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* Meeting attendees: Henry Marshall, Alex White, Kim Burton, Demure
* Meeting attendees: Henry Marshall, Brian Morse, Kim Burton, Demure
* Meeting starts at: 19:08
* Meeting starts at: 19:10
* Meeting ends at: 20:15 + 30 minutes of brainstorming for fundraising
* Meeting ends at: 20:35


== Board Meeting Protocol ==
== Board Meeting Protocol ==
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* All Are Worthy. All Are Welcome.
* All Are Worthy. All Are Welcome.


Kim is interested in running for the board.
- Kim let us know that Bill wanted to note that we need more garbage bags.
 
- Kim wants to make it clear to all members about our financial situation. Messaging to members can be hard. Making
 
- We'll have chili mac at the potluck. Brian will bring the Mac & Cheese and Kim & Henry will make the Chili.
 
- Huge shoutout to everyone who helped with the Halloween fundraiser with special thanks to Madeline.




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==Governance - Collective Ownership==
==Governance - Collective Ownership==


- Election announcement is overdue. Alex will contact Nate to ensure the email goes out by Friday.
- Election announcement is made.  


- Election is scheduled for November 16th
- Henry made a meetup event for election night.


- Transition meeting tentatively scheduled for November 18th.
- Transition meeting tentatively scheduled for November 18th.


==Education/Events - Henry Marshall==
- Nate will add an election notification to the website.


- Tyler ran a 3d printing course last month.


- Henry will schedule a CNC course this month.
==Education/Events - Henry Marshall==


- Henry will run a laser cutter class on October 22nd.
- Tyler ran a CNC course.


- Henry ran a laser course.


- Henry met with Big Brother Big Sisters (BBBS) re: classes at the space. They are interested in doing Arduino stuff.


==Finances/Membership - Alex White==
- Henry will reach out to BYB about running a BBBS workshop with their kits.


- We haven't been paying utilities for the other rooms all year. We are making up this difference over the next 3 months. This is an extra ~$700 per month. The amount billed will be an estimate, so there may be further reconciliation in January. Starting in January our increase should fall to ~$200 over historical levels.


- Rent is rising from $1952 to $2010 per month effective this month.


- We need to add $250/month to stay solvent.
==Finances/Membership - Alex White==


- ~$2000 in the bank
[To be update by Alex 2017-11-11]


- Assuming we draw from these funds to pay the $700 per month, and then $200 per month, we will run out of money in March.
- If we are paying for heat, Demure points out we should try to have the back door stay closed.


- He have taken over paying the meetup fees.
- Membership communications may be a rotating role after the elections.


- Having not heard back from Lauren for 1 month, we must assume she is no longer our accountant.
- Verify standing with stadium hardware; are our bills for items bought during a month, or other?


- Alex will contact go pass members do cancel or pay for continuing membership.
- Alex will add another few people to the mailing list when people sign up as a new member.


== Fundraising - Nate Yost==
== Fundraising - Nate Yost==


# Halloween Fundraiser
- Henry will send out financial projections to the mailing list and create a meetup event for 2017-11-21 to discuss outcomes


- Board members to field questions
- Kim has reached out to 3 people re: grants


- Would like to get volunteers together for a cleaning party on October 19th.
=== Halloween Fundraiser ===


- Help at the event would also be helpful.
- We earned ~$200 at the Halloween fundraiser.


- Members need to be notified that the space will be unavailable.
- People tended to donate more than the $10 suggested donate. We may want to raise this to more closely match the donation rate.


- Create blog post for event.
- Kim and Madeline are doing a Halloween Fundraiser


- Fliers have been put up around town by Kim and Henry (created by Madeline)


- Posted on mLive.
=== Holiday Fundraiser ===


- Everybody needs to pitch in!
- Kim is hoping to host and get the JayCees involved.


- Henry will put a blog post on the homepage that points to the meetup.
- More leadup -> more advertising


==Marketing/Outreach==
- Make Christmas ornaments with the laser.


