Board of Directors Meeting (Blank)

Time, location

• Time & Place: {Date/Time}, Dallas Makerspace
• Google Meet .info
  • ID: {URL}
  • Phone Number: {Phone Number, PIN}

Prior minutes

{Link to all prior unapproved minutes}

Member Recognition and Complaints

Member recognition (above and beyond) and member complaints will be considered before other business. This will allow members that are interested or involved with either to leave without having to sit thru the entire meeting.

Old Business

Items TABLED at the previous Board Meeting shall be placed as Old Business agenda items. Any item tabled more than once for lack of satisfactory forward motion by its sponsors or proponents is a candidate for dismissal.

Consent Agenda

Newly proposed agenda items appear in the consent agenda. Any member present at the meeting may pull an item out of the consent agenda for discussion, at which point it goes under "New Business". If nobody objects to the solutions presented by the consent agenda, everything in the consent agenda passes by consensus. Items that have more than one proposed solution should be moved to the "New Business" section.

Any member may edit this wiki page and place an item on the agenda. However, discussion of agenda items should be done via the forums. The cut-off time for addition to or revision of all agenda items is 48 hours prior to the meeting.

Please note, agenda items (Consent, New, or Old) that request spending $200 or more must include a section on "Relevance to our tax exempt purpose".

A capital equipment form (listed at the bottom of the Finance forms list) is required for all equipment purchase or lease exceeding $1000 for which funds are requested from the Board in part or total, at least two weeks in advance of the board meeting.

CA1 (Submitter)

Problem:

Solution:

Relevance:

CA2 (Submitter)

Problem:

Solution:

Relevance:

CA3 (Submitter)

Problem:

Solution:

Relevance:

New Business

Agenda items should be placed in New Business if there is any expectation of discussion by the Board or others in attendance during the meeting.

NB1 (Submitter)

Problem:

Solution:

Relevance:

NB2 (Submitter)

Problem:

Solution:

Relevance:

NB3 (Submitter)

Problem:

Solution:

Relevance:

Minutes

HH:MM CALL TO ORDER

(Meeting called to order by consensus)


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ATTENDANCE
- Director 1
- Director 2
- Director 3
- Director 4
- Director 5

(note any absences and their disposition as noted by consensus of the Board; also note alternative means of attendance for Directors not present using primary meeting "location")


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MOTION: Approve Prior Minutes
(URLs to each prior meeting with unapproved Minutes)
(Motion may specify amendments to be made to previous minutes)
  - Proposed [Director]
  - Seconded [Director]
- Vote
  - For [list Directors for]
  - Opposed [list Directors opposed]
  - Abstained [list Directors abstaining and any individual reasons explicitly noted]
  - Motion {PASSED if "AS WRITTEN" or alternative motion proposed AND majority For|FAILED if any action and no majority For}

(The expectation is that previous minutes will be approved either as-is or with amendments)


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TREASURER'S REPORT


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OLD BUSINESS

(Old business are items TABLED at a previous board meeting; expectation is that sponsors will have worked out any kinks or objections prior to the meeting and have updated the language.  Any item that ends up on Old Business more than once is a strong candidate for dismissal)

OB1
- AS WRITTEN: "[Agenda Text]"
- Motion: {AS WRITTEN|Text of Alternative motion|DISMISS|TABLE}
  - Proposed [Director]
  - Seconded [Director]
- Vote
  - For [list Directors for]
  - Opposed [list Directors opposed]
  - Abstained [list Directors abstaining and any individual reasons explicitly noted]
  - Motion {PASSED if "AS WRITTEN" or alternative motion proposed AND majority For|DISMISSED if "DISMISS" AND majority For|TABLED if "TABLE" AND majority For|FAILED if any action and no majority For}

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OB2
- AS WRITTEN: "[Agenda Text]"
- Motion: {AS WRITTEN|Text of Alternative motion|DISMISS|TABLE}
  - Proposed [Director]
  - Seconded [Director]
- Vote
  - For [list Directors for]
  - Opposed [list Directors opposed]
  - Abstained [list Directors abstaining and any individual reasons explicitly noted]
  - Motion {PASSED if "AS WRITTEN" or alternative motion proposed AND majority For|DISMISSED if "DISMISS" AND majority For|TABLED if "TABLE" AND majority For|FAILED if any action and no majority For}


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CONSENT AGENDA

(Consent Agenda items should have stakeholder consensus before the meeting and be extremely well-developed such that they can be moved AS WRITTEN.  Items that pass muster are collectively moved upon with an explicit motion.  Historically, items that are objectionable or require discussion can be pulled by anyone at the meeting where they are moved upon individually.)

