CLN Board Meeting Notes:
May 2, 1014

Set up-
    Recording: https://www.freeconferencecallhd.com/playback.html?n=DjY0X/jZBIU
    Check in
        Jay/Jacob
            http://UnityNet.info
        Heather
        Mel - NY
    Time Check In - 7:20
        Goal of CLN Board - Oversee all Legal Decisons
    Agenda review
    Quick update  (2-3min)
        -Hemp Education
        -CLN budget/taxes
        -Digital storytellers
        -New programs
        -UNITY Network/UNITY Board

Topics-
    Fiscal sponsorship review policies (5min)
        Digital Storytellers taxes
        Review How often: Proposal:
            Quarterly Report to the Board- 
            Annually Evaluation to the Projects
                January/Feb
            Passed by Consenus
 
            
        
    Bay Area Creative Proposal
    Berkeley poetry slam
    
    
Proposal:
To approve the Berkley Poetry Slam as  a new project and restructure Digital Storytellers to be under a new  Bay Area Creative umbrella that will also coordinate the Berkley Poetry  Slam.

Consensus:

Details:

Berkley Poetry Slam has been in existence for 15 years as the longest running  weekly spoken word event in Northern California.  They decided to  umbrella with 501c3 non-profit and have co-founded Bay Area Creative  together with Digital Storytellers.  

Bay  area creative has the follow programs: coordinating the Berkley Poetry  Slam, Corporate Info Training Sessions, Service based workshops with  veterans of war, foster youth, long term care patients, as well as  coordinating large scale poetry events and festivals.  This includes  Digital Storytellers.

Jason  Bayani will be Berkley Poetry Slam Director, and has been involved for  over 10 years.  Graduate from St. Marries MFA program. Author of the  book Amulet, which was published by Write Bloody Press. Together with  Patrick Oshlund, they will run the Bay Area Creative. 
    

    
    Foraged east bay

Description:
At  Foraged East Bay, our mission is to acquire donations of potentially  wasted produce from private property or public lands throughout the East  Bay, and then create free high quality gourmet meals for low-income  East Bay residents, educate local communities about food security and  healthy food practices, help to host local crop-swaps where people can  come and trade locally grown produce, donate dried fruits and health  bars to local grocery and liquor stores in low income areas, and then  donate what produce we cannot use for Foraged to local like-minded  organizations to feed those who cannot feed themselves. To further  spread ideas on waste reduction and food security we plan to develop an  internship program for students to learn about and gain applicable job  skills concerning community, food/health practices, & urban farming.  Additionally our for-profit goals include hosting and catering private  events, and selling produce and Foraged-made fares at local venues, but  this would be within a separate for-profit/not-for-profit organization.

5% of revenue goes for admin expenses to CLN

People:
Daniel  Krasnor is the Executive Director of Foraged Fine Dining. Daniel sees  Foraged as a necessary force in changing food distribution and food  practices. He graduated from UCSD in Economics and Psychology, and then  from SFSU with a multiple subject teaching credential. He substitute  teaches for the Berkeley Unified School District (the same district he  grew up in) while simultaneously running his own tutoring/ mentoring/  life coaching business. In addition to his background in education,  Daniel is also a very passionate food lover with a background in baking,  cooking, bartending, barista, and sake. He has also had several art  showings of his locally popular latte art.

Deirdre  A. Ludlow is the Executive Chef for Foraged Fine Dining. Her delicate  palate, Bay Area roots, and studies in Environmental Sustainability and  Food Security are crucial ingredients to upholding Foraged Fine Dining's  high standards, in terms of both culinary arts and eco-friendly  practices.  An avid teacher and entrepreneur, Deirdre aspires to help  build sustainable-food communities in all our neighborhoods, giving all  residents access to affordable, healthy, great tasting food.

Flags:
    Food Storage
    Selection Process for Food - Filtering - Protocol - Harvesting 
        Handeling and Spoliage / Sortage
    
    NO wild mushrooms
        List of every product, each and every product
    
Proposal is Limited to a Preliminaty Stage of Planning:
    Need to approve Legal Policies
    Quarter
    NO Launach - Can't Sell Anything
    
    Consenus
    
    -----------------
    
    Digital storytellers budget:
        https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=forums&srcid=MTgzOTY5MzUzODMwNjI5NTIzMjcBMDU1MzQwMTY5NTU2ODE0MjQzNTcBamFWMTRYXzR6UjhKATQBAXYy
        
    Go over in more details with Mel on Sunday
    Have a Template Budget for All Sponsored Projects
        Also have Template Accounting for Sponrosed Projects

Consensus on Budget as a whole

HEMP Education Budget ( already approved)
        Cell Phone Issue
        Reviews
        
    Change in fiscal sponsorship proposals %
                Add % to Fistal Sponsorship PRopeor
                % is part of fiscal sponroship proposal

Consensus
                

Grant Writing Network
        Associcate
     Time permitting--Personnel
            Local / National / International

Wrap up-
    Next Steps
        Budgets
            Template Budgets & Template Accounting (Mel & J)
            New Non-Profit
        Expanding the Board
        Leadship Committee
        Annual Meeting Minutes, 2011, 2012, & 2013
    Evalutation
    Checkout
        Next Meeting all in person :) Quarterly Review
        All done