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* Meeting attendees: Henry Marshall, Kim Burton, Demure, Brian Morse
* Meeting attendees: Henry Marshall, Kim Burton, Demure, Brian Morse, nate
* Meeting starts at: 19:05
* Meeting starts at: 19:05


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* All Are Worthy. All Are Welcome.
* All Are Worthy. All Are Welcome.


Kim is interested in running for the board.
* Afternoon delight's plumber will likely contact landlord for plumbing access tomorrow, the 21st
 
* contacting landlord for maintenance, and about heat.
 
* google drive for membership, education?
 
* turning off allhandsactive.org google 'less secure' app setting




==Minutes Approval==
==Minutes Approval==
We all approve last two months minutes.


==Governance - Collective Ownership==


- Election announcement is overdue. Alex will contact Nate to ensure the email goes out by Friday.
==Governance - Nate==


- Election is scheduled for November 16th
- We did an election, Yay!


- Transition meeting tentatively scheduled for November 18th.


==Education/Events - Henry Marshall==
==Education/Events - Kim==


- Tyler ran a 3d printing course last month.
- Kim just got account access


- Henry will schedule a CNC course this month.
- Still wants to set up donation event


- Henry will run a laser cutter class on October 22nd.
- We had a laser and vinyl cutting class this month, thanks Henry!


- Dan is doing a HAM radio class in January


- demure and Kim are starting to plan how a chainmail class would work.


==Finances/Membership - Alex White==
- Henry reached out to BYB about a BBBS workshop with their kits, they would be willing to lend us kits


- We haven't been paying utilities for the other rooms all year. We are making up this difference over the next 3 months. This is an extra ~$700 per month. The amount billed will be an estimate, so there may be further reconciliation in January. Starting in January our increase should fall to ~$200 over historical levels.
- Kim will be planing a basic computer safety class for young kids, 12-16.


- Rent is rising from $1952 to $2010 per month effective this month.
- We will contact Cindy about her new organization wanting to use the space.


- We need to add $250/month to stay solvent.
  - Talked about how to handle political groups.


- ~$2000 in the bank
  - We should figure out sit down with her.


- Assuming we draw from these funds to pay the $700 per month, and then $200 per month, we will run out of money in March.
  - We need to be careful that their politics do not appear as messages.


- He have taken over paying the meetup fees.
  - Do the zines in the window send a neutral message?


- Having not heard back from Lauren for 1 month, we must assume she is no longer our accountant.
  - We may need to formalize policy.


- Alex will contact go pass members do cancel or pay for continuing membership.
  - We will add an message board for public, inner side of outside pillar.


- Alex will add another few people to the mailing list when people sign up as a new member.
  - Making things is good, but we can't be a base of operations.


== Fundraising - Nate Yost==
  - We will contact Cindy to see if they can meet us in the first week of Jan


# Halloween Fundraiser


- Board members to field questions
==Finances - Brian==


- Would like to get volunteers together for a cleaning party on October 19th.
[To be update by Alex 2017-11-11]


- Help at the event would also be helpful.
- If we are paying for heat, Demure points out we should try to have the back door stay closed.


- Members need to be notified that the space will be unavailable.
- Membership communications may be a rotating role after the elections.


- Create blog post for event.
- Verify standing with stadium hardware; are our bills for items bought during a month, or other?


- Fliers have been put up around town by Kim and Henry (created by Madeline)


- Posted on mLive.
==Membership - demure==


- Everybody needs to pitch in!


- Henry will put a blog post on the homepage that points to the meetup.
== Fundraising - Nate Yost==


==Marketing/Outreach==
- Henry will send out financial projections to the mailing list and create a meetup event for 2017-11-21 to discuss outcomes


- Henry will get the social media keys for Kim
- Kim has reached out to 3 people re: grants


=== Google Adwords ===
=== Halloween Fundraiser ===


- Alex will add "Halloween crafts" & "coworking desk"
- We earned ~$200 at the Halloween fundraiser.


=== Marketing Email Updates ===
- People tended to donate more than the $10 suggested donate. We may want to raise this to more closely match the donation rate.


