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Prereqs:  

Prereqs:  

Please read [[Area Host Meeting Notes 11-06-2012]] and [[Area Host Meeting Notes 11-27-2012]] to go over issues from last year before attending.

Please read [[Area Host Meeting Notes 11-06-2012]] and [[Area Host Meeting Notes 11-27-2012]] to go over issues from last year before attending.  

Agenda:

Agenda:

* Opinions on Tidy Space

* Opinions on Tidy Space

* We have to change how certifications work.  

* We have to change how certifications work.  

** Mass certifications?

** Mass certifications?  

** Area host office hours like Colin has?

** Area host office hours like Colin has?  

** This is especially important in the wood and metal shop because there are far more tools requiring certifications, yet neither of those spaces have regular certification times.

** This is especially important in the wood and metal shop because there are far more tools requiring certifications, yet neither of those spaces have regular certification times.

* Overview of budget for 2013

* Overview of budget for 2013

* try to use a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) to make wiki easier to use for area hosts

* try to use a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) to make wiki easier to use for area hosts

* should we have two levels of certification

* should we have two levels of certification

**certified to lead vs certified to teach

** certified to lead vs certified to teach

* could we do standing monthly authorization

* could we do standing monthly authorization

** post this schedule to the wiki - not required to be peoples only time to get certified

** post this schedule to the wiki - not required to be peoples only time to get certified

* make sure that people understand, even after certification, that it is ok to ask for help if you are unsure of how to use a tool

* make sure that people understand, even after certification, that it is ok to ask for help if you are unsure of how to use a tool

* Eric says look at the wiki entry of the [[sawstop]] as a reference

* Eric says look at the wiki entry of the [[sawstop]] as a reference

* electrical problems (more info will be on the eric's wiki list of [[3519 Electrical Work]] which he is updating as, during this meeting, area hosts bring up things that need to be fixed for safety

* electrical problems (more info will be on the eric's wiki list of [[3519 Electrical Work]] which he is updating as, during this meeting, area hosts bring up things that need to be fixed for safety

* eric is going to announce at the next several weeks to remind people that they need to check the wiki to make sure they are on the wiki as a certified user  

* eric is going to announce at the next several weeks to remind people that they need to check the wiki to make sure they are on the wiki as a certified user