Meeting notes 2010-03-05

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Attendance

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Agenda

• Board Members
  • We've elected them
  • Duties have been distributed, hopefully we'll see more happening faster
• Non Profit Explanations
  • We now have a tax id, bank account coming
  • Explanation of why we have decided to move forward with 501(c)(3)
  • As soon as the cyber assistant is available we will file for 501(c)(3)
  • $200 total will be needed to file
• Space
  • We're getting cramped in here!
  • Any ideas on new space to look into?
  • If anyone has any suggestions please get contact information and share back with John
• Website
  • We need some web content to ramp up our site
  • Projects are great for this
    • Write up your own
    • We'll help you write it up
    • Pictures are a necessity too!
• Projects of anyone to show off?
• MidSouth Con!
  • Daniel will not be able to attend Sunday, could someone take his place that day

Notes

Comes to Order @ 7:15 PM

• Introduction of the elected officers.
• John would like to reschedule his birthday to June.
• We jumped in / crashed the 2600 meeting, welcome to the memebers that stayed for our meeting.
• We have our EIN number now, we'll be able to get a bank account.
• We're going to form as a 501c3, we're going to wait until the online application comes out so it is much cheaper to

file. $850 to file VS $200.

• We have looked at other locations but staying with republic coffee.
  • Homework: 1 idea for a weekly meeting place.
  • Potential meeting space: Broadway Pizza, large side room, very good pizza. Large room compared to Republic.
  • Potential Bluff City Electronics.
• Website, we need content ideas / content / projects.
• Blog posts for weekly meetings.

• Chris's project: Home Made ravioli.
• John has our own midsouth makers window Decals. $5 donation for the decal. The $5 also waived when we start collecting dues.
• Daniel showing off Mary's Scarf prototype.
• Greg's handmade multilayered bracelet.
• John explains vinyl printing and glass etching application.

• For Joe to do: word press page for a decal.
• possibly set up a store to process our own wares.
  • • How do we accept payments and retain non-profit?

• Midsouthcon! who can work our table. Jim and Daniel will attend.
  • We're still having a meeting despite midsouthcon.