Members Present: Brenda Merriweather, Eric Bersh, Jay Spitulnik, Danny Sands, John Grohol, Melanie Albanese, Marie Maloney, Amanda Joseph, Kevin Freiert, Dan Halpren-Ruder, Amy Price, Sarah Krug

Welcome: Mary Hennings

Approve minutes from last meeting: Vote

• January: Jay/Danny.   February:  Kevin/Eric.  Approved.

Review of reports (found here)

• Corporate donation raises monthly net revenue
• NEU Conference expenses to come in April

Index major workstreams

• Review of draft “charter” document
• Liz, Danny, Dan, Mary, Kevin, Amanda are core group
• Need for speed
• Need more hands on deck
• Complete initial pilot by end of Q1 2026
• Sweat Equity/Seed money approach
• Discussion
• Need Board’s support/interest/involvement
• Create a working session to define roles
  • Danny willing to meet with one or more people to do updates and go into details. Mary will also participate
• Dan H-R encourages Board to look for details in the Google Docs
• Board members volunteered for individual teams

NEU Conference Update

• April meeting

Finn Partners Workshop

• Danny and Mary will discuss with them

Infographic (one-page flier)

Blog

• Eric to circulate blog to Board for reaction

Travel Awards Allocation

Other 2025 priorities

• Next meeting

Journal Update

• Next meeting

Matching Gift Reminder

• Next meeting

Adjourned at  7:35 p.m. EDT.  Next meeting: April 22, 2025, 6:00 – 7:30 pm ET

Respectfully submitted,

Eric N Bersh, SPM Board Secretary