Difference between revisions of "Board Meeting Notes 2015-08-18"

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Board Meeting Minutes
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Meeting Start: 7:08 PM

read mail
Financial/membership report
Review the paypal and banking transactions.
Check [email protected]
Member leaving reason report
Check RT queue
Review Trello board, report progress made.
review [email protected]
check talk page for board meeting notes, see if any discussion on the agenda took place
new business
old business

Account delegation
- Chase
  - Need to make downtown trip with Derek. Will get Sevin a Chase card and add Ryan to account.
Ray to get business cards for Board members, and "generic" PS:One cards.
- Business cards - Someone needs to pay for this. PEX card ordered for Ray, has not arrived.
Costco business membership
Insurance Review
- Cameras - These are purchased, stored by the bar, awaiting install. Dave will install these if nobody gets to it before him. He could use help. Cables run for one camera.
Billing landlord for his share of electricity
- Sevin requested meter readings from the landlord for the electric bill so we can bill him for this.
Emergency Lights
- Sevin says most are mounted to the walls. We need to hire an electrician to wire them.
T-shirt swag
- Samples made. Buying some for people going to Maker Faires. On hold due to graphics resolution issue.
Accounting
- Ryan working to extract info and add into 1023 application for 501(c)(3).

Mail: Nothing useful.
Membership report:
- Full members: 110
- Starving hackers: 285
- Total: 395
Financial report: Chase: $29,495 Savings: $60,630, PayPal: $9,686.93 PEX: $9,057.55
Member leaving reason report (0):
RT
- 3276 - Triano reimburse 118.78
- 3275 - Triano area expenses 38.72
- 3253 - Arturo kitchen expenses 231.57
- 3290 - Purchase TIG welder
- 3252 - Fire extinguishers ordered, waiting on delivery
- 3261 - Tom requesting 3 member points for authorizations
- 3272 - Casey Olsen wants to spend a point
- 3286 - Lyn Cole redeem points
- 3255 - South Side Maker Faire Points awarded (justin, andrew, arturo, jenny)
- 3257 - Jenny redeem point
- 3246 - Dave requesting a TOOL point
- 3293 - Skilton's question about having electrical work done by members, need to research with lease and insurance
New Business
- Update on the Voting Change - MWE meeting with 3 other partners regarding our voting setup, and will get back to us.
- Getting Brain access to everything: PEX, Chase, PayPal, Quick Books
Old Business
- Returns mailed on Monday (Thanks Derek!)
- 1023 and state filings will wait until Ryan gets back in town

Board meeting closed at: 7:39 PM

The Board votes to spend up to $800 on 9 fire extinguishers, brackets and signs. Passed unanimously.

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-| Previous YYYY-MM-DD= 2015-08-04
+| Previous YYYY-MM-DD= 2015-08-11
-| Next YYYY-MM-DD= 2015-08-18
+| Next YYYY-MM-DD= 2015-08-25
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 ** Sheila
 ** Ray
+** Sevin (acting sec)
 * Other Members
 ** Justin
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 * New Business
 ** Update on the Voting Change - MWE meeting with 3 other partners regarding our voting setup, and will get back to us.
-** Getting Brain access to everything
+** Getting Brain access to everything: PEX, Chase, PayPal, Quick Books
 * Old Business
 ** Returns mailed on Monday (Thanks Derek!)
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-Board meeting closed at: 7:44 PM
+Board meeting closed at: 7:39 PM
 === Votes ===
 * The Board votes to spend up to $800 on 9 fire extinguishers, brackets and signs. Passed unanimously.