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* Dire Financial situation - 5m | * Dire Financial situation - 5m | ||
* lease renegotiation / other lease options - 10m | * lease renegotiation / other lease options - 10m | ||
** No word yet from Oxford on our most recent proposal. Joe will get in touch by phone. | ** No word yet from Oxford on our most recent proposal. Joe will get in touch by phone. DONE | ||
* AHA Bank account - proposal to get Nate on the account. Will need to reach out to Mike to coordinate. Long-term might be nice to look into other banking options, such as credit unions. | * AHA Bank account - proposal to get Nate on the account. Will need to reach out to Mike to coordinate. Long-term might be nice to look into other banking options, such as credit unions. | ||
* plan for solvency: classes, members, sponsors-20m | * plan for solvency: classes, members, sponsors-20m | ||
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** People/Workgroups responsible | ** People/Workgroups responsible | ||
** Deadline/Estimate | ** Deadline/Estimate | ||
* Reach out to Michael P. - Joe | * Reach out to Michael P. - Joe DONE | ||
* Add guide to wiki on "how to get started teaching a class" - James, by August | * Add guide to wiki on "how to get started teaching a class" - James, by August | ||
* Friendly email/reach out to others in the building - Mike (PENDING) | * Friendly email/reach out to others in the building - Mike (PENDING) | ||
* Evaluate voting options on election process improvement thread - Nate, two months before the next election | * Evaluate voting options on election process improvement thread - Nate, two months before the next election | ||
= Running List of Projects = | = Running List of Projects = | ||
Latest revision as of 20:16, 9 July 2020
Agenda
- Announcements/new business - 5m
- Dire Financial situation - 5m
- lease renegotiation / other lease options - 10m
- No word yet from Oxford on our most recent proposal. Joe will get in touch by phone. DONE
- AHA Bank account - proposal to get Nate on the account. Will need to reach out to Mike to coordinate. Long-term might be nice to look into other banking options, such as credit unions.
- plan for solvency: classes, members, sponsors-20m
- James wants us to reach out to members to teach some simple classes (nothing super elaborate that requires a ton of planning)
- Use the mailing list (mailchimp) to get more publicity
- Online classes/call to do more - 5m
- As above, reaching out to members to share their skills is critical a this point
- Space improvement day - getting more people involved, having plenty of tasks that are easy to get started on with a shallow learning curve.
- Reaching out to other orgs is a high priority. Lots are trying to figure out their next move, so this is a good time to reach out.
- Tech items:
- Wiki migration planning
- How to add new members during COVID-19 - 10m
- "Abbreviated" membership process -- get people into the shop, semi-supervised
- Online classes to get people trained on machines
Decisions
- Rent renegotiation
Action Items
- Thing that needs to be done
- People/Workgroups responsible
- Deadline/Estimate
- Reach out to Michael P. - Joe DONE
- Add guide to wiki on "how to get started teaching a class" - James, by August
- Friendly email/reach out to others in the building - Mike (PENDING)
- Evaluate voting options on election process improvement thread - Nate, two months before the next election
Running List of Projects
Active Projects
- rent negotiation
- wiki migration
- Online classes
- infrastructure for running / promoting classes unclear
- no classes run in June! Let's get things scheduled for July
- Joe can run fusion 360 class
- David idea for arduino class
- Nate home automation class
- Critical to do these since we have no other income at the moment, besides dues.
- Volunteering
- Need to get things running again, see if anyone would like to teach a class during the downtime
- Start contacting volunteer/reduced rate folks by mid-next-week.
- list of volunteering ideas started
- How/if to track how much people are actually volunteering?
- Finish Website
- Joe added a few pages and closed some issues.
- page to pay for classes
- added payment option to membership page
- added reservation form for access to the space
- remove links to the gfm and add our own donation page
- Someone could label issues as critical or not
- Joe added a few pages and closed some issues.
- Accounting
- Stay with freshbooks or switch?
- Use accounting software to track individual member payments? Joe's research says that Homeowners associations and German Club use this method. Both are billed yearly, however
- Interim solutions: better spreadsheets with documentation
Inactive Projects
- Marketing
- social
- newsletter
- local publications etc
- election system
- Ongoing Wiki Maintinance
- determine how new members can join during COVID-19
- determine how people can qualify on new tools during COVID-19
- Online/video class followed by brief in person qualification?
- Find Sponsors
- Have a clear idea of what we bring to the community
Future Projects
- Social Events
- Partner with scouts
- How to increase diversity