[ { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The very first meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<p>Rather than the planned meeting to review by-laws, budgets, and other verbiage, we’ll use this time to review the existing\nState-approved documentation, brainstorm and prioritize projects, divvy up some work in the repositories, and other\nsemi-pertinent things.</p>\n\n<p>The second membership meeting, in October, will be when we’ll ensure all our operational requirements are officially\naccounted-for and approved.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Greetings and introductions</li>\n <li>Quorum and roll call</li>\n <li>Review of articles of incorporation</li>\n <li>Brainstorm projects</li>\n <li>Call for volunteers</li>\n <li>Summation (what to expect next month)</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>Optionally, if the membership is comfortable electing officers outside the confines of approved by-laws, we can hold elections\ntonight. Otherwise, Brad will operate as a presiding officer and secretary until such time as the by-laws are approved and\nelections held to comply with said by-laws.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes were approved by the membership at the following meeting.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM)</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Agenda was approved unanimously. Brad moved, Hillary seconded, assent by voice vote</li>\n <li>Regular agenda:\n * Introductions\n * Brad talked at length about finished-starter\n * Brad talked about progress toward forming the nonprofit</li>\n <li>Old business: none</li>\n <li>New business: none</li>\n <li>Requesting any other business: none</li>\n <li>Second call for membership commentary</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:32 PM)</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>When talking about progress toward forming the nonprofit, Brad mentioned the following official bodies and web services\nwhich he registered as an agent of the Lower Barriers organization:</p>\n\n<ul>\n <li>State of Michigan</li>\n <li>GMail</li>\n <li>ForwardEmail (a service for forwarding all messages to a particular domain name)</li>\n <li>Facebook (Page)</li>\n <li>Twitter</li>\n <li>Google Voice</li>\n <li>YouTube</li>\n <li>GitHub (organization)</li>\n <li>Website (and domain name via namecheap)</li>\n <li>Paypal</li>\n <li>Mailchimp</li>\n <li>Slack</li>\n <li>IRS (for tax ID number but not 501(c)(3) status yet)</li>\n</ul>\n", "id": "/events/2020/09/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2020/09/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2020-09-29-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2020-09-29-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2020-09-29 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2020-09-29 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Our very first membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "Membership meeting (first!)", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<p>At this meeting, since we still do not have fully-workable bylaws, financials, or other pertinent organizational documents,\nthis month’s meeting will be more discussion about current projects and overall brainstorming and directional ideas.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Regular agenda:\n * Brad: update on finished-starter toward January 1st, 2021 for 1.0.0\n * Open call to brainstorm</li>\n <li>Old business\n * Brad: still behind on foundational documentation</li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have not yet been approved by the membership at the following meeting after a review. This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:06 PM)</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (Brad moved, Hillary seconded, unanimous voice vote)</li>\n <li>Regular agenda:\n <ul>\n <li>(none)</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>(none)</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business\n <ul>\n <li>Brad showed site and project progress</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:24 PM)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2020/12/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2020/12/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2020-12-29-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2020-12-29-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2020-12-29 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2020-12-29 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Second official membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "December 2020 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<p>This is the meeting! We’re going to vote for the bylaws, 5 years of financial plans, the website, and\ngosh-darn pert-near everything else that’s possible to vote on.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Regular agenda:\n * Brad: Review Bylaws\n * Vote on Bylaws\n * Nominations and board election\n * Brad: Review financial plan\n * Vote on financial plan\n * Brad: Review website and other existing marketing materials\n * Vote on branding and marketing</li>\n <li>Old business\n * (Old business here)</li>\n <li>New business\n * (New business here)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p>This meeting was converted to an informal study session of the draft bylaws, on account of a lack of quorum.</p>\n", "id": "/events/2021/01/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2021/01/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2021-01-26-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2021-01-26-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2021-01-26 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2021-01-26 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "January 2021 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Regular agenda:\n <ul>\n <li>Brad: Review Bylaws</li>\n <li>Vote on Bylaws</li>\n <li>Nominations and board election</li>\n <li>Brad: Review financial plan progress</li>\n <li>Brad: Review website and other existing marketing materials</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>(Old business here)</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business\n <ul>\n <li>(New business here)</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes were approved by the membership at the following meeting.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:02 PM)</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments — None</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting minutes — BC noted that January lacked a quorum. No minutes to approve</li>\n <li>Regular agenda:\n <ul>\n <li>BC reviewed the Bylaws as written but not yet approved. The members in attendance discussed the merits of ‘Financier’\n rather than ‘Quaestor’ as a fancy name for the Treasurer role. The members in attendance informally agreed to amend\n the not-yet-approved bylaws to use the word ‘Financier’ for Treasurer. Randall agreed to retain “Presiding officer”\n rather than some other fancy title.</li>\n <li>The members in attendance <strong>voted to adopt the Bylaws as presented</strong>. At 7:18 PM Brad moved and Hillary seconded on\n a motion to adopt the Bylaws. The motion passed unanimously, by voice vote</li>\n <li>Per the newly-adopted Bylaws, the membership proceeded to its inaugural board election.</li>\n </ul>\n <ul>\n <li>First, for Presiding officer, nominations were opened. Brad moved to nominate Randall Thomas, which Randall accepted.\nHillary seconded the nomination. No other nominations were brought forward, so the membership in attendance agreed\nto elect Randall by voice vote. <strong>Randall was unanimously elected Presiding officer</strong> at 7:20 PM</li>\n <li>Next, for Financier, nominations were opened. Brad moved to nominate Hillary Lewandowski, which Hillary accepted.