2010-03-27 Annual Meeting Notes
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- Why are we here?
- Membership status (Matt)
- Financial status (Mark)
- Say hello to the vice-president
- Review the amount, payment period, due date and acceptable methods for collection of dues
- Review the time, location, and frequency of regular meetings
- Review standing rules and policies (Dues policy, key policy, membership process)
- Set goals for the organization for the coming year
- Additional Motions from members present
- Officer elections
Minutes[edit | edit source]
- Why are we here?
- Membership status
- Initial 17
- Gained 6
- Lost 3
- Financial status
- John C. is the best timed payee
- Taxes are being filed, a full report will be coming
- Say hello to the vice-president
- He says hello back to the group
- Review the amount, payment period, due date and acceptable methods for collection of dues
- Mark suggests that we add Paypal, consensus is no
- Jon suggests that we do subscriptions
- Vote to offer Google Subscriptions at $50 and the Node would cover the Google Checkout fee
- Vote approved
- Vote to offer Supporting Member rate at $10 which does not bestow a key or voting rights but does grant the Support Member member rates at workshops
- Vote Approved
- Review the time, location, and frequency of regular meetings
- Vote to move meetings to The Second Tuesday of each month at 7:30pm
- Vote Approved
- Vote to move meetings to The Second Tuesday of each month at 7:30pm
- Review standing rules and policies (Dues policy, key policy, membership process)
- Key Policy - We're not happy about it
- Vote to spend $60 on 4 new keys for a 'Key Cache'
- Vote approved
- Vote to spend $60 on 4 new keys for a 'Key Cache'
- Membership Policy - Already discussed in the 'Supporting Member' discussion
- Key Policy - We're not happy about it
- Set goals for the organization for the coming year
- More Community Outreach
- Open houses that target specific groups
- Metrics: How many organizations, how many meaningful interactions have we had
- Node Awesome Grants
- Using them as the lubricant to make projects happen
- Goal to give out 3-5
- Open Hacks booked for every Thursday night
- We're going to put it on the VP to make sure people are signed up for the Open Hack
- Votes Approved
- We're going to put it on the VP to make sure people are signed up for the Open Hack
- More space organization
- Metric is people are able to find what they need when they needed and there is more spots to work
- More events
- Goal of x events per month
- Goal of x parties per month
- Develop a framework that helps people execute workshops/events
- Goal of more publicity
- Increase documentation of projects by all members at all times across all forms
- Develop a framework for maintaing an inventory of parts
- Build a board of advisors
- More Community Outreach
- Additional Motions from members present
- None
- Officer elections
- Jon gave a run down of how the votes go down
- There are no nominations for absent members for any position
- President
- Nominations
- Adam nominates Jon and Jon declines
- Jon nominates Matt Forr for President
- Sepideh nominates Alan Grover and he declines
- Candidates: Matt Forr
- Winner is Matt Forr
- Nominations
- Vice-President
- Nominations
- Adam nominates Kelly
- Jon nominates Mark
- Sepideh nominates Alan
- Candidates: Mark Huson, Alan Baumbusch, Kelly Egan
- Winner is Mark Huson
- Nominations
- Treasurer
- Nominations
- Jon nominates himself
- Jon nominates Kelly and he declines
- Candidates: Jon Lesser
- Winner is Jon Lesser
- Nominations
- Secretary
- Nominations
- Adam nominates himself
- Jon nominates Alan
- Jon nominates Kelly and he declines
- Mark nominates Sylvia and she declines
- Candidates: Adam Bachman and Alan Baumbusch
- Winner is Adam Bachman
- Nominations
- Board discussion and elections
- Adam spoke about how the board can bring high-level people in to give us support or be a member at large that will act on behalf of the Node to help achieve our goals
- Jon spoke about how the board can help mentor us as an organization and help actualize our goals
- Vote to empower Justin to do all the things he stated in his email without being a Board Member - Vote approved
- Conclusion is that we will build an advisory board, see goals.
Members Present[edit | edit source]
- Jon Lesser
- Mark Huson
- Alan Grover
- Sepideh Miller
- Todd Miller
- Kelly Egan
- Sylvia Chi
- John C.
- Joe A
- Left early and left on a prestigiously enlightening note
- Alan Baumbusch
- Adam Bachman
- Matthew Forr