Meeting Notes 2008-12-16

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Attendance

  • Paul
  • Nicky
  • Sacha
  • Nathan
  • Eli
  • Jim
  • Devin
  • Zane
  • J.R.

8:05 - Come to Order

  • Old Business
  • Prospective member Sacha - on behalf of 5 others - interested in Repraps
  • Voting
    • Iterim voting allowed for any member attending 4 out of the last 7 meetings
    • Plan on filing NFP around January 6 to begin assigning elected board members for filing purposes the listed members will be:
      • Eric - President
      • Paul - Vice President
      • Nathan - Secretary

8:15

  • Nicky details the procedure for filing NFP and incorporation
    • Legally, we must list 3 board members (above), can be changed at any time, and have no effect on the decision process.
    • Explianed the purpose of NFP
      • To improve chances of approval, we need ~50 words describing our ideal contribution to the public
    • In the event of dissolution, we must distribute assets to other 501(c)(3)s
    • Expected turnaround 7-10 business days
    • After approval, one of the first acts needs to be passage of bylaws

8:25

  • Mailing list
  • 16 point plan primer
    • Zane to take over administration of the web server
  • Attendance
    • Need to have a secured, archiveable record. Upstream.
    • Issue of transparency/security
      • Wiki archival of minutes is inadequate, work on changeover to a secure system editable by only approved users.

8:35

  • Begin assigning subcommittees/delegations
    • Design/Promotion
      • Eli
      • Jim
    • Infrastructure
      • Zane
      • J.R.
    • Recruitment/Group Relations
      • TBD
  • New Business
    • Mission Statement
      • along the lines of Central space merging art & technology
      • Mission statement open to contributions/other perspectives

8:45 - Meeting Adjourned