Changes

Meeting start: 07:02 pm

Meeting start: 07:02 pm

===Attendance===

=== Attendance ===

* Tim Saylor

* Tim Saylor

* Dan Meyers

* Dan Meyers

===Agenda===

=== Agenda ===

====Agenda from Eric====

==== Agenda from Eric ====

Hey, time for some ranty agenda from Eric. Fun!

Hey, time for some ranty agenda from Eric. Fun!

* We do not have gas until the 18th. People's gas is coming out then between 1130 and 1530. Someone has to be there. We do not seem to have access to the spot where the gas meters are, as there is an iron grille in the front and high fencing in the back that belongs to our neighbor. We need to discuss with them the right of way perhaps.

* We do not have gas until the 18th. People's gas is coming out then between 1130 and 1530. Someone has to be there. We do not seem to have access to the spot where the gas meters are, as there is an iron grille in the front and high fencing in the back that belongs to our neighbor. We need to discuss with them the right of way perhaps.

** What is the arrangement that leads us to be in charge of the gas? I can't find our lease, since presumably Ish still has it from faxing it the other day. Ish bring back the lease please.

** What is the arrangement that leads us to be in charge of the gas? I can't find our lease, since presumably Ish still has it from faxing it the other day. Ish bring back the lease please.

** Ishmael faxed the lease. I don't suppose he scanned it also? I think we should all have an electronic copy of the lease.

** Ishmael faxed the lease. I don't suppose he scanned it also? I think we should all have an electronic copy of the lease.

* Mail. Someone has to be responsible for opening this. I found an envelope of unopened mail while looking for the lease. As a result, there are these things:

* Mail. Someone has to be responsible for opening this. I found an envelope of unopened mail while looking for the lease. As a result, there are these things:

** We got $450 from NIU 6 weeks ago. Did we pay will $450 for supplies? What did we pay him, so how much do we keep out of this?

** We got $450 from NIU 6 weeks ago. Did we pay will $450 for supplies? What did we pay him, so how much do we keep out of this?

** People's gas wants our articles of incorporation and business license, things that they kindly didn't ask me for on the phone when I set up the account. Do we have both of those?

** People's gas wants our articles of incorporation and business license, things that they kindly didn't ask me for on the phone when I set up the account. Do we have both of those?

====Old Business====

==== Old Business ====

* Tim

* Tim

** Status of money owed by the old landlord? (Steve's letter formally asking for the deposit back)

** Status of money owed by the old landlord? (Steve's letter formally asking for the deposit back)

* Patrick

* Patrick

* Eric

* Eric

** Get wiring set up to move the good wifi enabled thermostat over near the other thermostat so we can make some fancier smart-hvac stuff to prevent us wasting energy on heating/cooling when nobody is around. Tony is going to bill us a little bit to get his guy to move the theromostat, but not much since it's just a reconnection of the device.

** Get wiring set up to move the good wifi enabled thermostat over near the other thermostat so we can make some fancier smart-hvac stuff to prevent us wasting energy on heating/cooling when nobody is around. Tony is going to bill us a little bit to get his guy to move the theromostat, but not much since it's just a reconnection of the device.

* Steve Farkas

* Steve Farkas

** Bill-of-materials for the workshop build-out

** Bill-of-materials for the workshop build-out

====New Business====

==== New Business ====

* Financial/membership report

* Financial/membership report

* calculate electric bill and give Tony a check.

* calculate electric bill and give Tony a check.

* area hosts meeting 1st and 3rd Tuesdays instead of board meeting?

* area hosts meeting 1st and 3rd Tuesdays instead of board meeting?

* Donations through the school factory versus directly to us. We got notification of a materiel donation form Kathy on the director list, on 10/18. How are we supposed to track those? Do we need to?

* Donations through the school factory versus directly to us. We got notification of a materiel donation form Kathy on the director list, on 10/18. How are we supposed to track those? Do we need to?

* insurance paperwork/quotes/status (liability, d&o, business property)

* insurance paperwork/quotes/status (liability, d&o, business property)

* Get Adam Beattie's info about our legal requirements

* Get Adam Beattie's info about our legal requirements

* Scan our official documents (articles of incorporation, lease, etc.) and organise on dropbox.

* Scan our official documents (articles of incorporation, lease, etc.) and organise on dropbox.

===Minutes===

=== Minutes ===

** Membership Report -

** Membership Report -

*** Full Members:

*** Full Members:  

*** Starving Hacker:  

*** Starving Hacker:  

*** Friends of PS1:

*** Friends of PS1:  

*** Total: 170

*** Total: 170

  starting in November.

  starting in November.

** We will be proposing a vote to reimburse Jeremy for the TIG welder tonight.

** We will be proposing a vote to reimburse Jeremy for the TIG welder tonight.

** Tony sent us a new copy of the electric bill. We need to calculate how much we owe and pay him.

** Tony sent us a new copy of the electric bill. We need to calculate how much we owe and pay him.

** The rent needs to be paid but the landlord's bank info has changed.

** The rent needs to be paid but the landlord's bank info has changed.

** We need more insurance

** We need more insurance