February 2007

 

Chapter Represenatives and BOD members checking in:

Dora Buck - Sick Pup President

Marissa Wronka - President/BoD Rep of the SouthEastern Costumers' Society

Rob Himmelsbach, DVCG Treasurer and BoD Rep

Janice Dallas - rep for Northern Lights CG

Frances Burns - recording secretary

Betsy Delaney - Rep, SiW

Karen Heim - Corresponding Secretary

Jennifer Thompson - DFGCG President

Dawn McKechnie - Fibre Fantasy Artists of Canada

Nora Mai – ICG Pres

Bruce MacDermott – ICG Treasurer

Bruce Mai - Rep for the St. Louis Costumers Guild

Ann Hamilton – GCFCG

Diane Harris - President, SWCG

Pierre Pettinger - Parliamentarian and Archivist

Igor Roussanoff - President of the Costumers' Guild of Western Pennsylvania

 

 

ICG Officer Nominations

 

Nora Mai for President

Jan Price for VP

Bruce MacDermott for Treasurer

Karen Heim for C-Sec

Frances Burns  for R-Sec

 

February 13, 2007 – Motion 02-07-01 by Jan Price VP, ICG

            Second. Rob Himmelsbach, DVCG and Bruce MacDermott, Treasurer

 

Over the past months, the Committee of the Whole has discussed the requirements of the IRS Form 8718 filing to extend the umbrella of our corporate 501(c)(3) non-profit, (federal) tax-exempt status to our chapters. This included informal polling regarding general support for the filing, acceptance of language in the Uniform Governing Instrument (UGI), chapter interest in participating as "subordinate," and willingness to use existing ICG funds to cover the IRS filing fee. The result of each poll was an affirmative majority.

 

Therefore, I move that:

1. The ICG make the appropriate filing(s) with the IRS to ensure that our corporate 501(c)(3) non-profit, tax-exempt (federal) status also includes any ICG chapter in good standing that chooses to qualify as a "subordinate" of the parent corporation. And,

2. that the Board of Directors approve the allocation of $900.00 from the ICG's reserve funds to be used for the required, associated IRS filing fee.

 

Voting started February 13, 2007 – Voting results March 1, 2007 - passed with 12 yes votes/ 0 no votes/1 abstain from Fibre Fantasy Artists of Canada.