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== Agenda ==
 
== Agenda ==
 
* Check talk page for board meeting notes, see if any discussion on the agenda took place
 
* Consent Agenda
 
* Committee Reports
 
* Read mail
 
* Financial/membership report
 
* Review the PayPal and banking transactions
 
* Member leaving reason reports
 
* Check RT queue
 
 
* New business
 
* New business
** Transition check-in, goals  
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** Transition check-in, goals
 
** Party Planner Position
 
** Party Planner Position
 
** Cold Metal Authorizer
 
** Cold Metal Authorizer
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** Followup on printer - board statement
 
** Followup on printer - board statement
 
** Insurance update
 
** Insurance update
 
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** Ken
Old business
 
 
 
    Followup on printer - board statement
 
    Insurance update
 
* Old business
 
  
 
== Minutes ==
 
== Minutes ==
 
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Meeting began at 7:45 pm
=== Discussion on previous minutes ===
 
 
 
=== Consent Agenda ===
 
 
 
=== Committee Reports ===
 
 
 
Reports from [[Committees]]
 
 
 
=== Mail ===
 
 
 
=== Financial Report ===
 
* '''Chase Checking:'''
 
* '''Chase Savings:'''
 
* '''PEX:'''
 
* '''PayPal:'''
 
 
 
=== Membership Report ===
 
* '''Starving Hackers:'''
 
* '''Full Members:'''
 
* '''Total Members:'''
 
* '''Quorum:'''
 
 
 
=== Review the PayPal and banking transactions ===
 
 
 
=== Member Leaving Reason Reports ===
 
 
 
=== RT ===
 
  
 
=== New Business ===
 
=== New Business ===
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==== Board Goals ====
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* Track projects that we want to work on
 +
* Financial goals:
 +
** We need to keep 400 members for the whole year to
 +
** To keep a cushion of comfort with the given budget, Treasurer suggests targeting 500 members to make 2018 feel comfortable
 +
** This requires both recruitment and retention
 +
*** In additional to being safe, feeling safe. i.e. people feeling comfortable in the space
 +
** Increase safety and decrease danger of injury and liability
 +
*** Record what people are told when authorization
 +
* Document all authorizations: the content of an authorization and standardize procedures
 +
* Scholarship Program for potential low-income members - Jennie
 +
** Also connect with JARC (Jane Addams Resource Corporation)
 +
** Michael Skilton and Kathryn Born are interested. (Eric Funkhouser too?)
 +
** Could develop a system to donate member points to scholarships
 +
** Folks from JARC could run events like welding 101 or 102 monthly
  
 +
* Ed: Help get the structural documents of the space in order.
 +
** Bylaws, DRC, Membership Agreement, Harassment Policy
 +
* Simon: Create non-voting member category
 +
* Ray:
 +
** Automate membership profiles, consider an off the shelf system for
 +
** Integrating membership agreement and liability waiver
 +
** Keep a record of authorizations
 +
** Outreach to other spaces - bring people to meetings at SSH and Workshop 88
 +
** have big parties that fill the space
 +
** Ray's PR goals are [[https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/Ray_Doeksen]]
 +
* Andrew:
 +
** Increase communication internally and externally
 +
*** Document and track special projects (like all of these goals)
 +
** Improve onboarding of new members, which includes orientation and new members
 +
* Carl:
 +
** Keep the lights on for another year and keep the rest of the board from stressing out
 +
* Jonathan:
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** Maintain what we have and clean up our systems before adding new features
 
=== Old Business ===
 
=== Old Business ===
  
 
== Votes ==
 
== Votes ==

Revision as of 17:18, 3 February 2017


Board Meeting Minutes
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Meeting Start:

Attendance

  • Board Members
  • Other Members

Agenda

  • New business
    • Transition check-in, goals
    • Party Planner Position
    • Cold Metal Authorizer
    • CNC Area Host
    • Scheduling future meetings
    • Member issues
    • Dispute Resolution Committee
  • Old business
    • Followup on printer - board statement
    • Insurance update
    • Ken

Minutes

Meeting began at 7:45 pm

New Business

Board Goals

  • Track projects that we want to work on
  • Financial goals:
    • We need to keep 400 members for the whole year to
    • To keep a cushion of comfort with the given budget, Treasurer suggests targeting 500 members to make 2018 feel comfortable
    • This requires both recruitment and retention
      • In additional to being safe, feeling safe. i.e. people feeling comfortable in the space
    • Increase safety and decrease danger of injury and liability
      • Record what people are told when authorization
  • Document all authorizations: the content of an authorization and standardize procedures
  • Scholarship Program for potential low-income members - Jennie
    • Also connect with JARC (Jane Addams Resource Corporation)
    • Michael Skilton and Kathryn Born are interested. (Eric Funkhouser too?)
    • Could develop a system to donate member points to scholarships
    • Folks from JARC could run events like welding 101 or 102 monthly
  • Ed: Help get the structural documents of the space in order.
    • Bylaws, DRC, Membership Agreement, Harassment Policy
  • Simon: Create non-voting member category
  • Ray:
    • Automate membership profiles, consider an off the shelf system for
    • Integrating membership agreement and liability waiver
    • Keep a record of authorizations
    • Outreach to other spaces - bring people to meetings at SSH and Workshop 88
    • have big parties that fill the space
    • Ray's PR goals are [[1]]
  • Andrew:
    • Increase communication internally and externally
      • Document and track special projects (like all of these goals)
    • Improve onboarding of new members, which includes orientation and new members
  • Carl:
    • Keep the lights on for another year and keep the rest of the board from stressing out
  • Jonathan:
    • Maintain what we have and clean up our systems before adding new features

Old Business

Votes