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| + | Meeting start: 7:05 |
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| + | === Attendance === |
| + | '''Board Members''' |
| + | * eric |
| + | * Bry |
| + | * farkas |
| + | * Hailey |
| + | * Josh |
| + | * Jesse |
| + | * Ed |
| + | * Adam |
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| + | '''Other Members''' |
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| + | === Agenda === |
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| + | * read mail |
| + | * Financial/membership report |
| + | * Review the paypal and banking transactions. |
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| + | * Member leaving reason report |
| + | * Review Trello board, report progress made. |
| + | * new business |
| + | * old business |
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| + | ==== New Business ==== |
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| + | ==== Old Business ==== |
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| + | * Tony also pays "equipment license" fees per device he has plugged in. He got assessed a $900 fine at one point for not having that all taken care of. We need to determine what that means and if it affects us. Maybe this is http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/progs/inspectionspermitting/manufacturing_establishments.html |
| + | * Minors joining |
| + | * Audit status/ Status of repayments / New historical books ('''Indiana Steve''') |
| + | * Get all of the tax returns from School Factory ('''Steve''') |
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| + | ==== Backburner ==== |
| + | * Status of money owed by the old landlord. ('''Eric'''). We are working on sending information to a separate attorney. |
| + | * move the annual meeting to december in the bylaws. |
| + | * Go over the "Things the next board should deal with" list from the meeting of the 15th, it has a lot of stuff we have to be aware of. |
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| + | ==== Minutes ==== |
| + | * no mail |
| + | * went over membership numbers |
| + | * steve reviews weekly financial report |
| + | * discussion on how to make things better for members thinking of leaving |
| + | * fixing meetup - no progress - asking for help from members |
| + | * cameras- no progress |
| + | * paid job board- no progress |
| + | * safe space agreement - could not get reviewed |
| + | * tomorrow we're going to have another working session about the bylaws, those of us that can't make it will submit our comments beforehand |
| + | * 501c3- we have taxes to do first - we need more help from lawyers- also need to know from lawyers which of the two 990 forms we have to do |
| + | * pitchfork from last year- steve talking to school factory |
| + | * minors as members- we discussed what's been going on on the mailing list, what our own feelings about it, what the worst case scenarios would be for several just options |
| + | * limited debit cards for area hosts- chase says they are daily limits, not limits on totals, so we need to open separate area host accounts |
| + | * takeaways from mwe call - discussing after board meeting |
| + | * paypal bouncebacks - wont talk to steve because ish's name is still on the account |
| + | ** we talked about exploring options for using something that doesn't suck like paypal |
| + | * steve will buy a water test for lead and what not |
| + | * liability insurance review- we need to ask lawyers to further address our questions |
| + | * Complaints @ signs- will is working on it |
| + | * adding members to trello - eric is adding members on demand - will add en masse soon |
| + | * wiki migration, has been delayed while josh is busy with RFID's |
| + | * secretary of state - in progress - bry/farkas |
| + | * loom/shop smith sales - got check for loom, still need one for shop smith |
| + | * eric is still waiting for quote from electrician, he's working on a specific list |
| + | * waivers box- bry is going to install it |
| + | * form box- steve bought one - bry bought two, now we have three because they forgot to talk to each other yaaaaay |
| + | * getting money from old landlord - talking to a property lawyer |
| + | * josh talks about his ID card idea - running out of time |
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| + | * Membership Report - |
| + | ** Full Members: 74 |
| + | ** Starving Hacker: 151 |
| + | ** Friends of PS1: 2 |
| + | ** Total: 225 |
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| + | Meeting end: 8:05 |