Minutes:09 July 2014 Board Meeting Agenda

(15 min) Open For All!

Standing Committee Chairs

• Financial - Zach S./Emilio T.
• Governance - Nate Y.
• Fundraising - Larry W.
• Operation - Nate Y.
• Events Coordinator - Larry W.

Standing Committee Reports (Outlined in p. 3 of Standing Rules)

Reports to be reviewed at the Board Meeting can be found here: [1]

(15 min) Financial - Zach S./Emilio T.

• Review AHA Financial Status (shared in advance)
• Update Board with July member status (compiled by Jamie Fineman/Larry Works)
  • Larry found that pricing at Costo is better than GFS for the items we normally stock.

(15 min) Governance - Nate Yost

• Review AHA Governance Status (shared in advance)
• Status of Transitioned Activities from Josh

(15 min) Fundraising - Larry

Summarize Fund-raising report (shared in advance)

• • Larry found out that we can in fact take 501c3 donations retroactive to the date we submitted the application.
  • Therefore, when making any financial donation requests include this verbiage "All Hands Active is a charitable organization pending 501(c)3 certification.". It's the responsibility of the donor confirm tax status not AHA. Year of certification determines when a donor files their donation in their own tax documents.

(45 min) New Goals - Create the next 6 Months Goals - Board

How can we create a sustainable financial model to meet the vision of AHA of being Ann Arbor's Friendliest Hackerspace?

How can we grow the membership?

• • Add-on membership for Standard members suggested at $15/member. Need to define clearly and involve entire membership.

(15 min) Event Status - Larry

Review Upcoming events AHA is participating in.

• Detcon1 - Larry & Nate participating. Anyone else?
• Detroit Maker Faire - What are we doing?

(15 min) Class Status - TBD

• • How can we restart the educational revenue stream?
  • Our lease and certification forms identify us an educational organization. Monthly classes, as currently run, may be insufficient to satisfy 501(c)3 requirements.