Member Meeting Minutes for August 23, 2009
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Attendees: Marty, Amy, Dan, Nick, Forest, Sayan, Lori, Josh, Matt, Jon, Derrick, Liz, Isaac, John, Pete
Monthly Recap
- Two classes taught (Arduino build, lighting class), two more coming
- Several new members
- Couches!
- Projects
- Propeller pilgrimage
- Matt gave a small talk about HackPittsburgh
- Met a few interested contacts
- Shopcation
- Logo and flyer developed
Constitution
- Provisional constitution expired
- Council revised the constitution per reality
- Nick will ensure that the constitution is on the wiki with the latest revisions
- Email membership for review
- Vote to ratify next month
Logo
- Are alternate versions available?
- Can a less-masculine version be developed?
- Vote held:
- Unanimous vote: move forward with existing logo style
- Derivative versions can be developed in parallel
- Forest will make vector versions of the logo available
- "Logo hacking"
Promos
- Flyer
- Forest solicited feedback for the flyer
- Tagline should include arts, technology, DIY ethos
- Flyer should discuss Friday night events (teaser)
- "Free admission to Friday events?"
- Add web address to non-tearoff section
- A forum thread will be started to manage printing etc.
- T-shirts have been submitted to the printer
- We are waiting for the email saying that they're done
- This should come next week
Legal
- 501(c)(3)
- Nick will participate in Duquesne's non-profit clinic
- This starts in September
- This may make us eligible for more grants
- The setup would be free for us but cost $300 in government setup fees
- We are already in line for participation
- Current non-profit status
- Our lawyer needs $150 to publish notice of our existence and non-profit status
- Our lawyer will take care of publishing the notice
- Council will approve the expenditure
Events and Classes
- Class for programming the Arduino next Saturday
- Registration is closed
- We can take registrations from members until the end of the day today
- MAC tour is this Tuesday
- Lighting class on September 1 at 6 pm
- Steve wants to do a Hackety Hack class sometime in the near future
Lease
- TBD
Power
- TBD
Grant
- TBD
Financials
- TBD
Miscellaneous
- TBD
Action Items
Nick:
- Ensure that the constitution is up-to-date on the wiki
- Open forum thread for constitution discussion
- Send email notifying members of location of forum thread and constitution, etc.
- Continue pursuing 501(c)(3), keep the group updated
Forest:
- Make vector versions of the logo available for logo hacking
- Continue to develop the flyer
- Start a flyer forum thread