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| {{Board Meeting Notes | | {{Board Meeting Notes |
− | | Previous MM-DD-YYYY=02-21-2012 | + | | Previous YYYY-MM-DD=2012-02-21 |
| | Current YY-MM-DD=02-28-2012 | | | Current YY-MM-DD=02-28-2012 |
− | | Next MM-DD-YYYY=03-06-2012 | + | | Next YYYY-MM-DD=2012-03-06 |
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− | Meeting started at XX:XX pm | + | Meeting started at 07:05 pm |
− | ===Attendance=== | + | === Attendance === |
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− | ===Agenda===
| + | Tim Saylor |
| + | Patrick Callahan |
| + | Shawn Blaszak |
| + | Ishmael Rufus |
| + | Eric Stein |
| + | Zlatan Klebic |
| + | Dan Meyers |
| + | Steve Finkelman |
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− | ====Old Business==== | + | === Agenda === |
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| + | ==== Old Business ==== |
| * The First Annual Innov8 Denver Fest (Chris Luiz) | | * The First Annual Innov8 Denver Fest (Chris Luiz) |
| + | ** This is very light on details. Chris said they'll be figuring out what it'll be in the next few weeks, we should drop it until we hear more. |
| * 2dkits class | | * 2dkits class |
| + | ** Suggested a date, ball's in their court. |
| * Flourish Workshop (flourish is March 30-31) | | * Flourish Workshop (flourish is March 30-31) |
| + | ** Payment arrival? Need to order kits soon. |
| * Update on the space hunt | | * Update on the space hunt |
| ** Status of Lawyer hunt | | ** Status of Lawyer hunt |
| ** get shelves if he doesn't want them? | | ** get shelves if he doesn't want them? |
| * Budget for moving | | * Budget for moving |
| + | ** Minimum savings |
| + | ** capitalization options |
| + | *** fundraisers |
| + | *** prepayment of memberships |
| + | *** Buy a brick / tool naming rights |
| + | *** Kickstarter |
| + | ** Staying at 3354? |
| + | *** Does land lord Steve want his office? |
| + | *** Copy of llSteve's lease with his ll. |
| + | *** Roof/Power/Cost |
| + | * Non-member tool use policy: does this need a member vote? |
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− | ====New Business==== | + | ==== New Business ==== |
− | * Pumping Station: Two? Matt Campbell contacted info@ regarding starting a south side hackerspace and discussion was had about starting it as a subsidiary. | + | * Pumping Station: Two? Matt Campbell contacted info@ regarding starting a south side hackerspace and discussion was had about starting it as a subsidiary. |
| * Who set up http://pumpingstationone.wordpress.com/ and can we take it down now? I think we can, and that it was Nathan. -Eric | | * Who set up http://pumpingstationone.wordpress.com/ and can we take it down now? I think we can, and that it was Nathan. -Eric |
− | * who has the @pumpingstation1 account? | + | * Who has the Twitter @pumpingstation1 account? |
− | * Financial/membership report full starving members in total | + | * Financial/membership report full starving members in total |
| + | * The extra room is cleared out. We shouldn't move anything into it until we are prepared to start paying for it. |
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| + | === Minutes === |
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− | ===Minutes===
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| * The First Annual Innov8 Denver Fest (Chris Luiz) | | * The First Annual Innov8 Denver Fest (Chris Luiz) |
− | ** This is very light on details. Chris said they'll be figuring out what it'll be in the next few weeks, we should drop it until we hear more. | + | ** This is very light on details. Chris said they'll be figuring out what it'll be in the next few weeks, we should drop it until we hear more. |
| * 2dkits class | | * 2dkits class |
| ** Suggested a date, ball's in their court. | | ** Suggested a date, ball's in their court. |
| + | * Flourish |
| + | ** Patrick hasn't heard from the people and needs money soon |
| + | ** Patrick will e-mail Aisha |
| + | * Space hunt |
| + | ** We will be using Matt's dad as a lawyer |
| + | ** No one has contacted the new landlord about the shelves |
| + | * Non-member tool use |
| + | ** Do we need to vote on the policy we worked out next week. |
| + | ** Tim will bring it up during a main meeting. |
| + | * Tim wants to being up the idea of increasing out insurance in a month or two |
| + | * Tim suggested reserving non-essential voting for only the first week of the month. |
| + | ** Tim will bring this up at a main meeting |
| + | * Pumping Station: Two |
| + | ** General support for exploring the idea further |
| + | * pumpingstationone.wordpress.com |
| + | ** we think Nathan set it up |
| + | ** Ish may have control of DNS |
| + | ** Tim, Ish, and Nathan can all delete it |
| + | * PS:One Twitter Account |
| + | ** we think Nathan and Anne have access to it |
| + | * Rhys and Eric have control over [email protected], use it for all new PS:One related accounts |
| + | * Minimum months of savings |
| + | ** Two alternative budgets were started with |
| + | *** High spending |
| + | *** Bare minimum |
| + | ** General agreement that three months is a good minimum |
| + | ** General agreement that 4.5 days is a reasonable point to start spending some and 6 months is a reasonable point to spend all overage freely |
| + | ** Area hosts will be discouraged from spending their budgets |
| + | * Fundraising options |
| + | ** High price dinner ($100 per plate?) - generally well received |
| + | ** Talking with Evanston - Steve's looking into it |
| + | ** Fundraising night at a bar and we get a cut of the drinks - generally well received |
| + | ** Donations in exchange for naming rights of tools - Rhys sank this idea |
| + | ** Pre-paying of memberships - generally well received but maybe something we should hold off on until emergencies |
| + | ** Recruiting at co-working space type organizations - generally thought of as something to look into |
| + | *** Brian suggested big monitors around for people to use |
| + | * Landlord Steve |
| + | ** Doesn't want to completely leave the space |
| + | ** General consensus that not much interest in starying |
| + | ** Members interested in staying will be responsible for negotiating with Steve |
| + | *** The board will provide a list of requirements for an acceptable lease |
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− | Meeting adjourned at XX:XX pm | + | Meeting adjourned at 08:07 pm |