Meeting Minutes
4 Dec 2019 - 4 pm EST
Call to order and general welcome.
Last Meeting Follow-up
Appoint Roles
Due to the low number of applicants for the Board of Directors positions, there were fewer nominees then there were potential positions. The need for public elections was therefore bypassed.
Please see our previous post for the biographies of all the new and returning Directors.
We also say goodbye to our Interim Chair
and Interim Directors
and
. Their contributions will be missed.
Agree to Community Standards
Main Objectives
AGM (Annual General Meeting)
- Draft of meeting minutes.
- Discussion around taxes and reporting; the legal team will be consulted.
will check on the process more in-depth.
Bank Account
- The Board agreed that banking to be set up and operational by end of the calendar year.
links to Bank accounts which research was already done on for non-profit companies by the prior Board.
Appoint New Executive Board Members
A merit-focused discussion around the Executive Board of Directors positions was had. A unanimous agreement was achieved.
The Board of Directors has voted in favor of the following appointments:
- Chair -
will leave her former position of Secretary and assume the position of Chair.
- Vice-Chair -
- Secretary -
will come into her 1st term as Secretary.
- Treasurer -
will be filling the position of Treasurer for a 2nd term.
Discussion on Next Steps
The success of the Marketing Committee is the priority.
Schedule another open meeting in ‘The Ramble’. Dates to be announced.
Discussion about marketing in general; goals and definitions.
came up with the 3 main marketing directions the Steem Foundation Marketing Committee should be focusing on:
A. Investors
B. DApps
C. Social Frontends (Content Creators)The next meeting the board will discuss in-depth how to market to the three different groups and will further develop the next open forum.
Adjourn.
The next board meeting will take place on 11 December 2019 at 4 pm EST