Board Meeting Notes 2010-07-13

Board Meeting Minutes
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Agenda

• Spacehunt
  • Second tour of space (Matthew)

• First power tool accident
  • Table saw accident: safety guard got knocked out of alignment.
    • Until further notice the machine is out of commission.

• Shopsmith
  • Can we get it up and running? Need to be able to certify people.

• Kickstarter Set up (Anne)
  • Sweet home Chicago's Hackerspace
  • Resolution of Amazon payment and of language
  • If you want to be in a kickstarter video let Nathan know
    • Sarah

• VIMBY proposal (Jordan)
  • Tabled

• NYC taxi
  • putting together schedule

• Geek Prom
  • Chicago Nerds: "helicopters" band event at Bottom Lounge
  • Collaborate as Geek Prom or other event?
    • We help with their event, they help with Geek Prom

• Terminology
  • Hackerspace/Makerspace/Community Workshop
  • Trouble with sponsors when you say "hackerspace"
  • Lets have a three way vote
  • How deep does this branding go? Just take the word 'hackerspace' off our front page
  • If we make a cage, Jim will wear a canary suit and sit in it.

• Diehard contract
  • Vote on contract by proxy in order to secure the sponsorship.