Meeting dates and times, and news!

Hey everyone, i just wanted to let you all know that we now have our meeting schedule up on the Facebook group instead of making an event every time we have a meeting. We also decided that we don’t really need to meet every week anymore so we’ve moved the meetings to every other week. They’re still at the same times, just not as often.

Meeting schedule and times for the rest of the summer:

Monday June 1, 9:30p-11:00p
Sunday June 14, 2p-3:30p
Monday June 29, 9:30p-11:00p
Sunday July 12, 2p-3:30p
Monday July 27, 9:30p-11:00p
Sunday August 9, 2p-3:30p
Monday August 24, 9:30-11:00p

In other news:
The benefit show went really well. We raised $60 for KCAC, which will be used to go towards t-shirts and buttons. The bands were fantastic, and everyone had a great time. If you missed out because of the rain, don’t fret! We have another show coming up at the corner record shop on June 14th with HOMES, Merchant Ships, and another band TBA. We’ve also got various community-building events coming up like a KCAC kickball game, laser tag, dodgeball, and a bubble party! Stay tuned for more.

On behalf of the KCAC, i really appreciate all of your guys’ support. THANKYOU!

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We are official now: 501(c)3 has been obtained!

We have officially obtained 501(c) 3 status with the IRS! This is extremely exciting news for our organization. Thankyou so much to those who have spent many hours poring over paperwork to get to this point.

This status means that we can receive donations that are tax-deductible and apply for grants to raise funds for our future goals (namely a community space!)

We are ever grateful for the fantastic amounts of support we have received from the community of Kalamazoo. Thanks a lot!

If you’re interested in helping us out, come to one of our meetings and see what we’ve been up to. Our next one is at 315 Walnut St. and it starts at 9:30!

Also, i’d like to bring to your guys’ attention the benefit show we have coming up at the Peace Center on Western’s campus. It starts at 6p and will feature: Jes Kramer, Fiona Dickinson, Paucity, and Crash City Saints. There is a suggested $5 donation.

I hope to see all of you there, it’s going to be a fantastic show.

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KCAC Meeting!

Our next meeting is on Sunday afternoon at 2p at the KCAC headquarters of 315 Walnut St.

See you there!

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KCAC Community Bowling Night

Hello lovelies! We have community bowling night II coming up this week at Harpo’s off of Stadium Drive. It should run from about 7:30-11p!

Bring your friends, bring your family, and bring the heat!

See you guys there…

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501(c)3 officially pending!

Last night we mailed in our 1023 form to the IRS.  This is the next step in our development as an organization.  We have slaved over the paperwork for months, rewriting our bylaws multiple times, developing financial estimates, incorporating and writing/editing the form itself.

As a result of this we can now operate as a 501(c)3 and your donations are tax deductable.  This will also open up new doors in the world of grants.  Keep up to date, we’re moving fast.

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Meeting Minutes 3/22/09

Another week, another meeting.  Keep up to date!

Minutes 3/16/09

Facilitator: Chris
Secretary: Jess
Snacks: Mia

In attendance:
Chris Moore
Natasha Allen
Andy
Mia Rae
Jess Hayosh
Fiona Dickinson
Terrance Wright
Tim Tapper
Jeremy Ruggles
Anita
Mark Finazzo

Icebreaker(5 min):
One place you’ve travelled to and why you liked/didn’t like going.
People have traveled all over the world and loved it! The only place that wasn’t recommended was Denny’s Restaurant.

Homework (5-10 min):
1.Natasha will proofread the welcome packet. [ x ]
2.Deliver thank you cards.
Tim, Fiona, and Natasha will take care of any remaining cards this week.
3.Terrance will contact Crawlspace Eviction if Monkapault is unavailable. [ x ]
4.Fiona will contact Monkapault. [ x ]
5.Dan will talk to crow’s nest about attaining food. [ x ]
6.Terrance will call Kalamacrew guy and do presentation about KCAC. [ x ]
7.Terrance will make a spreadsheet for e-mail list. [ x ]
8.Dan needs to talk to Jackie about Website (e-mail list, forum, working e-mail) [ x ]
9.Ashten and Mia will attend Kalamacrew and help with table. [ x ]
10.Dan will talk to Kaven about building. [ x ]

Discussion Items:

April 4 Dinner (15-20 min)
-Budget for food: let’s try to keep costs under $100.
-Admission: Max $5.
-Theme: formal spaghetti dinner with jazzy prerecorded music as background.
-Improv group. Terrance will meet with Crawlspace Eviction this week.

Breakdance event debriefing (5 min):
Terrance spoke about meeting some of the participants. We should remember to keep a sense of variety when planning events. Let’s not always have rock or folk shows; we want to bring all kinds of music and art to the community.

Kaven (10 min):
A good handful of us will be meeting with Kaven to discuss plans with the building. If you still have any event write-ups, now’s the time to submit them.
We’re shooting for Sunday, April 12 around 6pm.
Towards the end of May we’re planning on having a more formal meeting with Kaven. We’ll need to put together a polished presentation including a business plan and a budget.

T-shirts (5 min):
We’re looking into having some KCAC t-shirts printed up to wear to events and around town. We will also sell them to the community at large.

Tabled Items:
Website/Email List

Random Notes and Announcements:
We can use http://www.doodle.ch to help plan convenient meeting times.
We need a grab-and-go kit when we table. This includes pamphlets, mailing list sign-up sheets, business cards, buttons, and any other relevant literature. We have a sweet posterboard (thanks Ashten!) already.

Review Responsibilites:
Fiona, Tim, and Natasha will deliver remaining thank you cards.
Jess will price food at GFS.
Jeremy will print out new pamphlets this week.
Fiona will make a banner for tables.
Terrance will edit/print out more sign-up sheets.
Terrance will talk to Crawlspace Eviction
Fiona will look for tablecloths.
Andy will make a flier for the event.
Fiona and Terrance will find out more info on t-shirts.
Fiona will see if we can use the Peace Center’s dishware.
Terrance will talk to Theo and Stacy’s and The Strutt about possibly donating food.

Also, if you have an empty (larger) shoebox, bring it to the next meeting- we can use it to stash our kit.

Meeting and facilitation evaluation:
Highly productive meeting, we got through a lot of material in just over an hour, which may be a record for us! Thanks to Chris, we did much better speaking in turn. Liberal usage of Twinklefingers also sped things up.

Next Meeting: Monday, March 30 at 9.30pm. Please show up on time so we can get right to it!

Facilitator: Jeremy
Secretary: Natasha
Snacks: Jess

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