# OEMR Board Meeting - Wednesday, March 14th, 2018

**URL:** <https://community.open-emr.org/t/oemr-board-meeting-wednesday-march-14th-2018/9756>\
**Category:** OEMR Non Profit Organization\
**Created:** [March 12, 2018, 7:59am UTC](https://community.open-emr.org/t/oemr-board-meeting-wednesday-march-14th-2018/9756 "2018-03-12T07:59:33Z")\
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Here is the Agenda for March 14, 2018 OEMR Board Meeting:

## 1. Call to Order. Roll call.

## 2. Approval of prior meeting minutes.

1. January 10, 2018
2. February 14, 2018

## 3. Financial Report

[Balance Sheet (eguile)–03\_14\_2018.pdf](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/c/cfabed5b529ee57b50a361b2036edad0b769ce27.pdf) (104.4 KB)  
[Profit & Loss–03\_14\_2018.pdf](https://discourse-uploads-openemr.s3.dualstack.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/original/2X/6/6f9d1d6098a6a2180fee7ba8271debbcaaf8858b.pdf) (80.1 KB)

- only expenses in Feb
  1. paid $375 to legalzoom for help converting to 501c6 (12 month subscription)
  2. ~$137 AWS service charge for OpenEMR cloud use
  3. small but pesky paypal fees with donations

## 4. Unfinished Business

- Organization restructuring.  
0. get approval from board for OEMR to apply for 501c6 status
  1. amend articles of incorp with state of North Carolina, editable version [https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/images/b/bf/Articles\_incorp\_oemr.odt](https://www.open-emr.org/wiki/images/b/bf/Articles_incorp_oemr.odt), with advice from Lee Peindl of McGrath & Spielberger, PLLC through OEMR’s Legalzoom subscription
  2. file 1024 with IRS with more help from Legalzoom and Lee ($800 filing fee)

- Cloud Partnerships.
- Marketing.
- Conference outreach.
- Raising funds.
- Conflict of interest policy.
- Trademarking.
- Join OSI.
- Funding for FHIR
- Funding for Lab requisition form
- Open Collective accounting

## 5. New Business

- vote for oemr bylaws and articles of incorp change to 501c6

## 6. Public and Community Concerns

- Feel free to call in [OpenEMR Twice Weekly Conference Call Details - OpenEMR Project Wiki](http://www.open-emr.org/wiki/index.php/OpenEMR_Weekly_Conference_Call_Details)

## 7. Next Board Meeting on April 11, 2018

## 8. Adjourn Board Meeting

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Audio for this meeting is here:  
[https://www.open-emr.org/oemr/audio/OEMR-board-meeting-03142018.mp3](https://www.open-emr.org/oemr/audio/OEMR-board-meeting-03142018.mp3)