San Diego Burning Man Town Hall Meeting - January 12, 2008

Attendees

Gadget
Dag
Matty Lust
Jingles
Sparky
Wandering Angel
Fierce
Brutus
Storm
Taz
DC Lynn
McGuyver
Spike
Bean
Keesha
Jenny Treweek
Sasquatch
Jason Murphy
Gaia

Treasurer’s report

$12,459.07 in the account

Proposals for purpose and mission statement

  • By Dag
    • Acknowledged that the organization has adopted the 10 Principles of Burning Man in order to qualify for official recognition as a Burning Man regional organization and event
    • Proposed purpose statement of SunDBurn organization
      • A. To encourage art, community and community through efforts in the San Diego region.
      • B. To be the legal entity that enables the San Diego Burning Man community to hold the decompression event and fund public art.
    • Proposed Mission Statement
      • 1. To produce the annual Burning Man Decompression event in the San Diego county region
      • 2. To guide, nurture and protect the San Diego Burning Man regional community, and to benefit the larger community beyond the Burning Man Decompression event
      • 3. To embrace the 10 principles of Burning Man in all of our events and activities
      • 4. To generate, distribute and maintain funding for public art
      • 5. To behave as a non-profit organization and work towards becoming a 501.3.(c) corporation.

New Board Members

Elected by online voting and voting in person

  • Smoke Blower
  • Taz
  • Gaia
  • Brutus
  • Gadget
  • Fierce

Motions

  • Adopt letter designation for purpose statement to avoid prioritization
    • Moved by Storm, seconded by Taz, adopted unanimously by voice vote
  • Adopt Purpose Statement as proposed by Dag and amended through discussion as recorded above
    • Moved by Storm, seconded by Taz, adopted unanimously by voice vote
  • Various motions determining final wording of Mission Statement as adopted above
    • Moved by Dag, Seconded by Smoke Blower, adopted unanimously by voice vote
  • Proposed that all key time-sensitive elements (permits, budgeting, etc) must be completed by August 1, based on keeping the end of October Decompression date, or the event will be cancelled.
    • Moved by Taz, seconded by Gadget, adopted by voice vote
  • The next town hall meeting to take place March 1 at Bringles
    • Moved by DC Lynn, seconded by Dag, adopted by voice vote
  • Board meetings shall be open to all to attend. Only board members shall authorized to vote on motions at the meetings. The board will approve the agenda.
    • Moved by DC Lynn, seconded by McGuyver, adopted by voice vote
  • Adjourned
    • Moved by Sparky, seconded by Bean, approved by voice vote