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1 International www.impoourtorg court System INTERNATIONAL IMPERIAL COURT COUNCIL OF CANADA, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO MEETING MINUTES SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2019 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA Presiding: President of the ICC, Emperor Rob Surreal Executive Board: Executive Director/Chair Nicole Murray Ramirez President Robert Lack 1st Vice President Nicole Diamond 2"d Vice President John Carrillo Recording Secretary Misty Blue Corresponding Secretary Destiny Childs Treasurer Freeda Bangkok Scholarship Chair Terry Sidie Call to Order: 9:03am Roll Call: 2 ICC Member City Present Excused Anni Coque I' ll Doo Alameda, CA Barbie LaChoy Ft. Lauderdale, FL "-.J Bill Mitchell Phoenix, AZ -.J Bobby Childers Salk Lake City, UT -.J Bunnie Cruse Albuquerque, NM -.J Carmine Emilio Caruso Boise, ID -.J Charles Rozanski Denver, CO -.J Cookie Von Shigglesworth Washington, DC -.J Danielle Logan Hawaii -.J Darnel le of Wakanda San Diego, CA -.J Destiny B. Childs Washington, DC -.J Doug Snow Fox Tacoma, WA -.J Dustin D. Cobwebs B. Childs Hartford, CT -.J Freeda Bangkok Cincinnati, OH -.J Fred Worsham Lexington, KY -.J Harrington New York, NY -.J Helen Twelvetrees Las Vegas, NV -.J Hope Jewel Halston Reno, NV -.J Jason Dickson Vanderbilt Toronto -.J Jaylene Tyme Vancouver BC Jerry Coletti Munro San Francisco, CA "-.J John Carrillo San Francisco, CA -.J Just Jack New York, NY -.J Kaleo Tevaitea Ramos Hawaii -.J Karina Samala Los Angeles, CA -.J Landa Lakes San Francisco, CA -.J Logan Storm Providence, RI -.J Mark Allen Surreal Spokane, WA -.J Misha Rockafeller Sacramento, CA/Portland, OR -.J Misty Blue San Francisco, CA -.J Nathan Page San Francisco, CA -.J Nicole Diamond Lexington, KY -.J Peter Storm Bellingham, WA -.J Petty Cash Cincinnati, OH -.J Reba MacEnwhat Boise, ID -.J Robert Buckner Ft. Worth, TX -.J Robert Haggard Seattle, WA -.J Rob Surreal Spokane, WA -.J Ronda Pacheco Seattle, WA -.J Russel Roybal Washington. DC Savannah Devereaux Providence, RI -.J " Scot Fromeyer Cincinnati, OH -.J Steve 0 Ogden, UT -.J Stephanie Paul Denver, CO -.J Terry Sidie Sacramento, CA -.J Tiger Lily San Francisco, CA -.J Tina Louise Sapphire Dior Vancouver, WA -.J Topher Daniels Albuquerque, NM -.J Tree New York, NY -.J 3 Opening: San Diego Monarchs in attendance were recognized and welcomed the members of the ICC to San Diego and to Coronation weekend. Members of the Privy Council Nelda and Michael G. were acknowledged being present, and Queen Mother wished Heir Tiger Lily of San Francisco a Happy Birthday. Voting done to confirm the pt and 2nd in line of succession. Ballots were tallied by Privy Council members Nelda and Michael Gaffney. Queen Mother discussed the ICC with two sides the "monarchy side" and the "nonprofit side" Queen Mother Welcomed back Empress Jaylene and named her third in line of succession. 2nd in line of succession voting/confirmation results: John Carrillo 38 yes votes/2 no votes Freeda Bangkok 34 yes votes/7 no votes. 2nd in line of succession confirmed. I st in line of succession voting/confirmation results: Rob Surreal 31 yes votes/10 no votes Nicole Diamond 29 yes votes/11 no votes/ 1 abstain I st in line of succession confirmed. Queen Mother spoke about the history of our community and the nation, struggles we have experienced, Stonewall, etc. A Special commission will be formed to include Kaleo (chair), Jaylene, Bunnie, Danielle, Landa and Karina to honor the Native American, and a "spiritual" moment at coronations. Queen Mother spoke about the Royal Family of Hawaii and creating the Royal Heritage Commission who will have a proposal in 3 months to incorporate more of the Hawaii tradition and culture into coronations/recognitions by the courts. "Hawaii" Flag should be present with presentation of colors were suggested. Video presentation on Royal Family and History of Hawaii presented by Kaleo. Motions: Destiny B. Childs made motion that when Hawaii Delegation is present at a coronation, Hawaii Flag is part of Flag presentation Seconded by Jerry Coletti Vote: 40 yes I 1 opposed/motion passed Bobby Childers made motion that at Coronations there is a special invocation honoring the Native Americans, and Kaleo is Chair of the Royal Heritage Commission Seconded by Destiny B. Childs Vote: 41 yes/motion passed Welcomed Guests: Todd Gloria from CA State Assembly who presented the Out of State Heirs with Honorary California certificates. Todd welcomed all to San Diego and thanked everyone in attendance. Lorena Gonzales was introduced as the hopeful "next secretary of state", thanked everyone in attendance. 