Council

As of April 2013, the council consists of:

DRAFT subject to revision by council and membership

In addition to the duties laid out in the Constitution, Council 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 council 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.
- Council 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 council 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).

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