Editing 2009-08-04 Meeting Notes (section)

==Minutes==

* Introductions
** Someone took attendance on a notepad (Aaron Brewer?)
* Gary from Robot Fest cordially invited us to Electronica Fest,
** tickets are $6 and if you would like to come it’s September 5th
** There will be a Theremin workshop and you can purchase a kit on site
** He is looking for workshop volunteers (would you like to teach something?) and logistics volunteers, get a hold of him for more info. Where’s his contact info?
** more details at http://www.nationalelectronicsmuseum.org/’
* Space Discussion
** We need rules on how to handle donations, loans and personal projects
** There will need to be an inventory system and we will need to define what goes into the inventory (loans?)
** Furnishing and initial spec up
*** Avery volunteered to be the Czar organize what we have and figure out how to make it fit with the help of Wes
*** Alan said he would contact a contractor friend of his to assess the space and determine what kind of structure we could potentially build
** After the meeting we started taking down the wallpaper and will now need to pain
** It was decided that we will need to procure the biggest AC that can fit in the area above the doorway
* Membership
** There was a discussion about trust and keys and perhaps we should amend the bylaws, options proposed:
*** Deposit on the key
*** Must be a member for ‘X’ months
*** Must pay ‘X’ months of dues in advance
** Voting people in, when is that going to start?
** How will we handle things being stolen/broken
* Blog/Website
** It was proposed that we create a federated blog that combines the blogs of multiple members into one blog
** We need clearly present information on the website (contact info of our members, twitter directory?)
** Czar of web was proposed
** I’m adding that we need a small web development/design committee, preferably someone that can mock it up and someone that can build it out
* E-Waste
** Recycling program to move things out on a regular basis, I think this will go under maintaining the space
* DIY Mod Shop
** We concluded that we would work out a day to do this via the discussion list
** We decided that we will work with multiple kits
** Matt volunteered to coordinate the workshop and Erich volunteered to teach the electronics component
*** There was a request for someone to explain the science behind sound modulation