June 2016 - Board Meeting

Financial update (Bailey)

• Memberships still down

• ~ $800/$1000 spent on garage (including metal lathe)

• Will be writing Tim a couple large checks for garage purchases

• Need to post the chainlink on craigslist

Landlord relations

• Got a key to the front door. Exists on the treasurer keychain (in the money pouch)

Garage Buildout

• Need someone to head up the last few things to finish the fence

• Clearing out garage of junk

Corporate Memberships

• Updates?

Starving hacker memberships update

• Ray is going to open dialog with the interested parties

Crowd funding campaign starting next week

On contact us page, https://area515.org/contact/, use [e-mail] instead of webmaster...

• [e-mail] will send the email to board.

• Anyone in board will answer, as appropriate

• Change completed

Charge for annual training on more expensive tools to support maintenance costs of tools and tool software (Nabil)

• Each tool will have it’s own fund to be accounted for (to adjust rates to the actual cost of the tool)

• Nabil writing up a policy to present at the member meeting

Disposing of vending machines - make em work or get rid of em

• Do we want to make them work or do we want to get rid of it?

• Bring up at member meeting. If there is no member interest in making a project of the machine(s), with hard project completion dates, we will dispose of machines.

Events

• Twisted Art hosted by Twisted Vine - June 21 (Tuesday)

  • Still need people to volunteer

  • Got a $500 sponsorship from Source Allies

• CNC Training going on

• 3D printing group

• Q3 Member Meeting (July)

  • 16/17 23/24 between 10-3 doodle poll

• If time: debrief of million cups talk

Member meeting agenda:

• Voting members to full if requested

• Fundraising update

• Training charges

• Mini Maker Faire

• Garage updates