Board meeting notes 2010-03-29

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Attendance

• Jim
• John
• Joe
• Chris
• Daniel
• Kevin

Agenda

Old Business

• Bylaws
  • Finish up bylaws pertaining to the membership
• Dues
  • Hacker Consortium
    • $100 - joining fee, keeps people from dropping in and out regularly
    • $40/month - after
    • No student rate
    • If board sees fit, as a whole they are allowed to create new tiers on the fly (i.e. a member had a wreck and can't pay at the moment)
  • Freeside Atlanta
    • $80/month - regular
    • $40/month - student
    • They are hard set on their dues, but as a result they have a really awesome space
  • Makers Local 256
    • Some pay $300, others $100, some $30
    • They ask that you pay what you think your time is worth, but that leaves it to other members to pickup the slack
    • As a result they have members who pay a lot more and that member gets to have a little/lot more say in things
  • Pumping Station: One
    • $50 - regular
    • $30 - starving maker
    • They've had some setup before where unemployed members may not pay, but I believe they regularly do the starving maker fee

New Business

• Soldering Class April 16th
  • given the publicity it has gotten, do we want to do it with thus far only about 6 people (the board) signing up for it
  • Be prepared to have the meeting business and showing off of projects and then start the soldering activity afterward so that people that are not interested in the activity don't have to stick around.

Notes

Comes to Order @ 8:32

• Re-read mintues from: http://wiki.midsouthmakers.org/w/Board_meeting_notes_2010-03-23
  • Old Business: Bylaws and Dues
• Types of membership.
  • Student: Valid college ID
  • Family Type?
• Vote to make base membership rate at $45 - VOte Passed

• Family Plan
  • Family Membership: Progressive Discount
  • Family Members in the same household will qualify.
  • Discount based upon number of members in the household up to a limit of 5.
  • $10 per person discount. IE 2 people = $70 / Month, 3 people = $105 / Month, 4 people = 140 / month, 5 people $175 / month

• Moved and 2nd to vote to make family membership plan as stated above. - Vote Passed
• Membership Dues: Any special arrangements are made / held in confidence.
• Educational / Starving Maker group
  • Educational Discount or Discounted Rate - $25
  • Educational Discount requires proof of current class hours / transcript
  • Educator requires valid current faculty / employee identification
  • Discounted Rate: Unemployed.
• Moved and 2nd to vote on the Educational / Educator / Starving maker group membership level: $25 / month - vote Passed

• Slush fund, how much? two month's rent would be around $1500
  • Moved and 2nd to vote on having our slush fund at $1500. Vote Delayed - Discussion
  • Moved and 2nd to vote on Minimum $1500 in the bank before we consider moving into a space. Vote Passed

• Entrance fee? have one or not?
• Organization Slush Fund
  • Minimum $1500 in the bank before we consider moving into a space.
  • Building Slush Fund
  • Collect smaller amount of dues to build slush fund. $35 regular member. $20 Discounted rate while we do not have a space OR
    • Collect a initial entry fee, then the next month starts regular dues.
  • Soldering Class $5 per kit. Repeatable event.
    • Working with the Memphis Flyer for publicity.

• Moved and 2nd to vote on current amount of dues being $35 for regular members. Vote passed.
• Board will provide a draft of bylaws at the end of April.