4 Secretary Report: Motion: Minutes as presented from Las Vegas Meeting, motion to approve by John Carrillo. Seconded by Destiny B. Childs Vote: 41yes/ 0 no. Motion passed. Treasurer Report: Freeda Bangkok sent our reports. Reports attached to Minutes. No comments regarding the treasurer report. Discussion on ICC Audit and awaiting quotes reviewed. Open Dialogue: Boston: Verna from ICMA reported on the embezzlement/Criminal Complaint was filed. ICMA (Boston) on 2 year probation. Verna named Protector of the Realm of Massachusetts, by Queen Mother. They will provide quarterly reports to the ICC. icole Diamond is assigned as Heir representative to support ICMA during this time. Verna informed ICC, two payments have been received at this time to return funds. Nathan Page was appointed Chair to develop Best Practice on Financials for the Courts. Election of Officers: Officers who seats are up for re-election are Rob Surreal, Freeda Bangkok and Misty Blue and the Canadian Minster which will be part of the Executive Council. Office of President: Rob Surreal ominated by Destiny B. Childs and seconded by Ronda Pacheco. Rob accepted nomination. John Carrillo declined nomination at this time. Vote 40 yes/l abstained. Rob Surreal Confirmed at President Office of Treasurer: Cookie Von Shigglesworth nominated Freeda Bangkok, seconded by Jerry Coletti. Freeda accepted nomination. Vote: 38 yes/l no/2 abstain. Freeda Bangkok confirmed at Treasurer. Office of Recording Secretary: Destiny B. Childs nominated Misty Blue. Seconded by Jerry Coletti. Misty Blue accepted nomination Vote: 40 yes/l abstained. Misty confirmed as recording secretary. Office of Canadian Minister: Bunnie Cruse nominated Jaylene Tyme. Seconded by Karina Samala. Jaylene accepted nomination. 41 yes/O no. Jaylene Confirmed as Canadian Minister. 5 2019 Projects Discussed. (see attached documents) Camp Aranu'tiq - video presentation on camp presented by Danielle Logan. Fundraising will focus on scholarships for the Camp. Trans Empowerment Commemorating 50 years since Decriminalization of Homosexuality in Canada -Pin presented and Queen Mother suggested support from all the Canadian Courts prior to the ICC committing to developing the pins. Stonewall 50 (continued) GLBT Vote 2020 Book of the Courts History. Old Business: (reports attached for the following) Nathan Page reviewed Court Conference in Las Vegas lessons learned, live stream and hopes for future conferences. Jose Sarria Scholarship: Harvey Milk Ship: This year the ship will began. Per Queen Mother will receive quarterly reports on progress and in 2020 there will be a three day celebration with dedication and ICC will be invited with prominent seating in San Diego, CA. Canadian Affairs: Bayard Rustin Stamp: IT Web and Social Media: Hall of Fame: Year of the Women: Branding/ Marketing: Matthew Shepard Project "Erase the Hate": GLBT Vote: Stonewall 50: Imperial Court Fights Cancer 6 New Business: The Line of Succession was reviewed: 1st in Line of Succession: Rob Surreal and Nicole Diamond 2nd in Line of Succession: John Carrillo and Freeda Bangkok 3rd in Line of Succession: Just Jack and Jaylene Tyme 4th in Line of Succession: Bobby Childers and Karina Samala 5th in Line of Succession: Peter Storm and Misty Blue 6th in Line of Succesion: Scott Fromeyer and Destiny B. Childs 7th in Line of Succession: Jason Dickson and Cookie Von Shigglesworth Request made by Misty Blue to develop guide book for heirs. Empress Destiny B. Childs, Empress Barbie LaChoy and Empress Reba MacEnwhat will work on developing. Next meeting will be in Lexington, KY. Fall meeting will be in Washington, DC. Queen Mother made commitment to hold Summer 2020 meeting in Albuquerque NM. Meeting adjourned at 12:40pm Minutes respectfully submitted by: Absolute Empress XLIX Misty Blue, Recording Secretary- ICC 7:07 PM The International Court Council, INC 01/27/19 Balance Sheet Accrual Basis As of January 27, 2019 Jan 27, 19 ASSETS Current Assets Checking/Savings 10000 ·Chase Checking 10001 ·Chase General Fund 9,531.56 10053 · Harvey Milk Ship Campaign 487.19 10054 · Bayard Rustin Stamp Campaign 1,575.20 10055 ·Jose CA Hall of Fame 500.00 10056 · GLBT National Archives 1,000.00 10058 · Stonewall 50 2,790.00 10060 · Legal Expense Fund 5,000.00 10062 · CourtCon 1,000.00 10063 · Scholarship Funds for BGCF 6,000.00 10064 · Scholarship Funds to Savings 10064A · Matching Scholarship Funds 2017 3,779.95 10064B ·Queen Mothers Charity Fund 54.83 10064C · Individual Jose Scholarship 5,945.08 10064 · Scholarship Funds to Savings - Other 4,503.16 Total 10064 · Scholarship Funds to Savings 14,283.02 10065 · GLBT National Network USA 1,451.00 10067 · Matthew Shepard Foundation 890.00 10068 · ICC International Pride Contest 891.85 10000 · Chase Checking - Other 11 ,973.28 Total 10000 · Chase Checking 57,373.10 Total Checking/Savings 57 ,373 .10 Total Current Assets 57,373.10 TOTAL ASSETS 57,373.10 LIABILITIES & EQUITY Equity 30000 · Opening Balance Equity 56 ,274.44 32000 · Unrestricted