Regular Member Meeting 2019 07 09: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 00:31, 10 July 2019

Time and Location

Date

Called to order at 7.35 pm by Karen

Members present: Tayeb, Bobby, Ken, Kevin, James, Dan, Karen, Mirage

Members remote:

Others present: Rob, Jeff

Quorum 5

Quorum met? Y

Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes

Motion, seconded, approved by acclamation.

Recognition

Bobby, James and Kevin have done a lot of work on the 3d printers Members who have converted to automatic payment Welcome back Tayeb James has done a ton of work organizing the basement into a working shop - he also got a welder for the shop

New Members for July

Michelle

Old Business

Rules of the road/code of conduct - there is input from Bobby that should be considered before we vote to accept
Ken is taking the VR system to community program that he is supporting so the younger kids can experience it (so no VR in the space right now)
Basement keys are sorted out, Karen and James need to go to the bank to sort out the signature cards
Visit to Nonstop Art - aiming for a group field trip on Wednesday, July 17, 6pm - Karen will email Nehemiah

New Business

Kevin made a connection with WABA (kind of) who offered to help HacDC get a table at community events
Dan is looking for a part for his 3d printer that is on loan to HacDC
Bobby's ideas for drawing new visitors - screen/tshirt printing, 3d printing out on the sidewalk, RC vehicle advertising HacDC in the neighborhood
Visitor Jeff would like to join - members present approved

Project Awesome Reports

Project SUPPLIES - Mirage

Project EXPANSION - Mirage

Project HAMRADIO - Jeff

Project Electron Microscope (SEM) - Julia

Project Optical Table Robot (OTR) - Julia

Project CRISPR -Enrique

- Report and updates

Project SpaceBlimp -Enrique

- Report and updates

Project Media Outreach - Matt

Project IT Infrastructure - Tom

Member Reports

Director Reports (Governance related stuff)

President's Report

Next movie is Young Frankstein on Friday, July 19

Vice President's Report

Out of town - no report

Treasurer's Report

Google for nonprofits?

New subscriptions: Ken and Michelle Savage. Thank you for automating and for signing up, respectively.
Ended subscriptions: Philip Stewart. Sorry to see you go. Thanks for the past support.
Donations: Kyle Mulka, $10. Thank you for your donation.
Business license renewed for 2 years. Paid personally due to president out of country. $632.50
Hackdc.org domain name re-registered for 5 years.
Check 1200? Dondé esta?
Donation from Facebook arrived. Check is in locker. I will try mobile deposit.
Balances: Paypal $500, BBT $5052.93.
Burn rate: $1642/month expenses $690/month income, $952/month deficit = 5.8 months remaining.
We need 16 new $60/mo. members.

Comment:

It would be nice to have monthly events where we could solicit donations (they would be free events otherwise) Some topics - AI, Blockchain, etc. Michelle's brain computer interface group?

Secretary's Report

Dave's not here man...

Director-at-Large Reports

Kevin

No reports, but will reach out to Brian at Exiles on Main Street to schedule a HacDC night

Ken

No report

Adjournment

Adjourned by at 8.25 by Karen

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 :Members remote:
 :Others present: Rob, Jeff
-:[[Quorum]]
+:[[Quorum]] 5
 :: Quorum met? Y
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 Members who have converted to automatic payment
 Welcome back Tayeb
+James has done a ton of work organizing the basement into a working shop - he also got a welder for the shop
-== New Members ==
+== New Members for July ==
+Michelle
 == Old Business ==
+* Rules of the road/code of conduct - there is input from Bobby that should be considered before we vote to accept
+* Ken is taking the VR system to community program that he is supporting so the younger kids can experience it (so no VR in the space right now)
+* Basement keys are sorted out, Karen and James need to go to the bank to sort out the signature cards
+* Visit to Nonstop Art - aiming for a group field trip on Wednesday, July 17, 6pm - Karen will email Nehemiah
 == New Business ==
+* Kevin made a connection with WABA (kind of) who offered to help HacDC get a table at community events
+* Dan is looking for a part for his 3d printer that is on loan to HacDC
+* Bobby's ideas for drawing new visitors - screen/tshirt printing, 3d printing out on the sidewalk, RC vehicle advertising HacDC in the neighborhood
+* Visitor Jeff would like to join - members present approved
 == [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
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 === President's Report ===
+Next movie is Young Frankstein on Friday, July 19
 === Vice President's Report ===
+Out of town - no report
 === Treasurer's Report ===
+Google for nonprofits?
+* New subscriptions: Ken and Michelle Savage. Thank you for automating and for signing up, respectively.
+* Ended subscriptions: Philip Stewart. Sorry to see you go. Thanks for the past support.
+* Donations: Kyle Mulka, $10. Thank you for your donation.
+* Business license renewed for 2 years. Paid personally due to president out of country. $632.50
+* Hackdc.org domain name re-registered for 5 years.
+* Check 1200? Dondé esta?
+* Donation from Facebook arrived. Check is in locker. I will try mobile deposit.
+* Balances: Paypal $500, BBT $5052.93.
+* Burn rate: $1642/month expenses $690/month income, $952/month deficit = 5.8 months remaining.
+* We need 16 new $60/mo. members.
+Comment:
+It would be nice to have monthly events where we could solicit donations (they would be free events otherwise)
+Some topics - AI, Blockchain, etc. Michelle's brain computer interface group?
 === Secretary's Report ===
+Dave's not here man...
 === Director-at-Large Reports ===
 ==== Kevin ====
+No reports, but will reach out to Brian at Exiles on Main Street to schedule a HacDC night
 ==== Ken ====
+No report
 == Adjournment ==
-Adjourned by at xxx by xxx
+Adjourned by at 8.25 by Karen