Council Meeting Minutes for December 1, 2009

Agenda

• Finances
• Treasurer election
• Duquesne Law Clinic update
• Door update
• Heat update
• Electrical build-out discussion
• Handling member hiatus
• Planning for 12/3 PCKIZ meeting
• Planning for 12/4
• Planning for the rest of December
• Preparing for 2010

Minutes by Agenda Topic

Finances

• We drew in a good bit of money on classes this month
  • Soft circuits
  • Arduino 1 and 2
• Discussion of EventBrite and its operation
• Balances were reviewed
• We need to build a budget
  • Track what is paying our bills
  • Track what can be used for shop improvement
• Class margins were discussed

Planning for 12/3 PCKIZ meeting

• Representatives will meet with the PCKIZ on Thursday
• Topics of discussion will include advertising and mutual relationships
• Topics will also include "getting to know each other"
  • We'd like a clear statement of mission
  • We'd like to know how we fit into that mission
• Matt and Marty will represent
  • Follow-ons may include larger representation

Treasurer election

• Nick was our treasurer
• Marty is nominated and seconded
• Vote: Marty is elected Treasurer unanimously. And there was much rejoicing.

Duquesne Law Clinic update

• Upcoming meeting will be rescheduled for January
• New intentions were communicated re: 501(c)(3), not-for-profit entity, etc.
• No new update

Door update

• Marty is almost done with the door for realz
• He has an enclosure for the inside
• He'll build a Hardcopy
• Software is done except for logging to SD card
• Volunteers are welcome
• Marty will make a wiki page for it

Heat update

• We have it (sort of)
  • This is a stopgap solution
  • Tracking has been happening via the ioBridge
• There have been reports of natural gas odors
  • The landlord was contacted
  • The landlord had it checked out, they don't smell gas
  • They can't find a gas leak
• We could do some testing ourselves

Electrical build-out discussion

• See the recent forum topic
• Discussion with the landlord about fiscal responsibility needs to occur
• Best way to proceed is probably a committee
  • Phased system
  • Incremental budget to do it ourselves
• Matt M. will organize the committee
• Discussion about conduit, Romex, etcetera

Handling member hiatus

And volunteer hour deficits

Preparing for 2010

(taxes)

Action Items

Forest:

• Provide contact info for alternate legal counsel

Marty:

• Make a wiki page for the door project

Matt M.:

• Organize electrical committee