On Friday, February 21, 2014 14:11:01 [email protected] wrote: > I am sorry that you feel that way. I am not one for "corporate america, man" > but I was under the impression, no, rather the direct and specific > statement that we are a community workshop with the mission to EDUCATE, > CREATE, and SHARE. First and foremost on that short list, being education. > Hence why we applied, worked extremely hard for, and achieved 501(C)(3) > non-profit CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION status. > > It befuddles me why anyone would work through all that, just to throw it > away because the idea has spread to others and more structure is needed to > keep it from crashing down. This idea, that many have donated HUNDREDS of > man hours, THOUSANDS of dollars, and have SACRIFICED time from family, > friends, and even LOWERED THEIR STANDARDS OF LIVING so they could support > it.
Do you want to trot that argument out? Please just no. > > SYN/HAK is far different than when we started it in the garage. But the core > concept is the same. Some come to learn, some to teach, some to share > projects, some to socialize. > > This thing, this idea has become bigger than any one of us. It has gone > directions we hoped it would, and some we had not even fathomed. But it > hasn't been all peaches and sunshine. The growing pains have caused tension > as well as feelings and egos to be hurt. > > But it can be so much more. We just have to stop holding it back and let > it. > > That is all I have to say, thanks for you time. > > Devin Wolfe > > > The SYN/HAK INC. bylaws can be found at > : http://static.synhak.org/documents/bylaws.pdf > > 3.1. Mission > SYN/HAK provides an environment for people to educate, create, and share > amongst themselves and others within the domains of technology, art and > science. > > 3.2. Purpose > This corporation shall be organized and operated exclusively for charitable, > educational, and scientific purposes within the meaning of Section 501 > (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including but not limited to: > • Through talks, classes, workshops, collaborative projects, and other > activities, to encourage research, knowledge exchange, learning, and > mentoring in a safe, clean space • Provide educational spaces for teaching > practical skills and theory of technology, science, and art. • Provide work > space, storage, and other resources for projects related to art, science, > and technology that will benefit the individual members' personal growth in > their fields of interest, encouraging the individual members to share their > projects and knowledge for the betterment of society through art, science, > and technology. > • To create, learn, and teach, individually and as a group, inviting members > of the community in the Akron area and the world. > • To develop, support the development of, and provide resources for the > development of free and open source software and hardware for the benefit > of society. > • Collaboration across disciplines for the benefit of cultural, charitable, > and scientific causes. • To foster, by all legal means, the common purposes > of its participants • To conduct or engage in all lawful activities in > furtherance of the stated purposes or those incidental to them. > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Torrie Fischer <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Friday, February 21, 2014 3:29 PM > Subject: Re: [Bizops] Annual report > > > We are a hacker space. We are not a corporation. I'm fine with us not being > an educational non-profit if it means less stifling corporatism about > "impact and value", "objectives", "achievements", or "strategies". > > I come to SYNHAK to hack. I don't come to SYNHAK to run a business or > "position" ourselves. > > On Friday, February 21, 2014 15:18:21 Justin Herman wrote: > > What is "OUR" culture? What are we trying to accomplish? Our Mission? > > > > > > > > because if what we want to be is just a clubhouse we are not really an > > educational non-profit. > > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Torrie Fischer > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Friday, February 21, 2014 10:41:37 Justin Herman wrote: > > > > Great Idea Andrew! > > > > > > > > Photos > > > > Stories of new Makers/Hackers that we helped and HOW. > > > > > > > > Maybe here are some metrics we could use: > > > > Membership change > > > > Meeting Attendance Change > > > > Class/Speaker Bureau Attendance Change > > > > Asset Change > > > > Newsletter subscription > > > > Website Traffic > > > > > > > > Executive summary from the board > > > > Our Objectives > > > > Our Achievements > > > > Impact & Value > > > > Ambutuions & Long Term Strategies > > > > > > No offsense, but ugh corporate bullshit isn't our culture. > > > > > > > Call to action >>> ask recipients for something to help our mission > > > > and > > > > goals. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 9:40 AM, a l <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hello board and excellent hackers, > > > > > As elections are next week I came to realize that SynHak, inc while > > > > > documents meeting minutes and has an active online presence does not > > > > > > have > > > > > > > > a > > > > > system in place to produce a more professional and concise way to > > > > > > report > > > > > > > > how the company is doing. > > > > > > > > > > most companies produce a shareholders report. Though we don't have > > > > > shareholders as such by producing such a report it may make it > > > > > easier > > > > > > for > > > > > > > > us to acquire grants by providing a report of our annual activities > > > > > and > > > > > growth. this document would fall under the secretary's duties and > > > > > > though I > > > > > > > > may not be the secretary after next week I believe I should be the > > > > > one > > > > > > to > > > > > > > > head up preparing last years report. If anyone disagrees them I am > > > > > > just as > > > > > > > > content with the new secretary completing this task. > > > > > I mention this to everyone since in order for this report to be > > > > > comprehensive I will need subsists from many people detailing > > > > > budget, > > > > > programs completed, progress and new developments, and other notable > > > > > occurrences in our year. > > > > > > > > > > I welcome assistance and input on how to complete this document. > > > > > > > > > > In excellence, > > > > > Andrew L > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Bizops mailing list > > > > > [email protected] > > > > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/bizops > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Bizops mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/bizopsg > > _______________________________________________ > Bizops mailing list > [email protected] > https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/bizops _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] https://synhak.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
