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
- Mark found one we can use for an hourly fee.
- 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.
- Value is determined by donator
- 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
- Inventory
- 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