At the Board of Directors meeting which began on August 7, 2003, the Board approved the minutes of the previous month and accepted the reports of the Technical Committee and the Kids Council.

The Board agreed to update the anniversary quilt annually and to have a party the second week in September to commemorate the anniversary of MM. It was also agreed to plan an MM art show on Creativity Corner to open the new forum. Cris will lead the coordination. The Board asked The People take the lead in coordinating the information for the entire BoD to review for inclusion in a safety link button to be placed on the Welcome Aboard forum.

The Board continued discussions on a meeting with the Kids Council.

The meeting was adjourned on August 11, 2003.

At the Board of Director's meeting which began on July 10, 2003, the Board approved the minutes of the previous month and the year end financial reports. The Board accepted the reports of the Technical Committee, the Kids Council, the Delegation of Authority Committee, and accepted the letter of recommendation from the Admin Team asking that the BoD write a 30 day timeout letter to Ones System.

The Board assigned Jasmin and Symphony to share the Chair responsibilities for the Grievance Committee temporarily until Maris can get back from vacation towards the end of July, at which time Maris will take over being Chair of the GC.

The Board agreed that the Tech Team be allowed to remove the website part of the MM Guestbook due to the high volume of advertising and porn sites being linked in it, and agreed to ask that members of the Admin team make a yearly commitment to the team. The Board failed to agree on an anniversary project.

The Board agreed to continue to discuss the following on the regular forum: the avenues available to community members who might have a grievance against the Admin team; the communication procedures with the Kids Council; and, the idea of creating a committee of community members to work on the Creativity Corner project.

The meeting was adjourned on July 14, 2003.

At the Board of Director's meeting which began on June 5, 2003, the Board approved the minutes of the May 8 and of the Special Meeting held May 20. The Board accepted the Technical Committee report, the minutes of the Grievance Committee, and the minutes of the Kids Council into the record. The Board postponed acceptance of the Delegation Committee report.

The Board changed its Bylaws to indicate that an "action of the board" will require an affirmative vote from a majority of the board members, rather than a majority of those present at a particular meeting; adjusted its meeting schedule to accommodate a greater number of Directors; and moved its next regularly scheduled meeting from the first Thursday to the second Thursday in July.

The Board also drafted and approved a letter to be sent to the Kids Council.

The meeting was adjourned on June 9, 2003.

At the Board of Directors special meeting which began on May 20, 2003, the Board agreed to rescind its previous decision granting board of directors access to the Kids Council forum and agreed to take the matter up again after the June meeting to afford the board an opportunity to discuss all options.

The meeting was adjourned May 24, 2003.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began on May 8, 2003, the Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting and accepted the financial statements. The Board approved a procedure for rescheduling board meetings.

A motion was made and again narrowly passed that granted the BoD access to all current and future forums on the MM site, excluding the GC forum. The board also agreed to work towards a policy of delegation of management functions and established a committee to discuss the process of developing a Delegation of Authority document for Mosaic Minds.

In other business, the Board approved letters to be sent to MD regarding the emoticon/html project and to the KC regarding BoD-KC communications.

The meeting was adjourned May 12, 2003.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began on Apr. 3, 2003, the Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting and adopted a new schedule for future meeting chairs.

The board also narrowly passed a motion granting the Board of Directors access to the Kids Council, a decision which generated a great deal of discussion after the official end of the meeting. The board informally agreed to continue the discussion outside of the formal meeting.

In addition, the Board created the position of Historian to maintain Board documents and appointed mj to the position. The Board also agreed that Admins and PALs should be granted access only to the management boards of areas for which they are responsible.

In other business, the board accepted and implemented changes to the Community Standards, sent a letter to the new GC members and began the MM fundraiser. The Board also requested that the Technical Committee set up a system for Board members, Admins, and KC members to be able to send email from an MM address, and add text to the bottom of the site pages.

The meeting was adjourned Apr. 6, 2003.

The Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting.

The new Admin members - skye, smoke, and windsong - were officially ratified and welcomed by the Board.

It was decided that nominations for the Grievance Committee should be opened immediately, followed by the GC election. Upon the completion of the GC election, the Board will begin a MM fundraising campaign, which will run until the end of April.

In other business, the Roundtable Discussion project was suspended until more Board members are able to commit their time, and changes to the descriptive text for City Hall were approved.

Finally, the Board agreed to a public letter advising the MM community of a ban on Skyrock. The community letter will be posted on City Hall, and a copy will be sent to Skyrock.

The meeting was adjourned on March 9.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began on Feb. 6, 2003, the Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting and the financial reports, and agreed to plan a fundraiser.

The board approved the Grievance Committee Bylaws with minor editorial changes and agreed to have two non-candidate Board members conducting the count of the votes. In the event that there are not two non-candidate Board members available, then non candidate Admin members shall fill in and count the votes.

The Board agreed to ban Skyrock from Mosaic Minds and to further discuss the possibility of a Round Table on how "safe" do we want to try to keep Mosaic Minds.

