IFGS BOARD MEETING MINUTES
12/15/16
Final
Receiving Election Report
The 12/15/16 Society Board Meeting was called to order at 7:20 p.m. Central Time. Board Members John Jones, Hugh Greene, Olan Knight and Pat McGehearty were present. Dane Lyon, Brad Evenson and Sarah Gibson were absent, no proxies.
ELECTION RESULTS: Election Chair Jason Dziuk sent a report on the elections. The following members were elected to the Board for the next two years: Hugh Greene, John Jones, Olan Knight, David Spence.
The retained members Board members whose terms expire end of 2017 are:
Patrick McGehearty, Sarah Gibson, Brad Evenson.
The ballot measure to amend the Society Bylaws for disciplinary procedures passed. The Board thanks Jason Dziuk for his services as Election Chair.
SSC REPORT: There was a discussion of various SSC issues. SSC progress has been delayed due to Jones’ production of a game which ran last weekend.
SCIFI RULES COMMITTEE: Hugh Greene and Henry Wood have some ideas for a possible SciFi Rules Commitee.
NEXT MEETING: The IFGS Annual Meeting is tentatively set for Thursday, January 19th, 2017. Times for the meeting are 5 pm Pacific, 6 pm MST, 7 pm CST, and 8 pm EST. The meeting will be held on Skype at i_f_g_s or 720.259.1667. The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 pm CST.
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Society Board starting January 2017:
John Jones
Olan Knight
Hugh Greene
Patrick McGehearty
Sarah Gibson
Brad Evenson
David Spence
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CHAPTER LIAISONS
Dallas – Evenson
Denver/Boulder – Lyon
Norman – Lyon
Pacific Northwest – Jones
Northern Alabama – Gibson
Provisionals:
Central Oklahoma – Knight
Greater Milwaukee – Greene
Southern California – Knight
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PROJECT LIST
Completed Tasks
Society-level electronic voting – Completed
Society Waiver Forms – Completed
Stoplight Policy – Completed
Milestone & Karma Awards – Completed
Business Cards – Available on Vistaprint
Updating Society Website to WordPress – Completed
In Process Tasks
Updating Governing Documents – In process with Society Task Force
Updated Committee Charters – In process with Society Task Force
On Hold
Character Creation System-CAP4G
Expand and Revise Wiki (Possibly incorporating online rules.) –
Not Started
Updating GW Handbook–
Streamlining the payment processes between Society and Chapters –
Treasury Tracking –
Shared Calendar on Website –
Creation of a Treasury Handbook –
Membership Tracking –
Link Exchanges –
Research for 8.0 Rules Set –
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