February 17th, 2013 MnStf Board Meeting Held at 2:00PM at the home of Beth Friedman in Richfield, MN Attendance: Emily Stewart, Hershey Lima, Dean Gahlon, Beth Friedman, Scott Raun Fallcon Patricia should know that if we are forced to use the hotel from last year, she should do so before May, though someone else may reserve it before then. Ideas for other hotels were discussed. People will look at spaces and tell Patricia about them. It has been suggested that Paypal be added as an option. 501(c)3 Beth has five years of good finanicial information from MnStf and four years of information from Minicon. She hopes to have the fifth year of information by the end of this week. Beth will be meeting with the lawyer again this month and will probably have another update in March. Tax Forms Beth believes that we may not be up to date on tax forms and will talk to Carol about it. Organizational Issues The annual checklist was created and will be posted to the LJ community, the Natter list and the Concom list for completion. The final version will be posted on the MnStf Wiki. Treasurer's Report for the web Will be based on the five year report posted to bhe board chat list on Feb 17th. Website Will be moved to a new Mnstf Dreamhost account as soon as 501(c)3 status is established. Steve MacDonald Songbooks Beth has the Steve MacDonald songbooks and will send them via MBag to Steve MacDonald. Pool Party & Board Nominations Carole Vandal wanted some logistic information that she will get from non-board members. Patricia and Mark Richards are hosting. Check Signing Currently two signers are needed to sign checks for MnStf reimbursement and none of them are the treasurer. The treasurer, Carol Kennedy should be added as a signer. The current signers will arrange for this to happen after the voting meeting. Next Board Meeting Probably at the voting meeting. March 16th after the voting meeting.