Jim Lindner

@nick_bottomley I own St Marks Place, a venue near Lunenburg. I am looking for a lighting designer to do some freelance work in the spring. We have a sophisticated DMX / 2 universe system with moving head and LED lights. Please contact me jim@media-matters.net for more info.

@dericed @ArchivistAriel Yes, David is correct. Conference committee is content business side is done by office.should re-examine that

@ArchivistAriel #AMIAqa If there are AMIA professional event planners we should use their help to determine all options.

@ArchivistAriel #AMIAqa Currently office does conference event planning. outsourcing means working with professional event planners.

we need to re-examine current economics of this deal and see if event planners have other options. #amiaqa

in the past AMIA did not always do it this way. AMIA paid event planners to organize confernce before we had an office. #amiaqa

AMIA needs to talk to event planners to see if we can alter basic deal structure #amiaqa

this is a deal many hotels pass on which explains the fringe timing of the conference and the limited hotels interested #amiaqa

briefly. current way conference is structured is AMIA promises room nights in exchange for comp. on meeting rooms. #amiaqa

I can spend a bit more time if any are interested in discussing financial aspects of AMIA #amiaqa

Audits required in California for non proits with over $2 million. AMIA smaller so has not been required to do one...but now overdue #amiaqa

Audits are paid from general operating funds like all accounting, legal, and other professional services. #amiaqa

A10 for years the board has struggled with the value added by membership. If all the benefits for all - why pay for membership?#amiaqa

Yvonne - first we need an audit. AMIA has never done one and it is overdue. Once we know where we are we can start to look carefully #amiaqa

Ariel - they concern me. One can redistribute the fees as they have already done, but there is risk in that financially. #amiaqa

A5 If everything stays the same AMIA is looking at a shortfall that approaches 10% of its savings. Office expenses continue to rise #AMIAqa

The last financial figures available are 2014 when AMIA lost about 4k. AMPAS has eliminated a $50k annual support creating a problem #AMIAqa

A5 AMIA is facing very serious financial challenges which unfortunately have not received wide visibility. A priority for Treasurer #AMIAqa

A5 We need to look at the financial structure of the conference, how it is contracted and booked. #AMIAqa

Q3 I would like to concentrate on the financial aspects of AMIA including income opportunities as well as expense control #AMIAqa