Board meeting notes 2015-04-31

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Attendance

Claudio, Cliff, Danny, Ernest,Todd, Patric, Phillip Count: 7

Agenda

Financial

• Treasurer Report
  • ~$8.5k
  • Follow up with Drew on receipt
  • Drew laser cutter refund/dues?
• Prudent reserves
  • Minimum amount of $6k as reserve funds
    • Vote: Ya 5 | Nay 0
  • ~$6k = Re-evaluate in 3 months
• Upload 2015 annual report filing to dropbox (Danny)

Space/Organization

• Bathroom, Phase II
  • Hot water heater?
  • Flooring
    • Vinyl
• Shop sink
  • Price out
• Better meeting scheduling/communication - Ideas
• Projects
  • Brandon table
  • Phillip bike
• Cut out door access between common room and lounge
  • Cut out (after scheduling with Ben)
  • Electrical Ben Find his schedule (
  • Budget for access hole $100

Events

• Memphis Maker Fair
  • June 21st
  • Staff
    • Danny (maybe)
    • Claudio (NO)
    • Cliff (NO)
    • Justin (NO)
    • Ask April ( )
    • Deadline Friday
    • Danny email list
• LAN Party ID4^2
  • July 16th
  • BBQ Butt Cliff
  • Setup 2-4, Food at 5/6
• Future events/classes
  • Planners?
  • Nerf Gun
  • Laser Cutter recert class
    • June 25 1pm
    • Danny C
• Soldering class
  • ID ben link
• AnimeBluesCon table/panels
  • Not this year

Tools

• Laser cutter recalibration 5/09 7pm
• Jet Lathe working great
• Maintenance program
  • Monthly
  • Last checked date/etc
• Laser cutter chat/resign off
• Remove old vacuum former
  • Let Robert know prior (Danny)

Notes

Comes to Order @7:04pm

Financial

• Treasurer Report
  • All bills paid, $6247 in bank, $500 in Paypal
  • Linode bill is ~$32
    • Still have old server running alongside new server. Joe removed old server from account
  • Comcast is $153 - Brett will check to see if promotion expired and what speed plan we're on
• State Annual Report form filed on 2/21
  • Local Agent updated to Ben Eishen

Members

• Went through Pending and lapsed members
  • Will contact to ascertain status
• Better meeting scheduling/communication - Ideas
  • Meetup member communication to encourage potential attendance
  • Update New member email and packet

Board Meetings

• Required monthly by Bylaws
  • can do Google Hangout+ if necessary

Space/Organization

• Bathroom, Phase II
  • Patch drain - Danny fill on Sunday Apr 12
  • Pull copper plumbing - Apr 22/23
  • Dry Wall - Apr 22/23
  • Paint wall - After Drywall complete
  • Flooring - After Paint
• Purchasing digital projector for classes
• Investigate insurance options

Events

• LAN Party - Apr 11
  • Burgers, hotdogs, beverages
  • ID Check for alcohol
• HAMFest
  • Apr 11
• SuperUser Group meeting
  • Apr 14th, CoWork Memphis
• Tech Office Hours
  • 12pm - 6pm - Memphis Technology and Start Co
• Laser cutting training class
  • Led by Danny Chamberlin
  • May 23, 2015
• Beginning Soldering Class
  • May
• Intermediate Soldering Class (Surface Mount)
  • June or July
• Advanced Soldering
  • August
• AnimeBluesCon
  • Panels on 3D Printing and Cosplay
  • July 9 - 12
• HackMemphis
  • Sept 11-13, CoWork Memphis