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==Old Business==
==Old Business==
Action Item Status
Action Item Status
* Updated Membership Forms for Household membership (Draft created)
* Inventory Status - Nate Y.
* Inventory Status - Nate Y.
* Need to finish sales tax by end of Feb  - Zach
* Need to finish sales tax by end of Feb  - Zach

Revision as of 16:22, 16 March 2015

  • Meeting attendees:
  • Meeting starts at: 7:00
  • Meeting ends at:

(15 min) Open For All!

Old Business

Action Item Status

  • Updated Membership Forms for Household membership (Draft created)
  • 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.)
  • Review Updated Membership Forms
  • 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 at a Satellite exhibit

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
  • A2 MiniMaker Faire - Saturday 6/6 10am-4pm
  • Detroit Maker Faire - July 25-26 9:30am-6pm


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.