The Board of Directors’ next meeting will be held at Black Hart on Thursday April 18th at 6:00pm.

The meeting is open to the public.

Dark Clouds Board of Directors Meeting

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 7:00pm 

Black Hart

Board Members Present:  Jackson Smith, Alicia Pedersen, Andy Kahl, Meagan Weber, Nick Moore, Andrew Bruski

Absent: Andy Wattenhofer, Jim Crist, Jens Selin, Jack McFarland, Maggi Heyer

I.            Call to Order 7:08pm

II.          Approval of minutes February 2023 Dark Clouds Board Meeting

Alicia moves, Andy K seconds. All approve.

III.          Reports of Officers and Committees                                    

  • Treasurer’s Report
    • Report received, waiting on clarification for approval
  • Committee Updates
    • Merch
      • 39 tour shirts sold
      • Good sales at the Brew Hall event and Home Opener pre-match
      • More shirts coming soon
    • Matchday
      • 8 new flags at the opener – all looked great
      • Due to lower number of DC specific capo slots this year, need less of a push for volunteers
        • Will still take more though!
      • Ongoing discussions about TW having a capo – thoughts?
        • Propose having a discussion among the DC capos to bring a position forward to the Board
      • Funds are budgeted for a new banner – do we want it with the planned rebrand for 20th Anniversary?
        • Likely wait until the re-brand unless emergency
      • Changes to smoke bombs
        • MNUFC is working on getting something better
      • March to Match scheduled for March 25
    • Mar/Com/Social
      • Moving right along
    • Silver Lining
      • 14 volunteer scarves distributed
      • PanCan is the next major event
      • Working towards an Earth Day event – with other SGs and team
    • Membership
      • Handed out 204 scarves already
      • 459 have not picked up
      • Front loading season for scarf handout
      • Night Before Event was great
    • Partnership
      • Discussing with Pryes & Iron Door about raffle night on April 8
        • Also include BH?
        • Maybe combine with donation drive for CANMN or other org
        • Proposing just doing raffle at ID, but do donation drive at both
      • Luce Line discussed at WW meeting
        • Hosting a west metro watch party
        • Uncomfortable being branded as WW group instead of specific SG
    • Tifo
      • Next tifo April 15 – Native American Heritage Night
        • Soliciting design ideas – want native voices involved
        • Reached out to Heartberry, but have not heard back
    • Party Planning Committee
      • None

IV.          Old Business

  • Update on Action Items from February
    • Signage for pre-match/watch parties
      • It is a thing that now exists
      • Need some amplification for announcements
      • Wear nametags going forward
  • Other Old Business
    • MCS Strategy
    • D4C 2023
      • 31 people have signed up so far
      • Looking in to a banner in the stadium as a counter
    • Documenting Responsibilities
      • Ongoing – especially for the Executive Board

V.          New Business.

  • Matt Johnson 2023 Photographer Agreement
    • Renew agreement from last year
    • Proposing upping fee to $1,000 for the year – was $600 last year
    • Andy will create an written agreement – will be approved in Slack
    • Andy moves, Alicia seconds. All approve.

VI.      Open to Board

  • None

VI. Open to the Public

  • None

VII. Set Date for Next Meeting 

  • Jackson will set in Slack shortly

VIII.          Adjournment 8:40pm

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