dAFi Board Meeting January 11, 2023

Members Present: Carolyn Hart, Jean Peter, Gretchen, Darla Walker and Laura Free

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PRIOR ACTIONS REQUIRED:

AR to Darla: get pics of gel medium, gesso, corner rounder, rotary cutter, paint, circle punch, individual jewelry tools. DONE

AR to Care: write 50/50 rules DONE

AR to Care: do the dAFi Inspires webpage (Jean wants to learn.) DONE

AR to Laura:  write about the Hop in Feb for dAFi Birthday. DONE

AR to Jean- Switch over the Hartist Masterlist for 2023 and finish up the auction list. DONE

CURRENT ACTIONS REQUIRED:

AR to Darla:   Create a column on the right side of the website for links to the Minutes. 

AR to Zeke and Ginger:  a headshot, and 3 artistic photographs of their work to put with their names to be added to the Website.

AR to Care:  Add photos of Zeke and Ginger to the website. 

AR to Jean:  Make a post in FB group to nudge those who need to reapply or apply to dafi before the February 15th deadline.

AR to Care and Laura- Ensure all Hauction credits have been logged in the spreadsheet.

AR to Jean and Laura - Publicize Youtube Channel Collaboration on social media. 

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Agenda:

-Ginger Opens- 

Unanimous Board Vote- Darla Walker, CIO and Laura Free, Secretary have officially become additional members of the Board. 

Unanimous Vote of Jean Peter - Executive Director 

Carolyn Hart - Chairman of the Board. 

Sergio Valladolid (Zeke) -  Vice Chairman 

Gretchen (Ginger) Croutch - COO. 

Round Table Intros- Darla, Laura, and Jean

How Disseminated:

Public release of recent changes to the Board:

Announcement on the public document page of the dafi website. Also update volunteer information on the website. The Key name volunteers will be changed to dAFi Officers. 

Jean Opens- 

Hauction - 3rd weekend of the month in the 3rd month of each quarter. Current Hauction will be Jan 21, 2023

Messenger is no longer used with Hartists. Email is the only means of communication with the Hartists. 

Basics list has expanded and been updated.

Applications have been updated and streamlined. 

4 new Hartists- a note with names will be sent out to board members. 

New procedure of Hartists going onto the website to choose their own boxes goes live in the first quarter of 2023. 

Jean asked if she can delete rows where the application feeds into the sheets. Yes, Care answered, but not columns. 

dAFi 5th Anniversary Opens -

Hop themes for celebration - wood, silver, sapphire, pink tourmaline, blue, pink turquoise, and daisies.

February 12th Youtube Channel Collaboration - Beginning 10:00 am - thru 9pm EST. 

AR Review- All priors completed. 

Meeting Adjourned. 1/11/2023