Event:2016/06/06 Fundraising

Omni Fundraising - 6 June 2016

= Attendees = Marcus, Laura, Jenny, Mary Ann, Matt, David

= Updates =
 * Jenny: 1023 app is almost complete and ready to send!!! Marc will sign the RVC fiscal sponsorship agreement after getting a few questions answered from Jose or Jesse. That's the last piece! Everything has been uploaded here: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B-AL95NlI75qVzd1dVFTLUp3TUk&usp=sharing
 * Jenny: Talked with another member of the community this weekend about another friendly no-interest loan if we need it for July (probably yes). We could really use a $10-20K grant to see us through the next few months, but if we buy the building I'm guessing some of these loans could turn into donations.
 * Laura and Mary Ann are meeting with Stephaney from NC CLF on Tuesday at 2 at Omni. We will talk about the services they offer and try to guage their interest in actually giving us a loan as opposed to just helping us get a loan from someone else. Others welcome.
 * David has been talking to the chief loan officer at the NCCLF in a long email cycle. He wanted "pie in the sky" proformas with high budgeting to show that we are serious about maintianing the building for the future.
 * From Mary Ann's conversation with Dan @ NCCLF, we're not likely to get grants to improve the building until we own it. He said the kind of loan they might be interested in: earthquake retrofit, accessibility
 * From DK's discussion with them, they will expect us to budget in paid staff positions
 * From Laura's experience at the workshop, most groups present were performance arts groups either about to lose their space or afraid of losing it - one angle we can prove
 * Mary Ann knows the ED of La Pena, can arrange a meeting between him, fundraising and commons wg folks
 * Our PGE bill continues to be very high even after disconnecting the gas and some refridgerators.
 * THe Phat Beets fridge may be malfunctioning and running constantly. David will put a Kill-a-watt on it and we will talk to them about getting it fixed or getting a new one, and paying some share of utilities.
 * We may be able to get some $ from PGE for energy upgrades (all the LEDs we have installed), have a kid from thei energy efficiency program come by and see what they can do for us, and we should make sure we have the best rate we can get.

= To Do =
 * Set up appointments to open bank accounts @ Western for BAPS, GWS, Birdhouse, and Liberated Lens(?) [Jenny]
 * Set a date to have all IndieGoGo perks shipped out
 * Finish and print posters [Jenny/Marc]
 * Finish and print t-shirts [Jenny/Marc]
 * Sell donated copiers [Laura]
 * Finish & get signatures on new sublease agreements by 6/16 - What groups need leases? Chiapas needs to sign after changing reasons to terminate (Laura will modify and resend); SUDO - Matt and Jenny will sign tonight; CCL - check with Ken; TIL - Jenny needs to change something and will give it back for them to sign
 * Event / space rental brochure [jenny/niki]
 * RVC Bank transfer [jenny/marc]
 * Resend books to Tax preparer (laura)
 * Check PGE rebates, look into rate options (matt)