MWBA Board Meeting Minutes: November 14, 2019

MWBA AD-HOC BOARD MEETING

MINUTES: NOVEMBER 14, 2019

BOARD PRESENT: Shamane Morejon, Andrew Hunter, Alex Fore, David Cho, Jon Buckell, Colin Frazer, Bart Bombay, and (remotely) Jason Chiodo
NON-BOARD PRESENT: None
ABSENT: None

Meeting commenced at 7:10pm, and adjourned at 9:30pm

Topics

• Reviewed preparations for November Workday at Strawberry Peak Trail.
• Waterman report is almost done.
• December trail work day discussed, resulting in:
  • Motion to do it on Dec 8th by Bart
    • Seconded by Shamane
    • Approved unanimously
  • Location depends on weather and PAL level

■ Likely will be brushing of Ken Burton

• December social event
  • Shamane will lead planning for this. Likely Dec 15th.
  • Details TBD
• 2020 Strategic Plan

○ 2020 Events

• • Monthly trailwork days – affirmed
  • Pancake Breakfast – Spring 2020 (May?)

● Likely at a new easier to reach location, TBD (Gould? Loma Alta?)

• • Trail Stewardship Summit – tentatively April 2020

● committee is already formed, and will lead the planning

• • Womxns Dig Day – perhaps March 2020, details TBD

● To take the place of a regular monthly workday

• • Membership drive
    • Maybe adding a fall membership drive? Maybe a campout? ■
  • Maybe more sponsorship recruitment

○ Memberships and IMBA

• • No changes to current relationship with IMBA

○ Waterman Trail 4 funding

• • To discuss more in subsequent meeting

• Bylaws updates – to be discussed more later…
• • President, VP, Treasurer, Secretary: term limits?
  • One or more board positions elected by members?
  • Updates for modern communication technologies?
• ○Board transition/evolution
  • Board members each discussed own perspectives about continued participation
  • Discussed about how to recruit new board members (e.g., recruiting from committees), and in general how to communicate to members about this.
  • Discussion to be continued.
• The association between Chris’s shuttle business and MWBA is to be stopped. MWBA branded signage is to be removed from both the shuttle vehicles and web site.
• Strategy for trailwork liaisons/leaders growth

■ Deferred to subsequent meeting