Board

Board (Formerly known as "Council")

The board consists of five HackPGH members that are elected by the membership. Terms are two years, and there's an election in February every year. People don't get voted into specific positions; they just get voted into the board, and then the board sorts out among themselves who does what. Not all positions will always be filled at the same time.

As of October 2020, the board consists of:

• Becky Zajdel - President
• Sean Guzek - Vice President
• Taylor Huston - Treasurer
• Adam Longwill - Secretary
• Asher Klick - Board Member

Contact the Board

To contact the entire board at once, email to info@hackpittsburgh.org

• Becky Zajdel: Becky@ our domain
• Sean Guzek: Sean@ our domain
• Taylor Huston: Taylor@ our domain
• Adam Longwill: Adam@ our domain
• Asher Klick: Bethany@ our domain

Email is best, but we do also have a phone number if you need: 412-559-2159.

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Duties, Expectations

In addition to the duties laid out in the Constitution, Board members are expected to:

• Encourage members to work on projects, collectively and individually.
• Celebrate and promote members successes.
• Be in the shop.
  • Attend every membership meeting.
  • Be in the shop at least one night (not counting membership meetings) a week, ideally two.
• Email! Read your hackpittsburgh.org email regularly.
  • Use your hackpittsburgh.org email for all correspondence relating to your role as board member.
  • Do not conduct shop correspondence through personal email addresses, as that correspondence will be lost to the organization when you leave.
  • A lot of meetings can be avoided by conducting business through hackpittsburgh.org email.
  • Board members need to be responsive via email since we're only in the shop for direct interaction for a few hours a week.
• Arrange for Friday night event presentations/talks.
• Arrange for workshops, classes, etc.
• Make sure that the shop is being maintained (either directly or by volunteer of members):
  • Trash and recycling need to be taken care of
  • Keeping T-Shirts, water, plasticware, paper plates, paper towels, toilet paper in stock
  • Membership email lists
  • Tracking dues and reminders
  • Tracking blue box contents
• Work with the landlord on shop physical needs/concerns (typically one board member is designated to keep things simpler for Dale)
• Generally look to the long-term goals for the shop and help focus members on achieving those (i.e. general leadership).

Perks

• Leadership responsibilities and rewards.
• A set of keys to the shop. (RFID system makes this a perk for all members)

Former Board Members

• Matt Stultz
• Nick Pinkston
• Doug Phillips
• Anthony Cascone
  • anthony@hackpittsburgh.org
• Eli Richter
  • eli@hackpittsburgh.org
• Gene Kern
  • gene@hackpittsburgh.org
• Alex Reasinger
  • alex@hackpittsburgh.org
• J Scott Hamilton
  • jscott@hackpittsburgh.org
• Geno Soroka
  • geno@hackpittsburgh.org
• Chad Elish
• Rob Martin
• Dave Coakley