Rise Above Wellness Center, Inc. ================================== RISE ABOVE January 2024 Minutes Meeting January 4, 2024 at 161 1/2 N. Main St. Wellsville. Upstairs in the studio room of the wellness center and via Zoom. Start time: 5:12pm Attending: Jeremy, Stephen, Alexis (via Zoom), Carol (via phone call) Absent: Christina and Sheila The board reviewed and approved the previous June 2023 and September 2023 meeting minutes via email Jeremy sent. Stephen approves minutes and Carol seconds motion moving forward. Treasures Report remains the same amount as the previous meeting, a total of $707.00. Stephen approves this amount and Alexis seconds motion moving forward. Anna officially resigned from the Rise Above Board and moves gratitude circle to her new creative business on Main Street in Wellsville. Alexis accepts the position to fill the opening of Member at Large of Rise Above while maintaining secretary position. Stephen nominates Alexis and the Board collectively agrees. Brendan informs Jeremy of possible 1 on 1 counseling services/recovery coaching and will have more details in Spring of 2024 to offering these services for the community. Suggestion made from Jeremy to offer Cindy an opportunity to join the Rise Above Board in the future. Kelly is growing her Restorative Yoga class and surpassing the amount of RSVP slots. The Rise Above Board is excited to see her class continue to flourish with new members from the community joining as well as Kelly's Strength Vinyasa Flow Yoga class. AA Meetings continue to be held on Mondays at 6pm, comfortable with the progress they are making and thankful for Jeremy providing this space to serve the community. Alexis decides to move Sacred Sister Circle groups from Fridays to Tuesdays at 6pm. Alexis also decides to cancel Conscious Kids Circle due to lack of participants. Rise Above Open Discussion group is moving to the 1st Saturday of every month, held at the David A Howe Library on Main Street in Wellsville. Will hold this group possibly more often when Spring arrives, and the weather improves. Jeremy will continue to make a calendar each month for the Rise Above Facebook page to keep the community informed of class schedules. Contacting practioners ahead of time to ensure they will have classes that month and the time schedule will remain the same as previous. Sheila is still recovering from back injury and plans to hold a creative wellness/art activities to be held at Rise Above in Spring if health is improving. Possible March of 2024. Jeremy motions to end meeting at 5:40pm Next Quarterly meeting will be on April 4, 2024 at 6pm via Zoom and in the studio room of Rise Above building. - Alexis Ruhlman