Motion to approve the Executive Director and Chairman’s report by Matt Morgan. Seconded by Andy Ebona. Motion passed unanimously . b. Building Update Jason Giles – We are also currently working on upgrading security at NIGA because of the increased traffic at NIGA. We are attempting to generate $100,000 in rentals this year. Mimi Hoang has been named the first ever Chapter Leader and Host in the DC area for Peer Space due to the popularity of our rental space. Peer Space is a peer-to-peer marketplace for booking meeting and event space. Like the AirBnB of meeting space rentals. c. Membership Update Jason Giles - Tribal Membership was a concern at the August Finance Committee meeting. We had some more memberships come in since then are only off a little over $100,000 rather than $257,000. Kevin Leecy – We set the bar high because we had a stellar year for membership however, the government shut down affected the memberships as well as Tradeshow attendance. We are going to get this back on track. I may also call on board members to help get our membership numbers up. We have partnered with Mille Lacs Corporate Ventures to design the Wall of Sovereignty as an in-kind donation of $25,000. Verlon Jose – What is the plan to recruit more tribal memberships? Jason Giles – We want to lean more on our Board Representatives to try and help increase Tribal memberships. We will be sending out a list of tribes in each region along with our issue summary so board representatives can say this is what we are fighting for. We would also like to make it easier for the Tribes to pay online.
7. Treasurer’s Report
a. NIGA Budget 2019 Jason Giles – Under the Bylaw changes of 2016, we raised the rates of the Associate Members. We separated them out by annual income like we do with the Tribal Memberships. They are more comfortable having a membership scale like our sister organizations do in order for them to pick their membership level. We have several levels with tangible benefits for companies. Each level gets its own corresponding benefits.
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