O/D Meeting 03/06/2012

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Attendees

  • Officers and Directors present
    • President - Chris C.
    • Treasurer - Mark E.
    • Brad L.
    • Josh W.
  • Officers and Directors not present
    • VP Jon C.
    • Secretary Tim M.
    • Director Dan B.
  • Members present
    • Jose C.
    • Joe P.
    • Brian W.

Minutes taken by Josh

Level One Directors Meeting 3-6-12

  • Kentucky Secretary of State Annual Filing updated with current Directors.
  • Directors insurance.. Mark forgot to check on this, but it is now on his TODO list.
  • 501c3 status.. No response from Directors on status email sent out by Chris at the beginning of Feb. Articles of Incorporation have been updated with Articles of Dissolution as necessary for 1023 filing. Deadline for 1023 response is still May 1st, with assurances from our IRS agent that we can file for another 30 or 90 day extension if necessary.
  • 1023 being readjusted this month with help from Center for Nonprofit excellence, then lawyer.
  • Providing public access to tools, space, open source, learning materials, etc.
  • John’s Qualms.. He won’t talk.
  • Original Founders wanted a 501c3. Been voted on twice already. Once to pursue 501c(3) and again to approve the $850 in funds for filing.
  • If there is further disagreement about pursuing 501c(3), encourage those opposed to bring it up to the membership for a vote.
  • No drama on the members list
  • School Factory
  • Bring up to membership to agree on. Does School factory own the equipment?
  • Open Director Meetings. They are posted on a wiki. There are some concerns they are valid but they are not a major issue.
  • Assets held on books for school factory… potential exemption..
  • Working groups. Brain storm ideas. Then vote. Succeed. Adopted as a cultural identity.
  • LvL one Blog Post of success stories.
  • Inspection
  • More rails. Handicapped bathroom… Electricity in the workshop.. Double plug strip..
  • No Christmas lights.
  • Big Room Contained.
  • Need to repaint the graffiti
  • Store.
  • Money seeded. It is coming online. 619 and change.
  • Plywood, acrylics, arduino kits, maker shields, punk consol.
  • New building stuff
  • Called landlord twice in the last month. Landlord guaranteed a lease for a year.
  • Mark Verde has a rental opportunity. Across from Portland recycling, Biodiesel project. People would have issues with the sketchiness of the parking lot.
  • Terry Boyd. Gant Hill Realtor have some form of building. It’s a tech building downtown and another on Shelby Street.
  • Aaron Conway Bought the Mammoth 10th and Broadway. People living in the building, Potential for conflict.
  • Looking for that sweet spot.
  • Metro..
  • Ted Smith doing a city hackathon… code for America.. Etc.
  • Membership marketing..
  • Science Museum… E Expo…
  • Banners and business cards.
  • Bylaws..
  • Succession plan. Pulling a Putin. Need to make sure we are able to transfer leadership smoothly.
  • Makership UOFL
  • Potentially needs some salvaging. Possibly promise professional position.
  • Don’t be just the dumping ground for speed school students.
  • Brad’s coop boss shot him in the nipple. It was a side effect. Attending Swat training was mandatory.
  • NO ALCOHOL TO MINORS NO ONE UNDER THE AGE OF 18
  • Did you hear the one about the paranoid dyslexic? He thought he was following everyone.
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