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{{Board Meeting Notes
 
{{Board Meeting Notes
 
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== Attendance ==
 
== Attendance ==
 
* Board Members
 
* Board Members
**Justin Conroy
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** Justin
** Lyn Cole
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** Michael
** Michael Skilton
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** Simon
** Simon Pyle
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** Lyn
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** Jenni
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** Dave
    
* Other Members
 
* Other Members
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** Andrew C.
    
== Agenda ==
 
== Agenda ==
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* Check talk page for board meeting notes, see if any discussion on the agenda took place
 
* Check talk page for board meeting notes, see if any discussion on the agenda took place
 
* Consent Agenda
 
* Consent Agenda
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**1. Approve previous minutes.
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**2. RT 4432 Remove cameras request. ''Resolution: This is not a proper issue for vote by the board. Mark as resolved, notify requester.''
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**3. RT #4447 Clean up day food reimbursement. ''Resolution: Agree to reimburse.''
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**4. RT#4421 Member point(s) for Christopher Kohl. ''Resolution: Grant 1 member point.''
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**5. RT#4416 Incident on 3/17. ''Resolution: Mark as resolved.''
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**6. RT#4465 Member points for shop cleanup. ''Resolution: Grant 1 member point each to Lauren Svedman, Josh Dennis, Milam Smith, Bruce McConachie, James Baker and David <s>Baker</s> Gutkowsky''
 
* Committee Reports
 
* Committee Reports
 
* Read mail
 
* Read mail
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* Member leaving reason reports
 
* Member leaving reason reports
 
* Check RT queue
 
* Check RT queue
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**Status of #4086 Property tax bill?
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**#4214 Trouble Accessing Member Site
 
* New business
 
* New business
** Lease
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**Finalize a list of items we would like to get the landlord to agree to take care of in conjunction with the new lease.
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**Interim donation receipt process.
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**Take some action forward regarding securing the PS1 premises so that we can provide personalized access to the space.  Features by priority:
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***Front door - reliable, RFID, Keycard, or other access control system that supports > 2000 individuals.
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***Audit capable system
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***Allows for import of member access data (API control) but caches data so it is resilient and reliable.
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***Back Door and 3515 Elston door.
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**Take some action forward regarding setting up a HR documentation repository.
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***Access controls appropriate for our organization’s peculiarities.
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***Do we need more than access control to files?  Do we need a more formal HR system.
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***Probably there is some process that needs to be formalized to go along with the technology for a viable solution.
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**PayPal - upgrade to PayPal Payments Pro - $40/mo, allows for management of subscription profiles (critical for reactivating suspended subscriptions)
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***PayPal - Negotiate transaction fees (we are over the $100k/yr threshold so we should be able to do better than 2.2% + $.30/transaction for NFP)
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**Member status needs to trigger change in Access Directory
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**Ally Skills Workshop in June
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***Organizer charges fees to attendees?
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***Justin might talk to organizer about maybe PS:1 paying (there would have to be a member vote).
 
* Old business
 
* Old business
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**What is Abbey electric bill status?
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***If still unresolved, what is the action plan?
    
== Minutes ==
 
== Minutes ==
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=== Discussion on previous minutes ===
 
=== Discussion on previous minutes ===
* N/A
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* Previous meeting minutes approved unaninmously
   
=== Consent Agenda ===
 
=== Consent Agenda ===
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* Passes unanimously
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* Michael took care of the consent agenda items
    
=== Committee Reports ===
 
=== Committee Reports ===
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Reports from [[Committees]]
 
Reports from [[Committees]]
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====Space Committee====
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* Space Committee is getting comments, considering combining into a proposed master plan
* Working on three proposals
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** Still working on voting plan
** Considering wall moves
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* Not recommending adding new area hosts
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* Safety committee
* Everett meeting with Maria to make changes
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** Still waiting on news
* Three plans to be presented by end of March to membership
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* Currently ~$15,000 cost for buildout
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* Bylaws committee
* How will the vote to run?
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** Read through bylaws and took notes on clarity
** Ranked choice voting, two rounds, or something else
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** Comparing current bylaws to 2013 bylaws
* Suggestions: longer than a week for review of plans
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====Safety Committee===
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* Waiting for a lease date
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* "Landlord works addendum" - items we need the landlord to fix
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** Needs to be updated in current lease draft
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====Bylaws Committee====
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* Formed but not yet met
      
