Suggested Date: Saturday, April 12 (should be "down" week after makeup week following graduation), start at 1:00pm.
Lock the front door; this is a "members-only" event. All BOD members and all volunteers are invited; try to get people to RSVP. We have the classroom and the whiteboard to use for the meeting. Suggested Agenda Topics: * What does the Board do? (presented by one or more Board members) * What do the shop staff do? (presented by one or more - Dr Walter, tmk) * What do the classroom staff do? (presented by one or more - Nate, Dave, Jen) * How do/should BOD and volunteer staff interact? * Changes to the structure of the classes (these are some suggestions that have come up in talking in the shop): - parents attend week 1 along with kids. First topics covered are, how to surf the Internet SAFELY (thus, mom/dad/guardian, listen carefully here, and start talking with your child about this NOW), and using gmail, with kids getting their gmail accounts first week, and sending an email to bworks, and if mom/dad have an email account, since they are sitting with the kids, one can be sent to them, too. - survey for interest in a DSL session after graduation, to cover setting up and configuring DSL with a Linux computer. * eBay Shop -- we have a lot of donated items we can't directly use that have some resale value. Some suggestions include: - set aside shelving area as "eBay space" - when items are put on "eBay space" shelves, also log into inventory - someone (Dan A?) needs to manage the eBay presence, monitor auctions, etc. - someone needs to package/ship items (also updating inventory) * Time For A Tune-Up: - contact former students - schedule a time, or set aside one Saturday per [month?] as Tune-Up Day - maybe have an "Etch" class for Debian Sarge users, to bring them up to speed on changes to the OS, then offer to upgrade their system (or give them a new cloned drive, transferring over any data from the /home/student/ directory) * Advanced Workshops: - programming/web development - digital photography - how to build a computer * Poster with donations specifications, put up one in retail area, another in shop =================== What do you all think? I'm willing to take on planning the event, and coming up with the agenda. The goals of this meeting are to get volunteers better acquainted with each other and with the Board; to come up with ideas for improving the services ByteWORKS offers; and to improve communications. Please fire away with suggestions. Theresa
