Board meeting notes 2012-08-20

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Attendance

This meeting is missing the attendance list.

Agenda

Financial Update

• Current Money:
• Current Paying Members: 33+ JD

Group Information

• Issue on the mailing list
  • Give anyone chance to bring any concerns to the attention of the board.
  • Board is not forcing anything on anyone.
  • If a member makes a claim wanting a board member to step down, the board must acknowledge the claim and deal with it as an issue before the board.
  • If the member does not make arrangements to bring the issue to the board, the board has to consider the issue resolved.
• Joe has contacted GEEK Memphis organizers to try to get involved with them
  • GEEK Memphis is aligning something with TechCamp Memphis for a tech week in November?
  • Maybe we can do a big meeting with lots of projects and have GEEK group help promote it.

Shop

• Need to finish building out some more shelves
• Shelves need to be organized a bit better
• Need to fund / install a 220 power panel $350~$450 to install it
• Both tables in the shop are powered + Ethernet

Event Discussion

• August 25th LAN Party
  • Reminder to bring surge protectors
  • Feel feel to bring your own chair
  • Cliff and Danny doing Food
  • Danny buying: buns, chips, dip, soda, cole slaw
    • Will provide receipt for group to reimburse
  • Requesting a $10 donation for food for the evening
  • Tournament reward 5$, 10$, 20$ spark fun card TeamFortress 2
  • Raffle Drawing for Rasberry 2$ ticket
• Photography Class
  • Rest of items needed is on the way
• CodeMonkeys 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the Month
  • Great turnout last CM
  • Next meeting 9/6 - Github
• Arduino Programming 9/22
• Processing Programming 10/20 - Possibly
• Stained Glass (Rachel)

Membership

• Need a few more members to be breaking even monthly

Next Board Meeting

• September 24 6:30pm @ the space