We’ve got a big week coming up, starting today!
This afternoon we are having our first official Board meeting. We are registered with Massachusetts and have our EIN (Employer Identification Number) from the IRS. The one thing we’re waiting on is our letter of “Special Status” from the IRS granting us our Non-Profit status, which should be coming in a few weeks. The first order of business for the Board is to discuss and consider our provisional Bylaws, and formalize out roles and duties. Oh, and a toast to our incredible venture! (Is a toast covered under Robert’s Rules of Order?)
Through the generous donation of an esteemed member, we’ve been invited to not only join the Lynn Area Chamber of Commerce, but to serve on the Chamber’s Workforce and Economic Development Committee. We’ll get a chance to talk to the committee’s members about what’s happening, the opportunities we see on the horizon, and how we can work together to make it happen. That meeting will be on Tuesday morning. Very exciting, and quite an honor!
Finally, on Tuesday, the big day. We have the public hearing for our application for the HUD “Block Grants”, under the CDBG Grant program. Read more about that here. We should be getting a fairly good read on our chances, though it’s the first time we’ve been to a hearing like this, and don’t really know what to expect. That’s a public hearing, at 6:00PM at the LHAND offices at 10 Church Street.
Look for an update and report towards the end of the week!
Keep making stuff. Take care of people, play nice and clean up after yourselves.