View source for Board meeting notes 2012-11-26

{{Board meeting notes
|previous = 2012-10-22
|current = 2012-11-26
|next = 2012-12-17
}}

== Attendance ==
{{meeting attendance
|count =
|attendees = * Joe F.
* Dan H.
* Dru
* Kara F.
* Ben E.
* Danny C.
* Claudio D.
}}
== Agenda ==
'''Financial Update'''
* Current Paying Members: 33 + 5 Pending
'''Group Information'''
* Velcro strips + curtain for the front door glass
'''Shop'''
* Claudio and Dan working on wiki list of tools
'''Event Discussion'''
* TV Raffle
** Brett Donating used Westinghouse 42" TV
** Raffle tickets are $10 $50 raised so far
* MMCodeMonkeys Group
** Next Meeting: January 17th
* Arduino Programming Basics
** Dan is unable to fill out further details of the outline
* Erik & Brandon's Pentesting class
** Need a new date set
* Info by end of November - Revised Vinyl and Laser Cutting class - Dan
* Brett offered to do a class on Blender
** Need to find out a date to have material ready by / date for class
'''Group Information'''
* Board Elections are upcoming [[Board Election for 2013]]
** Voting will be by email. you should have a test email to the email we have on file for you.
** Voting will be open December 1st through 7th. If you are unable to cast your vote by email during this period please contact Joe before December 7th.
* Thoughts on changing our public meetings at Republic Coffee to once a month?
** Would make it easier to explain to people when the meetings are.
** Would be easier to remember WHERE meetings are.
** proposed change would take effect in January?
** If you have any input on this, please come to the board meeting on 11/26
* Mailing list
** Board will discuss putting our public mailing list on moderation and opening a private, members only list.
** We need ensure there is little to no fragmentation. We want to make sure stuff going to the members only list is really "members only"
** Project ideas, suggestions, calls for help should still go out to the public list.
** If you have any input on this, please come to the board meeting on 11/26
* Member Interaction / How to tell who is a member
** Secret Handshake?
** Member's Only section of the website w/ pictures?
** RFID Tag all the members?
'''Membership'''
* 5 Pending Members
** J.D., Binh, John R., Jeff G., Ryan H.
** Emailed JD, Binh, John R. only seen Binh at a meeting.
'''Next Board Meeting'''
* 12/17

== Notes ==
=== Comes to Order @ 6:35pm ===
'''Financial Update'''
* Current Paying Members: 33 + 5 Pending
'''Group Information'''
* Mark adding curtain to front window
'''Shop'''
* Claudio and Dan working on wiki list of tools
'''Event Discussion'''
* TV Raffle
** Brett Donating used Westinghouse 42" TV
** Raffle tickets are $10 $60 raised so far
** Post to twitter
* MMCodeMonkeys Group 
** Next Meeting: January 17th
* Arduino Programming Basics
** July 14th
* Erik & Brandon's Pentesting class
** Feb 9th, 6th, or 23rd
* Info by end of November - Revised Vinyl and Laser Cutting class - Dan
* Kara & her friend doing a Artist Trading Card class
** jan 20th 1pm
** 6 Person class $10 each
* Brett offered to do a class on Blender
** March Possible dates
* Stained glass class
** Dec 8th 1pm-5pm
** Dec 16th 1pm-5pm - Dru
** 4 people each class
** Joe send this out
'''Group Information'''
* Board Elections are upcoming [[Board Election for 2013]]
** Voting will be by email. you should have a test email to the email we have on file for you.
** Voting will be open December 1st through 7th. If you are unable to cast your vote by email during this period please contact Joe before December 7th.
* Thoughts on changing our public meetings at Republic Coffee to once a month?
** Would make it easier to explain to people when the meetings are.
** Would be easier to remember WHERE meetings are.
** If you have any input on this, please come to the board meeting on 11/26
** Possible option is Jason's Deli
** What we need are other option
* Frequency of meeting 
** Starting January first - First Friday of the month is at republic
* Group project to catch public attention
** converting the lawn mowers to sumo bots
** Some kind of project that brings a lot of attention to the group
** Bring this up at the next republic meeting
* Terrible movie night 
** Second Friday of month
* Mailing list
** Go to the membership to police ourselves
** Set a mandate to not tolerate crap, if someone has an issue contact the person directly
* Member Interaction / How to tell who is a member
** Secret Handshake?
** Member's Only section of the website w/ pictures?
** RFID Tag all the members?
'''Membership'''
* 5 Pending Members
** J.D., Binh, John R., Jeff G., Ryan H.
** Emailed JD, Binh, John R. only seen Binh at a meeting.
'''Next Board Meeting'''
* 12/17
=== Meeting Adjourned @ 8:00pm ===