- Henry will get the social media keys for Kim
- Nate says in the past we've done a cookie cook off


=== Google Adwords ===


- Alex will add "Halloween crafts" & "coworking desk"
==Marketing/Outreach==


=== Marketing Email Updates ===
- Kim will contact the University about whether any marketing people would want to have an internship for the space.


Nothing new.


==Operations/Volunteers - Brian Morse ==
==Operations/Volunteers - Brian Morse ==


- Henry will contact Brian about updates to this.
- Demure updated the wiki with all the forms.
 
- Henry will get copies of the new forms.
 
- Demure will update the wiki to make these easy to find.
 
- Craig will print out new copies.
 
Updates re:
 
- Bill is now covering Thursday evening.


- Brian is still on Saturdays.
- Brian and Kale replaced the signs on the windows.


- Craig is a new member/volunteer on Saturdays.
- Kale and Augustine on Friday.
- We need more fliers.  Brian mentioned this to Kale, who wanted to coordinate; has not heard back yet.
====Storage policy====
Brian and Larry developed an AHA floor plan of where common items can be stored, and where people cannot store their personal stuff (barring a parking permit).
Some permits have been expired as of last month, should be re-evaluated.  Looks like there are no current ones left, so action needs to be taken.
- Feedback on the parking permits this month is minimal.


===Clean Table & Trash===
===Clean Table & Trash===


Trash compactor location, quirks (close door before typing code), code need to be documented.  Nate will do it.
Trash compactor location, quirks (close door before typing code), code need to be documented.


===Volunteer===
===Volunteer===
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===Equipment===
===Equipment===


- Fire extinguishers are out of date. Larry says they can be recertified at Spears. Brian will take care of this. Still in progress.
- Fire extinguishers are out of date. Larry says they can be recertified at Spears. Brian will take care of this. Still in progress.


- We are out of button making supplies. We need 2 1/4" shells.
- Nate will picked up button making stuff.
Nate will pick some up.  


- How do we network the new printer?
- Brian installed fuses in the multimeters
Nate will take a look.  Info is on the wiki, Tyler might have already made a static IP.


- Henry spoke with Tinker about Greg getting us wider shelving unit for the acrylic and various hardware drawers.
- Henry and Henry bought NFC cards


Brian will again re-re-re-inquire about the exterior door access with the landlord.
- Tyler looked at the printer. It may now be networked


Brian said he wanted to recharge the extinguishers, but needed more info. Nate mentioned that bringing them into the business usually works best.
- We have approval for the external door lock. Nate and Brian will do it during the holiday season.


Cabinets mostly installed.
- Henry and Brian will put up the last cabinet in the coworking space.


Pick and Place idle. Can we incentivize people to help finish this project? Free membership for a month?
- Brian will contact the landlord to make sure they only open the space for board members in the future. He will send this email after the new board is in place to minimize noise.


Talk to landlord, have them call someone on the Board before unlocking the door for "someone" who asks.


===In progress===  
===In progress===  
- Tyler was possibly going to work on the LDAP June 25th. Has this happened?
- Tyler was possibly going to work on the LDAP June 25th. Has this happened?
Wound up cleaning instead. Nate will try and schedule sometime soon.
Nate upgraded to a new NAS. It has the latest software.


===To Do===
===To Do===
====All====
====All====


- Has there been a backups on all machines to NAS? Nate wants to know more about this, possible document on the Wiki.
- Has there been a backups on all machines to NAS? Nate wants to know more about this, possible document on the Wiki. Henry will ask Tyler.


- [Has Bill Putt wired the] second patch panel to rack.
- [Has Bill Putt wired the] second patch panel to rack.


- Tyler has boxes, conduit, caps, wall hangers, and cables to expand the network, but needs help. Any volunteers? This should be shared with the larger membership.
- Tyler has boxes, conduit, caps, wall hangers, and cables to expand the network, but needs help. Any volunteers? This should be shared with the larger membership.
Demure and Nate will be available to help during the break.





Latest revision as of 17:14, 15 March 2020

AHA Mission Statement
We seek to establish, build, and support a collective of individuals organized around the principles of community-driven education in the arts and sciences, and to ensure ready access to the tools needed to pursue the realization of those principles.

