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== Time and Location == | == Time and Location == | ||
:Date | :Date Jan 9 | ||
:Called to order at | :Called to order at 7:34 pm by Obioma | ||
:Members present: | :Members present: | ||
:Members remote: | :Members remote: Aure Chris Jared Matt Liz Callie Oby Gabe | ||
:Others present: | :Others present: | ||
:[[Quorum]] | :[[Quorum]] | ||
:: Quorum met? | :: Quorum met? Yes! | ||
== [[Regular_Member_Meeting_2022_10_10|Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes]] == | == [[Regular_Member_Meeting_2022_10_10|Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes]] == | ||
Approved by Obioma and Gabriel | |||
== Recognition == | == Recognition == | ||
Callie for beginning to design the domain | |||
Aure has been helping a bunch on space upgrades, including noise cancellation! | |||
Aure has been managing the lock battery on the inner door | |||
Obioma shared a large collection of common batteries | |||
== New Members == | == New Members == | ||
Liz has been adopted as a member! Unanimous applause. | |||
* Ask members for onboarding! | |||
* Chris for wifi access | |||
an email and member wifi access, assign a key soon | |||
== Old Business == | == Old Business == | ||
=== Coming back from 2023 === | |||
Open Project Night | |||
Rebuild HacDC.org | |||
Game night | |||
Lightning talks | |||
=== Beginning === | |||
3d printing / microcontrollers | |||
Oleksi: PCB manufacturing | |||
AI study group | |||
Robotics group | |||
Occupancy sensor | |||
Scheduling on Meetup: | |||
* Low-friction scheduling for our members: ask to become an admin on Meetup. | |||
== New Business == | == New Business == | ||
== | === Rebuild Fund working group === | ||
* Bringing in new members requires us to keep up our equipment: | |||
* Laser cutter & 3d printers | |||
* Pick and place machine or reflow oven | |||
Members: | |||
* Gabe - 3d printers | |||
* Liz - researching our tools & needed equipment | |||
* Matthew - procuring gear | |||
=== Public Engagement and Social Media === | |||
* Do more displays such as in public fairs, and engage in social media | |||
* Pictures from Open Project Night and from around our space | |||
* Begin by gathering a working group, and begin to assign access to our online accounts | |||
* YouTube, Discord, Blabber, Twitter, GitHub, CodeBerg | |||
* LinkedIn is being held by someone else | |||
Members: | |||
* Chris is eager to manage the Discord channels -> use "Onboarding" process | |||
* Obioma is going to help lead | |||
* Callie can pick up on Gabe's management of the codebases | |||
=== LAN club in Chris' public school === | |||
Chris is bringing in a rack server to the school, | |||
and using Senet as a network boot launcher for some workstation towers. | |||
He is using spare graphics cards and secondhand refurbished workstations. | |||
A call for keyboards, mice, displays, and similar peripherals for the LAN club. | |||
== | === Hacdc.org migration === | ||
HacDC.org is running on DreamHost's cPanel DNS - | |||
this means that we are unable to use the hacdc.org domain (or subdomains!) | |||
from computers in our space. | |||
Thursday - speak to Callie or Tristan if you can help on Nix & Proxmox deployments | |||
=== Treasurer's Report === | === Treasurer's Report === | ||
Had been an issue - our bank held up payment of checks to the church, | |||
so going ahead Matthew is going to change us to use ACH payments for rent. | |||
Matthew secured an exemption using mytaxdc -> we payed no property tax to DC. | |||
The papers need to be filed once per year on a recurring basis. | |||
Also doing Form 990 in coming weeks. | |||
Should look to increase membership. | |||
Has gone from 23 -> 19 members in a couple months. | |||
Is going to lead a session on recording treasurer's role for their successor. | |||
$10/mo: Can commercialize some of our resources, including GPU access, email addresses. | |||
== Adjournment == | == Adjournment == | ||
Adjourned by at | Adjourned by at 8:18 by Obioma | ||
Revision as of 01:18, 10 January 2024
Time and Location
- Date Jan 9
- Called to order at 7:34 pm by Obioma
- Members present:
- Members remote: Aure Chris Jared Matt Liz Callie Oby Gabe
- Others present:
- Quorum
- Quorum met? Yes!
Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes
Approved by Obioma and Gabriel
Recognition
Callie for beginning to design the domain Aure has been helping a bunch on space upgrades, including noise cancellation! Aure has been managing the lock battery on the inner door Obioma shared a large collection of common batteries
New Members
Liz has been adopted as a member! Unanimous applause.
- Ask members for onboarding!
* Chris for wifi access an email and member wifi access, assign a key soon
Old Business
Coming back from 2023
Open Project Night Rebuild HacDC.org Game night Lightning talks
Beginning
3d printing / microcontrollers Oleksi: PCB manufacturing AI study group Robotics group Occupancy sensor
Scheduling on Meetup:
- Low-friction scheduling for our members: ask to become an admin on Meetup.
New Business
Rebuild Fund working group
- Bringing in new members requires us to keep up our equipment:
- Laser cutter & 3d printers
- Pick and place machine or reflow oven
Members:
- Gabe - 3d printers
- Liz - researching our tools & needed equipment
- Matthew - procuring gear
Public Engagement and Social Media
- Do more displays such as in public fairs, and engage in social media
- Pictures from Open Project Night and from around our space
- Begin by gathering a working group, and begin to assign access to our online accounts
* YouTube, Discord, Blabber, Twitter, GitHub, CodeBerg * LinkedIn is being held by someone else
Members:
- Chris is eager to manage the Discord channels -> use "Onboarding" process
- Obioma is going to help lead
- Callie can pick up on Gabe's management of the codebases
LAN club in Chris' public school
Chris is bringing in a rack server to the school, and using Senet as a network boot launcher for some workstation towers. He is using spare graphics cards and secondhand refurbished workstations.
A call for keyboards, mice, displays, and similar peripherals for the LAN club.
Hacdc.org migration
HacDC.org is running on DreamHost's cPanel DNS - this means that we are unable to use the hacdc.org domain (or subdomains!) from computers in our space.
Thursday - speak to Callie or Tristan if you can help on Nix & Proxmox deployments
Treasurer's Report
Had been an issue - our bank held up payment of checks to the church, so going ahead Matthew is going to change us to use ACH payments for rent.
Matthew secured an exemption using mytaxdc -> we payed no property tax to DC. The papers need to be filed once per year on a recurring basis. Also doing Form 990 in coming weeks.
Should look to increase membership. Has gone from 23 -> 19 members in a couple months.
Is going to lead a session on recording treasurer's role for their successor. $10/mo: Can commercialize some of our resources, including GPU access, email addresses.
Adjournment
Adjourned by at 8:18 by Obioma