Nothing new.
- Kim and Madeline are doing a Halloween Fundraiser


==Operations/Volunteers - Brian Morse ==


- Henry will contact Brian about updates to this.
=== Holiday Fundraiser ===


- Henry will get copies of the new forms.
- Kim is hoping to host and get the JayCees involved.


- Demure will update the wiki to make these easy to find.
- More leadup -> more advertising


- Craig will print out new copies.
- Make Christmas ornaments with the laser.


Updates re:
- Nate says in the past we've done a cookie cook off


- Bill is now covering Thursday evening.


- Brian is still on Saturdays.
==Marketing/Outreach==


- Craig is a new member/volunteer on Saturdays.
- Kim will contact the University about whether any marketing people would want to have an internship for the space.


- Kale and Augustine on Friday.


- We need more fliers.  Brian mentioned this to Kale, who wanted to coordinate; has not heard back yet.
==Operations/Volunteers - Brian Morse ==


====Storage policy====
- Demure updated the wiki with all the forms.


Brian and Larry developed an AHA floor plan of where common items can be stored, and where people cannot store their personal stuff (barring a parking permit).
- Brian and Kale replaced the signs on the windows.


Some permits have been expired as of last month, should be re-evaluated.  Looks like there are no current ones left, so action needs to be taken.
- Feedback on the parking permits this month is minimal.


===Clean Table & Trash===
===Clean Table & Trash===


Trash compactor location, quirks (close door before typing code), code need to be documented.  Nate will do it.
Trash compactor location, quirks (close door before typing code), code need to be documented.


===Volunteer===
===Volunteer===
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===Equipment===
===Equipment===


- Fire extinguishers are out of date. Larry says they can be recertified at Spears. Brian will take care of this. Still in progress.
- Fire extinguishers are out of date. Larry says they can be recertified at Spears. Brian will take care of this. Still in progress.


- We are out of button making supplies. We need 2 1/4" shells.
- Nate will picked up button making stuff.
Nate will pick some up.  


- How do we network the new printer?
- Brian installed fuses in the multimeters
Nate will take a look.  Info is on the wiki, Tyler might have already made a static IP.


- Henry spoke with Tinker about Greg getting us wider shelving unit for the acrylic and various hardware drawers.
- Henry and Henry bought NFC cards


Brian will again re-re-re-inquire about the exterior door access with the landlord.
- Tyler looked at the printer. It may now be networked


Brian said he wanted to recharge the extinguishers, but needed more info. Nate mentioned that bringing them into the business usually works best.
- We have approval for the external door lock. Nate and Brian will do it during the holiday season.


Cabinets mostly installed.
- Henry and Brian will put up the last cabinet in the coworking space.


Pick and Place idle. Can we incentivize people to help finish this project? Free membership for a month?
- Brian will contact the landlord to make sure they only open the space for board members in the future. He will send this email after the new board is in place to minimize noise.


Talk to landlord, have them call someone on the Board before unlocking the door for "someone" who asks.


===In progress===  
===In progress===  
- Tyler was possibly going to work on the LDAP June 25th. Has this happened?
- Tyler was possibly going to work on the LDAP June 25th. Has this happened?
Wound up cleaning instead. Nate will try and schedule sometime soon.
Nate upgraded to a new NAS. It has the latest software.


===To Do===
===To Do===
====All====
====All====


- Has there been a backups on all machines to NAS? Nate wants to know more about this, possible document on the Wiki.
- Has there been a backups on all machines to NAS? Nate wants to know more about this, possible document on the Wiki. Henry will ask Tyler.


- [Has Bill Putt wired the] second patch panel to rack.
- [Has Bill Putt wired the] second patch panel to rack.


- Tyler has boxes, conduit, caps, wall hangers, and cables to expand the network, but needs help. Any volunteers? This should be shared with the larger membership.
- Tyler has boxes, conduit, caps, wall hangers, and cables to expand the network, but needs help. Any volunteers? This should be shared with the larger membership.
Demure and Nate will be available to help during the break.





Revision as of 19:51, 20 December 2017

AHA Mission Statement
We seek to establish, build, and support a collective of individuals organized around the principles of community-driven education in the arts and sciences, and to ensure ready access to the tools needed to pursue the realization of those principles.