  • Meeting attendees: Henry Marshall, Brian Morse, Kim Burton, Demure
  • Meeting starts at: 19:10
  • Meeting ends at: 20:35

Board Meeting Protocol

* Standing Committee Reports - Individual Updates by Assigned Director/Officer presented in the time allotted.

* Open Time: For anyone to bring anything up to the Board. IF the Board agrees the item requires action, it will be put into New Business and addressed at the end of the meeting.

(15m) Open For All

  • All Are Worthy. All Are Welcome.

- Kim let us know that Bill wanted to note that we need more garbage bags.

- Kim wants to make it clear to all members about our financial situation. Messaging to members can be hard. Making

- We'll have chili mac at the potluck. Brian will bring the Mac & Cheese and Kim & Henry will make the Chili.

- Huge shoutout to everyone who helped with the Halloween fundraiser with special thanks to Madeline.


Minutes Approval

Governance - Collective Ownership

- Election announcement is made.

- Henry made a meetup event for election night.

- Transition meeting tentatively scheduled for November 18th.

- Nate will add an election notification to the website.


Education/Events - Henry Marshall

- Tyler ran a CNC course.

- Henry ran a laser course.

- Henry met with Big Brother Big Sisters (BBBS) re: classes at the space. They are interested in doing Arduino stuff.

- Henry will reach out to BYB about running a BBBS workshop with their kits.


Finances/Membership - Alex White

[To be update by Alex 2017-11-11]

- If we are paying for heat, Demure points out we should try to have the back door stay closed.

- Membership communications may be a rotating role after the elections.

- Verify standing with stadium hardware; are our bills for items bought during a month, or other?


Fundraising - Nate Yost

- Henry will send out financial projections to the mailing list and create a meetup event for 2017-11-21 to discuss outcomes

- Kim has reached out to 3 people re: grants

Halloween Fundraiser

- We earned ~$200 at the Halloween fundraiser.

- People tended to donate more than the $10 suggested donate. We may want to raise this to more closely match the donation rate.

- Kim and Madeline are doing a Halloween Fundraiser


Holiday Fundraiser

- Kim is hoping to host and get the JayCees involved.

- More leadup -> more advertising

- Make Christmas ornaments with the laser.

- Nate says in the past we've done a cookie cook off


Marketing/Outreach

- Kim will contact the University about whether any marketing people would want to have an internship for the space.


Operations/Volunteers - Brian Morse

- Demure updated the wiki with all the forms.

- Brian and Kale replaced the signs on the windows.


Clean Table & Trash

Trash compactor location, quirks (close door before typing code), code need to be documented.

Volunteer

Equipment

- Fire extinguishers are out of date. Larry says they can be recertified at Spears. Brian will take care of this. Still in progress.

- Nate will picked up button making stuff.

- Brian installed fuses in the multimeters

- Henry and Henry bought NFC cards

- Tyler looked at the printer. It may now be networked

- We have approval for the external door lock. Nate and Brian will do it during the holiday season.

- Henry and Brian will put up the last cabinet in the coworking space.

- Brian will contact the landlord to make sure they only open the space for board members in the future. He will send this email after the new board is in place to minimize noise.


In progress

- Tyler was possibly going to work on the LDAP June 25th. Has this happened? Nate upgraded to a new NAS. It has the latest software.

To Do

All

- Has there been a backups on all machines to NAS? Nate wants to know more about this, possible document on the Wiki. Henry will ask Tyler.

- [Has Bill Putt wired the] second patch panel to rack.

- Tyler has boxes, conduit, caps, wall hangers, and cables to expand the network, but needs help. Any volunteers? This should be shared with the larger membership. Demure and Nate will be available to help during the break.


Annex

Classroom

  • Mount projector.

Signage

> Nate wanted to mount a display [on the pole outside the space], how can we make this happen? Raspberry Pi (we have one), monitor (Henry has one), monitor mount (Larry has one), HDMI to DVI cable. Henry M. will email Larry about it.