AGENDA

Prior to the meeting, please add items for discussion here:

1. Review Agenda

2. Fundraising

   1. Campaign Progress

   2. Gala

3. Committee Updates

   1. Tech

MINUTES

Scribe: Ben Ward

Present:

• Amanda Guest, General Manager

• Ben Ward, Secretary, Technical Director

• Will Craven, President of the Board

Absent:

• Tom Tierney

18:10 - Fundraising

• Matching fund: we’re halfway to our goal!

  • Some high-priority donor engagement is still ongoing.

  • Generally, brought in significantly more this month than previous years.

• Gala planning is ongoing

  • Scheduled for Giving Tuesday, Dec 3rd.

  • Will has reached out to various local publications and sources to promote the event.

  • Event is listed and pre-selling tickets.

  • Show is being advertised on Instagram.

• Started working with a grant writer from Krebs.

  • We’re applying for 3/4 grant applications.

  • Some are project-based, but aligned with existing station operations.

• 28 day social campaign is being prepared — will also launch Dec 3rd.

• Also, we’ll be drafting a budget for 2020.

18:31 - Board Development

• We’ll kick off a dedicated board recruitment effort in early 2020.

19:00 - Tech committee update

• Mostly doing infrastructure updates

• Need to prioritise projects for 2020

• Self-hosted analytics isn’t going great, will ask community for recommendations

• We should review our stream-hosting options as the current contract is up.

19:11 - Events & Mush

• No MUSH 2020 news yet.

• New contacts for the Ferry Building in SF.

• Contacts at Salesforce Park to pursue too.

• We’ll pursue all of these and likely tie them to grant applications.

19:16 - Storage

• Flagging: We’re out of storage space, so might need to start renting a storage unit, especially if we invest in a Live performance kit.

ACTION ITEMS

• • All

    • Identify possible large donors ($1000/$500/$250) to tie into Giving Tuesday.

    • Gift cards etc. for the event.

19:23 — Meeting adjourned.