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* FestiFools - 4/12 4pm-5pm | * FestiFools - 4/12 4pm-5pm | ||
* GameStart Spring Festival - 4/18 10am-2pm | * GameStart Spring Festival - 4/18 10am-2pm | ||
* Penguicon - 4/24-26 (no soldering support that we're aware of this year) | |||
* AAHOM TechTwilite - 5/15 6:30pm-9pm | * AAHOM TechTwilite - 5/15 6:30pm-9pm | ||
* Detroit Maker Faire - July 25-26 9:30am-6pm | * Detroit Maker Faire - July 25-26 9:30am-6pm | ||
Revision as of 11:57, 16 March 2015
- Meeting attendees:
- Meeting starts at: 7:00
- Meeting ends at:
(15 min) Open For All!
Old Business
Action Item Status
- Inventory Status - Nate Y.
- Need to finish sales tax by end of Feb - Zach
- Comcast and DTE now autopayment - Zach
- Lease scanned into Google Drive - Zach
Standing Committee Reports
(10 min) Financial - Zach S.
- Feb 2-15 P&L - Zach to provide link
- Income tax filing due May, will start on that after sales tax
(20 min) Governance - Ken
- Membership Update (Larry W.)
- Elections coming up in April
(10 min) Facilities - Nick
- Working on the urinal!
- "New" computers (2 desktops, 2 laptops)
- Improvement Projects (small laser cutter, redo front desk, kitchen improvement, sand blaster)
(10 min) Staff - Larry
- Th-Sa Shifts are now fully staffed.
- Almost all staff trained (Isaac B., Michelle S., Nick S. remaining)
(10 min) Fundraising - Larry
- Encore sold another piece of equipment
- BYB Grant - what it would mean...
(15 min) Outreach - Larry
- Class Schedule - having trouble keeping up to date and promoting
- Silvia Lindtner UMSI - no contact this year (sent email yesterday)
- Barry Belmont - no response re. BioMed team usage of AHA (sent email yesterday)
- Ann Arbor Film Fest 3/24-25 - not this year, no gaming computer for OR2 but there will be Oculus
New Business
LASER CUTTER RATES
- Propose 2 Tier Flat Rates (Member - ??, General Public - $1/min.?)
ANNUAL EVENTS - How do we get people interested and committed in helping out?
- FoolMoon - 4/11 Dusk to Midnight
- FestiFools - 4/12 4pm-5pm
- GameStart Spring Festival - 4/18 10am-2pm
- Penguicon - 4/24-26 (no soldering support that we're aware of this year)
- AAHOM TechTwilite - 5/15 6:30pm-9pm
- Detroit Maker Faire - July 25-26 9:30am-6pm
- A2 MiniMaker Faire - Saturday 6/6 10am-4pm
FORMAL EVENT REQUESTS
- Emily Canosta - Japan Week - requesting Cosplayers (in costume) to attend Animania screening event (6/16-20)
- Zach Alexander - Makerspace Development Blogger has contacted AHA for positive storyline.
- Daniel Dugan (past member?) contacted us on behalf of Penguicon - wants to borrow 3D printers for Enabling the Future.
- Amanda Paige - Exposing Inner City Kids to Engineering/Making at the U of M Natural History Museum (day/time TBD)
SURVEY REQUEST - from Make: Media
- 10 minute survey about AHA's Maker/Hacker activities.