Meeting Minutes 2016.04.28

Attendees

Next meeting date will be set at the Open Board meeting following the member meeting.

Collaboration project with Rocket Westies to build a dance floor
Make Pig Roast open for local groups to have vendor type tables. 501st, NACC, Momocon, MindGear Labs, other nerd and tech cultures
Are we allowed to park at the Firestation?
Non-building access membership tier
Improve number and attraction tactics of donation buckets
Add "Donation Best Practices" section to Event template on wiki
Add small padding to events that cost money like the leatherworking class to help raise funds
Sent an email to State District Phil Williams via Jake Polatty for proposal for Alabama state grant.
Create survey for members requesting ideas for 1, X-time, and X-time + Y-Time (ex: 1, 2, 5 year) long term goals
Followup.cc as a communication tool
Bring retro game systems to Maggie Meyers for Nerd Night
Vending machine snacks that could withstand room temperature of the high bay
Categorize Brainstorms by Level of Effort
Have a goal for at least 4 big events, one per season.

Michele to contact Rocket Westies about what members of Rocket Westies would contribute labor to the project.
Jeff to contact city about logistics of blocking off streets for events. Ben T. said Chad Emerson might be a good person to contact.
Jeff to create a planning calendar
- Jeff to add generic non-pig roast WLRH PSA recording for 3 months after Pig Roast. Ben T. volunteered to voice it
Jeff to solicit people to take shifts for the pig roast