Minnstf board meeting, Saturday Nov 17, 2018 at the Minnstf meeting
at Emily Stewart and Aaron Vander Giessen's.

Attending board members: Matt Strait (by phone, recording), Scott Raun,
Anna Dudda, Aaron Vander Giessen.

Not attending board members: Hershey Harris.

Present for some of the time: Emily Stewart.

== Approve last two sets of minutes ==

Approved!

== TODO ==

* (2017-12ff) Aaron will shepherd along Vanguard.

We need to ask US Bank to send Vanguard a letter certifying that we own the
account.  We're going to try sending US Bank an e-mail first, and then sending
them a formal letter with the request next.

We approve opening a CD for $10k at US Bank so that we can earn *some* interest
while the Vanguard saga rolls on.  Matt will try to open the CD online and let
Carol know it happened, assuming we can get at least 2%.  If we can't do it
online, we'll ask Carol to go do it at a branch.

* (2018-10) Hershey will make sure we're up to date on PO box and
storage locker payments.

We *are* up to date on the PO box payments, because they are now automatically
going onto Carol Kennedy's credit card.

We're calling Carol to see about the storage locker.  No answer.  We will
ask Hershey about it later today, and Carol of course if she comes to the meeting.

* (2018-10) We will all make informal inquiries about chairing Minicon 55

This happened, and needs to continue.

== Review recurring task list ==

Matt reviewed, didn't see anything that is coming up now and not already taken
care of.  Others agree.

== Conventions ==

* Decongestant 3

Matt is trying to get the books closed.  It looks like we lost about $800, as
compared to the target of losing $200, and Matt's prediction of losing
$500.  The difference is probably totally down to expecting about 75
members and getting 63.  Matt will do the full analysis once he gets the
consuite reimbursement sorted out, which is the only real remaining item.

* Minicon 53

Books are closed.  Matt sent in his final financial report to the board.  The
bottom line is that we made $4349.87, which exceeds our target of $2100, and
this amount has been returned to the main Minnstf account.

* Minicon 54

Emily reports that it's going fine.  Concom meeting scheduled for Dec 2, 1pm,
although not announced anywhere yet.  There is no programming head.  Emily is
planning to just run programming herself with four subheads: Scott Jamison,
Katie (Clapham? a different Katie?), Mike and Christie, Sharon Kahn, Michael
Kingsley.  Ok, that's six, but Mike and Christie are running the Kaffeklatches
and that's mostly just at-con.  At least one of those people are possibilities
for being the head for Minicon 55.   This makes Matt less nervous about who
will be doing the bulk of the work.  Emily expects to be doing 50% of the
programming work, some of which is training.

* Minicon 55

We got a solid maybe from someone, and that someone will be at the Minnstf
meeting today.  People will try to gently push them towards a yes or a no.
We can wait another month though, if it's still a maybe.

Aaron is not officially anything for Minicon 55, but he is talking to hotels
about possible contracts.  He just met with the Crowne Plaza, for instance.

* Minneapolis in 2073

Matt reports that we had a party at Windycon and made about $300.  Yay!
Also he did finally finish PR10 and sent out the paper version.  Yay!
The e-mail version will go out eventually.

* A fallcon in 2019

Matt expects to be arranging it.  He's going to start by asking everyone
for their conflicts.


== Next meeting ==

Set for Dec 15, at Scott and Irene's Minnstf meeting, 3pm.

== New TODO list ==

* (2017-12ff) Aaron will shepherd along Vanguard.

* (2018-11) Matt will send US Bank an e-mail asking them to send Vanguard
a letter saying that we really own our US Bank account.  If that doesn't work,
then he'll draft a paper letter.

* (2018-11) Matt will try to open $10k CD opened with US bank if we can
get at least 2% APY.  We'll then tell Carol it happened.

* (2018-10) Hershey will make sure we're up to date on storage locker payments.

* (2018-10) We will all make informal inquiries about chairing Minicon 55