2020-03-03
March 3rd, 2020
Agenda
Summary
- Minutes
- Initialization
- Member Attendance
- Consent Agenda
- Old Business
- Action Items
- New Business
- Officer Reports
- Member Reports
- Upcoming Events
- Trash/Recycling Volunteer
- Adjournment
Guest Introductions
- 3 guests were present, one who was familiar with an earlier incarnations/location of Splatspace. A section of his ted talk was displayed.
Minutes
- no quorum, could not approve Feb 4 minutes
Initialization
- Meeting started a little past 7
Member Attendance
10 members in attendence (quorum = 13 members)
Consent Agenda
There was no objection to the following change to the Membership Agreement is proposed (change highlighted in blue).
Current section from Membership Agreement:
- Dues
- $60 per month for Full Membership
- $35 per month for Student Membership (currently enrolled in an accredited institution)
- $25 per month for Associate Membership
- • New members agree to maintain their membership for a minimum of 3 months.
- • Dues are to be paid in advance by the 1st of the month. Newly elected member dues must be paid upon affirmation of membership. Dues are owed until the Secretary is notified, in writing, of a member’s intent to change or end their membership
- • Dues may be paid to the Treasurer in the form of cash, a check written out to "Splat Space" , or online at https://splatspace.org/create-subscription/ or https://splatspace.org/pay-custom-dues/.
- ________ Initials
Old Business
1) Safety Document - Mark and Andrew have a draft of the safety document ready after "incremental development." It will be on Slack for review and comments.
2) Tools - no updates
ToDo Action Items
(Items carried forward from previous meetings, but not up for discussion this month. Recorded here so we don't forget about them.)
* Plan needed to allow members to recoup costs on consumables they provide to the space. (who?)
* Website plans (who ?)
* New Member orientation (Dawn)
* Training & Accountability (Dawn - initial draft) [create doc with list of tools, include people & doc links as we start making equipment training guides]
* New Storage Shelves (Scott + volunteers)
* Audio/Visual install & configuration (Scott + volunteers)
* Splat server upgrade (Scott)
* Laser cutter soundproofing
New Business
No new business
Officer Reports
President
- President solicited constructive feedback over how he presides over meetings. None objections or suggestions were publicly given. By this secretary's limited judgement, he is doing a fine job. The President also thanked Mark for replying to emails and voicemails.
Vice-President
- VP reports that we need people for the Saturday open houses and the game night. Andrew has also been evaluating a beta Fusion 306 that was donated and it looks fine.
Treasurer
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Monthly Expected Expenses = $2505 |
Month | Members | Monthly Deficit (Expected) |
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Dec 1 | 50 | $ - 480 |
Jan 1 | 49 | $ - 485 |
Feb 1 | 46 | $ - 430 |
Mar 1 | 49 | $ - 270 |
Departing Members: none
New Members: Cassy B, Chris B, Andrew O, Andrew M
- Comments: reasonable expectations
- 2 year high - 57 members
- 2 year low - 41 members
Secretary
- no report
At-Large
- Scott has been thinking about moving the file cabinet to the other side of the fridge and the stainless steel cabinet over 3 ft in order to put the kiosk by the door.
- Tom: iso-chemistry lab people have been coming to 24. He has collected a lot of lab equipment.
Member Reports
Upcoming Events
note new calendar for 2020 External Outreach Events