Member Meeting Minutes for Feb 18, 2019
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Called to Order
- The meeting was called to order at: 7:39 PM
Attendees
- Chad Elish, President
- Adam Longwill, Board Member
- Bethany Klick, Treasurer
- Becky Zajdel, Secretary
- Adam Longwill, Board Member
- Sean Guzek, Board Member ELECT
- Phil Garrow
- Beebo Esch
- Alex Reasinger
- Steve Owens
- Rachel Ballance
- Rob Bedel
- Geno Soroka, via Hangouts
- Joe Newcomer, via Hangouts
- Jacques Parker, via Hangouts
- Simon Heath, Board Member ELECT, via Hangouts
New Members
- Quara'e C.
- Gil
- Marissa Botelho
Guest Introductions
- No guests today!
Quote
“So long and thanks for all the fish!” - Douglas Adams
PSAs
- Don't leave shit on and unattended!
- We plan on installing a timer on the soldering station so that hot dangerous items are not left on.
- Be excellent to each other.
Past Events
- Tools, training, and lots of fun things!
Future Events
- Shop Clean Friday, February 21st
- Please help clean the shop so we can be hospitable to our guests!
- Maker Event called "PGH WinterHack" is being organized by Mpac.
- PM Mpac on Slack if you'd like to help or volunteer
- It is being held at the shop on Saturday, February 23rd from 2PM-10PM.
- Please donate food or drink if you can!
Old Business
- Elections
- Sean Guzek and Simon Heath are Board Members elect
- Elections close on Wednesday, February 20th at 8PM
- Classes
- A bunch of new classes on the way. We want to discuss with the members Akron's policy of splitting the proceeds 50/50 with the teacher as a possible incentive to bring in new classes to HackPGH.
- We have a good number of people who will teach if this happens. Everyone wins.
- Info
- 50/50 Class price amendment
- Teachers can get 50% of the profit from a class. OR
- Teachers can donate all profit back to HackPGH. OR
- Teachers can earmark all profit they did not take to a pet project
- We need to define pet project areas (soft arts, laser cutter, 3d printer, etc.)
- PGH Inclusive Innovation
- Not going to happen because we no one volunteered.
- HackPGH 10 Year Party!
- Party Planner?
- DJs, Food, Music
- Budget $
- CONSTITUTION
- We have been listening to members on Slack and in person, and we want to create a more transparent constitution.
- Bethany and Adam will meet on tuesday to write constitution v3 which will be 777 for board members and 775 for regular members.
- Updates will be sent out as the document is revised.
Shop Updates
- Woodshop updates?
- Phil is working all over the shop, including the ducts/HVAC.
- Sean and Phil have been working on creating a stable CNC router.
- Tool updates?
- Sean has been working on improvements for the metal shop
- Joe Newcomer is donating filament for WinterHack.
- Outreach
- Tustin Tot Lot
- Proposal is due to go in front of the Art Commission in a week.
- Air quality monitoring benches.
- We would have a $42k budget
New Business
- We need to discuss the shop clean, put out the vote for the things from last meeting. Where are we on the cameras?
- And get members scheduled to teach training for tools we cannot do. Let's try to wrangle some volunteers tonight.
- Volunteer Hours will be now be scrupulously tracked.
Voting Items
- New Cameras and System.
- $900. Included camera and server.
- We will sell old cameras.
- New Membership Level
- The new board will send a vote out about this.
- Polls can be visited by logging into https://members.hackpittsburgh.org.
Project Updates
Recognition for AWESOMENESS
- Michael "Mpac" for running WinterHack
- Phil Garrow
- Sean Guzek
- Chad Elish
Move to Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at: 8:55 PM
Minutes written by: Becky "The Icebox" Zajdel