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April 2016 - Board Meeting
Financial update (Bailey)
- Memberships down
- $108 under break-even by members with utilities ($60/month on average)
- Churn mostly due to understandable reasons- adding as well
- We were in the black for quite a while
- What can we done to add further?
- Raised money from Arduino class
- Pop fund essentially untouched
Landlord relations
- STILL sneaking checks into drop box in the locked tenant entryway
Possible partnership with Gravitate (Tim)
- Gravitate may be moving to 515 28th St.
- ~12k sq ft, Gravitate does not need all of it
- Possible to share some common areas
Plan out fundraising
- Crowd funding campaign
- Goal is $1.5m for tools, building, etc.
- Laser-cut coasters, etc.
- Help creating prizes and giveaways for the campaign
- Coordinate with event at Twisted Vine
- Use GoFundMe - they take credit card fees for all amounts and 3% if goal is met
- Grants
- Raise money prior to requesting grants to demonstrate viability
- Fundraising events
- Beer / Art event with Twisted Vine - June 21 (Tuesday)
- “Art with a Twist”
- Need logo that can be screened with one color
- $15-$25/person for custom glass, 1 beer and food
- $1000 for 500 glasses - need 6 weeks
- Set up on Eventbrite, Beer Week, etc. for advance sales
- Need volunteer coordinator for the overall event
- People (10) to serve beer, bus tables, front table etc. (Tom)
- Tim to host technical training events?
- Gravitate or WDM Incubator - i.e. “Test driven development” focused on professional development training
Membership drive
- Sent copy for flyers to Andy, waiting on design work
- Could mine existing list but limited upside
- Need items that can be made relatively inexpensively
- Ray thinking a word clock
- Events
- Other people have offered to run kid-targeted events!
- Tim knows someone who puts on events
- Have a kit that the kids assemble
- Offer $5 discount on all classes as membership benefit
- Kid events haven’t led to conversion but they do keep their kids in line
- Possibility of becoming involved with SCI Mixology Event
- Member Meeting - April 28
- Try and get people there
- Vote supporting to full members (if applicable)
- Short financial update/membership
- Garage build out status
- Discuss fundraising plans
- Crowd funding drive
- Art/Beer Week event at local brewery
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