Dark Clouds Board of Directors Meeting 2/15

Thursday, February 15, 2024 7:00pm

Urban Growler

Board Members

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

Absent: Andy Wattenhofer, Andy Kahl, Jim Crist

Call to Order 7:11pm

Last Meeting Minutes
- January 2024 Dark Clouds Board Meeting Minutes
- Approved via Slack

Reports of Officers and Committees
- Election of Officers
  - Only one person nominated for open Board position
  - Board voted via Slack to appoint the nominee to the Board without an election – Welcome Alicia Pedersen!

Alicia nominates Meagan Weber for President, Bruski seconds
- None opposed. Meagan is elected President.
Meagan nominates Nick Moore for Vice President, Jackson seconds
- None opposed. Nick is elected Vice President.
Meagan nominates Alicia Pedersen for Secretary, Jack seconds
- None opposed. Alicia is elected Secretary.
Meagan moves to re-appoint Andy Wattenhoffer as the Treasurer for the 2024 season, Jack seconds.
- None opposed. Andy is re-appointed Treasurer.

Treasurer’s Report
- Board of Directors report 01/28/24
- Report does not include money in reserve found from Wonderwall Finance.
  - Board asks Treasurer to look at Wonderwall finance report starting September 1, 2017 and bring significant expenses not included in the report to the Board by March 15, 2024.
  - After receiving those items, Board will vote regarding the report about the split in finances between Dark Clouds and Wonderwall.
Committee Updates
- Merch
  - 36 hoodies sold so far, 41 t-shirts sold so far
  - Patch to be released soon
  - Stickers also released shortly
- Matchday
  - Ordered new flags
  - New large banner will be ordered in the new day
  - Additional flags and banners will be ordered over the course of the season
  - Wonderwall matchday meeting scheduled for Sunday
- Mar/Com/Social
  - A lot of social posts have been coming out
  - Fedica is working really well
  - May be great to create a shared calendar of some sort that is easy for the Board can access
  - To gain engagement with Chant, will include QR code in the newsletter and may post on the website too
- Membership
  - Member Survey will be coming out in the early part of the season
  - Affiliation is happening, working on streamlining and getting a list
  - Scarves will hopefully be here by Home Opener
- Partnership
  - Iron Door and Black Hart for watch parties
    - New and improved specials at Iron Door ($4 Pryes Pragmatic, $5 Pryes Miraculum)
    - Black Hart will likely have Fulton specials for away games, Summit specials for home games.
  - Meeting soon with Urban Growler
    - BOGO drinks on home game days (maybe)
  - Sociable is still in the works
  - Talisman partnership getting close
- Tifo
  - Home Opener build is happening
- Silver Lining
  - Volunteer appreciation night on 2/27
  - Have a team signed up for WalkMS
- Party Planning
  - None

Old Business
- Updates on Action Items from January
  - Charitable Merch and Donations – Meagan
    - No update
- Other Old Business
  - 20th Anniversary Update
    - Logo launched successfully
      - Good reception

New Business
- Volunteers
  - Merch discount
    - Want to keep doing this for our volunteers
  - Wonderwall form
    - Slack discussion about this item
- ISC Open Cup discussion
  - Action items posted in Slack
  - A lot of prep stuff pending on response from MLS
  - Put thoughts in the Slack thread
- Sponsoring Dan Mick
  - Should be through Wonderwall, not Dark Clouds
  - If it doesn’t happen, will ask him to reach back out so that Board can continue discussion.

Open to Board
- D4C
  - It is happening (14 people signed up currently – hope to get 30 prior to Season Opener)
  - Social posts are happening and getting some traction
  - Yellow/Red card with sign up is going to be given out at some point early in the season

Open to Public
- None

Set Date for Next Meeting
- Alicia will do it through Slack

Adjournment 8:40pm

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