ZRS Board Minutes – Nov. 11, 2017
Attendees: Kai Hui, Liaoran, Taiso, Jian Zhi
Convened at 10:15 am
Topics:
- Financials
- Kai Hui:
- Offerings are about the same as the same time last year
- About $1,600 net positive this year so far compared to last year
- Current total assets $19,500 (actual cash position)
- A good portion of this is saved–functioning from generated income
- About $10,000 is earning minimal interest
- Kai Hui recommending investing in a safe way
- Taiso cautious due to tumultuous political climate combined with ZRS’s relatively short financial time horizon
- Alternatively, we could earn a little more interest in CDs
- Kai Hui to move on this
- A good portion of this is saved–functioning from generated income
- Kai Hui:
- Subcommittee Reports/Updates
- No update
- Call went out for openers for specific dates this month and next
- Building & Grounds doing leaf work now
- Call went out for contributions–shooting to publish by Thanksgiving
- Request went out with a new set of guidelines
- Taiso, Liaoran and Kai Hui all planning on submitting writings
- Place being held for Reishin’s deferred article
- One contribution came in from a Sangha member
- Review of comment cards & requests for board agenda topics
- Comment card: Reviewed library computer-related questions from Manju
- Comment card: Jonathan would like to do Mondo Zen
- Email from Amy re fundraising idea: establishing space as coworking or writing space
- Taiso: Would Amy want to be the person to facilitate this?
- Old Business
- Sutra book reordering:
- Friends of Zen took care of bill for 50 new sutra books–ZRS to reimburse them
- Fundraising:
- Newsletter would be good place to mention ideas arrived at during fundraising committee meeting
- Kai Hui to draft this
- In April, ZRS will be participating in the Irish Road annual rummage sale
- Feeling this out as a relatively simple option for a recurring fundraiser
- Newsletter would be good place to mention ideas arrived at during fundraising committee meeting
- Sutra book reordering:
- New Business
- Kai Hui thinking about taking responsibility for one social night per month
- Recognizing donors:
- Taiso: Kensho may be visiting sangha next year–would be nice to recognize his financial contributions in some way
- Liaoran: Maybe commission a brushwork scroll? Or a donor list?
- Not immanent… to think about
- Taiso: Kensho may be visiting sangha next year–would be nice to recognize his financial contributions in some way
- New Year’s Party
- Taiso may be unable to facilitate due to travel
- Myoshin helped facilitate last year–Jian Zhi also interested
Adjourned at 11:05 am
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