8.16.21 Zoom Meeting

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8.16.21 BoD Meeting 7:00 pm Zoom



Attendees: Justin Cook, Lawrence Zapata, Adam Nitschke, Austin Trizzino, Bill Musselwhite, Andrew Sharkey, Hai Nguyen



I. Donation to GA Aquarium

• Thread started to officially vote and get this done.
• Donation to be directed to Research and Conservation.

II. Christmas 2021 Event

• Covid & variants create a ton of unknowns and right now it looks like we won’t have an in-person option.
• What are some possible options?

III. Website Hosting – the ball is in Leo’s court.

Adam reached out to Leo about the transfer.

IV. Taxes

• The simple form is simple BUT we haven’t filed anything for 3+ years.
• Our current info with the IRS is inactive.
• Filing stopped in 2015 (approximately).
• Bill will reach out and see what it takes to start over.

V. The next BoD.

• Andrew has agreed to start working on an outline.
• This would function as a ‘manual’ of sorts that can be handed to the incoming BoD when things change hands.
• The goal is to prevent each new Board from starting from scratch.

VI. New leadership recruits?

Reaching out to new members and getting them involved.