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)

Attending

Eight members in attendance, two guests.

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