2021-09-07
Contents
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September 7th, 2021
Agenda
Summary
- Member Reports
- Guest Introductions
- Minutes
- Member Attendance
- Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising
- Consent Agenda
- Old Business
- Pinned items
- Action Items
- New Business
- Officer Reports
- Upcoming Events
- Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising
- Trash/Recycling Volunteer
- Adjournment
Member Reports
Guest Introductions
Upcoming Events
note new calendar for 2021 External Outreach Events list
- Cleanup parties are tentatively held on the last Sunday of each month.
- Saturday Science is hosted at SplatSpace on Saturdays from 1 - 4pm.
- Scott is hosting TriBRAE - Beginning Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Electronics at SplatSpace monthly on the 3rd Saturday. Next meeting will be July 24th.
- Ryan is hosting a Triangle Helium Interest Group meetup at SplatSpace on Wednesdays from 5 - 7:30pm.
- Makers Connect Social Get-Together is held at SplatSpace monthly on the 3rd Tuesday, from 7 to 8:30pm. Next meeting will be July 20th.
- As usual, check https://www.meetup.com/splatspace for posted events.
Minutes
- Approve minutes from August 3rd, 2021.
Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising
Member Attendance
59 Dues-paying (voting) members
_ members in attendance
Quorum = __ members
Consent Agenda
Old Business
Pinned Items
Permanent items of the Old Business section carried from month to month.
- Ryan created New Member Onboarding reference documents:
- For new members (simple version): https://drive.google.com/file/d/1I0LmmBmKhuix5Z1XEUerMhFeDTvUkV3D/view?usp=sharing
- With Dorbo & key fob instructions: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UMvS_B-5J_6CvPtWGxJZLm2NceQVo3wu/view?usp=sharing
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.)
- Identify and maintain (online) lists of SMEs (subject matter experts) for each equipment or space. (No Update)
- Member info onesheet: it contains a lot of good information, is about 75% finished, but isn't organized well yet. Want to help? Please do! (No Update)
- Website: on hold for a little while at the moment. Blake invites any interested people to join the project. The draft is currently up at https://master.d3vo4125o10qad.amplifyapp.com/index.html. Still needs some work. Wordpress and Stripe are not playing well.
- Members are beginning to plan meetups and congregate--Ryan is planning to create and install room capacity placards in the work rooms for informational and safety purposes (supporting continuing COVID and social distancing safety, but also general shop safety). SplatSpace lease provides the total space capacity.
New Business
- A reminder to members to be mindful to clean up the space after using it.
Officer Reports
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
Account balances as of 8/31/2021:
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This month's income (cash in):
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This month's expenses (cash out):
Income - Expenses = $1196.26
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Active Member count as of 9/6/2021:
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Monthly Expected Expenses
Current = $2510 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Deficit/Surplus
Current = $3310 - $2510 = $800/mo |
Departing Members: Ashley F, Don N, George M, Keri W
New Members: Aaron T, Jenn B, Lisa S, Patrick E, Patrick O, Robert S, Zach A
Arrears: 2 members
With our current membership and expenses, it will take 1 month to fully fund our reserve.
- Note: projection is based on current member dues and recurring donations.
https://wiki.splatspace.org/images/8/85/Reserve_Projection_2021-08-03.pdf
Donations: Thank you to Blake, Graham, and Kunal, for your donations. You help keep our lasers firing, saws cutting, and whatever the DIY Bio folks are brewing in the basement viable!
Special thanks (again!) to our anonymous benefactor for (previously) donating $3000 through Fidelity Charitable. That donation brought us 10 months closer to funding our reserve, and that much closer to affording expenditures to help improve SplatSpace for our membership. This was tremendously important and impactful support--thank you.
Pending: SplatSpace's Charitable Solicitation License Exemption filing was due May 15, 2021, with the NC Secretary of State. I haven't yet filed our renewal for 2021, though I plan to soon. Our past filings can be found by searching for "Durham Makerspace" at https://www.sosnc.gov/csl/search. We have filed late previously without incident (so far).
Secretary
Public Relations
At-Large
Other
Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising
Notes from the Special Action Committee:
Trash/Recycling Volunteer