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* Board Members
 
* Board Members
 
** James Lamken
 
** James Lamken
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** Tim Bielawa
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** Joe Mertz
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** Paul Ocampo
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** Jesse Seay (Remote)
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** Fidel Galano
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** Donzell Gordon
  
 
* Other Members
 
* Other Members
 
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** Andrew Morris
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** Andrew Wingate
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** Eric ??
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** Maxwell
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** Julia
  
 
== Agenda ==
 
== Agenda ==
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Reports from [[Committees]]
 
Reports from [[Committees]]
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* Gen Ops
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** Fire inspector came in to do an inspection
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*** Learned via Slack
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*** No infractions other then dead soldier fire extinguisher
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*** Card was left behind, asked for someone from the board to get in touch.
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** HVAC News
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*** All heat seems to be working
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** Gary has been doing some storage work, including getting prepped to add locks to member storage cabinets
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*** Joe brings up that this seems like a really bad idea.
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*** Jesse wonders why we would do this?
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*** James wants us to investigate the legal requirements of this, we might need to follow the additional laws of storage units.
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*** Tim brings up a thought experiment of who is responsible for this?
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*** Jesse makes an aside that you can buy lock boxes for inside fridges. Joe and James thinks that is hilarious.
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*** Board decides to ask Gary not to do this.
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* Treasury
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** James made a wiki page to reduce treasury work, it includes the estimated information about remaining Area Host Balance.
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** The page can be found at [[Budget Balance]]
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** [[:Category:Hot_Metals|Hot Metals]] is running out of budget, there will be a vote run by the Hot Metals Area Host to increase the budget.
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** He spent about $1,500 trying to fix the plasma cutter. It didn't work.
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*** Treasury is beginning to encourage him to stop throwing money at this, and instead improve.
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=== Membership Report ===
 
=== Membership Report ===
  
* '''Number of Members:'''  
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* '''Number of Members:'494'  
* '''Quorum:'''
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* '''Quorum:'49'
  
 
=== Review the PayPal and banking transactions ===
 
=== Review the PayPal and banking transactions ===
  
=== Member Leaving Reason Reports ===
 
  
 
=== Freshdesk ===
 
=== Freshdesk ===
  
 
Login link: https://pumpingstationone.freshdesk.com
 
Login link: https://pumpingstationone.freshdesk.com
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* It seems like there has been an uptick of returning members not getting access to Canvas back.
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** Paul will talk to CTO to see if it is clear what is happening here.
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* Paul asks if anyone has tried the new auto-reply templates
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** No one has.
  
 
=== New Business ===
 
=== New Business ===
 
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* Donzell and Maxwell would like to do an event in the second week of February
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** The event would be about highlighting black creators in the space
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** Urban league will do some advertising for the event.
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* Maxwell shared his experience with being a minority in the space, and how we could improve it.
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** He joined in 2012.
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** He has first hand experience of unwelcoming
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** The art in the space is not representative of black culture, and we should make the
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** Would love to have a budget for the event. $1,500 - 3,000.
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*** Jesse brings some institutional knowledge about
  
 
=== Old Business ===
 
=== Old Business ===
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== Votes ==
 
== Votes ==
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* The Board of Directors votes to move the large format printer back into the 2D printing area.
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** For 6 / Against 0 / Abstain 1
  
  

Latest revision as of 00:48, 19 October 2022


Board Meeting Minutes
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Meeting Start:

Attendance

  • Board Members
    • James Lamken
    • Tim Bielawa
    • Joe Mertz
    • Paul Ocampo
    • Jesse Seay (Remote)
    • Fidel Galano
    • Donzell Gordon
  • Other Members
    • Andrew Morris
    • Andrew Wingate
    • Eric ??
    • Maxwell
    • Julia

Agenda

Minutes

Discussion on previous minutes

Consent Agenda

Committee Reports

Reports from Committees

  • Gen Ops
    • Fire inspector came in to do an inspection
      • Learned via Slack
      • No infractions other then dead soldier fire extinguisher
      • Card was left behind, asked for someone from the board to get in touch.
    • HVAC News
      • All heat seems to be working
    • Gary has been doing some storage work, including getting prepped to add locks to member storage cabinets
      • Joe brings up that this seems like a really bad idea.
      • Jesse wonders why we would do this?
      • James wants us to investigate the legal requirements of this, we might need to follow the additional laws of storage units.
      • Tim brings up a thought experiment of who is responsible for this?
      • Jesse makes an aside that you can buy lock boxes for inside fridges. Joe and James thinks that is hilarious.
      • Board decides to ask Gary not to do this.
  • Treasury
    • James made a wiki page to reduce treasury work, it includes the estimated information about remaining Area Host Balance.
    • The page can be found at Budget Balance
    • Hot Metals is running out of budget, there will be a vote run by the Hot Metals Area Host to increase the budget.
    • He spent about $1,500 trying to fix the plasma cutter. It didn't work.
      • Treasury is beginning to encourage him to stop throwing money at this, and instead improve.


Membership Report

  • Number of Members:'494'
  • Quorum:'49'

Review the PayPal and banking transactions

Freshdesk

Login link: https://pumpingstationone.freshdesk.com

  • It seems like there has been an uptick of returning members not getting access to Canvas back.
    • Paul will talk to CTO to see if it is clear what is happening here.
  • Paul asks if anyone has tried the new auto-reply templates
    • No one has.

New Business

  • Donzell and Maxwell would like to do an event in the second week of February
    • The event would be about highlighting black creators in the space
    • Urban league will do some advertising for the event.
  • Maxwell shared his experience with being a minority in the space, and how we could improve it.
    • He joined in 2012.
    • He has first hand experience of unwelcoming
    • The art in the space is not representative of black culture, and we should make the
    • Would love to have a budget for the event. $1,500 - 3,000.
      • Jesse brings some institutional knowledge about

Old Business

Votes

  • The Board of Directors votes to move the large format printer back into the 2D printing area.
    • For 6 / Against 0 / Abstain 1