meeting:june_11

Minutes: June 11, 2013

First 10 members to show before 7:00 get donuts courtesy of El Presidente!
- Thanks Kurtis, they were delicious!
10 members in attendance
Regular Items
- Reports on Committees
  - Financials update
    - utility bills higher than expected
      - Need to find where our power meter is so we can read it ourselves
    - ISC - Annual Return due months ago
  - Workshop Committee
    - Stamp-making June 27
    - Welding workshop - Dennis and Andrew's guy declined
      - Anybody else know a welder who can teach?
    - Class requests?
- MoSo conference (what is needed?) M2M!! Synergy!!
- Facebook advertising update
  - Cancelled to conserve funds
- Kilobots 26 August 30-31 (Fireworks Festival)
- Tools: CNC vacuum shoe (Al's job now) - in the running for slowest project ever
- space security
- associate membership - James new signup procedure?
- 3d printing rates (decided last meeting. online now?)
  - Still need to add prices to website.
  - Are there still problems with the printer?
- Need to make sure we have active members with access to IT accounts
  - Just need access on IRC
- Need to update banking contacts - Kurtis, Jeremy, Paul, Andrew and new people need to be there.
  - Will pick a date and make a lunch appointment.
New business
- new free books from No Starch Press (plus coupons for more!)
  - Cool!
- Need to make a list of keyholders and important numbers (e.g. landlord)
- What can we do to help our financials?
  - Raise money through raffle
    - James will order and build a quadcopter to raffle