Meeting notes 2010-02-26

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Attendance

• Joe
• Mike D.
• Jim P.
• Michael
• Chris
• Wess
• Brandi
• Kevin
• Rick
• Jim H.
• James B.
• Firas
• Mark
• Brandon
• Chad
• John
• Mitzi
• Brad

Count: 18

Pictures

See Flicker for pictures

Agenda

• Introductions (if anyone new)
• Showing Off Projects
• Next Meeting
  • We have been invited to have a meeting at Emerge Memphis' facilities to get a better understanding of one another
• MidSouth Con Reminder
  • Promotional Media Update
  • Who else is attending?
  • Possible projects to show
• Zombie Walk 2010
  • Anyone familiar with?
• Other Events?
  • Does anyone know of any other events coming up that we could appear at?
  • If so, list them on the wiki and blog
• Organization Structure
  • Possible Positions to handle needed responsibilities
    • President - Name on legal documents, Primary name on the bank account
    • Vice-President - Handling of new members, secondary name on the bank account
    • Secretary - Meeting notes, Official paperworks
    • Treasurer - Handling of money, Fiscal financial paperwork, secondary name on the bank account
    • Public Relations - Handles major blog posts and other social media
    • Minister of Silly Walks - ?
  • Any bylaws potentially needed for these positions
• Spaces
  • Any new ideas on locations?
• E-mail Accounts
  • Everyone who will actually use it is free to have one

Notes

Comes to Order @ 7:15 PM

• First attempt at podcasting the meeting
  • Attempt failed due to bad acoustics in the room
• Brad brings project
  • A piece of a robot that he built
  • The pan/tilt portion of the vision for the robot
  • Utilizes a usb camera and a sonar range finder
• Mitzi brings project pictures
  • Pictures of the entire process her and her mother went through to make her wedding dress
  • Her mother also made everything for the photo album and bound it
• Lots of people show up
  • Tons of new people
  • Several from GOLUM
• Zombie walk
  • lots of people seemed to like the idea of us participating in it
• Dues
  • There is a concern of the price of dues
  • Suggested for potential tiered membership based on interests
• Suggestion of not attempting to redistribute large amounts of old computers
  • Can result in eventual cost to the group
  • Not many people really interested in actually taking them
  • Must be disposed of properly