Meeting notes 2010-02-26

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Attendance

Count: 18

See Flicker for pictures

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

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