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====Guest Introductions====
 
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* 3 guests were present, one who was familiar with an earlier incarnations/location of Splatspace. A section of his ted talk was displayed.
  
 
==== Minutes ====
 
==== Minutes ====
  
* Approve February 4, 2020 minutes
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* no quorum, could not approve Feb 4 minutes
 
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==== Initialization ====
 
==== Initialization ====
  
 
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* Meeting started a little past 7
  
 
==== Member Attendance ====
 
==== Member Attendance ====
(Quorum = 25% of 49  = 13 members)
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10 members in attendence (quorum = 13 members)
  
 
==== Consent Agenda ====
 
==== Consent Agenda ====
The following change to the Membership Agreement is proposed (change highlighted in blue).
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There was no objection to the following change to the Membership Agreement is proposed (change highlighted in blue).
  
 
Current section from Membership Agreement:
 
Current section from Membership Agreement:
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==== Old Business ====
 
==== Old Business ====
1) Safety Document - update
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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.
 
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2) Tools - updates  
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* 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.
  
 
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* 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.
  
 
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*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.
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*Tom: iso-chemistry lab people have been coming to 24. He has collected a lot of lab equipment.
 
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==== Member Reports ====
 
==== Member Reports ====
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*Mark visited Triangle E-cycling and got a relatively recent model dell for $200. Mark also recounted repeat emails from the public questioning whether we have classes, can we teach them x, etc. He asked that the community think about this community function and how it could be used by the institution
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*Lewis reported on his agriculture experiments
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*Ryan had an idea and wanted feedback - wants to keep meetings short, but doesn't want to restrict what people have to share. He wants to democratize the process, and floated plans on making "the bright elephant" - a bright visible object that would be triggered by anonymous end users that would communicate intent to the president.
  
 
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''note new calendar for 2020  [https://wiki.splatspace.org/index.php/Main_Page#External_Outreach_Events External Outreach Events]''
 
''note new calendar for 2020  [https://wiki.splatspace.org/index.php/Main_Page#External_Outreach_Events External Outreach Events]''
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*Upcoming events - Makerfaire Lynchburg has been upgraded, since Burlington has been canceled.
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Latest revision as of 14:25, 10 March 2020

Contents

March 3rd, 2020

Agenda

Summary
  1. Minutes
  2. Initialization
  3. Member Attendance
  4. Consent Agenda
  5. Old Business
  6. Action Items
  7. New Business
  8. Officer Reports
    1. President
    2. Vice-President
    3. Treasurer
    4. Secretary
    5. Public Relations
    6. At-Large
  9. Member Reports
  10. Upcoming Events
  11. Trash/Recycling Volunteer
  12. 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
  • Account balances as of 03/01:
+ BB&T + Cash Total - Outstanding - Escrow - 3 mo reserve Non-committed
  $5464.87     $159     $5623.87     $0     $560     $7500     $-2436.13  


  • This month's income:
Member Dues Donations Other Total
  $1459.38     $88.39     $0     $1547.77  
  • This month's expenses:
UDI Rent Linode + AWS Spectrum Misc Total
  $2400     $20.13     $84.99     $0     $2504.99  
  • Income - Expenses =   $-957.35
  • Back dues owed = $875


  • Active Member count as of 03/01: (Active = paid dues within past 60 days)
Membership Type # Members Dues (Expected) Hypothetical # Members Hypothetical How Hypothetical Dues
Full 15 $ 900 20 (+3 new, 2 Assoc->Full) $ 1160
Full (legacy) 20 $1000 20 +0 $ 1000
Associate 5 $ 125 8 (+3 new) $ 200
Associate (legacy) 7 $ 140 5 (-2) $ 120
Student 2 $70 2 +0 $70
Total 49 $2235 55 $ 2550
Monthly Expected Expenses = $2505
Month Members Monthly Deficit (Expected)
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

  • Mark visited Triangle E-cycling and got a relatively recent model dell for $200. Mark also recounted repeat emails from the public questioning whether we have classes, can we teach them x, etc. He asked that the community think about this community function and how it could be used by the institution
  • Lewis reported on his agriculture experiments
  • Ryan had an idea and wanted feedback - wants to keep meetings short, but doesn't want to restrict what people have to share. He wants to democratize the process, and floated plans on making "the bright elephant" - a bright visible object that would be triggered by anonymous end users that would communicate intent to the president.


Upcoming Events

note new calendar for 2020 External Outreach Events

  • Upcoming events - Makerfaire Lynchburg has been upgraded, since Burlington has been canceled.


Trash/Recycling Volunteer

Adjournment