Board meeting notes 2010-04-26: Difference between revisions
| (17 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Board meeting notes | {{Board meeting notes | ||
|previous = April | |previous = April 19 2010 | ||
|current = April 26 2010 | |current = April 26 2010 | ||
|next = | |next = May 3 2010 | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Attendance == | == Attendance == | ||
*Joe | * Joe | ||
* John | |||
* Chris | |||
*John | * Daniel | ||
* | |||
* | |||
== Agenda == | == Agenda == | ||
=== Old Business === | === Old Business === | ||
* | * Continue discussion of new dues demographic | ||
* Continue discussion of Midsouth Makers, members, and tables at cons | |||
=== New Business === | === New Business === | ||
* Financial Report | * Financial Report | ||
* An answer for Rick | |||
** Rick proposed something to us, and we have gone two weeks without providing him a response, one needs to be given and soon | |||
* Bringing old people back | |||
** Meetings attendance has dropped | |||
*** Why? | |||
**** Ultimately as the board, we are responsible | |||
*** Who has not shown back up in a while? | |||
*** What can we do to get them coming back? | |||
** Mailing List | |||
*** Lets get people on it and active | |||
*** Has anyone actually subscribed to the PSOne public list? It's teeming with activity | |||
* Appearance | |||
** Current style of the main logo has been seen as too "old west" let's work on something sleek like the badge logo | |||
** Site colors, something is not right with them, let's make the theme match the badge logo a little better | |||
* Promotional Stuff | |||
** We need something new, short, and sweet that describes us well | |||
** Something that covers a wide area of description with less wording | |||
** Our current flyer attempts to cover that wide area with too much | |||
** The design of our current flyers also is over used, everyone uses the "WE WANT YOU" slogan | |||
** Flyers, handouts, and other promotional stuff let's get creative | |||
*** Like these [http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tcmaker-flyer-small.pdf Wallet Cards], [http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tcmaker-flyer-med.pdf Handouts], [http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/tcmaker-flyer-2.pdf Flyers], [http://www.tcmaker.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/TCM-Trifold-Brochure.pdf Tri-fold] | |||
* Promotional Day | |||
** Let's pick a weekend that we all or several of us get together and go put up flyers and set out stacks of handouts | |||
* Sponsors | |||
** Twin Cities Maker has one | |||
** Harford Hackerspace has four | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
=== Comes to Order @ | === Comes to Order @ 8:30pm === | ||
*John will draft an answer to Rick | |||
=== Meeting Adjourned @ === | *Make sure no one is left out of group conversations, don't want to alienate anyone. | ||
*Membership, is low. Board should be communicating with people to find out why they haven't come back to meetings | |||
**Maybe send a monthly update with pictures from meetings to show people what they are missing | |||
**Some people may not be coming because they're waiting for us to get a space | |||
*Group activities - Doing things as a group, movies, cook outs, dinner | |||
*We have a lot of good ideas, but we need to execute them | |||
*Potential Sponsors for the group | |||
**We wouldn't want to depend on sponsors to pay the bills | |||
**How would we go about it | |||
**Do we want sponsors? | |||
*Our group logo | |||
*We need something that isn't as busy, but eye catching | |||
=== Meeting Adjourned @ 10:02pm === | |||
Latest revision as of 17:27, 30 April 2010
| << 2010-04-19 | Board Meeting Minutes | 2010-05-03 >> |
|---|
Attendance
- Joe
- John
- Chris
- Daniel
Agenda
Old Business
- Continue discussion of new dues demographic
- Continue discussion of Midsouth Makers, members, and tables at cons
New Business
- Financial Report
- An answer for Rick
- Rick proposed something to us, and we have gone two weeks without providing him a response, one needs to be given and soon
- Bringing old people back
- Meetings attendance has dropped
- Why?
- Ultimately as the board, we are responsible
- Who has not shown back up in a while?
- What can we do to get them coming back?
- Why?
- Mailing List
- Lets get people on it and active
- Has anyone actually subscribed to the PSOne public list? It's teeming with activity
- Meetings attendance has dropped
- Appearance
- Current style of the main logo has been seen as too "old west" let's work on something sleek like the badge logo
- Site colors, something is not right with them, let's make the theme match the badge logo a little better
- Promotional Stuff
- We need something new, short, and sweet that describes us well
- Something that covers a wide area of description with less wording
- Our current flyer attempts to cover that wide area with too much
- The design of our current flyers also is over used, everyone uses the "WE WANT YOU" slogan
- Flyers, handouts, and other promotional stuff let's get creative
- Like these Wallet Cards, Handouts, Flyers, Tri-fold
- Promotional Day
- Let's pick a weekend that we all or several of us get together and go put up flyers and set out stacks of handouts
- Sponsors
- Twin Cities Maker has one
- Harford Hackerspace has four
Notes
Comes to Order @ 8:30pm
- John will draft an answer to Rick
- Make sure no one is left out of group conversations, don't want to alienate anyone.
- Membership, is low. Board should be communicating with people to find out why they haven't come back to meetings
- Maybe send a monthly update with pictures from meetings to show people what they are missing
- Some people may not be coming because they're waiting for us to get a space
- Group activities - Doing things as a group, movies, cook outs, dinner
- We have a lot of good ideas, but we need to execute them
- Potential Sponsors for the group
- We wouldn't want to depend on sponsors to pay the bills
- How would we go about it
- Do we want sponsors?
- Our group logo
- We need something that isn't as busy, but eye catching