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*** Kitchen - Windows will be sealed and insulated by 2/19. | *** Kitchen - Windows will be sealed and insulated by 2/19. | ||
*** Garage Door Tarp - Will be improved by 4/2/2011. | *** Garage Door Tarp - Will be improved by 4/2/2011. | ||
| − | ** Cleanup for the 3/5 Tech Expo | + | ** Cleanup & Buildup |
| − | *** Cleanup Day on 2/19 at 12pm | + | *** Cleanup for the 3/5 Tech Expo |
| − | **** Clear The Garage Floor | + | **** Cleanup Day on 2/19 at 12pm |
| − | ***** Sort the items on the floor back into storage. Return the shelf on the garage floor back to the main storeroom. | + | ***** Clear The Garage Floor |
| − | ***** Sort out what needs to be thrown out as necessary. | + | ****** Sort the items on the floor back into storage. Return the shelf on the garage floor back to the main storeroom. |
| − | *** Prep Day on 3/4 after 4200 Meeting | + | ****** Sort out what needs to be thrown out as necessary. |
| − | **** Clear the tables | + | **** Prep Day on 3/4 after 4200 Meeting |
| − | **** Prepare the main room | + | ***** Clear the tables |
| − | **** Sweep the shop | + | ***** Prepare the main room |
| + | ***** Sweep the shop | ||
| + | *** Next Major Cleanup Day | ||
| + | **** Equipment/Back Room | ||
| + | ***** Clear out and organize the room, sort out who owns what and what stays and what goes. | ||
| + | ***** Prepare it to accommodate equipment and prepare equipment to roll in and out where possible. Stationary equipment will need lighting and workspaces. | ||
| + | ***** Prepare a storage/shelving solution to make use of the vertical space in the room. We will need the additional storage space as the Main Storeroom and Main Room Shelves and Table Shelves are filling to capacity. | ||
==New Members== | ==New Members== | ||
Revision as of 18:44, 15 February 2011
Date/Location
- February 14, 2011
- 7:30pm
- Shop
- All members
Agenda
| Topic | Presenter | |
|---|---|---|
| Review of Board Action Items | Chairman | Action Items |
| Treasurer's Report | Treasurer | Action Items |
| Netadmin Report | TBD | Action Items |
| Facilities Committee Report | Facilities Committee | Action Items |
| Project | Chairman | Action Items |
| Publicity & Events | Publicity Chair | Action Items |
| New Member Recognition | Secretary | |
| Decide next meeting date | Chairman | |
| Update "Action Items Closed Since Last Meeting" Redmine Filter 'Closed' date to be today's date | Chairman | |
| Change Door Code | Secretary | |
| Tech Expo and Pig Roast | Brian |
Action Items
Treasurer's Report
- Term: December 2010
- Donations: $525.8
- Members: $1184.28 (32)
- Expenses: $1531.57
- Net Profit: $178.51
- Average donation per person: $37.01
- Average expense per person: $47.86
- Term: January 2011
- Donations: $444.37
- Members: $1028.82 (27)
- Expenses: $1456.91
- Net Profit: $16.28
- Average donation per person: $38.10
- Average expense per person: $53.96
- Term: February 2011
- Donations: $28
- Members: $516.45 (18)
- Expenses: $1000
- Net Profit: $-455.55
- Average donation per person: $28.69
- Average estimated expense per person: $70.61
- We currently have about $285 more in expenses than membership donations. At this rate, we can last for about 12 months before the bank is empty.
- Also, if we have a $600 fundraiser like the pig roasts, that should help offset about 2 months.
Facilities Committee
- Changes To Shop
- Equipment/Back Room - Installed insulated door panels. Open by pushing door panels inwards and moving them to the side.
- Waste Oil Bin - Added a waste oil bin (gray bucket) in the garage next to the toxic waste trash can. Use it to dispose of waste oils and petrochemicals. It will be emptied each month at the Huntsville Landfill's Hazardous Household Waste Collection Program.
- Shop Exit Checklist - Added the shop exit checklist to the door of the shop. Please follow it when you leave.
- Future Work For Shop
- Access
- Equipment/Back Room Doors - To ease access, the doors will be rigged with a riser system of ropes, pulleys and counterweights to lift the door out of the way. This rigging is expected to be done on 4/2/2011.
- Insulation
- Main Room - Will seal the hole above the heating duct. Looking to get it done by 2/19.
- Kitchen - Windows will be sealed and insulated by 2/19.
- Garage Door Tarp - Will be improved by 4/2/2011.
- Cleanup & Buildup
- Cleanup for the 3/5 Tech Expo
- Cleanup Day on 2/19 at 12pm
- Clear The Garage Floor
- Sort the items on the floor back into storage. Return the shelf on the garage floor back to the main storeroom.
- Sort out what needs to be thrown out as necessary.
- Clear The Garage Floor
- Prep Day on 3/4 after 4200 Meeting
- Clear the tables
- Prepare the main room
- Sweep the shop
- Cleanup Day on 2/19 at 12pm
- Next Major Cleanup Day
- Equipment/Back Room
- Clear out and organize the room, sort out who owns what and what stays and what goes.
- Prepare it to accommodate equipment and prepare equipment to roll in and out where possible. Stationary equipment will need lighting and workspaces.
- Prepare a storage/shelving solution to make use of the vertical space in the room. We will need the additional storage space as the Main Storeroom and Main Room Shelves and Table Shelves are filling to capacity.
- Equipment/Back Room
- Cleanup for the 3/5 Tech Expo
- Access
New Members
- Tony Tran
- Joshua Carr
Discussion
Attending
Members
- Hanyan
- Wayne
- Matt Robinson
- Kinsey
- Tony
- Tim
- Ethan
- Dusty
- Brian
- Ray
- Phil
- Tuttle
- Dmitri
- Justin
- Alice
Guests
- Nick
- Andrew
Meeting Minutes
- Meeting called to order at 7:30 by the Chairman
- Treasurer's Report
- Charts are available on the wiki for more detail
- Fundraising Efforts
- Pig Roast coming up
- Ethan is applying for grants - Goal is $1200 total for 2011.
- Ideally we'd get more members for more sustainable donations
- Facilities Committee
- New door to back storage room, just grab the handles, push in and drag sideways behind the wall.
- Further improvements include:
- Adding strategic insulation on holes in main room and rigging the door to rise out of the way.
- Insulation around the kitchen windows.
- Next insulation task to improve the hanging tarp between the tool storage and the main work room.
- Waste oil bin set up by toxic waste bin. Use to dispose of waste oil and petrochemicals.
- Exit Checklist on the door, if you're the last person to leave please make sure everything's done.
- Clean Up Day this Saturday to get ready for Tech Expo.
- Future cleanup plans for net cleanup day - Will clean out the back storage room.
- Summer Preparations - Will refurbish, test and install four A/Cs. Floor unit by HVAC, 220V and 110V unit on main room window, and a small 110V window unit from MsEli in the kitchen. Looking to have this done by 5/11.
New Members – Tony and Josh
- Upcoming Events – DIY Tech Expo & Pig Roast, please see Brian after the meeting if you'd like to help, there's a wiki page also.
- Next meeting is Monday night, March 3rd 2011
- We said hi to guests who came to the meeting.
Greg is going to run a LAN Party on Saturday April 30th
- there is a wiki page, there will be an email about it soon
- Ethan's last note, we're going to recycle the metal scrap pile soon. Please inform him as to which pieces of metal to keep.
- Meeting adjourned at 7:50