\nRandall secondard the nomination. No other nominations were brought forward, so the membership in attendance agreed\nto elect Hillary by voice vote. <strong>Hillary was unanimously elected Financier</strong> at 7:21 PM</li>\n <li>Finally, for Scribe, nominations were opened. Hillary moved to nominate Brad Czerniak, which Brad accepted. Randall\nsecondard the nomination. No other nominations were brought forward, so the membership in attendance agreed to elect\nBrad by voice vote. <strong>Brad was unanimously elected Scribe</strong> at 7:23 PM\n * Brad showed the membership in attendance the progress on the financial reporting mechanism (YAML file displayed as a\n table on the website)\n * Per the agenda, Brad reported that there was no substantial progress on the website or its content this month</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>No old business</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business\n <ul>\n <li>No new business</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments — None</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:29 PM, Randall moved and Hillary seconded)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2021/02/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2021/02/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2021-02-23-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2021-02-23-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2021-02-23 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2021-02-23 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "February 2021 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Regular agenda:\n * (Regular agenda item here)</li>\n <li>Old business\n * (Old business here)</li>\n <li>New business\n * (New business here)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes were approved by the membership at the following meeting.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:03 PM by Presiding Office Randall Thomas)</li>\n <li>Roll call, reflected above at 7:03 PM</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: (none, 7:03 PM)</li>\n <li>Previous meeting minutes: were summarized by Scribe Brad Czerniak. Financier Hillary Lewandowski moved to approve, Randall seconded, and the minutes were approved unanimously by voice vote at 7:05 PM</li>\n <li>Regular agenda:\n <ul>\n <li>Brad summarized the milestones for the lowerbarriers GitHub org</li>\n <li>Brad summarized the milestones for the finished-starter project</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Old business: (none)</li>\n <li>New business\n <ul>\n <li>Randall mentioned graphic design and promotional materials, such as business cards, as a potential avenue for spending org funds for a useful purpose</li>\n <li>Hillary asked about getting PayPal access</li>\n <li>Brad noted that he would add the financial report to the April and subsequent agendas</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:19 PM, RT moved and HL seconded)</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>Faithfully submitted by recording Scribe Brad Czerniak. Notes taken concurrent with meeting, then transcribed to this format at 9:00 AM on Tuesday, April 6, 2021.</p>\n", "id": "/events/2021/03/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2021/03/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2021-03-30-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2021-03-30-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2021-03-30 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2021-03-30 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "March 2021 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Regular agenda:\n * Recognition and moment of silence for Dobby</li>\n <li>Old business\n * Business cards and physical promotions</li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes were approved by the membership at the 2021-05-25 meeting.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:03 PM by Randall Thomas, presiding)</li>\n <li>Roll call (7:03 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments - None (7:04 PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda - BC read, HL moved, RT seconded at 7:06 PM</li>\n <li>Financial report - None, 7:06 PM</li>\n <li>Regular agenda:\n <ul>\n <li>The members in attendance had a moment of silence for Hillary’s beloved dog, Dobby</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards and promo materials. Membership agreed to non-personal cards, made of good stock, and left the details up to Randall’s judgment. BC moved, HL seconded, affirmed by unanimous voice vote at 7:12 PM</li>\n <li>Randall noted that he wanted to get more active on the blog</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business\n <ul>\n <li>Brad presented a draft 5-year financial plan, promising to follow up when it becomes time to approve it</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments - None, 7:18 PM</li>\n <li>Adjourn (RT closed proceedings at 7:18 PM)</li>\n</ol>\n\n<p>Faithfully submitted by Brad Czerniak, Scribe.</p>\n", "id": "/events/2021/04/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2021/04/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2021-04-27-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2021-04-27-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2021-04-27 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2021-04-27 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "April 2021 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n * Business cards and physical promotions</li>\n <li>New business\n * Must decide our tax year</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have not yet been approved by the membership at the following meeting after a review. This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:02 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call (7:03 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:03 PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting minutes (7:05 PM, Brad read, Hillary moved, Randall seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report - None, 7:06 PM</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards are in holding pattern, Randall in communication with a card-making party</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business\n <ul>\n <li>Brad moves that we establish the calendar year as the tax year of the organization (Hillary seconded, unanimous voice vote)</li>\n <li>Randall would like to discuss bringing in new members. It sounds like we may have a guest next time!</li>\n <li>At June meeting will discuss, and perhaps form committee, around a fund-raising event</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:18 PM, Randall)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2021/05/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2021/05/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2021-05-25-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2021-05-25-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2021-05-25 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2021-05-25 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "May 2021 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards and physical promotions</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business\n <ul>\n <li>Secretary report: submission of annual report</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have not yet been approved by the membership at the following meeting after a review. This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:02 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call (just us, 7:03 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (None, 7:03 PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda/minutes (7:05 PM, Randall moved, Hillary seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:05 PM, nothing new)</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards - Randall having them forwarded to new address, should have them momentarily</li>\n <li>Fundraising event - cookout or other event, “start small”, proceeds going to org: <strong>On the matter of forming a select committee to throw a small fundraising event, Brad moved, Hillary seconded, and a unanimous voice vote passed for its formation</strong></li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business (7:10 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>Brad reported that our annual reported is submitted for the year, and to his best recollection the org is valid another year</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:13 PM by Randall)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2021/06/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2021/06/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2021-06-29-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2021-06-29-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2021-06-29 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2021-06-29 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "June 2021 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards and physical promotions</li>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes were approved by the membership at the following month’s meeting.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:03 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call (7:03 PM, just us)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (None)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda/minutes (7:05 PM, Hillary moved, Randall seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:05 PM, nothing to report)</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards - No updates. There may have been a shipping error</li>\n <li>Fundraising event committee - That was Brad’s bad. He’ll get out a group email this month like he said he’d do last month</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business (7:07 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:08 PM by Randall. Hillary seconded)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2021/07/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2021/07/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2021-07-27-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2021-07-27-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2021-07-27 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2021-07-27 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "July 2021 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards and physical promotions</li>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have not yet been approved by the membership at the following meeting after a review. This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:02 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call: Just us (7:02 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:02 PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (7:04 PM, Randall moved, Hillary seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:04 PM, nothing new to report)</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards: they’re ordered and should be here within the week!</li>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business (7:06 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:06 PM)</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:06 PM. Randall called)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2021/08/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2021/08/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2021-08-31-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2021-08-31-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2021-08-31 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2021-08-31 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "August 2021 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards and physical promotions</li>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business\n <ul>\n <li>finished-starter to 11ty?</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>This meeting was canceled on account of a lack of quorum</strong></p>\n", "id": "/events/2021/09/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2021/09/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2021-09-28-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2021-09-28-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2021-09-28 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2021-09-28 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "September 2021 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards and physical promotions</li>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business\n <ul>\n <li>Review the new “big board” which is a demo of GitHub’s new projects features: https://github.com/orgs/lowerbarriers/projects/2/views/1</li>\n <li>Live code reviews of https://github.com/lowerbarriers/finished-starter/pull/39 and https://github.com/lowerbarriers/finished-starter/pull/44</li>\n <li>Go-or-no-go on making a 1.0.0 release of finished-starter</li>\n <li>Discuss issue of committee chairs</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes were approved by the membership at the November 30, 2021 meeting.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:01 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call (7:02 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:02 PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting minutes (7:03 PM, Hillary moved, Randall seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:03 PM) - 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All in favor by voice vote)</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:12 PM) – Brad brought up that there is somebody from Twitter who will do code reviews for $100/hr-ish</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:13 PM by Randall)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2021/10/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2021/10/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2021-10-26-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2021-10-26-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2021-10-26 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2021-10-26 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "October 2021 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards and physical promotions</li>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business</li>\n <li>Discuss issue of committee chairs</li>\n <li>(Minor child #1) at every meeting?</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business\n <ul>\n <li>Strategic pivot for smith-for-congress?</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes were approved at the December 2021 meeting by unanimous voice vote.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas, Minor child #1</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call (7:01 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:02 PM, none)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda/minutes (7:02 PM, Randall moved, Hillary seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:04 PM) – nothing to report!</li>\n <li>Old business (7:05 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>Business cards and physical promotions – will re-think logistics to get cards to everyone</li>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business – Randall volunteered to chair the committee. Brad seconded. Motion passed unanimously by voice vote. Randall is now the chair</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business (7:08 Pm)\n <ul>\n <li>Discuss issue of committee chairs – Hillary makes a good point that the fundraising committee is in “pre-committee status” until a chair is appointed.