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Iðavelli Hof rede meeting minutes: 3 July 2007 Redesfolk present: Dan, Jag, Phil, Ana, Eric Previous meeting's minutes were read and unanimously approved. I. Who's Who? Ana is serving as ristakona Phil is serving as wealthwarder Eric is serving as librarian Each of these is willing to continue to serve in their respective capacities. II. Server Issues Phil is running the technical side on his server. Ana did the primary site design but doesn't want to continue with maintenance and updates. Jag is doing the calendar updates. We could pay for web hosting, which would resolve the occasional server outages, but we don't have enough traffic to warrant worrying about the downtime. Phil and Jag are testing Druple, a software package that would allow easy updates, but it needs a lot of work yet to be able to look good. Ana can do artistic editing for the Druple site. III Mailing lists It might be nice to have a Hof-discussion list which could be used for coordinating social activities. People who attend a Hof event can join the discussion list; it would be open to participants and members. We need a Hof members only list for business like meeting announcements. IV. Finances Phil has written a draft budget. Membership dues cover yearly expenses such as the PO box, printing supplies, and one-time projects. Blots will need to be paid for by donations for now. Perhaps we should have a voluntary collection basket sit out at blots in case people want to contribute toward the cost of supplies. Should the Thing be on the budget? Probably not; we can approve a separate budget for it. Vote to approve the 2007 Thing expenses: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0 Vote to approve July blot expenses: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0 Building fund - we will consult Tammie about the wording for the charter which Phil proposed. We should get the 501c3 status before we push too much for building fund donations, but we can start taking donations once the charter is approved. Filing the paperwork for 501c3 status costs $300. Motion to form a committee to work on 501c3 paperwork: Motion carried; Phil, Jag and Dan will be on the committee and other members who would like to assist should contact Dan. V. Upcoming blots: July blot - 28 July. Danny will plan it. August blot - 26 August. Phil will plan it. VI. Hof busines cards Eric will find a printer. Ana will bring design suggestions to the next Rede meeting. VII. Seidh/Spae/Oracular study group There is much interest in the wider community in having something like this. Dan and Danny envision a learning group with both discussion and practise. They would like to eventually form a group that could do public sessions and demonstrations. Should it be Seidh/Spae and from an explicitly Northern perspective, or should the group look at various oracular techniques from different traditions? Should the Hof sponsor this study group, or should Dan and Danny do it on their own? It might be difficult to form a cohesive practise for demonstrations if we incorporate many different traditions. People from other traditions could come and take what they learned back to their own traditions. The Triangle has lots of general pagan goings-on, but very little that is tradition-specific, and people seem interested in learning about tradition-specific topics, even if it isn't from their own tradition. The Hof probably should organize this study group, provided it is Northern in focus and is consistent with our Orlog document. Membership - participants need to be comfortable with and able to trust the people they are working with in this sort of group. Vote to have Hof sponsor the study group as a Seidh/Spae group: Ayes - 5; Nays - 0. |