Apr 26, 2026 | National Board Hangout and Board Meeting

Attendees: (in-person) Koya, Toni, Eric, Danielle (online) Oscar, Andrea

Notes

• Ice breaker: What's one technological or scientific advancement you believe poses both the greatest risk and the greatest benefit to humanity?

  • Skipping for time

  • Quote shared by Koya to start the meeting

• Board updates:

  • National President

    • Proposal: renaming/repurposing the TEKS Mentorship Program acronym to make it more resume friendly 

  • National Treasurer: financial update

    • Q1 report (Jan-March 2026)

      • Gross profit ~$11k

      • Net profit ~$9.9K

      • That $10K donation really boosted us for Q1

    • Do we want to consider merch?

      • PLEASE LET’S LOOK INTO NEW SHIRTS

      • Stickers, Pins

      • Hats?!

      • Embroidered items? Toni knows people so can look into it!

      • Keychains

    • Oscar working on depleting the DMRSEF account

  • National Historian

    • Thank you everyone for your kind messages while my family was out here going through it

  • President of Aurora's KOA: outreach and mentorship updates

    • Outreach Events!

    • Prepping for upcoming school year + brainstorming for future Science Fair work

  • President of the Bay's KOA: outreach updates

    • Bay KOA had their first outreach event on Wednesday

      • 82 attendees, 55 kids (42 in person)

      • Received well by adults in attendance, parents, teachers, library workers etc.

      • Invited to another library

      • Library hosting the event inviting Bay KOA back

      • Will be writing an article on the event and sending it to Toni!

  • National Director [computer overheated here; was unable to continue typing notes]

• Discussion on IRB and community collaborations for Aurora

• Vote to extend official proposal to nonprofits and community partners for IRB and collaborations for Aurora

• 501(c)3 discussion

• Adjourn