=== Mail ===
 
=== Mail ===
* Letter from the IRS
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* IRS revoked our 501(c)3 status, effective May 2015
** '''We got 501(c)3 status!''' Thanks to everybody who worked towards making this happen.
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** Justin will follow up on IRS letter with lawyer
* Returned check from Adams Refrigeration
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* Debiit card for Brian arrived from Chase
** Justin to write a new check to Adams Refrigeration
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** Simon will hold onto card until he sees Brian
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** Side note - we can get debit cards without atm privileges by request
    
=== Financial Report ===
 
=== Financial Report ===
* '''Chase Checking:''' $48,412.35
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* '''Chase Checking:''' 42,248.04
* '''Chase Savings:''' $73,644.66
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* '''Chase Savings:''' $73,647.15
* '''PEX:''' $1,727.12
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* '''PEX:''' $15,665.86
* '''PayPal:''' $2,537.24
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* '''PayPal:''' $3,297.07
 
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* No transactions in quickbooks other than Paypal since the last meeting
      
=== Membership Report ===
 
=== Membership Report ===
* '''Starving Hackers:''' 271
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* '''Starving Hackers:''' 280
 
* '''Full Members:''' 112
 
* '''Full Members:''' 112
* '''Total Members:''' 383
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* '''Total Members:''' 392
 
* '''Quorum:''' 38
 
* '''Quorum:''' 38
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=== Transactions ===
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* Chase:
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** Transferred in $10,000, paid gas, comed, cleaners, refrigeration, Adobe, garbage,
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** Errant rent payment
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** Doublecharged for ACH monthly fee?
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=== Member Leaving Reason Reports ===
 
=== Member Leaving Reason Reports ===
(Covers past 4 weeks)
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* Joined catalyze due to location / travel time, and tools more likely to be available on weekends and nights
* Didn't take advantage of the space, didn't have a project
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* Negativity towards people who are not authorized on equipment
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* Live in Libertyville, drive was difficult; difficult to get trained on laser & makerbot
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* Moved away
   
* Too busy
 
* Too busy
* Didn't have need for tools, would have liked to have more table workspace
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* In transition between employment and education
* Moving to Evanston, saving money
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* Lives far away. ID check was annoying - took 4 trips. Too many places to check for authorization information.
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* Didn't visit often enough, not enough free time
     −
* Can we share member leaving reports in a way outside of the meeting?
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=== RT ===
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* 4214 - Simon to handle
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* 4086 - curious to get an update on getting our share of the 2015 property tax bill
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** check with Brian?
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* 4482 - member point for Lyn for organizing party - Passes unanimously with one abstain
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* 4480 - member point for Dave - passes unanimously
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** Michael to handle the member point requests (4482, 4480)
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=== New Business ===
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*Prioritized list of items we would like to get the landlord to agree to take care of in conjunction with the new lease.
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**Retrofit all existing T-12 fluorescent fixtures to---T-8? Or LED?
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***Give us a credit, we’ll do the work? We would need to propose a dollar amount.
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**Repair the upstairs floor to eliminate dangerous buckling.
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***Give us a credit, we’ll do the work? We would need to propose a dollar amount.
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**Verify all air conditioning units in good working order. Repair or replace.
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**Fix leaks, Heating, leak in lounge. Bathrooms, fix any leaking sinks
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**Repaint all walls in “new” side of building. Low-VOC paint strongly preferred if possible. 
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***Give us a credit, we’ll do the work? We would need to propose a dollar amount.
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**New front door
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**Weather stripping for all doors in building.
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**Water heater, old, replace?
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**Add weatherproofing to upstairs windows.
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**Add some operable windows.
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* Board members present all supported this list and prioritization as well as the plan to have Eric B. continue to negotiate
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====Interim donation receipt process====
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* We have an acknowledgement letter and a receipt form
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* School factory has an online submission form for people to submit details of their donation
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** This would keep track and takes some of the burden off of us
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** We also should issue receipts for Paypal donations (e.g. friends of), whether at time of donation or at year's end
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** Use the current letter and receipt for the time being
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** Ask people to email info@ if they have a donation
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** If we need more process, we can develop from there
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=== RT ===
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=====Member Point Requests====
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* [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4405 4405] Ryan requests points for 3 blog posts and office hours with 7 attendees
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** Vote to grant 4 points
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* [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4397 4397]] Jesse requests member points
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** 2 points
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* [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4362 4362]] Anna requests point for Jason
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** 1 point
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* [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4361 4361]] Ray requests point for laser authorization
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** 1 point
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* Vote for all member points passes unanimously
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====Take some action forward regarding securing the PS1 premises so that we can provide personalized access to the space.====
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* Ron is working on front door, likely to be up tonight
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** More reliable RFID system
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* Jonathan Bisson is working on individualized access controls
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* Somebody was going to talk to Jonathan and Ron to get an update on access control
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* Table this discussion until Brian is present
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* Side note: our budget for member point is 4 per meeting
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====Centralized Secure Repository====
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* Do we need a more formal HR system to keep track of both private information and histories of complaints / board actions?
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* Some thoughts from the discussion:
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** Would be good to have a better system of organizing HR issues
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** Joining the board gives access to all documents in the drive
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** Could restrict documents to a subset of the board
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** Though that doesn't solve the problem, and we'd want more than one person to have access regardless
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** Keep one file that clearly says confidential
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** Have a Confidential folder with files
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** Title the files with the names of people involved so that board members know if the contents are relevant before looking at file
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** Include description of our system when we train next board
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* [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4407 4407]] Ryan requests spend 2 member points
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* [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4385 4385]] Jason requests spend the rest of his points
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* [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4354 4354]] Spend request
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** Michael to handle spend requests
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Member spend point process:
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====Paypal====
* Make a comment approving the point. Make a note in the ticket of whether you updated the member point balance on the member site. Add it to the Treasury queue, and Brian will handle it from there.
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*PayPal - upgrade to PayPal Payments Pro - $40/mo, allows for management of subscription profiles (critical for reactivating suspended subscriptions)
** Michael to handle member point spend requests
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** The board unanimously passes spending for this.
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*PayPal - Negotiate transaction fees (we are over the $100k/yr threshold so we should be able to do better than 2.2% + $.30/transaction for NFP)
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** Sounds like Brian is working on this.
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====Member Status Changes AD====
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* Dave is working on this, hopes to have it done in the next month
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* Dave to touch base with Ron & Jonathan about their work on access control
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=== New Business ===
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====Ally Skills Workshop====
====ADA Compliance====
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* Potential for having Ally Workshop at PS1
* Space planning committee has asked us to seek professional opinion about what ADA regulations we may need to comply with
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* She charges for the workshop - ask for a member discount
** Ask our current attorneys?
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* Possibility of writing a vote to have PS1 subsidize
** Maybe the landlords can
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** Justin to ask lawyers for an opinion on ADA compliance
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====Party expenses====
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* Party expenses were $268.25
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* Lyn will post party receipts to RT for reimbursement
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* Michael to talk to Jennie about donation forms
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====Open Suspended Payment Tickets====
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* New status on member payment queue - for tickets that we need to followup on in the near future
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** Ask Dave to add a new status
      
