Meetings/2011-02

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

Treasurer's Report

Graphs from May 2010 to Jan 2011

• 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.

New Members

• Tony Tran
• Joshua Carr

Attending

Attending Hanyan Wayne Matt Robinson Kinsey Tony Tim Ethan Dusty Brian Ray Phil Tuttle Dmitri Justin

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
  • Ideally we'd get more members for more sustainable donations
• Facilities Committee
  • New door to back storage room, just grab the handles and drag sideways behind the wall
  • Further improvements include:
    • adding strategic insulation and making the door swing
    • insulation around the windows
    • improvement to the hanging tarp between the tool storage and the main work room
  • New trash bin for toxic materials
  • Exit Checklist by the door, if you're the last person to leave pleas make sure everything's done.
  • Clean Up Day this Saturday to get ready for Tech Expo
  • Hope to clean out the back storage room
  • MsEli donated a window ac unit we hope to install before summer hits

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 metal scraps soon or throw out the unrecyclables.
• Meeting adjourned at 7:50