Board Meeting Minutes, January 23, 2018

Participants:  Geri Baumblatt, Dave DeBronkart, Judy Danielson, Dave Dolton, Peter Elias, Nancy Finn, John Grohol, Matthew Holt, Sarah Krüg, Janice McCallum, Jan Oldenburg, Parika Pinky Petaipimol, Burt Rosen, Danny Sands, Linda Stotsky, Joe Ternullo, Sue Woods. Minutes from January 9 meeting approved with fixes to section on Gmail email aliases. Treasurer’s Report/Membership Report Danny Sands summarized the Treasurer’s report that was discussed in the January 9, 2018 meeting. Sponsorships are in good shape and membership growth is good, but retention is low. Burt Rosen is working with Tyson Ortiz to encourage renewals and will also be redoing the membership survey soon. Dave Dolton asked about the possibility of obtaining another grant from RWJF. Nancy Finn, who along with Sarah Krüg, led the initial grant proposal, thinks we could present a viable proposal to them. Sarah agrees. Both recommend that we review some of the ideas that came out of the retreat in Boston that was funded by the initial grant to help with new proposal. The idea of creating a new category of multi-year membership was raised, which would allow members to commit for greater than a single year, but less than a lifetime membership.   There was a brief discussion on SPM2017 conference revenue, with Matthew Holt pointing out that foundations will sponsor conferences if aligned with their mission. Board Member Introductions Danny Sands welcomed new board members and asked all board members to intro...
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