  • Meeting attendees: Henry Marshall, Kim Burton, Demure, Brian Morse, nate
  • Meeting starts at: 19:05

Board Meeting Protocol

* Standing Committee Reports - Individual Updates by Assigned Director/Officer presented in the time allotted.

* Open Time: For anyone to bring anything up to the Board. IF the Board agrees the item requires action, it will be put into New Business and addressed at the end of the meeting.

(15m) Open For All

  • All Are Worthy. All Are Welcome.
  • Afternoon delight's plumber will likely contact landlord for plumbing access tomorrow, the 21st
  • contacting landlord for maintenance, and about heat.
  • google drive for membership, education?
  • turning off allhandsactive.org google 'less secure' app setting


Minutes Approval

We all approve last two months minutes.


Governance - Nate

- We did an election, Yay!


Education/Events - Kim

- Kim just got account access

- Still wants to set up donation event

- We had a laser and vinyl cutting class this month, thanks Henry!

- Dan is doing a HAM radio class in January

- demure and Kim are starting to plan how a chainmail class would work.

- Henry reached out to BYB about a BBBS workshop with their kits, they would be willing to lend us kits

- Kim will be planing a basic computer safety class for young kids, 12-16.

- We will contact Cindy about her new organization wanting to use the space.

 - Talked about how to handle political groups.
 - We should figure out sit down with her.
 - We need to be careful that their politics do not appear as messages.
 - Do the zines in the window send a neutral message?
 - We may need to formalize policy.
 - We will add an message board for public, inner side of outside pillar.
 - Making things is good, but we can't be a base of operations.
 - We will contact Cindy to see if they can meet us in the first week of Jan


Finances - Brian

[To be update by Alex 2017-11-11]

- If we are paying for heat, Demure points out we should try to have the back door stay closed.

- Membership communications may be a rotating role after the elections.

- Verify standing with stadium hardware; are our bills for items bought during a month, or other?


Membership - demure

Fundraising - Nate Yost

- Henry will send out financial projections to the mailing list and create a meetup event for 2017-11-21 to discuss outcomes

- Kim has reached out to 3 people re: grants

Halloween Fundraiser

- We earned ~$200 at the Halloween fundraiser.

- People tended to donate more than the $10 suggested donate. We may want to raise this to more closely match the donation rate.

- Kim and Madeline are doing a Halloween Fundraiser


Holiday Fundraiser

- Kim is hoping to host and get the JayCees involved.

- More leadup -> more advertising

- Make Christmas ornaments with the laser.

- Nate says in the past we've done a cookie cook off


Marketing/Outreach

- Kim will contact the University about whether any marketing people would want to have an internship for the space.


Operations/Volunteers - Brian Morse

- Demure updated the wiki with all the forms.

- Brian and Kale replaced the signs on the windows.


Clean Table & Trash

Trash compactor location, quirks (close door before typing code), code need to be documented.

Volunteer

Equipment

- Fire extinguishers are out of date. Larry says they can be recertified at Spears. Brian will take care of this. Still in progress.

- Nate will picked up button making stuff.

- Brian installed fuses in the multimeters

- Henry and Henry bought NFC cards

- Tyler looked at the printer. It may now be networked

- We have approval for the external door lock. Nate and Brian will do it during the holiday season.

- Henry and Brian will put up the last cabinet in the coworking space.

- Brian will contact the landlord to make sure they only open the space for board members in the future. He will send this email after the new board is in place to minimize noise.


In progress

- Tyler was possibly going to work on the LDAP June 25th. Has this happened? Nate upgraded to a new NAS. It has the latest software.

To Do

All

- Has there been a backups on all machines to NAS? Nate wants to know more about this, possible document on the Wiki. Henry will ask Tyler.

- [Has Bill Putt wired the] second patch panel to rack.

- Tyler has boxes, conduit, caps, wall hangers, and cables to expand the network, but needs help. Any volunteers? This should be shared with the larger membership. Demure and Nate will be available to help during the break.


Annex

Classroom

  • Mount projector.

Signage

> Nate wanted to mount a display [on the pole outside the space], how can we make this happen? Raspberry Pi (we have one), monitor (Henry has one), monitor mount (Larry has one), HDMI to DVI cable. Henry M. will email Larry about it.