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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 [[Category:MeetingNotes]]

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