Member Meeting Minutes for June 5, 2019

HackPGH member’s meeting agenda for June 5th, 2019

Call to order

Simon called the meeting to order at 7:33 PM.

Attendees

• Simon Heath, President
• Sean Guzek, Vice-President
• Bethany Klick, Treasurer
• Becky Zajdel, Secretary
• Adam Longwill, Board Member
• Morgan Wable
• Chad Elish
• Phil Garrow
• Gil Tygart
• Tom Fetherston
• Beebo
• Alex Reasinger
• Toby Mann
• CW (via Google Hangouts)
• Steve Owens
• Morgan Wable
• Morgan Hartley

Welcome New members

• Dylan McGuire

PSA’s

• A prescription narcotic was found during clean-up of the party. Whatever medication you are on, please dispose of it properly!
• We are getting two sharps containers (one for each bathroom). Sharps, controlled substances, and razor blades will be disposed of in these containers.

Past events

• HackPGH's 10th anniversary party was a success!
  • We will be creating thank-you tokens for Tyler Mountain Water, Shop N' Save, and Dad's Pub and Grub.

Events for June

• June 4, Amateur radio meetup
• June 6, Breathe Uptown meeting
• June 14th, LAN party
• June 18th, Member's Meeting
• June 29th, 102 Welding Class
• July 6th, 101 Welding Class

Old business

• Old slop sink has been gotten rid of
  • Thanks to Chad for getting rid of it
• Giant vinyl cutter has been returned to its owner
• Party! How did it go?
• Dust collector -- if we haven't bought stuff for this by now, we need to.
  • Chad and Bethany will be working on this.
• Unfortunately getting goats to eat the brush on the hillside does not seem to be an option. Phil has cut it down.

New business

• NOMCon is June 14th through June 16th -- We should have official representation. Bethany is the only board member who can make it. Members have donated some money to help pay for expenses: $320+ for hotel and such (double check). Simon will pay whatever difference there is.
• There's this John Denny guy who wants to help us raise large amounts of money.
  • Becky will schedule a sit-down meeting with John Denny.
• Anyone want to be an area lead?
• Simon is going to be out of town from June 8 to 22, so don't look for him.

Shop updates

• Should the PA system be returned to its owner? Same guy as the vinyl cutter -- his name is Foo, it can be delivered to Randyland
  • We will keep it, as it is used quite often.
• We still have some old furniture to get rid of. Halp?
• Becky will be buying some new office chairs. PLEASE mark which ones should be replaced and are beyond repair.
  • Chad will try to repair some of the broken chairs. Becky will replace the ones that are beyond help.
• Can we get a change machine? Bethany spends an absurd amount of time rolling coins and mongling $1 bills. Chad reckons he can find one between $40-$100. We will look into it more.
  • We will look into a way of digitally paying for snacks and shop items. (Paypal, Venmo, Square, other?)
• Adam will be looking into getting a copy of Adobe Suite/Illustrator
• Membership processing will be changing from PayPal to Wild Apricot. We hate it as much as you do.
  • Changeover date is July 14th

Voting items

Previous vote status:

• Do we want to offer $30/mo membership to people on disability? YES. Talk to board member if your membership needs updated.
• Do we want to make sure elections are not run by someone participating in the election? YES.
• Do we want to make it so board members who are related/financially dependent/spouses can't sign each other's expenses? YES.

New votes:

• We need a new large CNC machine:
  • For the electronics: Do we want to spend $2600 (buying it outright) or building the electronics ourselves ($1000).
  • Alex will price out everything, but the total cost is estimated to be between $7000-$8500
  • 4" x 8" kit that will run and work EVERY time.
  • It will be able to work aluminum and brass
  • Alex will be running point on this acquisition/project
  • Alex will put a link in the Slack and Voting pages.
• Our fridge is borked. It also has black mold. Thermostat broke, got replaced. Can we just get a new fridge already? It would probably pay for itself in power.
  • The Board will be checking out Appliance Warehouse
  • Steve brought a vote that the membership approves spending up to $700 on a new fridge. The motion passes.
• Strike policy
  • If someone causes a safety or disciplinary issue, three strikes and you're out.
  • The Board will decide on a probation period.
  • The Board has the ability to expel members at their discretion regarding acts of violence, sexual harassment, and/or proven major disciplinary actions.
• WorkHardPGH Co-op and Co-working Space would like to start an exchange program. The cost of a (full-priced) membership at Hack is almost identical to a membership at Work Hard.
  • Come to Work Hard's mixer Net-Work Hard at Steelbridge Labs at 5:30
  • You can ask questions of Work Hard's members

Project updates

• Tustin Street Park
  • Chad needs volunteers and can pay a little
  • Any funds returned will be put towards the CNC machine

Project updates

• Move to adjourn
  • Meeting was adjourned at 9:15 PM
  • Minutes written by Becky "The Icebox" Zajdel