I vote Yes for reimbursement for Irene's pizza party expenses.<br> Sheila Dawn<br><br>DANIEL BAKER <blackdantheman100@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br><div dir="ltr">ANYTHING for kidz, big YES on reimbursing IRENE 75% for pizza party(POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT) !!!<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 1:07 PM, Jessie VanSant <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:vjessielee@gmail.com" target="_blank">vjessielee@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">I donated as well personally.<div><br></div><div><b>Linda - do you agree with reimbursing Irene the 75% from OM coffers??? $134</b></div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
<font face="AmericanTypewriter-CondensedLight">Jessie Lee VanSant<br><a href="mailto:vjessielee@gmail.com" target="_blank">vjessielee@gmail.com</a><br><a href="tel:707-964-5511" value="+17079645511" target="_blank">707-964-5511</a><br>"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.</font><br><br></div><div><div class="h5"><div><div>On Feb 12, 2015, at 12:51 PM, Linda Jupiter <<a href="mailto:jupiter@mcn.org" target="_blank">jupiter@mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div style="word-wrap:break-word">I donated.<br><div>
<span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Verdana;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Verdana;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Verdana;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><span style="border-collapse:separate;font-family:Verdana;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;border-spacing:0px"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><div style="font-size:12px">Linda</div></div><div><div style="font-size:12px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12px">-----------</div><div style="font-size:12px"><b>Linda Jupiter Productions</b></div><div style="font-size:12px">P.O. 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I also think we should be updated about when it happened or will happen.</div><div>I offered a donation and never heard anything...</div><div><br></div><div>Richard</div><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>On Feb 12, 2015, at 10:46 AM, Mark Safron <<a href="mailto:mzs@mcn.org" target="_blank">mzs@mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite">I vote yes with Jessie Lee. The kids did a good thing BUT the policy should be by prior approval in the future.<div>Regards, Mark <br><div><div>On Feb 12, 2015, at 10:31 AM, Jessie Lee VanSant <<a href="mailto:jessie@me.com" target="_blank">jessie@me.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div style="word-wrap:break-word">Hi Y’all,<div><br></div><div>Please respond ASAP<br><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>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. </div><div><br></div><div>The policy, even if we haven’t codified it, is that any reimbursement has to be agreed on /ahead/ spending the money.</div><div><br></div><div> 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. </div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>All of us at Saturday’s meeting were in favor of reimbursing Irene <u>at least</u> 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.</div><div><br></div><div> 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 <u style="font-weight:bold">now and then</u> 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.</div><div><br></div><div>So - can we have an email vote on this one?? </div><div><br></div><div>I make a motion that we reimburse Irene, <b style="text-decoration:underline">this one time</b>, at 75% of her costs which would = $134</div><div><br></div><div>May we get a second? And then call for the question?</div><div><br></div><div>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!!</div><div><br></div><div>Jessie Lee</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
<div style="letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div style="letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;word-wrap:break-word"><div><font face="AmericanTypewriter-Light">Jessie Lee VanSant</font></div><div><font face="AmericanTypewriter-Light"><a href="mailto:jessie@mac.com" target="_blank">jessie@mac.com</a></font></div><div><font face="AmericanTypewriter-Light"><a href="tel:707-964-5511" value="+17079645511" target="_blank">707-964-5511</a></font></div><div><font face="AmericanTypewriter-Light">“The time is always right to do what is right.” MLK Jr.<br></font></div><div><br></div></div><br></div><br><br>
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