Board meeting notes 2011-08-22

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Attendance

This meeting is missing the attendance list.

Financial Update

Event Discussion

Classes

Sculpy Class (Rachel): Saturday August 27th Board_meeting_notes_2011-07-11
- $20 per person (attendee's taking home creations).
- Should Probably reschedule for more notice
Etching Class
- Need more info on parts / plans / etc

Shop

MidsouthMakers' Perpetual Beer Supply
- Ben Eishen has taken the lead on this group project \o/
- The thread can be found in the Google Groups
- It looks like between Joe (turkey fryer) and Ryan T (15.5 gal electric kettle) we have a way of cooking the batch
- We have a bottle-capper
- We will need "Star-San" for sanitizing the used bottles, which Ryan T potentially has available.
- We need to be on the lookout for a cheap keg or two
- We could use a working chest-type freezer for beer storage
- We need dark colored (brown prefered) pry-off glass bottles. Please donate your washed and rinsed bottles ** and leave them in the MsPacMan room for now, in the closet under the stairs.
- Recommended bottles: Abita, Sam Adams, New Belgium Breweries (Fat Tire, 1554, etc)
Go-kart\RC kart
- Mark Turnage has graciously volunteered to be lead/point on this.
- More information can be found in this thread in our mailing list: link
- Ed Stafford linked these plans: http://www.diygokarts.com/kart-plans/kart-plans-main.html What do you think?
- Examine the engine (In the paint room on the left hand side)
Accomplished!
- Ben E bypassed the fluorescent lamp in the shop that was causing the issues so the lights shouldn't be tripping the breaker anymore.
- Sonny's quad-copter took it's second flight: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZNYr9neA4Q
- Trent and Dru cleaned up the shop storage room and mounted the parts bins on the wall and put some of the clutter away.

Membership

Report from Recruitment Committee
Next Recruitment Committee meeting scheduled for ?
Forward notes of meeting by designated note taker (Maybe ask Rachel? to help stir her involvement) to the board after a meeting so board can be prepared

Next Meeting

Financial Update

Event Discussion

Twitter Campaign
- Flyers are at the space
- Cookout at space sunday 5pm
- $10 food $5 if you bring a 6 pack of beer?

Classes

Sculpy Class (Rachel): Saturday September 10th Noon.
- $20 per person (attendee's taking home creations).
Boarduino / Soldering II: Saturday September 24th
Beer Brewing
- Sept 3rd Dry run
- Sept 17th Oktoberfest brew
October Possibilites
- Pumpkin Carving
- Safety lights
- T Shirt Bleaching

Shop

Membership

Report from Recruitment Committee
- Making sure members getting the help when/if they request it, emphasis on the mailing list.
- RC tasked with coming up with creating intro to the group / navigating the website / wiki for the member packet.
- Next Recruitment Committee meeting scheduled for 9/8/11 6:30 at republic coffee
- Ask Rachel to take notes, send to board after meeting

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