=== Old Business ===
 
=== Old Business ===
====Liability Coverage====
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==== Abby electrical bill status====
* Michael to share information about liability coverage to Director's Google Drive
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* We are owed money
* We have about $77,850 of coverage
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* What's the status?
* Michael has identified roughly $122,000 of assets based on wiki values and receipts
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* Michael to talk to Tony about the electric bill
* Rough guess of assets is $175,000
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* We probably need to read the meter too
* Brian will contact insurance company to get a quote
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** Michael has a number of locks with similar keys
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====Old To Do====
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*Justin to ask lawyers for an opinion on ADA compliance - still to do
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*Justin to write a new check to Adams Refrigeration - Done
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* Michael to talk to Jennie about donation forms - Done
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* Michael to share information about liability coverage to Director's Google Drive -
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* Michael to handle member point spend requests
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** [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4385 4385]] Jason requests spend the rest of his points - ?
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** [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4407 4407]] Ryan requests spend 2 member points - DONE
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** [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4354 4354]] Spend request - DONE
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* Who is handling member give point requests?
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** Michael did; thanks Michael
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* Brian will contact insurance company to get a quote to cover identified assets (~122K)
 
* Ray to order business cards
 
* Ray to order business cards
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* Ask Dave to add a new status to member payment queue for Paypal suspended payment cases - RESOLVED
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** Discussed on directors email list -
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** the problem of tracking members after sending suspension notices should be solved by upgrading Paypal so that the "reactivate subscription" option actually works.
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* [[https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4350 RT4350]] Jennie to reply (and include Ray's contact) - DONE
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====New To Do====
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== Votes ==
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* Ray to order business cards
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* Brian will contact insurance company to get a quote to cover identified assets (~122K)
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*Justin to ask lawyers for an opinion on ADA compliance
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* Justin will follow up on IRS letter with lawyer
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* Simon will hold onto Chase debit card until he sees Brian
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* Michael handled the consent agenda items
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* Michael to handle the member point requests (4482, 4480)
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* RT 4214 - Simon to handle
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* Dave will talk to Jonathan and Ron to get an update on their access control projects
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* Brian is working on upgrading / renegotiating our Paypal agreement
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* Lyn will post party receipts to RT for reimbursement
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* Michael to talk to Tony about the electric bill
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