Minutes:11 OCT 2023 Members Meeting Agenda

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Participants:

Agenda

• Announcements/new business - 10m
• Operations
• Financial
• Membership
• Outreach
• Education

Minutes

• Announcements/new business:

• Operations:
  • Downstairs flooding repair updates - Joe D./James K.
  • Utilizing smart-home tech for AHA - Nate Y.
    • Moisture sensors/presence sensing/access control/more?
  • Unifi cameras to replace Nest? - James K.
  • CNC updates - Nate Y./Ben N.?

• Financial:
  • Financial Position: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d_yXM5ogqxzRCwkMxzrKwacGz43r27Fv/view?usp=sharing
  • Financial Activity: https://drive.google.com/file/d/18FQMwySUIXP-0tnIRkeegxVRz-m9BKqc/view?usp=sharing
  • Monthly financial report https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fCZ2j8G5ZXTxQlR_fnR_BoUldrVSsgBDnbztHpAYgGw/edit?usp=sharing
  • Should restrict the monthly transfers from savings -> checking since we have a good surplus.
  • Metrics tracking/monthly "report card" -- still working on this - Joe D.
  • Accountant/tax advice - Joe D.

• Membership:
  • Election updates - James K.
  • Membership tracking
  • SOP for getting members started -- Can we make this a checklist or something anyone can follow.

• Outreach:
  • Unified social media tools - Sarah B.
  • Zine festival - Sarah B.
  • Creative Washtenaw grant updates/next steps - Nate Y.
  • Future grants?
  • Event recaps: - Nate Y.
    • Sunday Artisan Market
    • Tech Trek
    • Green Fair
  • Next events:
    • Trash Talk Tour -- October 15th @ 12p-4p

• Education:
  • Mesh network class (Nate Y./Mike Z.) - Punted to end of November (hopefully for the last time! - Nate). Nate will get details together prior to the November newsletter to allow participants enough time to get supplies. Hopefully will also have some time to more field testing during deer season...
  • CAD/3d modeling class - No updates received since it was proposed in August, but there's still a need for this!