Namaste, hakkers!
I've noticed that there was a meeting on 2013-01-29 and that the minutes are
posted. They are visible on the web at
http://synhak.org/wiki/Meetings/29-1-2013. I've also included them in this mail
for reading at your leisure:
{{Infobox_meeting
|time=7PM
|date=2013-01-29
|venue=21 West North
|next=Meetings/5-2-2013
|previous=Meetings/22-1-2013
}}
= Agenda =
* '''Note Taker:''' Trever Fischer
* '''Moderator:''' Penny Golightley
== Introduction and Names ==
* Andrew - Grades geology labs
* Doug - Signs up for hackerspaces
* Chris - Collects hard drives
* Trever - Builds jukeboxes
* Penny - Maths
== Announcements ==
* Jim is acquiring a hose real for the vaccum former power cord
* Andrew brought a rubik's cube
* We have expanded open hours
* Trever built a jukebox machine on the network, will document it soon
== Membership ==
* Doug Costlow
** "I want to join synhak to build sweet projects, learn from others about what
I don't know, share what I do know and do community outreach."
** Sponsored by Chris Egeland and Dan Swick.
** Introduction
*** Been here a few times, been looking for a local space months before he
found out about us
** Questions
*** Chris sez: What makes you happy
**** When I finish a project, it feels nice. Feels like I know what I'm doing.
*** Chris sez: Favorite curse word?
**** I say "ass" more than anything else
*** Trever sez: Any projects going on currently?
**** Designing a big 3d printer. Big. Arms stretched wide.
*** Andrew sez: What do you mean by outreach?
**** Afterschool stuff, STEM programs, I want to be the contact guy for that.
** '''Approved'''
== Financial Report ==
* Funds in bank: $3226.14
** Two members unpaid for January. Treasurer has not yet sent the mails yet.
== Proposals ==
* New membership process
** '''Approved'''
* Officially Use Spiff
** '''Approved'''
== Discussion Items ==
* G walks in late and brings up safety
** People should announce on the mailing list when they want to learn to use a
tool
** We need to document the training process and post it by machines. Needs to
be super visible.
* Officer elections are coming up for Februrary 26th
** Penny nominates Dan Swick for board
*** Seconded
** Penny nominates Chris for Sysadmin
*** Seconded
** Devin refuses his nomination for Champion due to time ;(
** Penny nominates Andrew for Board
*** Seconded
** Penny refuses any nomination for Secretary
* G talks about the announcement list
** We should also push more meetup, twitter, etc stuff. It should be automatic
though!
** G is offering to manage all that stuff 'till we get it automated.
* G says a lot of things are dependent on us getting 501(c)3 status finished.
The IRS is slooooooooooooooooow.
** Grants, donations, projects, etc.
** We need more members to do outreach and promote us and find us new money to
buy fun toys like laser cutters or 3d printers.
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