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** Plan for growth -- how to get more people involved, meet their volunteer obligations (or scrap that if it will never work) | ** Plan for growth -- how to get more people involved, meet their volunteer obligations (or scrap that if it will never work) | ||
** Hone a finer vision and purpose for the organization: how much does the AHA service members vs. the community, what is the "community" (i.e. includes Ypsi? Further out?), do we want diversity goals, etc. | ** Hone a finer vision and purpose for the organization: how much does the AHA service members vs. the community, what is the "community" (i.e. includes Ypsi? Further out?), do we want diversity goals, etc. | ||
** James: getting the organization to reflect what's written as documentation -- day-to-day operations, bigger governance items. Review and revise bylaws and standing rules! | ** James: getting the organization to reflect what's written as documentation -- day-to-day operations, bigger governance items. Review and revise bylaws and standing rules! Become less of a membership-run organization. | ||
* Re-opening updates | * Re-opening updates | ||
** Cleaning | ** Cleaning | ||
*** Old electronics | *** Tool library - Waiting a champion | ||
** Review benchmarks for opening | *** Old electronics - James | ||
**** Will Staples take all of the stuff? - Andrew | |||
** Review benchmarks for opening - Joe | |||
*** Retiring reservation system | *** Retiring reservation system | ||
*** Social functions/how to run the space | *** Social functions/how to run the space | ||
** Infrastructure | ** Infrastructure | ||
*** Networking equipment | *** Networking equipment - Nate & James | ||
*** Door/space access | *** Door/space access - Nate & James & Andrew | ||
**** Mostly blocked by lack of membership tracking software | **** Mostly blocked by lack of membership tracking software | ||
* Old business updates | * Old business updates | ||
** Membership tracking software - Nate | ** Membership tracking software - Nate | ||
Latest revision as of 20:17, 12 May 2021
Meeting begins: 1915
Meeting ends: 2116
Participants: Joe D., David G., Andrew C., Brian J., James K., Nate Y.
Agenda
- Announcements/new business - 10m
- Membership update - 5m - Joe
- Financial update - 5m - Joe
- Operations update
- 5-year plan - 15m - Joe
- Re-opening updates
- Old business updates
Notes
- Announcements/new business:
- Membership update:
- +2 member renewals!
- Financial update:
- https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MTjgdvGJI9-FI7OFxkDdw-hJbirdUaxwBpERWVGVSQs/edit#gid=0
- Projected a loss of about 1/2 month until bankruptcy -- Losing about $600/mo. currently.
- Secret Lab PCBs - AADL donation
- Operations update
- Interest in getting a new 3d printer (Prusa Mk3s kit - $750). Decided that we should try and fundraise this amount since there is a lot of interest. Would also like to mention at the show & tell. Nate would like to do a live-stream or class on the actual assembly of the machine once we got it.
- Rebuilding Stepcraft CNC - Currently being looked at by Tim Saucer; Andrew would like to participate in this effort.
- Hackathon (nhacks2021.org) - Nate will reach out. Non-profit discount? We don't really have a product or brand to offer, mentorship will potentially help out a lot.
- 5-year mission/plan:
- Joe would like to make a plan to make a plan!
- Updates to bylaws/standing rules
- Plan for growth -- how to get more people involved, meet their volunteer obligations (or scrap that if it will never work)
- Hone a finer vision and purpose for the organization: how much does the AHA service members vs. the community, what is the "community" (i.e. includes Ypsi? Further out?), do we want diversity goals, etc.
- James: getting the organization to reflect what's written as documentation -- day-to-day operations, bigger governance items. Review and revise bylaws and standing rules! Become less of a membership-run organization.
- Re-opening updates
- Cleaning
- Tool library - Waiting a champion
- Old electronics - James
- Will Staples take all of the stuff? - Andrew
- Review benchmarks for opening - Joe
- Retiring reservation system
- Social functions/how to run the space
- Infrastructure
- Networking equipment - Nate & James
- Door/space access - Nate & James & Andrew
- Mostly blocked by lack of membership tracking software
- Cleaning
- Old business updates
- Membership tracking software - Nate