Dark Clouds Board of Directors Meeting 10/29

Tuesday, October 29, 2024, 6:30PM

Black Hart

Board Members

Present: , Meagan Weber, Andrew Bruski, Alicia Pedersen, Jack McFarland, Jackson Smith, Nick Moore,  Andy Kahl, 

Absent: Shaun Sepala, Jim Crist,Jens Selin, Andy Wattenhofer

Call to Order: 6:31

1. Last Meeting Minutes
   • Sept 2024 Dark Clouds Board Meeting Minutes
     • Approved via slack

2. Reports of Officers and Committees
   • Treasurer’s Report
     • Not much of an update

Committee Updates

• Matchday
  • There will be a march on Saturday for the home playoff game.
• Membership
  • Scarf handout at Talisman went well
  • Will include link in friday email to shipping
• Mar/Com/Social
  • No material updates
  • Meagan and Alicia have learned how to do social stuff
• Merch
  • Last chance shirt sale went well, leftovers will be donated
  • Other “extra” stuff sold well last home game
• Partnership
  • Nada
• Tifo
  • No update
• Silver Lining

Volunteer Event

• September Event
  • Lexington Commons
    • Raised $1425
    • How to distribute the funds
      • Can DGS purchase the items off of the registry and have them delivered to LC?
• October Events
  • Oktoberfest (10/4-5)
    • Funds Raised = $14,020
      • SL Portion: $6,068
      • AD Portion: $7,952
    • Distributions:
      • Commonbond Communities
        • $5,568 from 2024
        • $3,471 from 2023
      • DGS
        • $500 for on-going expenses
  • Post-Season Midway Clean-up
    • It happened and went well
• Party Planning
  • Moving to December 8th at 2-5pm
  • We are planning to propose
    • $1000 to como soccer
    • 50/50 to CANMN and Bridging (motioned by Andy, seconded by Nick). 

3. Old Business
   • Board elections
     • January/February 

4. New Business
   • ISC Front Office Rating Submission
     • Filled out by SG, not by team
     • Front Office Communication and Transparency
     • Home Game Ticketing
     • In-Stadium Experience
     • Community Engagement
     • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Share feelings with Meagan asap

• Adding Previous EOY award winners to website

5. Open to Board

6. Open to Public
   • ISC Update
     • Big picture stuff done! 
     • Figuring out details now, registration open soon

7. Set Date for Next Meeting
   • Alicia will do it through Slack

8. Adjournment- 7:02