Board Meeting - March 11th, 2019
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Agenda
- Review Tasks
- Ryan - Reengage with approving members
- Greg/Will - Split the HDMI off the lounge computer for appear.in use
- Dave - buy nozzle to make the sand blasting cabinet usable
- Kevin - move the blaster over by the air compressor
- Kevin - relocate metal storage racks
- Dave/Ryan - update orientation wiki
- Open Finance Website updates
- Membership Status
- Three members not paid up.
- Pending Applications
- Expire old applications?
- Open House
- Is there bandwidth?
- Get Rid of PayPal
- Processes and Procedures
- What can we improve
- What is tripping us up?
- Are we ready to schedule a task day?
- Re-invigorating Hive Culture
Minutes
- Review Tasks
- Ryan has not re-engaged due to being out of town due to family emergency
- Greg has added a new microphone to the lounge
- Dave - Working on updating the orientation wiki page. Some discussion was had to verify dave's changes align with our current reality.
- Shall we return to approving new applications on the same night they arrive?
- TODO - Greg to add shutdown link to the welcome email.
- The group is in agreement, so Dave will move forward with documenting that process.
- TODO - Add link to new member orientation topics.
- TODO - Will to "tighten up" the new member tour.
- Open Finance
- Balance remains about the same.
- Applications are on a dramatic upswing.
- Brief redundant discussion of expansion and real estate options. Nothing has dramatically changed in this area.
- Membership Status
- Three members have not paid up.
- Badges will be disabled for the members in arrears.
- Review of pending applications
- The oldest application was set to expired due to no reply from the applicant.
- Pending memberships will be expired after 90 days of no contact.
- TODO - Greg to add an automated 30 day follow up email.
- Open House
- Is there bandwidth for an open house?
- Possibly, if we do it after maker faire?
- Bill this as an after-party for the maker faire?
- TODO - Will to attempt coordinating the after party.
- Warn upstairs neighbor ahead of time.
- TODO - Reconsider for the fall, the first board meeting after makerfaire.
- Consider migrating away from paypal
- Paypal's payment notification is problematic for automating procedures.
- TODO - Greg to investigate Stripe integration for future use.
- If we add an alternative payment method, it would be optional and managed as a gradual transition.
- Monthly Talks
- Jim has been busy for the past couple weeks
- Jim asked if Garden Street might present about their operations
- WillB is discussing a plastic casting presentation with someone.
- We had an inquiry from someone interested in a local bell foundry
- TODO - Jim to forward some of his outreach emails to Will for possible use as a template.
- Process and Procedures
- Are we ready to schedule a task day?
- TODO schedule task day to compile consumable list.
- TODO add schedule items to the newsletter slack for Kevin's benefit.
- Are we ready to schedule a task day?
- MakerFaire applicaton
- What will we do at makerfaire?
- Learn to Solder
- Twenty Foot Falling Block Game
- What will we do at makerfaire?
- Reinvigorating Hive Culture
- The automation and social media outreach are increasing membership levels.
- Classes are making a comeback. CNC. Sparks. Needlecraft.
- Movie night hardware is running.