CA1
- AS WRITTEN: "[Agenda Text]"
- Note if pulled and by whom

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CA2
- AS WRITTEN: "[Agenda Text]"
- Note if pulled and by whom

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CA3
- AS WRITTEN: "[Agenda Text]"
- Note if pulled and by whom

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MOTION: PASS {Enumerated Consent Agenda Items} AS WRITTEN
  - Proposed [Director]
  - Seconded [Director]
- Vote
  - For [list Directors for]
  - Opposed [list Directors opposed]
  - Abstained [list Directors abstaining and any individual reasons explicitly noted]
  - Motion {PASSED if "AS WRITTEN" or alternative motion proposed AND majority For|DISMISSED if "DISMISS" AND majority For|TABLED if "TABLE" AND majority For|FAILED if any action and no majority For}

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CAx {Pulled Consent Agenda Item}
- AS WRITTEN: "[Agenda Text]"
- Motion: {AS WRITTEN|Text of Alternative motion|DISMISS|TABLE}
  - Proposed [Director]
  - Seconded [Director]
- Vote
  - For [list Directors for]
  - Opposed [list Directors opposed]
  - Abstained [list Directors abstaining and any individual reasons explicitly noted]
  - Motion {PASSED if "AS WRITTEN" or alternative motion proposed AND majority For|DISMISSED if "DISMISS" AND majority For|TABLED if "TABLE" AND majority For|FAILED if any action and no majority For}


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NEW BUSINESS

(New Business items are lacking stakeholder consensus before the meeting or are not sufficiently well-developed to be consent agenda items.  The Board should TABLE any such items that appear to lack a consensus among stakeholders, are not well-developed by their sponsors, or negotiable details of the item are objectionable.)

NB1
- AS WRITTEN: "[Agenda Text]"
- Motion: {AS WRITTEN|Text of Alternative motion|DISMISS|TABLE}
  - Proposed [Director]
  - Seconded [Director]
- Vote
  - For [list Directors for]
  - Opposed [list Directors opposed]
  - Abstained [list Directors abstaining and any individual reasons explicitly noted]
  - Motion {PASSED if "AS WRITTEN" or alternative motion proposed AND majority For|DISMISSED if "DISMISS" AND majority For|TABLED if "TABLE" AND majority For|FAILED if any action and no majority For}

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NB2
- AS WRITTEN: "[Agenda Text]"
- Motion: {AS WRITTEN|Text of Alternative motion|DISMISS|TABLE}
  - Proposed [Director]
  - Seconded [Director]
- Vote
  - For [list Directors for]
  - Opposed [list Directors opposed]
  - Abstained [list Directors abstaining and any individual reasons explicitly noted]
  - Motion {PASSED if "AS WRITTEN" or alternative motion proposed AND majority For|DISMISSED if "DISMISS" AND majority For|TABLED if "TABLE" AND majority For|FAILED if any action and no majority For}


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EMERGENCY BUSINESS

(Emergency Business items should be short-notice items necessary for the safety of the organization that do not require discussion among stakeholders.  They may also be items that have been discussed with stakeholders and are expected, but circumstances did not allow for inclusion in the agenda before the cutoff.)

MOTION: {Motion text} 
  - Proposed [Director]
  - Seconded [Director]
- Vote
  - For [list Directors for]
  - Opposed [list Directors opposed]
  - Abstained [list Directors abstaining and any individual reasons explicitly noted]
  - Motion {PASSED if "AS WRITTEN" or alternative motion proposed AND majority For|DISMISSED if "DISMISS" AND majority For|FAILED if any action and no majority For}


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NEXT MEETING: 

(Time and date determined by consensus)


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MEETING ADJOURNED HH:MM

(Meeting adjourned by consensus)

Action Items

Status	Item Description	Responsible Party
[ ]		Finance
[ ]		Finance
[ ]		Finance
[ ]		Finance
[ ]		Finance