A Regular meeting of the Board of Directors of Southern Nevada Anthropomorphic Events was held on Sunday, July 13th virtually over Google Meet, the Board Chair presiding and the Secretary being present.
The meeting was called to order at 6:07pm. Ten out of the twelve Board members were present: Tani, Crake, Violet, Addy, Jaykie, Kai, Amber, Sadie, Serenity, and Holly. Guests Ash N, Black Vesperia, Copper B, Ender, Fang Clark, Gilded Zephyr, Jaxari, Kaiju Waifu, Kina, Maxwell Blubaugh, Nuzz, Travis Molick, and Tub were in attendance. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved as distributed.
Reports were given by the Treasurer, Con Chair, Executive Director, and the Convention Committee. The Treasurer reported the 990 forms for FY22 and FY23 have been posted in the Board chat for approval before IRS submission. FY24 and FY25 forms are in progress. The organization has total assets amounting to $227,692. $11,750 across all checking accounts, $50,300 in the money market accounts, $25,649 in the certificate accounts, $6,785 in the Shopify account, and $133,208 in the Stripe account. As for liabilities, the organization has a total amounting to $181,000. $38,000 to the Embassy Suites on August 2nd, $50,000 to Alexis Park on September 1st, $55,000 to Alexis Park on October 1st, and $38,000 to Embassy Suites on October 2nd. The Treasurer will also be presenting the FY26 budget proposal to the board, totaling to $1.054 million. After accounting for revenue from hotel sales, institutional fund usage, rebates, and interest, the organization needs to come up with an additional $333,000. With an average price point of $99 and expected attendance of 3,400-4,000, there should be no issue.
LVFC chair reports that hotel and registration have opened smoothly, notes have been taken to improve openings next year. Staff applications are set to open once benefits are approved by the Board, Dealer Den layout has been finalized so applications are opening soon, some finalizing appointments of A/V and Programming executives, and most documents have a basic scope and checklist so it’ll be easier to hire and train new staff.
The Executive Director reports they are planning to propose Bylaw amendments in future meetings, such as combining the Executive Director and Secretary role. They also plan to create a Membership Committee to streamline the membership process. The Convention Committee will only consist of three people instead of every executive staff member. And the annual list of officers will soon be submitted to Nevada Secretary of State The Community Events Committee reports that there will be a RAWR Game Night occurring on Tuesday this week.
Chair Tani moved to adopt the new FY2026 budget plan for year 4 of LVFC. The motion has been adopted after debate.
Chair Tani moved to appoint Addy as Secretary for the SNAE Board of Directors. The motion has been adopted after debate.
Chair Tani moved to appoint Jaykie as Vice Treasurer for the SNAE Board of Directors. The motion has been adopted after debate.
Meeting has been adjourned at 7:50pm.