</li>\n <li>Strategic pivot for smith-for-congress? We informally agreed that it was worthwhile to make progress on smith-for-congress because it’s tangible and mission-oriented</li>\n <li>(Minor child #1) at every meeting?</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:17 PM)</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:20 PM, by Randall. 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This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call (7:00 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:00 PM, none)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda/minutes (7:02 PM, Randall moved, Hillary seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:03 PM) – nothing to report!</li>\n <li>Old business (7:03 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business</li>\n <li>Pivoting to lowerbarriers/smith-for-congress</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business (7:04 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>We discussed a potential goal for how much to raise via the fundraising committee</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:08 PM)</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:09 PM, by Randall. 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"membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>This meeting was canceled at 7:05 PM due to a lack of a quorum.</strong></p>\n", "id": "/events/2022/01/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/01/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-01-25-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-01-25-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-01-25 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-01-25 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "January 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>This meeting was canceled at 7:05 PM due to a lack of a quorum.</strong></p>\n", "id": "/events/2022/02/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/02/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-02-22-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-02-22-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-02-22 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-02-22 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "February 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business\n <ul>\n <li>Should we divvy up projects?</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have not yet been approved by the membership at the following meeting after a review. This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call: Just us (7:00 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:01 PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (7:02 PM, Hillary moved, Randall seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:03 PM, nothing new to report)\n <ul>\n <li>Current Paypal balance at $28.52</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Old business (7:04 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business: Randall reiterated his commitment to being the chair</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business (7:06 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>Should we divvy up projects?: Randall volunteered and Brad voluntold, for Randall to own finished-starter. Brad will retain smith-for-congress</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:12 PM):\n <ul>\n <li>Randall asked about finished-starter’s lifecycle and maintenance.</li>\n <li>Randall asked an excellent question about how to merge code changes into the repo.</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:14 PM. Randall called, Hillary seconded)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2022/03/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/03/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-03-29-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-03-29-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-03-29 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-03-29 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "March 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have been approved by the membership at the June 2022 meeting.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call: Just us (7:01 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:01 PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (7:02 PM, Hillary moved, Randall seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:02 PM, nothing new to report except the need to get verified)</li>\n <li>Old business (7:04 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business: Randall has talked to leadership at his place of employment, and while an event at the store isn’t in the cards, a fundraiser drive may be possible</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business (7:05 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:08 PM)</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:09 PM. by Randall)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2022/04/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/04/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-04-26-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-04-26-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-04-26 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-04-26 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "April 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have not yet been approved by the membership at the following meeting after a review. This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call: Just us (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (7:xx PM, x moved, x seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:xx PM, nothing new to report)</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:xx PM. Randall called)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2022/05/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/05/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-05-31-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-05-31-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-05-31 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-05-31 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "May 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have been approved by the membership at the July 26, 2022 meeting.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: Greg Lewandowski</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call: Just us (7:01 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:01 PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (7:02 PM, Hillary moved, Randall seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:03 PM, nothing new to report)</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Fundraising committee – nothing to report (7:04 PM)</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business (7:04 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>Brad reported that he got the email to do the annual postcard (7:05 PM)</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:05 PM)</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:05 PM. Randall called)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2022/06/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/06/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-06-28-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-06-28-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-06-28 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-06-28 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "June 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business</li>\n <li>Postcard annual report</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes were approved at the November 2022 meeting.