In Attendance:

• Jason Sorens
• Jean Alexander
• George Reich
• Matt Cheselka

1. Jason called the meeting to order

2. Old Business

No Old Business

3. New Business

A. Approval of Travel Policy
• Matt moved that the Board accept the travel policy dated 4/8/04
• George 2nd
• After discussion, some modifications were made:
  • Change the last paragraph of Section 4.6 to read: "The FSP does not reimburse for travel meals or for meals with fsp volunteers."
  • Remove sentence 3 of the first paragraph of Section 4.6.
  • Replace "reasonable business meals with business associates are reimbursable" with "reasonable business meals with business associates from outside the organization are reimbursable so long as they serve a clear promotional purpose".
  • Replace "intermediate or smaller" in Section 4.3 to "compact".
• Jason moved to close discussion, Jean 2nd, vote was 4 in favor, 0 against, 1 absent. Motion Passes.
• On the motion, vote was 4 in favor, 0 against, 1 absent. Motion passes.

B. Approving budget with triggers
• Jason moved that the Board approve the fsp2005.xls budget for FY 2005 with the recommended quarterly fundraising triggers for moving from budget a to higher budgets, those triggers taking effect immediately when reached.
• Jean 2nd
• After discussion, George moved to close discussion, Jean 2nd, vote was 4 in favor, 0 against, 1 absent. Motion Passes.
• On the motion, vote was 4 in favor, 0 against, 1 absent. Motion passes.

C. Elections of Board members by FSP Participants
• The Board discussed having FSP participants elect future members of the board via an on-line vote. It was decided to table this discussion for the present time.

D. Establishing a 501(c)(4) corporation
• The Board discussed the possibility of creating a 501(c)(4) corporation. It was decided to continue the discussion within the FSP leadership and other interested FSP participants.

E. New people on Organizers Email list
• George moved that Keith Murphy and Alan Weiss be added to the FSP organizers email list.
• Jean 2nd
• After discussion, George moved to close discussion, Jason 2nd, vote was 4 in favor, 0 against, 1 absent. Motion Passes.
• On the motion, vote was 4 in favor, 0 against, 1 absent. Motion passes.

4. Adjournment

• Jason moved that the meeting be closed
• Jean 2nd
• No Discussion
• Vote was 4 in favor, 0 against, 1 absent. Motion passes.
• Meeting closed