Board Meeting Minutes – 2022-11-12

Magnolia Road Internet Cooperative
Board of Directors Meeting

November 12, 2022 – Minutes

1. Call to order: November 12, 2022, 9:19 AM, HubNed 3rd Floor Conference Room
   1. Directors:Mark Woodworth, Dixon Hutchinson, Matt Collins, Paul Ganci, Charles Wood, Steve
      Dickson
   2. Technician and Administrator: Aaron Caplan
2. Update and approval of previous minutes
3. Reports:
   1. President’s Report
      1. Consider developing charter or vision statement for MRIC.
      2. We are competitive or better compared to Mtn Brdbnd, CenturyLink, StarLink
   2. Treasurer’s Report
      1. Checking Balance: $42,762
      2. Savings Balance: $60,000
   3. Business Manager/Administrator’s Report:
      1. Review of membership voting participation history. Current membership is 354
         1. Aaron is still happy to get paid to do ad-hoc administrative work
   4. Network Manager’s Report
      1. Aaron has less time to do hardware maintenance and installations. Brian may or may not
         be available in the future. Unknown to what level Nick wants to participate as a
         volunteer.
   5. Committed Reports:
      1. FCC Form 447
         1. Mark
4. Presentations
   1. Presentation of Management tools – Aaron Caplan
   2. Discussion of cost and that NetSuite license may be expiring
      1. Oracle netsuite
      2. MRTG graphs
      3. Ubiquity
   3. Presentation by Mark on Elizabeth Lovins & PFI providing Management Infrastructure
      Motion: Authorize Mark to hold definitive discussions with PFI for completing the FCC
      477 work: passed
5. Old Business
6. New Business
   1. Significant discussion of Mark Wilson’s proposal that Ayva Inc acquire MRIC. More
      questions than answers. Mark’s actions seem to put MRIC operations and man-power
      resources at additional risk.
7. Action Items:
   1. Aaron Caplan – Find out if NetSuite license is renewable
   2. Mark Woodworth will talk to Liz Lovins to develop a proposal for PFI to complete FCC
      477 work
   3. Steve Dickson will produce a formal set of questions for Paul to ask Nick Wilson
   4. Charles Wood will investigate possibility and cost of having regular BOD meetings at
      Hub Ned
   5. Dixon Hutchinson to execute annual filing with Colorado Secretary of State
8. Calendar Items:
   1. Registered Agent Filing
   2. Annual Meeting
9. Schedule next BOD meeting
   1. December 3rd, 2022: 9:00 – 11:00
10. Adjournment: 11:00

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