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
- Dana
Newsletter Update
- Nate Y
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.
- Memebership: Dan membership / leather tools
- Dogfort: Bulk of work complete
- Ventilation (see above)
- What's next?
- Purgatory
- Electronics
- Craft