Questions from board members

Although there is a lot of excitement about this partnership and the possibilities it poses, there are questions that board members have that I cannot answer.

1. Why does "Cross-Hatch" want part ownership of the building (or do they)? How do liability issues come into play if there is a joint ownership?

*As we previously discussed the Cross+Hatch organization is not particularly interested in taking a position of ownership in the building, however, as a for-profit entity we may be able to acquire funding streams for the Hatch organization that are not available to traditional non-profit organizations and therefore those revenue-generating efforts might require our direct participation. Barring any ownership position, we would like to continue to assist with the project (City of Hamtramck and HATCH) perhaps in an "advisory council" liaison role to the HATCH organizations Board of Directors and the City of Hamtramck and other various 3rd party funding entities known to the Cross+Hatch organization.

2. When grant money is won or loan money given to reconstruction of the building, exactly who controls the money and who exactly is involved in making the decisions?

*Efforts to secure dollars for restoration and renovation of the HATCH building on behalf of the HATCH 501(C)(3) organization would of course reside within the HATCH organization and would be subject only to their discretion and agreements in kind. Any addtional funding efforts acquired on behalf of the HATCH orgainzation, but outside of there direct control (for-profit efforts) would only manifest themselves with the concurrence of the HATCH orgainzations Board of Directors, addtionally, these funds would be jointly-administered by the Cross+Hatch organization and the HATCH organization.

3. How are we going to coordinate together to do some of the tangible things such as design the presentation to City Council? Is it possible to have meetings after 6:00 or on weekends when more people are free?

*We believe the "collaborative presentation" to the Hamtramck City Council on behalf of the HATCH organization is crucial to the ultimate success of our mutal community building endeavors.

The presentation should represent the following;

• HATCH VISION
• Identification of past, current and future executions
• Identifcation of the current and future supporting-cast of individuals and organizations
  
• Identification of the resultant HATCH Hamtramck Community capacity-building efforts and outcomes

We are more then willing to bend our scheduling to accomodate the HATCH memberships needs. Perhaps if we can get some more HATCH people participating here on the blog-site we can begin to "outline and storyboard" the presentation therby optimizing our face to face time.

Looking forward to Monday!

Chris Schneider
President, Hatch