Dark Clouds Board of Directors Meeting 8/23

Wednesday, August 23, 2023 7:00pm

Black Hart of Saint Paul – Back Room

Board Members

Present: Jackson Smith, Alicia Pedersen, Meagan Weber, Andrew Bruski, Jack McFarland, Maggi Heyer, Nick Moore, Jens Selin

Absent: Andy Wattenhofer, Andy Kahl, Jim Crist

1. Call to Order 7:07pm

2. Last Meeting Minutes June 2023 Dark Clouds Board Meeting
   • Alicia moves to approve, Meagan seconds
   • All approve

3. Reports of Officers and Committees
   • Treasurer’s Report
     • Will look over and put questions in Slack
   • Committee Updates
     • Merch
       • Released koozies
       • Working on a bunch of stuff (including a patch)
       • Hoping to release a number of things by end of September
     • Matchday
       • Still need more capos
         • Leagues Cup was rough for all SGs
       • Getting more information out would be nice
         • Highlight in a newsletter?
         • Pre-season primer with other volunteer opportunities?
         • September Spotlights?
       • New banners and flags are on hold at the moment – waiting for 20th Anniversary
     • Mar/Com/Social
       • Need additional help at this point
     • Membership
       • Looking at dates for an additional (last?) scarf handout
         • Scarves not picked up will be mailed
       • MNUFC2 game with a tailgate?
         • September 17 – last 2 Home Game
       • Looking into doing a Member survey
     • Partnership
       • Working with Sociable to add them as a partner
     • Tifo
       • Sounders game likely last of the year
       • Last minute planning feels like it hurts volunteering
         • Earlier Save the Dates will likely help
     • Silver Lining
       • Meeting pushed slightly
       • Central Honors Philando was this past weekend – successful event
       • TC Soul Futsol was also great
       • TC Oktoberfest coming up
         • Sign up will be out shortly
     • Party Planning
       • Starting to find a date for end-of-year party
         • Likely pre-Thanksgiving
       • Getting auction items together

4. Old Business
   • Updates on Action Items from June
     • None
   • Other Old Business
     • 20th Anniversary Update
       • Artist is lined up for updated branding
         • Working on proposal and contract needs
       • Sam Solberg
         • Status on the Homage project?
     • Zarek WW Partnership
       • Hats through Official League are here
         • Sold through WW Shop
       • More direct communication with players would be helpful in the future
       • Funds will go to Pinky Swear Foundation ($3,500)
         • Hopeful to get match from team
       • Pins will be sold in the Team Store
         • Set of 4 pins
           • One from player perspective
           • One for each SG
         • Looking for a single designer – hopefully picked by end of August

5. New Business
   • Mar/Com/Social
     • Volunteer recruitment
       • Unpaid (or small pay) internship messaging?
       • Professional experience messaging?
       • Start with an ask
       • Need a team of some sort
     • Social media platforms
       • Dark Clouds working on accounts for new platforms
       • TNE moved to Discord – thoughts on using it for us?
         • Slack for business, Discord for social?
       • Linktree has been created

6. Open to Board
   • None

7. Open to Public
   • None

8. Set Date for Next Meeting
   • Before the LA Galaxy match on Wednesday, September 20 (7:00pm)

9. Adjournment 8:36pm