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

[Richard Karch]

I have offered to contribute. Maybe donations should be deducted from the Occupy gift.

Richard
On Feb 13, 2015, at 12:21 PM, she-la wrote:

> 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
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>> -----------
>> 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
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 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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