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call: Just us (7:00 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:00 PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (7:01 PM, Hillary moved, Randall seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:02 PM, nothing new to report)</li>\n <li>Old business (7:02 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>Fundraising event committee business (Randall will lead a committee meeting following the main one)</li>\n <li>Postcard annual report (7:03 PM, Brad submitted it)</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business (7:03 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:04 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>Discussed reducing meeting cadence to quarterly and doing more communication via email and such</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:06 PM. Randall called, Hillary seconded)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2022/07/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/07/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-07-26-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-07-26-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-07-26 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-07-26 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "July 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have not yet been approved by the membership at the following meeting after a review. This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call: Just us (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (7:xx PM, x moved, x seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:xx PM, nothing new to report)</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:xx PM. Randall called)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2022/08/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/08/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-08-30-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-08-30-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-08-30 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-08-30 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "August 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have not yet been approved by the membership at the following meeting after a review. This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call: Just us (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (7:xx PM, x moved, x seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:xx PM, nothing new to report)</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:xx PM. Randall called)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2022/09/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/09/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-09-27-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-09-27-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-09-27 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-09-27 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "September 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have not yet been approved by the membership at the following meeting after a review. This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call: Just us (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (7:xx PM, x moved, x seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:xx PM, nothing new to report)</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:xx PM. Randall called)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2022/10/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/10/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-10-25-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-10-25-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-10-25 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-10-25 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "October 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business\n <ul>\n <li>Fundraising committee</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have not yet been approved by the membership at the following meeting after a review. This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:01 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call: Just us (7:02 PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:02 PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (7:03 PM, Hillary moved, Randall seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:03 PM, nothing new to report)</li>\n <li>Old business (7:04 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>Fundraising committee – Randall brought up the idea of a gofundme, which led to unstructured discussion of patreon as a possibility for member management</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>New business (7:09 PM)\n <ul>\n <li>Randall brought up managing the social media properties, along with our new Patreon setup. Brad will follow up to grant him access</li>\n </ul>\n </li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:10 PM)</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:12 PM. Randall called, Hillary seconds)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2022/11/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/11/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-11-29-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-11-29-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-11-29 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-11-29 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "November 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] }, { "content": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n<h2 id=\"details\">Details</h2>\n\n<p>The monthly membership meeting of Lower Barriers.</p>\n\n<h3 id=\"agenda\">Agenda</h3>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order</li>\n <li>Roll call</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Previous meeting agenda</li>\n <li>Financial report</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business</li>\n <li>Call for member comments</li>\n <li>Adjourn</li>\n</ol>\n\n<h3 id=\"minutes\">Minutes</h3>\n\n<p><strong>These minutes have not yet been approved by the membership at the following meeting after a review. This bolded section\nwill be updated following the subsequent meeting to indicate approval status.</strong></p>\n\n<p><em>Lower Barriers membership meeting</em></p>\n\n<p><strong>Board present</strong>: Brad Czerniak, Hillary Lewandowski, Randall Thomas</p>\n\n<p><strong>Board absent</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<p><strong>Members/guest attending</strong>: (none)</p>\n\n<ol>\n <li>Call to order (7:00 PM by Randall)</li>\n <li>Roll call: Just us (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments: None (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Approve previous meeting agenda (7:xx PM, x moved, x seconded)</li>\n <li>Financial report (7:xx PM, nothing new to report)</li>\n <li>Old business</li>\n <li>New business (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Call for member comments (7:xx PM)</li>\n <li>Adjourn (7:xx PM. Randall called)</li>\n</ol>\n", "id": "/events/2022/12/membership-meeting", "url": "/events/2022/12/membership-meeting/", "relative_path": "_events/2022-12-27-membership-meeting.md", "excerpt": "<p>(As always, you can <a href=\"http://bit.ly/lowerbarriers\">add the Lower Barriers membership meeting to your calendar</a> using the link.)</p>\n\n", "path": "_events/2022-12-27-membership-meeting.md", "collection": "events", "draft": false, "categories": [], "layout": "event", "schema": {"type":"Event"}, "authors": ["brad-czerniak"], "date": "2022-12-27 19:00:00 +0000", "date_end": "2022-12-27 20:00:00 +0000", "location": {"name":"Headquarters/online","street_address":"1428 Mark Ave","locality":"Lincoln Park","region":"MI","postal_code":"48146","country_name":"USA"}, "meta": {"description":"Official Lower Barriers membership meeting","image":{"alt":"Meeting: Everyone is welcome!","src":"1200x630/meta-image--meeting.jpg"}}, "title": "December 2022 Membership meeting", "slug": "membership-meeting", "ext": ".md", "tags": [] } ]