[SBU Board] March 6 U446 Board Meeting

[John]

Hi, Tim and fellow Board members.

I plan to attend the meeting Monday March 6.
Unfortunately, however, I will not be able to speak to the matter of the donation requested by SeattleNextGenBridge.
My position does permit me to be on the board of a nonprofit organization (or several!).
But I cannot be involved in any way in fund-raising activities.
I made this clear to Anne Farmer on the day she asked me to serve on the board, and consistently after that.

I will suggest one thing, however.
If the Unit Board decides to make a donation, I strongly recommend the Board make very clear to Anne any conditions attached to that donation; and confirm it in writing or by email.  I will also urge Anne, and to Bill Bumpas, the treasurer of SeattleNextGenBridge, the necessity of following those conditions completely.
We should avoid any repeat of the problems which followed the Unit's last donation to this group.

I regret I cannot be a better "liaison" between the two organizations, at least on this issue.
But I did provide each of you with a copy of a recent memo I prepared (for the SeattleNextGenBridge board), expressing my views about the accomplishments of the group and the problems it was encountering.

See you Monday!

John Weinberg


From: Sbuboard [mailto:sbuboard-bounces+judgejohn=msn.com at mailman.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Tim White
Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2017 9:40 AM
To: Seattle ACBL Unit Board <sbuboard at mailman.celestial.com>
Subject: [SBU Board] March 6 U446 Board Meeting

Our next board meeting will be 6:45pm, Monday, March 6 at Starbucks, 4000 E. Madison St., Seattle.  If the lot is full there should be plenty of free parking on nearby side streets.  Attached is a draft agenda; please provide any additional topics.

Anne Farmer of Seattle Next Generation Bridge has asked to be included on the agenda to provide a report and request a grant she described as a subsidy for a youngster's travel to Youth NABC Toronto.  I have asked her to limit this to no more than 5 minutes.  Three of our unit board members also serve on the SNGB board:  Ann, John and Patti.  While (as I understand) Ann and Patti will be out of town and unable to attend this board meeting, insights/context they and/or John might provide into Anne F's grant request would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Tim
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