Meeting notes 2010-04-09

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Attendance

John Joe Daniel Mary Kevin Brandi Roy Rick Brad Mitzi Mark Marshall Tony James

Pictures

http://www.flickr.com/photos/midsouthmakers/sets/72157623821317512/

Agenda

• We've opened the bank account. To move forward we need to collect dues for a slush fund.
  • Minimum $1500 ~ 2 months rent, estimated 3 months to build.

• Soldering class April 16th, dry run for May 14th.

• We have been invited to makers local and hacker consortium on 2 of the weekends in June.

• Fund raising
  • Geek Prom
  • Electronic Kits
  • Cookouts
    • Snack Basket
    • Bake Sale
• swap Meet
  • Garage Sale
• Classes
• Coin jar
• Shopping Card that supports the group
• Repair Day
• Battle Bots
• Art show
  • Wine and Cheese event

Notes

Comes to Order @ 7:16pm

• We have a paypal account for donations / membership dues.
• Kits for the soldering class next week have been ordered.
• We will be reselling make magazine subscriptions which benifit the group.
• We're meeting with a realtor from Crye Leike.

• What do we want in a space
  • Expansion
  • Wiring
  • Chem / Eye wash station
  • Bathroom
  • Wiring
  • Water Access
  • Office / Conference
  • Kitchen / Bath
  • Car / Auto Bay / Loading Dock
  • Parking
  • Weight limit on floor space
  • Ventilation and Access
  • Ramp entrance
  • Floor Drain
  • Greenspace

• Projects:
  • Roy brought some urethane mold that he's working on to cast concrete.
  • Rick bent some plexiglass to create a base for an old style compass to mount it on the car dash.
  • Jamees brought in some solor panels from a robot build
  • Kevin brought in a hack that allows his Amiga to use a SD card as a hard drive via IDE to SCSI, and SD to IDE

• Recruiting
  • handing out flyers at area festivals
  • cooper young festival
    • Greek and Italian Fest
    • Public Events of our own
    • Publicity
    • Local media