O/D Meeting 4/16/2013

Attendees

• Officers and Directors present

Brad Jose Tim Aaron Nathan

• Members present

Joe Justin

Minutes

Old Buisiness

• Directors insurance
  • Mark lost the quote
  • School Factory has a contact for that

• 501c3
  • We got it! Now What?
  • All equipment and stuff needs to be accounted for whats missing from the wiki
  • Fundraising?

• MakerShips
  • How did it go
  • $588

• Conglomeration
  • Went well, want more LVL1 involvement.

• Blogging and Wiki
  • We need more blog posts!
  • Thanks to Justin for helping
  • Hack-A-Day likes LVL1 posts, send them in

• Electricity upstairs
  • We need action soon.
  • Josh W. I has 4 quotes. Coop can do it for 500 bucks. Have full 3d build out rendered
    • We have $250 for electricity to the air compressor.
  • The extension cords are a problem upstairs.
    • Please unplug extension cords when they're not being used.

• CPA
  • Mark found one we can use for an hourly fee.
    • We want him to review our taxes.
    • Mark is concerned about what we need to keep track of when we're a 501c3.
    • We must track all donations coming in if they would like a recipt, materials, cash

• Workshops
  • Need more workshops
  • Coming up:

• Member Shelving
  • Still have empty shelves no one has asked for bins

• Attack the Boneyard!
  • Move the Boneyard!

• LVL1 is doing well!
  • 60+ members
  • Fiscally stable
  • Only challenge we (Brad) forsee coming up is about the building.
    • Lease is up in July.
    • Lease Update
    • Should we look at other commercial spaces?
    • Chris may have a lead to a bulding a block or two away, waiting to meet with the person.

• Increase emergency funds?
  • It has been done, kroi ka

• Rules List
  • We need to decide on rules of hacking and post a public list

• Should we get a cleaning lady?
• Space organization plan? Update?

New Business

• Machine shop - new space location?
  • email Brad, look at floor plan and prices
• Directors Insurance
  • Tim following up on quote
  • Will post FAP once we have a quote
• 501c3 successful!!!
  • Inventory
    • Must log all equipment
    • $250+ must be logged
    • Existing equipment as well
  • Tim has a receipt for 501c3 donations
    • Value is determined by donator
      • If they say it's worth $1,000,000 they are committing tax fraud, not us.
  • Brad will make a blog post soon
  • Look for donors!
    • Be careful - donors can specify how the money can be spent
  • Anything donated to LVL1 under 501c3 is LVL1's
• Makerships
  • All over
  • Two new members
  • Not enough in the fund for more than one now, need more sponsors
• Conglomeration
  • Wants more LVL1!
  • Interactive workshops or funding things
  • Any ideas talk to Conglomeration
• Blog posts
  • Need more blog posts!
  • Get Divinity a login
  • Need to get Admin rights to some more people
• Electricity Upstairs
  • Need action soon if we're staying...
  • Josh has four quotes, waiting on building future
• CPA
  • Tim sasy we do not need
  • Bill S's brother is a CPA
• Workshops
  • Aaron will do another OpenSCAD
  • A couple other ideas..
• Member Shelving
  • Need more bins, need more member shelves
  • Please don't store stuff on member shelves
• Boneyard
  • People confused on where stuff is usable
  • Move boneyard to Dead Zone
  • Make boneyard downstairs member storage
  • May 25th stuff must be moved by then
• Rules list
  • Use guidelines instead of rules
• Cleaning lady
  • FAP for annual payment or vote for recurring things
• Space Organization
  • The space is a physical editable wiki
  • Change things, but still be excelent to others
  • Don't be offended if they change them back
• The Building
  • Lease is up at the end of July
    • There is concern about renewing our lease
  • Major lead: Brent St.
    • Big, perfect, about to collapse
    • Needs some work
    • Kristy is willing to work on it.
  • A couple other weaker leads
  • Josh has been pursuing leads commercially
  • Divinity may have a lead