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| == Agenda == | | == Agenda == |
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− | * Check talk page for board meeting notes, see if any discussion on the agenda took place
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− | * Consent Agenda
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− | * Committee Reports
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− | * Read mail
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− | * Financial/membership report
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− | * Review the PayPal and banking transactions
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− | * Member leaving reason reports
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− | * Check RT queue
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| * New business | | * New business |
− | ** Transition check-in, goals | + | ** Transition check-in, goals |
| ** Party Planner Position | | ** Party Planner Position |
| ** Cold Metal Authorizer | | ** Cold Metal Authorizer |
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| ** Followup on printer - board statement | | ** Followup on printer - board statement |
| ** Insurance update | | ** Insurance update |
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− | Old business
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− | Followup on printer - board statement
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− | Insurance update
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| == Minutes == | | == Minutes == |
− | | + | Meeting began at 7:45 pm |
− | === Discussion on previous minutes ===
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− | === Consent Agenda ===
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− | === Committee Reports ===
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− | Reports from [[Committees]]
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− | === Mail ===
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− | === Financial Report ===
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− | * '''Chase Checking:'''
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− | * '''Chase Savings:'''
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− | * '''PEX:'''
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− | * '''PayPal:'''
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− | === Membership Report ===
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− | * '''Starving Hackers:'''
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− | * '''Full Members:'''
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− | * '''Total Members:'''
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− | * '''Quorum:'''
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− | === Review the PayPal and banking transactions ===
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− | === Member Leaving Reason Reports ===
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− | === RT ===
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| === New Business === | | === New Business === |
| + | ==== Board Goals ==== |
| + | * Track projects that we want to work on |
| + | * Financial goals: |
| + | ** We need to keep 400 members for the whole year to |
| + | ** To keep a cushion of comfort with the given budget, Treasurer suggests targeting 500 members to make 2018 feel comfortable |
| + | ** This requires both recruitment and retention |
| + | *** In additional to being safe, feeling safe. i.e. people feeling comfortable in the space |
| + | ** Increase safety and decrease danger of injury and liability |
| + | *** Record what people are told when authorization |
| + | * Document all authorizations: the content of an authorization and standardize procedures |
| + | * Scholarship Program for potential low-income members - Jennie |
| + | ** Also connect with JARC (Jane Addams Resource Corporation) |
| + | ** Michael Skilton and Kathryn Born are interested. (Eric Funkhouser too?) |
| + | ** Could develop a system to donate member points to scholarships |
| + | ** Folks from JARC could run events like welding 101 or 102 monthly |
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| + | * Ed: Help get the structural documents of the space in order. |
| + | ** Bylaws, DRC, Membership Agreement, Harassment Policy |
| + | * Simon: Create non-voting member category |
| + | * Ray: |
| + | ** Automate membership profiles, consider an off the shelf system for |
| + | ** Integrating membership agreement and liability waiver |
| + | ** Keep a record of authorizations |
| + | ** Outreach to other spaces - bring people to meetings at SSH and Workshop 88 |
| + | ** have big parties that fill the space |
| + | ** Ray's PR goals are [[https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/Ray_Doeksen]] |
| + | * Andrew: |
| + | ** Increase communication internally and externally |
| + | *** Document and track special projects (like all of these goals) |
| + | ** Improve onboarding of new members, which includes orientation and new members |
| + | * Carl: |
| + | ** Keep the lights on for another year and keep the rest of the board from stressing out |
| + | * Jonathan: |
| + | ** Maintain what we have and clean up our systems before adding new features |
| === Old Business === | | === Old Business === |
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| == Votes == | | == Votes == |