The meeting was adjourned Feb. 9, 2003.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began on Jan. 10, 2003, the Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting. The Board amended the escalation procedures.

In other business, the Board agreed to remove the memorial ribbons, added Carer's booklet to the Reading Room, agreed to ask MD to work on an html page and an emoticon page, and discussed the pros and cons of maintaining an ongoing Reading Room Committee.

The meeting was adjourned Jan. 12, 2003.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began on Dec. 5, 2002, the Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting and accepted the Reading Room committee report. The Board thanked the Reading Room committee for their work.

In other business, the Board adopted a policy for member category changes in the Grievance Committee, agreed to ask community member MD to work on an html page, continued discussion on an emoticon page, and agreed to update the Reading Room.

The meeting was adjourned Dec. 8, 2002.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began on Nov. 7, 2002, the Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting and accepted the Reading Room committee report.

The Board discussed the community ideas of a calendar, member profiles and a site search engine to determine the viability for their use on Mosaic Minds. The Board agreed to request community volunteers to put together an html and emoticon page, and continued the discussion of the other items.

The Board agreed to postpone discussion of the Round Table until the following year, and to continue discussion on the Grievance Committee and escalation procedures.

The meeting was adjourned Nov. 10, 2002.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began on Oct. 10, 2002, the Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting and the financial reports.

The Board completed the Mosaic Minds 3rd anniversary celebration preparations and approved a Round Table discussion. The Board also agreed to discuss the "changing categories" policy of the Grievance Committee.

The meeting was adjourned Oct. 13, 2002.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began on Sept. 5, 2002, the Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting. The Board also approved a letter notifying Phantom Cat regarding its decision not to reinstate his access to Mosaic Minds. The letter was never sent due to PC's demise.

The Board planned activities for Mosaic Minds 3rd anniversary, including a Community Quilt to be added to the Creativity Corner after the celebration.

In other business, the Board authorized Symphony to move ahead with phase 2 of the Reading Room update project. The Board added phase 3 of the Reading Room update, the Round Table, the "question of the month", and site guidelines to the "To Do" list.

The meeting was adjourned Sept. 9, 2002.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began on Aug. 8, 2002, the Board approved both the minutes of the previous meeting and updated the "To Do" list.

In other business, the Board planned activities for the Mosaic Minds 3rd anniversary, and agreed to continue a discussion of a site guidelines review and possible community Round Table.

The meeting was adjourned on August 12th.

At the Board of Directors July 4, 2002 meeting, the Board approved both the minutes of the previous meeting and the financial statements of the fiscal year which ends June 30, 2002, and accepted the meeting reports of the Grievance Committee as submitted. In addition, they established a formal meeting schedule for the next year, and created and filled the positions of Scheduling Secretary (Cris) and Correspondence Secretary (Felicia).

In other business, the board ratified its decision not to grant Phantom Cat / The Lost Boys their request for re-admittance to the forums, and agreed to continue a discussion of a site guidelines review and possible community Round Table.

The meeting was adjourned on July 7th.

The Board of Directors did not hold a meeting in June.

The Board of Directors did not hold a meeting in May.

At the Board of Directors April 10, 2002 meeting the directors held a comprehensive team building exercise with Carer-AngelaGee as our guest facilitator. At this meeting we discussed the definition of a team, what constitutes a balanced and successful team, each of our roles and personalities and how we fit into the team, and things to avoid which could threaten the success of our team.

The meeting was adjourned on April 19th.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began March 7, 2002, the Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting.

The Board discussed the notification and publishing procedures for the Meeting Reports and decided to publish them in the "Meet the Volunteers" page, under Board of Directors, at the top where Volunteer Email addresses are now. The Board drafted and posted a notification on City Hall informing the community of the location of the meeting reports.

The meeting was adjourned on March 14.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began Feb. 7, 2002, the Board approved the minutes of the previous meeting and agreed to post meeting reports on City Hall to keep the community informed of board activity.

In other business, the Board discussed the composition of the Grievance Committee, particularly the category of "non-admin board member", and how few there are who could fit into this category. The board agreed that this category is essential, and, so long as there are enough qualified in this category to fill the category's quota, to leave it as it is.

The meeting was adjourned on Feb. 10.

At the Board of Directors meeting which began Jan. 17, 2002, the Board approved both the minutes of the previous meeting and the financial statements from the first half of the fiscal year which ends June 30, 2002. They established a formal meeting schedule for the next quarter. The Board also agreed to fill the two existing openings by inviting Hopegrace and Donna w/Wings to join the Board. Both have accepted those invitations.

In other business, the board ratified its decision to impose a six (6) month ban on Phantom Cat / The Lost Boys and to extend the term of membership on the Grievance Committee from six (6) months to one (1) year.

At this meeting, the board also agreed to devise a means to keep the community informed of board activity.

The meeting was adjourned on Jan. 20.