IMIYA BOARD MEETING
Wednesday, July 17, 7:30PM
ATTENDING
President: Joanne Pearson
Vice President: Rebecca Wallace
Secretary: Charlotte Hardwicke
Treasurer: Cecilia Huisman (absent)
Scholarship: Mandy Coates
Membership: Kyoung Suk Kim (absent)
Communications: Alyssa Sikora
MINUTES
BOARD
- Kudos to Suki for all her work with IMIYA bifold! It looks great! On display @ YCD.
- SCHOLARSHIP (Mandy Coates)
- Discussion regarding 2024 scholarship money.
- Last scholarship monies issued from 2023 funds.
- EOY – $1496 amount of – $1704 left over from last season
- $3200 for 2024 scholarship budget. Quorum – voted yes for 2024
- Checking – $12,2027.04
- Savings – $4037.37
- 2023 – The Board distributed nearly $4000 of scholarship funds.
- Scholarship offering for 2024. Do we want to have a reason or different angle for scholarship offering? Such as funds for teachers wanting to offer a workshop.
- MEMBERSHIP (Kyoung Suk Kim) / Joanne)
- Discussion about general knowledge about IYNAUS and IMIYA
- Member benefits
- Creating a doc with bullets listing member benefits
- Discussion about Iyengar Yoga – issues with recruitment and assessment. What is different in the US?
- Mentorship & Teacher training
- TREASURER (Cecilia Huisman)
- YOGA AND EQUITY (Charlotte Hardwicke, Joanne Pearson)
- WEBSITE (Charlotte Hardwicke) – Update with Third Angle
- OUTREACH/COMMUNICATION (Alyssa Sikora, Kyoung Suk Kim)
- IMIYA Gathering in July newsletter. Sent out separate communication mid-July.
- HS Arun coming to Living Yoga – August 6-8
- Veg Fest (July 27th 8am- (Alyssa Sikora
- Joanne – Brochures
- Mandy – Straps
- Yoga on the platform at Auraria and 11th – Metro Campus
- Alyssa – table
- What do we want people to take away from this? Do we know how many people attended the yoga class at VegFest the year before?
- QR code on Brochure – links to IMIYA instagram; Colorado studios on website
- By Laws – Rebecca Wallace
- Kudos to Rebecca for her persistent effort with Bylaws!
- Duties of secretary – no mention of website
- Confidentiality agreement. Add that as an article or section on by-laws
- IMIYA gathering, August 24.2024
- Lesie Bradley will welcome,
- Deborah Baker will lead yoga session. Sawyer Ward will lead chant and sing at closing. Following the yoga session, we will have the potluck lunch, the raffle and a brief IMIYA meeting.
- Mandy – Dozen convention blocks
- Could also bring non-yoga related items
- Authentic Hardwood Yoga Props – Rebecca will inquire
- We had about 10 items at 2023
- IMIYA items
- Sign-up sheet
- Drink, cups, cutlery
- Name tags
- Board Members
- LeeAnn Woodrum – potential IMIYA board member
- Library Resource Update (Joanne)