Minutes:09 MAR 2022 Members Meeting Agenda

Meeting begins:

Meeting ends:

Participants:

Agenda

• Announcements/new business - 10m
• Operations
• Financial - 5m - Joe
• Membership - 5m - Joe
• Outreach
• Education
• Old business

Minutes

• Announcements/new business:

• Operations:
  • Space rental updates/organization effort
  • COVID-19 policy revisions
  • Director nominations (starting ~3/28 for elections ~4/28)

• Financial:
  • Financial health outlook: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MTjgdvGJI9-FI7OFxkDdw-hJbirdUaxwBpERWVGVSQs/edit#gid=0
    • 2021 Profit and Loss Statement https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UO6pWEjQCSrJn2IMMF9Dnp8V_Ykpohxp/view?usp=sharing
    • Current Profit and Loss https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zyFGgMt1vwGwDnciNzjhT5_X7A4ackqJ/view?usp=sharing
  • SBA loan updates - Nate
  • Grant opportunity: Community Priority Fund (https://www.washtenaw.org/3544/Community-Priority-Fund) - Nate

• Membership:

• Outreach:
  • Maker Show & Tell survey - David
  • Email blast with fundraiser update/upcoming events - James & Nate
  • FoolMoon (Apr. 1st 6-10pm) - Nate
  • Earth Day solarpunk outing? (April 22nd)

• Education:
  • 3D printer documentation, basic class materials, getting second printer running
    • Set up a dedicated PC for running the 3D printers - James (or anyone else?)
  • Arduino day on 3/26! Do we want to do something? We have ATMegaZeros!
    • Hybrid model? It would happen on a Saturday, so we could double up with open hours.
    • Age range? Younger folks will show up with parents, likely to be interested if there willingly. But there will be some work to get Arduino stuff installed and running on a computer, then write programs also.
    • Make sure we lay out expectations ahead of time on what to expect

Old Business:

• Operations:
  • What to do with the money we raised? - Joe
    • Can we come up with a process to define the process (Matrix, email blast) from members on how we use the money, how to improve AHA, moonshot ideas! Create a budget, earmark money for operations/bigger plans.
  • Nate will sit down with volunteers to expand/freshen job board

• Financial:
  • Joe will update Freshbooks for 2021 by Sunday

• Membership:
  • Membership drive/new rates - James, in time for April meeting, to go into effect sometime in May. Will send emails about it prior to the April meeting.

• Outreach:
  • Emails talking about our fundraiser (how it went, what we might do with this money, invitation to add ideas at a future meeting -- what date?) - James
  • Expand this email to start the habit of doing a monthly update?
  • Nate will write up a draft by next week, including a mention of t-shirts for those hosting events.

• Education: