Board meeting notes 2012-09-24

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Attendance

This meeting is missing the attendance list.

Agenda

Financial Update

  • Current Money:
  • Current Paying Members:

Group Information

  • Bylaws / Member Rules Discussion
    • Addition to specify our stance of Intellectual Property as it pertains to the group and our members
    • Official stance:
      • Members Intellectual Property remains their own. MidsouthMakers has no claim to member Intellectual Property
      • MidsouthMakers maintains claim over it's own Intellectual Property of it's logos, icons, and other official depictions
  • Joe has contacted GEEK Memphis organizers to try to get involved with them
    • GEEK Memphis is aligning something with TechCamp Memphis for a tech week in November?
    • Maybe we can do a big meeting with lots of projects and have GEEK group help promote it.
    • Still waiting to hear more from GEEK Memphis

Shop

  • Need to fund / install a 220 power panel $350~$450 to install it (Currently $145 towards it)

Event Discussion

  • Photography Class
    • Rest of items needed is on the way
  • CodeMonkeys 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the Month
  • Processing Programming 10/20 - Possibly
  • Stained Glass (Rachel)

Membership

  • 3 Pending Members
    • J.D., Binh, John R.

Next Board Meeting

Notes

Comes to Order @ 6:40

Group Information

  • Bylaws / Member Rules Discussion
    • Addition to specify our stance of Intellectual Property as it pertains to the group and our members
    • Official stance:
      • Members Intellectual Property remains their own. MidsouthMakers has no claim to member Intellectual Property
      • MidsouthMakers maintains claim over it's own Intellectual Property of it's logos, icons, and other official depictions
  • Joe has contacted GEEK Memphis organizers to try to get involved with them
    • GEEK Memphis is aligning something with TechCamp Memphis for a tech week in November?
    • Maybe we can do a big meeting with lots of projects and have GEEK group help promote it.
    • Still waiting to hear more from GEEK Memphis
  • 2 Robotic Lawnmowers
    • What do we want to do with them
      • Create a dalik out of it.
      • Hack on them with the goal of getting them moving
      • Revist progress in a month
      • Dru and Mark, 6 weeks to get them moving
  • Computers small stack - slower ram start selling / auctioning to members
    • Mark buying 8 of them for $150

Shop

  • Vinyl Cutter computer up and running. Need to give lessons.
  • Tagging and adding wiki pages for tools
  • Need to fund / install a 220 power panel $350~$450 to install it (Currently $145 towards it)

Event Discussion

  • CodeMonkeys 1st & 3rd Thursdays of the Month
  • Arduino I/O - Class date TBD Material ready 10/8
  • Processing Programming
  • Stained Glass (Rachel) $20 each for 12 people

Membership

  • 3 Pending Members
    • J.D., Binh, John R.

Next Board Meeting 10/22

Meeting Adjourned @