O/D Meeting 12/02/2014
Attendees
- Officers and Directors present
- Brad, Danielle, Joseph, Nathan, Ben, Cherith, Daniel J.
- Members present
Old Business
- Community Foundation Grant Fund Usage
- Makership Program Briefing
- LVLUp Kids Group
- Board of Advisers
- NEED MOAR WORKSHOPS
- LVL1 Announce Email?
- LVL1 Membership Application Processing
- Digitizing Waivers
New Business
Minutes
Old Business
- Community Foundation Grant Fund Usage
- Still need to use funds
- Laser money mostly spent (In December will spend on extra mirrors and lenses.)
- Cleaning service
- CNC funding
- Buying mods for ZenBot, Shapeoko, and funds for software.
- Air conditioning upgrades
- Need to spend it to get AC going in the stair well
- What's required?
- Classroom needs some sort of airflow for the class room
- Shelving:
- Need to use shelves that were used for boneyard for large member projects.
- Boneyard Closed
- Open hours support
- Directors and officers insurance paid for.
- $4000 left
- Would like to hire a part time worker to support, Does not fall under 1099.
- Employee would have to be a member. Can we require a person to be a member in order to fulfill? Spend money to figure out.
- Tax implications?
- Should spend the money and try it versus not spend the money and have it disappear.
- Makership
- Averaging 1 a month. Not as active as it once was.
- Currently a committee is made each month regardless
- Funding?
- Need more advertising outside the traditional areas (like LVL1)
- Need to publish success stories
- Need Mentors?
- LVLUP Kids Group
- Board of Advisors
- When do we appoint?
- Established in July, directors in January so you have overlap.
- How do we elect/appoint?
- Membership involvement?
- Who do we elect/appoint?
- Suggested: Lawyer, accountant
- Codify the roles explicitly? Floating advisors? Max number cap?
- How do we remove advisors?
- Membership vote?
- Advisors cannot be members.
- When do we appoint?
- Workshops
- Need more workshops. No one had ideas.
- LVL1 Announce Email
- LVL1 Membership Application Processing
- Digital Waivers
- Daniel has been scanning them in.
- Stored on Google drive. Secure area on server.
- Conversation prior to signing waiver is important and needs to be incorporated.
New Business
- Door access
- Laser cutter fumes
- ConMen