Minutes of the Friends of
IAGenWeb
Board of Directors Meeting
January 31, 2017- February
10, 2017
Agenda
1.
Welcome,
Roll Call and Announcements
2.
Secretary’s
Report – Minutes of the previous meeting
3.
Treasurer’s
Report
4.
Closing
Comments & Adjournment
1. Call
to Order
The
Chair, Cheryl Siebrass, called the meeting to order
on January 31, 2017 on the Friends-l IAGenWeb list.
Board
members present were: Cheryl Siebrass – President; Lynn
McCleary – Vice President: Janelle Graham Martin – Secretary; Mark Christian –
Treasurer
Directors
present were: Karen DeGroot, Bill Haloupek, Conni McDaniel-Hall, Steve Williams, Ralph Leonard, Linda Ziemann, Constance Diamond, Barbara Hug, Sharyl Ferrall, Gail Kilgore and Paul Nagy.
All
members of the Board and Directors were present. There were seven guest
requests added to the e-mail meeting.
2. Secretary’s
Report
The
Secretary, Janelle Martin, presented the report:
The minutes of the last Board of Directors Meeting March 21-March 30, 2016 can be located at:
http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb-operations/meetings/minutes-Mar-2016.htm
With
no additions or corrections, the minutes were approved.
3. Treasurer’s
Report
Financial Reports as of December 31,
2016 can be found at:
http://iagenweb.org/state/friends_of_iagenweb-operations/
For the calendar year 2016 income
(donations) increased by $250.00 over
2015 while expenses (server, fees)
decreased $122.84. The year-end assets of $15,215.68 were an increase of
$623.75 over the previous year.
As of January 31, 2017 our assets are
$15,194.23.
We remain within the current 2016/2017
authorized budget of $65.95 per month server cost. None of the authorized total
additional expense of $60.00 has been used.
IRS Form 990-N for 2016 has been
E-filed.
We continue to carry a zero Liabilities
balance.
The Treasurer’s Report was approved as
submitted.
4. New Business
A
waiver was passed by the board to introduce a new item to the agenda.
The
GPP domain names expire on May 3, 2017. The domains are iowagravestones.org and
iowagravestones.com. The .com domain currently points to the .org domain. With
the concurrence of Rich Lowe and Mark Christian, only the .org domain will be
renewed, allowing the .com domain to expire on May 3rd.
The
renewal will cost $90.85 for five years.
Mark
Christian moved to approve funding of the renewal of the domain name
iowagravestones.org for a period of five years at a total cost not to exceed
$100 dollars.
The
motion was seconded by Lynn McCleary and passed unanimously by the board.
5. Closing Comments and Adjournment
Several
board members and guests expressed compliments and appreciation for the impact
that Friends of IAGenWeb contributes to IAGenWeb.
With no further business, President Cheryl Siebrass declared the meeting adjourned on February 10,
2017.
Janelle Martin
Secretary, Friends of IAGenWeb
2016-2017