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Meeting attendees: Nate Y., Joe D., James K.
Meeting attendees: Nate Y., Joe D., James K.


* Quickbooks progress
* Quickbooks progress
** Financial items were imported with differing start dates, making it hard to get true year's worth of data.
** Existing data there is of limited value because of the above -- would be easier to start fresh for 1/1/2023 instead of trying to fix things all the way back to August.
** Freshbooks data is still good, will use that for the 2022 financial report.
** Some difficulties could arise from the wide range of Quickbooks categories for transactions, and based on the person who decides which one to use.  A pared-down list of categories should be created to avoid issues with Quickbooks.


* Budget updates
* Budget updates


* Loan updates/issues/concerns?
* Loan updates/issues/concerns?
* Donations tracking/distinguishing from cash class fees
** Anytime money is taken from the donation box/jar for deposit, make sure to let #Finances know about how much is for what thing.


* Other Budget notes:
* Other Budget notes:
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* Action items:
* Action items:
** Get smaller envelopes for cash donations/class fees - Nate
** Make it easier to pay for things! E.g. put links to laser time/3d printer filament payment on the machines.
** Payment categories on Paypal -- come up with list of Paypal buttons/links for each type of thing people tend to pay for.
** Go over previous years of finances to come up with the pared-down Quickbooks categories.
** Membership rates/requirements - James (DONE)
** Membership rates/requirements - James (DONE)
** Quickbook training session - Robin/Joe
** Quickbook training session - Robin/Joe
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* Separate/out of scope from this meeting, but good topics to discuss later:
* Separate/out of scope from this meeting, but good topics to discuss later:
** How do we hold open hours better? Get more people involved, which days to do it?
** Idea would be a "class day" where we stagger each tool training class on a single day to get maximum participation.
** Ideas on how to spend our $25k loan
** Ideas on how to spend our $25k loan

Revision as of 20:36, 8 January 2023

Meeting begins: 1907

Meeting ends:

Meeting attendees: Nate Y., Joe D., James K.

  • Quickbooks progress
    • Financial items were imported with differing start dates, making it hard to get true year's worth of data.
    • Existing data there is of limited value because of the above -- would be easier to start fresh for 1/1/2023 instead of trying to fix things all the way back to August.
    • Freshbooks data is still good, will use that for the 2022 financial report.
    • Some difficulties could arise from the wide range of Quickbooks categories for transactions, and based on the person who decides which one to use. A pared-down list of categories should be created to avoid issues with Quickbooks.
  • Budget updates
  • Loan updates/issues/concerns?
  • Donations tracking/distinguishing from cash class fees
    • Anytime money is taken from the donation box/jar for deposit, make sure to let #Finances know about how much is for what thing.
  • Other Budget notes:
    • After 6 months, we are looking good in terms of projected costs
    • We see a need to add an item for outreach/events at $150/quarter (e.g. Art Fair, Tech Trek fees), bringing the total budget to $450/quarter.
  • Action items:
    • Get smaller envelopes for cash donations/class fees - Nate
    • Make it easier to pay for things! E.g. put links to laser time/3d printer filament payment on the machines.
    • Payment categories on Paypal -- come up with list of Paypal buttons/links for each type of thing people tend to pay for.
    • Go over previous years of finances to come up with the pared-down Quickbooks categories.
    • Membership rates/requirements - James (DONE)
    • Quickbook training session - Robin/Joe
    • Update rent auto-payments - Nate (DONE)
    • Add a new budget bucket: $150/quarter for outreach-related stuff
  • Separate/out of scope from this meeting, but good topics to discuss later:
    • Ideas on how to spend our $25k loan