[Occupymendocino] asking for email vote to reimburse Irene for pizza party expenses

[she-la]

I vote Yes for reimbursement for Irene's pizza party expenses.
           Sheila Dawn

DANIEL BAKER <blackdantheman100 at gmail.com> wrote:

>ANYTHING for kidz, big YES on reimbursing IRENE 75% for pizza
>party(POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT) !!!
>
>On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Jessie VanSant <vjessielee at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> I donated as well personally.
>>
>> *Linda - do you agree with reimbursing Irene the 75% from OM coffers???
>>  $134*
>>
>> I’m sure Irene will give us an accounting when she gets various donations
>> in hand.  The Pizza party happened on the 2nd of Feb.
>>
>>
>> Jessie Lee VanSant
>> vjessielee at gmail.com
>> 707-964-5511
>> "The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of
>> extremists we will be... The nation and the world are in dire need of
>> creative extremists.” MLK Jr.
>>
>> On Feb 12, 2015, at 12:51 PM, Linda Jupiter <jupiter at mcn.org> wrote:
>>
>> I donated.
>> Linda
>>
>> -----------
>> *Linda Jupiter Productions*
>> P.O. Box 2822
>> Fort Bragg, CA 95437
>> phone 707-964-8985
>> www.lindajupiter.com
>>
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>> On Feb 12, 2015, at 12:29 PM, Richard Karch <rkarch at mcn.org> wrote:
>>
>> I agree. I also think we should be updated about when it happened or will
>> happen.
>> I offered a donation and never heard anything...
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Feb 12, 2015, at 10:46 AM, Mark Safron <mzs at mcn.org> wrote:
>>
>> I vote yes with Jessie Lee. The kids did a good thing BUT the policy
>> should be by prior approval in the future.
>> Regards, Mark
>> On Feb 12, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Jessie Lee VanSant <jessie at me.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Y’all,
>>
>> Please respond ASAP
>>
>> When we met last Saturday, we put off a couple of votes because “too many”
>> of us were not in town or attending our meeting.
>>
>> One is to reimburse Irene for her costs in rewarding the kids who sing
>> with her (who she sings with) for all their ‘work’ with MLK Jr. and other
>> things.  She took the kids out for pizza.  It cost $186.
>>
>> We had a discussion about people ‘expecting’ to be reimbursed and how it
>> is necessary to /ask/ ahead of spending one’s own money and then expecting
>> to be paid back by OCUPY.
>>
>> The policy, even if we haven’t codified it, is that any reimbursement has
>> to be agreed on /ahead/ spending the money.
>>
>>  Not targeting Irene at all, but it just makes sense to not reimburse
>> expenses which haven’t been previously agreed to - it protects OM’s bank
>> account.
>>
>> OM might have a ‘bump' of money right now but it will go away /fast/!!
>> Especially when ‘people’ know we have a few bucks and start hitting OM up
>> to help them pay for their projects etc.
>>
>> All of us at Saturday’s meeting were in favor of reimbursing Irene *at
>> least* 1/2 of the costs.  I know some of us had already pledged to
>> personally donate to help defray Irene’s out of pocket expenses.
>>
>>  I’m asking for a vote by email because of the time issue.  Sheila is
>> opposed to email votes.  She is a minority and the majority feels OK with
>> this kind of voting *now and then* when necessary or when it makes
>> sense..   Waiting for another regular meeting means putting Irene on the
>> hook for weeks (she put the tab on her credit card) because other people
>> are going to be ‘away’ for the next meeting as well.
>>
>> So - can we have an email vote on this one??
>>
>> I make a motion that we reimburse Irene, *this one time*, at 75% of her
>> costs which would = $134
>>
>> May we get a second?  And then call for the question?
>>
>> I vote YES to reimburse Irene $134 for taking out the kids.  And thank you
>> so much for your work Irene in wrangling the wonderful kids!!
>>
>> Jessie Lee
>>
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>> Jessie Lee VanSant
>> jessie at mac.com
>> 707-964-5511
>> “The time is always right to do what is right.”  MLK Jr.
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