Minutes:07 JUL 2012 Board Meeting Agenda

Ignore date above, this is the 11th of July 2012

1900 (7:00pm) at AHA happened.

In attendance: Josh, Ech0, Dana, Nate D, Nate Y, Eric

Agenda Items

June P&L

• Josh W.
  • Josh doesn't have it yet. Will be done by 7.17
  • June, July paid
  • Eva made a 2-lesson learn-to-solder board; can Dana have board approval to get it made?
    • Xander insists on a quote (and the P&L) before we throw money at it

501c3 Update

• Everyone should have something on this
  • Xander
  • Nate Y
  • Nate D
  • Josh W
  • Michael S
  • Jamison L

• Josh has contacted Lynn about the app; has not approached NEW
• Nate D did sit down w/ Dan, but Diablo III got in the way

** Echo is going to contact the U-M Law School Clinic to see what we can get ** Josh is going to get a hold of NEW to see what we can get

• • • Josh has been reviewing other hackerspaces' 501c3 apps; we should all look through them; look to the "activities" and "history" sections to compare our current app to theirs

** Everyone read through one of the other spaces' apps through by the end of the week; these other apps are linked to on the wiki page about our 501c3 application

Summer Camp

• • Dana
  • Day 3 completed so far; parents and kids are happy; seems that ArborWeb promotion was helpful
    • Dana will start developing afterschool programs after this is done; Jaime is interested

*** Corey is going to see if he can get a hold of U-M resources

Maker Faire Detroit Status

• Xander
  • Nate D needs computers
• Dana

• • • Dana and Xander are working out these details after this meeting

Newsletter Update

• Nate Y: give me ideas
  • Dana is going to send out classes info by Sunday
  • Project mapping workshop happened
  • Dogfort is getting sexy
  • Notacon write-up

Ventilation

• Josh W.
  • Previous accepted proposal: To spend money as set forth by MSh, with the corollary that we look into reducing the cost by doing it sequentially or finding other parts. Spend up to 750$ on a ventilation system to be installed over the next several months.
  • Need to set aside a few solid days to make this happen
  • Need to clarify funding options with Shvartsman (ie: He had expressed interest prior in doing a loan)

Shogun Update

• Josh W.
  • Membership: Dan membership / leather tools
  • Dogfort: Bulk of work complete
  • Ventilation (see above)
  • What's next?
    • Purgatory
    • Electronics
    • Craft
    • Classes:
      • BF Summer Wrapping Up
      • AADL Fall Planning
      • Troy Library Fall Planning
      • Dana Workshops
  • Organization
    • Talk with Xander re: meeting regularly