Minutes for the meeting of the 27th RA
June 11, 2017 at 12:00 PM SLT
Present: Drewski Northman, Em Warden, Han Held, Lilith Ivory, Pip Torok, Ranma Tardis, Rosie Gray, Sylvia Tamalyn, Tanoujin Milestone, Tor Karlsvaldt.
1) Administrative Business
1a) Swearing in of member of the 27th RA
Lilith Ivory, Dean of the SC, administered the oath of office to Em Warden as member of the 27th RA.
1b) Review and approval of the Agenda
Motion to approve by Sylvia, seconded by Em; motion passed.
1c) Review and approval of the Minutes
Motion to approve by Tan, seconded by Em; motion passed.
1d) Executive Report
Tor reported that preparations for SL14B are underway, and thanked Rosie and Sylvia for the work they have done. He stated that the new Rathaus and part of the NFS city wall are being used in the display, and that the theme is Oktoberfest to align with the SLB14B carnival theme. It was requested that citizens that have not yet submitted photos of themselves do so, following the instructions sent out on June 10. He further reported that he will be working on the inaugural ball.
1e) Elect a RA member to the LUC
Sylvia volunteered to be the RA representative on the LUC. Ranma moved that Sylvia serve as RA representative, Tan seconded; motion passed.
1f) Report on the LUC
The LUC has not met since the last time a report was provided to the RA, so there was no new report to present.
2) Citizen Concerns
Rosie expressed concern about the LUC, in particular the lack of timely posting of minutes. It was noted that plans are made but not always completed, and suggested that the Chair of the LUC be invited to future RA meetings. Lilith pointed out that it is a good thing that the RA does ask for a report from LUC at every meeting.
Lilith then brought up the Law Review commission and questioned whether anything has happened since their first meeting 12 months ago, particularly since the statutes address giving reports and having public meetings. Tan wondered if there is a possibility for the RA to dissolve a commission that does not report. Lilith stated she would need to look that up. Rosie suggested that the RA ask for a formal report from the commission, especially requesting a list of who the members are. Han suggested keeping the commission but looking at who is interested in participating and who is not. Em volunteered to send out a group notice requesting the members contact the RA, Rosie, or Tor.
3) RA members concerns
Sylvia asked whether a budget will be presented to the RA at the next meeting. Tor said that he will work on that this week and get it submitted. He noted that Rosie has agreed to accept the position of PIO, and that Ariel will stay on as PIO but focus on Facebook features.
4) Old Business
Ranma expressed concern about shifting LI to public land for some residential builds. She said she is not against it but does not feel she can vote in favor since it would benefit her. She asked if there is still support, and Tan and Sylvia indicated their support for the project. Pip asked about the Garden of Peace being handed to the public land. Ranma suggested he go through the LUC, and Pip agreed.
5) New Business
5a) Portal new host and new domain name
Han pointed out that "cdsdemocracy" has been used on a Facebook page in the past, but said that page was gone the last time she had checked. Rosie confirmed that the domain name is available.
5b) Vote to authorize funds for new host and on new domain name
Motion to authorize funds for the new portal host by Em, seconded by Tan; motion passed. Motion to approve the domain name "cdsdemocracy.org" by Sylvia; seconded by Tan; motion passed. Thanks were given to Mizou and Rosie for the work they have done on the portal. Han suggested that the RA look for a way to make the funding permanent/pre-approved for the future.
6) General Announcements
No announcements.
7) Next RA meeting will be Sunday, June 25, 2017, at noon SLT.
8 ) Sylvia moved to adjourn; Tan seconded. All voted in favor, and the meeting was adjourned at 1:22 PM SLT.