
say "broke even"; not sure about that $1000.  Seth and Keith are working on
the books and Matt hopes to give a final report with everything ironed out
next month.

The storage locker guys have been screwing us around.  Let's look around for
another place.  Our requirements are that it be as climate controlled as
this one (probably doesn't freeze and probably stays below 100F), that it be
accessible by bus and that it preferably be between where most of us live
and the Sheraton.  Currently we are paying $156/month, including tax.

Kevin reports that data entry is finished on the paper copy of the mnstf
directory. Carol will show it around at meetings since the data is now
three years old.  An electronic directory will be generated soon.

Carol knows about the IRS e-postcard that we're supposed to file.

Lisa reports that insurance has been paid.  We need to learn what this
covers and if we really need it.  It used to be the case that the Minicon
hotel required proof of insurance, but they didn't ask this year.  Lisa will
bring the policy to the next meeting for us to read.

The copy printer will probably continue to have space at Dreamhaven.

Doug Friauf's memorial website has been paid for by some unknonwn entity, so
we don't have to worry about it.

We'd like our Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN, often called an EIN
for Employer Identification Number) so that, for instance, the Minicon
bank account doesn't have to be in one of our personal social security
numbers. (At TCF, this means that they will fund debt from Minicon using
a personal checking account opened with the same number.  Bad!) Carol
says that we do have one, and she could recall a few digits, but didn't
know where to find the rest.  Matt said he'd look into trying to get
this information out of the IRS.  [After the meeting, Keith, without
prompting -- except he's the person with his social security number on
the Minicon 44 account right now -- procured a new TIN/EIN for Minicon.
It is not clear whether there is any possibility of a conflict between
this number and other numbers that we have had, but he suspects that
this situation comes up a lot and should be not a big deal. He will
communicate the number to us in a secure fashion (not e-mail) soon.]

Set the next board meeting to be 3pm on May 17 at David and Erin's mnstf
meeting.