Editing 2010-04-13 Meeting Notes

Report from the treasurer.

* Jon says we have ~$2500 in the bank.
* We're going to get an extension on taxes.
* Jon is going to seek help from Nick Farr.

Report from the secretary.

* One dude filled out the form.
* 20 members, no one new to vote on.

== Special Agenda Items ==
* Renting situation
** 2nd floor, back of the building
** We'd like to stay here.
** Matt will keep trying to get a hold of Sherwin. (ACTION)
** Mark is willing to look for space casually, we're not going to do a hard
core space hunt. (ACTION)

* Metal Lathe (do we want it?)
** Do we have room for it? It's big, but not huge. Very heavy.
** What would we do with it? Don't know, Jon will figure it out.
** Jon is in touch with the donor, it's at donor's parents' house. Emil wants
to meet some folks first. (ACTION)

* RobotFest plan of action
** When do we need to be there?
** Bring out projects: electronics kit? NOPE, just the rocket stuff. Need to print a
stencil, cut a tube for a template (size of launcher), a model clinometer should be
manufactured. Tape measure
** Mark is going to contact Estes to see if they'd donate a prize for the
winning rocket. (ACTION)
** We need a wiki page with a schedule for sitting at the table. Hour by hour,
making sure the table is occupied. Matt will make the wiki page. (ACTION)
** Jon is going to bring a whiteboard or something to do a leaderboard. (ACTION)

* T-Shirts
** Mark's friend can make them and sell them to us, 0 - 100 is $6 apiece.
** 25 to start would be $7.35, the next 50 would be $5.50 apiece (two color).
** Do we want cheap T-shirts, or awesome T-shirts?
** Mark is going to survey the community to see if anyone is interested. (ACTION)

* Merchandising in general?
** Matt would rather sell Obama circuit boards than t-shirts.

* Organizational purchase. Parts store? Get organized.
** We need stuff and we need somewhere to put stuff.
** Bucket of Legos. Be awesome, use it and put it back. If you're going to
incorporate it into a project, put in some dollars.
** No matter what we do, before we order, we'll have to have a plan for
getting that thing organized.
** Mark suggests we vote to dedicate $60 to $80 (up to $1000) to setting up the
parts store. Jon suggested we can vote to spend online, but first we need a
plan. Mark can start the planning for the parts store, we can start an email
thread and a wiki page.  Alan suggested Harbor Freight. (ACTION)

== Upcoming Events ==
* Defcon
** Kyle H. is organizing a local Defcon group and seeking folks from Charm Sec,
Dojo Sec, 2600, etc. It seems like there's a desire to learn, but there's isn't
a lot of connection and organization between orgs.
** His personal goal is monthly presentation and social event.
** Mark can host for any events.

* Synth Space Jam Party 4/16
** Fridge is stocked. Justin is going to lead the thing.

* RobotFest/MMF 4/24
** Awesome. See above.

* Artscape/Betascape 7/16-7/18
** We're going to bring the DIY, fo' shizzle.
** Matt can set up the wiki page to track which spaces have been contacted will reach out. (ACTION)
** Egg drop?
** Mark will bring the green laser and we can set up the Graffiti Writer again.
** They're open for whatever.
** Power tool drag racing? $1000 if we can get sponsorship.
** BRING IT, DO IT, BAM!

* Megalopolis Audio Festival, 5/14-5/16
** Five workshops happening in the space (and we don't have to do jack).
** Jon will be organizing our proposal and is in contact with the organizers.
** Jon will make a wiki page to organize managing the space during the event. (ACTION)

* Collab, wtf?
** Justin can't support it, so will someone else.
** Matt's question is, is anyone interested in running it? Sounds like no one
is interested in doing it, so that's that.

== Standard Agenda Items ==
* Financial
* Membership

== Discuss Previous Decisions & Action Items ==
* Matt will research the cost of soldering/science merit badges
* Matt will propose a MAME Cabinet Awesome Grant (ACTION)
* We-will-research-an-awesome-domain-name-for-a-power-tool-drag-racing-website.com
* Mark and Matt will get in contact with Robert Wray of the GRL/BmoreFiber project (defunct)
* Jon will setup dues subscriptions. (spoiler: Adam did legwork, Jon hasn't finished it)

== New Decisions & Action Items ==

== Attending ==
Eight members in attendance, two guests.

Matt, Kelly, Alan, John, Jon, Mark, Adam, Dave

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