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

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.
• 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