Board meeting notes 2011-09-12

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Attendance

• Kevin
• John
• Roy
• Chris
• Joe
• Claudio
• Ben
• Daniel

Count: 8

Agenda

Group Leadership

• Midsouth Makers requires your time.
• Joe would like to raise a board issue about the suitability of John and Kevin as board members.
  • The following seems to make apparent the lack of time to be able to perform the board member role for Midsouth Makers
    • Absence from Multiple Meetings
      • It's understandable to miss meetings, Especially when a job requires it, however there has been no apparent interest shown in how the meetings went, nor has there been any activity outside of the regular meeting times.
      • Real life events may also play a role in taking us away from meetings. Instead of an extended board member absence, offer to step down or offer some alternative to another meeting day.
    • Lack of general interest in the happenings of the group
    • Lack of response when specifically asked for input
  • Joe feels when regular members are consistently doing more than board members, there should be questions raised.

Financial Update

• Current Money:
• Current Paying Members:

Event Discussion

• Twitter Campaign Recap
  • A resounding failure
  • Consensus on what we learned
    • If we don't think an event will be great, don't force it
    • Board shouldn't have to lead every event
    • Sculpy class is a perfect example of non board ran event that was great

Upcoming Events

• 9/24 - Noon @ the space - Cisco Lab $10 for members - $20 for non Members
• 10/8 - Soldering pt II - Building an Arduino Clone $35
• 10/22 - Pumpkin Carving Class led by Danny BYOP

Shop

• Lumpy has built what could be used as an arcade cabinet.
• Shop needs to be cleaned up / organized

Membership

• Recruitment Committee - define leadership / add more members or dissolve the committee

Next Board Meeting 10/3/11

Notes

Comes to Order @ 7:15 PM

Financial Update

• Current Money: $2500
• Current Paying Members: 36

Event Discussion

• Twitter Campaign Recap
  • Do a prize based QR Code
  • Need better motivation or incentives for participation
• Update on the status of classes
• Retro gaming night planning
• 9/24 COokout / Retro gaming night - Joe
• 10/8 Cookout / Retro gaming night - Joe
• 11/12 Cookout / Retro gaming night - Joe
• 11/5 SkyDog Con
• 10/29 LAN Party - Tentatively

Upcoming Events

• 9/24 - Noon @ the space - Cisco Lab $10 for members - $20 for non Members
• 10/8 - Soldering pt II - Building an Arduino Clone $35
• 10/22 - Pumpkin Carving Class led by Danny BYOP

Shop

• Lumpy has built what could be used as an arcade cabinet.
• Shop needs to be cleaned up / organized

Membership

• Contacting Radio Shack for an event
• STCC Talk about the group.
• Chris send out an email about the Recruitment committee

Next Board Meeting 10/3/11