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+# NiT Board Meeting 07/07/2021
+
+### Agenda
+
+* Leanne Bellegarde & Paul Dube from Akawe & Troon Technologies
+* Nominate Andrea Delgado-Olsen for Executive Director role
+    * Adam nominates, multiple seconds
+* Discussion topics
+    * Move org to Delaware
+    * Nominate, not self-nominate, board members
+    * Words matter
+        * Forage > Mining
+        * Funnel/Pathway > Pipeline
+        * Community > Market
+    * Adam R status update
+        * Stepping down as President in November but remain on board
+        * Role of the President as we move forward
+            * Executive Director will likely take over certain responsibilities
+
+### Accept Outstanding Pull Requests
+
+https://github.com/nativesintech/nonprofit-governance/pulls
+
+### Attendance
+
+* Adam
+* Nick
+* Coty
+* Ian
+* Holly
+* Desiree
+* Andrea
+* Leanne Bellegarde
+
+### Action Items from Previous Meeting
+
+* Adam
+    * ~Onboarding new members~
+* Nick
+* Coty
+* Ian
+* Erin
+* Holly
+* Desiree
+* Natalie
+
+### Updates
+
+* Adam
+    * Onboarding the new board members
+    * Nucamp partnership is reviving and Andrea will be heading the work to work on it
+* Nick
+    * Continuing with the Native Owned Business onboarding and inviting businesses
+    * Reach out to Jessica Reeves when the app is ready
+* Coty
+* Ian
+    * Slacking on NiT Meetups 😅
+* Erin
+* Holly
+    * Has access to 1Password, Digital Ocean, and Stripe
+* Desiree
+* Natalie
+
+### Meetings Notes
+
+* Leanne Bellegarde to talk to us a bit about what Akawe Technologies is up to.
+    * CEO of Akawe Technologies, based in Canada with one of the co-founders also affiliated with Troon Technologies.
+    * Lawyer by training, has done a variety of different things.
+    * E-estonia model of governance to North American
+    * Blockchain OS
+    * SAAS
+    * Akawe ID IAAS Identity as a Service- self-sovereign ID - exceeds the GDPR, Know Your Customer (KYC), AML compliant - FinTech space
+    * One of their challenges is a lack of Indigenous technology leads across the board.
+    * A-Connex Bring into digital governance platform - digital trading place - Indigenous companies carefully curated non-indigenous companies
+    * One goal is to have primary investors be Indigenous.
+    * One board that Leanne participated in has constructed a governance model that focuses on Indigenous values, etc.
+    * Elevate our nations in the digital world so they can express data sovereignty.
+    * Taking an Indigenous first approach, permission is first and foremost accountable to the individual. Benefits accrued by sharing that data comes back to the individual.
+    * Sister organization to the Centre for Indigenous Innovation and Technology to assist with training Indigenous individuals, providing internships, etc across the spectrum of technology careers.
+    * We have some overlap in the desire to host infra on Indigenous lands rather than in colonial data centers. We want to have data sovereignty, and sovereignty over the hardware.
+    * AI: Follow up regarding the Native Owned Business directory and see if there are some synergies to take advantage of with the A-Connex product.
+
+* Andrea Delgado-Olsen
+    * Very interested in taking on the Executive Director position to really help us amp up our impact.
+    * Worked with Adam to develop a document to define the Executive Director role. We would like to finalize this next meeting.
+    * Looking at taking on responsibilities from Adam over the next six months, as a volunteer until we can pay a salary.
+    * Founder of Native American Women in Computing.
+    * Training for AISES Board - they are moving towards Indigenous practices, away from Robert’s Rules of Orders
+
+* Andrea Delgado-Olsen has been nominated as the Executive Director, Adam nominated, Coty, Desiree, Holly, Ian agreed
+
+* Adam will be stepping down as Board President
+    * expects the role of President to change because of Andrea’s work
+    * New role limited to scheduling and running board meetings
+    * Adam interested in putting more attention into tech projects and cultural revitalization
+    * Adam wants others to take over and grow beyond his sole guidance and be self-sustaining
+    * Adam will still help with the conference and meetups
+    * Continuing to impart his knowledge
+
+* Words Matter
+    * Words can be extractive and coercive, we need to be more cognizant that is reflective of our world view.
+    * Forage > Mining
+    * Funnel/Pathway > Pipeline
+    * Community > Market
+    * @TODO need terminology repo
+    * Andrea can share her existing list
+
+* Nominate, not self-nominate, board members
+    * Adam thinks we should formalize nomination procedure in by-laws
+    * “Talk 10 minutes about how you are humble”
+    * Outline the roles and responsibilities
+    * Types of people and where they cause discomfort
+
+* Andrea is interested in allyship with Canada
+
+* https://www.nucamp.co/ coding boot camps
+    * Low thousands in price
+    * Part-time
+    * Move forward Partnership
+    * Melissa Albert meeting with Andrea
+
+* August Meeting Action Items:
+    * Delaware Org
+    * Outstanding PRs
+    * Update on Onboarding New Members from Adam
+    * Outside meetings scheduled outside of normal monthly meeting
+    * Gauge the appropriate length of time for the board meeting
+
+### Action Items
+
+* Adam
+    * Have a list of things for new board members to checkoff their onboarding list
+    * Talk to Desiree about reporting to Andrea
+* Nick
+    * Business List, follow up with a few more people to login
+    * Maybe have another hack day after launch for feedback
+    * Forward information to Ian who will pass on to Jessica Reeves
+* Coty
+    * Meeting Notes PR
+* Ian
+    * July 17th Meetup with Adam who will “talk about something”
+* Erin
+* Holly
+    * Onboarding
+* Desiree
+* Natalie
+* Andrea
+    * Report to board