Regular Member Meeting 2011 05 10

Note: This page serves as the 2011-05-10 Member Meeting's agenda (before the meeting) and minutes (after the meeting).

Time and Location

May 10, 2011

Meeting called to order at _7:40_ by _Red Beard_.

Members Present: Red Beard, TC, Toast, Martin, Phil, Brad, Reuben, Elizabeth, Zack, Ben, Elliot, Jamie

Others Present: Adam, Eric

Quorum met? Yes

Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes

Regular Member Meeting 2011 04 12 Approved.

Director Reports

President's Report

Upcoming events:

• Maker Faire
  • SF
    • (Anyone going?)
  • Detroit
    • (Anyone going?)
    • Scooter Race (Entries?)

Fundraising Opportunities:

• DCMAT
  • ASCAP
  • MetLife - Meet the artist
• Weather Station
• Contuning Edubuzzer
• "Photography Project Invites Proposals for Audience Engagement"
• Humanities and Social Sciences Data Challenge
• Ideas that Matter
• Programs Serving Children With Disabilities
• Chesapeake Bay Trust
• National Geographic
• Apps for Communities Challenge, which aims to help bring useful public data to traditionally underserved populations through Web, mobile, or text/SMS- based applications.

We're getting a full-blown copy of Eagle

Vice President's Report

GGHC was fun. Not a turning-point clicker, has a knob. Wireless focus-group controllers. (Also Pong controllers.)

Alberto & Elliot finished an art project and it's up in Artisphere.

Restarting the micro-controllers class soon and recording it. Maybe use Kickstarter to fund the recordings.

Treasurer's Report

Membership:

 44 members payed via PayPal

Income:

 Paypal 14 Friends subscriptions: $455   (Donations ranged from $0.25
to $100 /month!)
 Paypal 41 members: $2050                   (Many people doubled up)
 Paypal unrestricted donations: $300      (Including very generous
donation from Japan and several local individuals)
 Paypal echecks (inc. 3 members):         $150
 Cash donations deposited:               $250
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 Total         $2955

One time $900 donation earmarked for a specific project and therefore
not counted as income.
Two Make magazine subscriptions @ 34.95 (net 33.64).  Is anyone
willing to take over the subscription task?


Expenses:

04/26/2011      Debit           INTUIT *QB ONLINE 04-25 800-286-6800 CA 1703 BB&T
CHECK CARD RECURRING PYMT       $10.55
04/18/2011      Debit           SFPP STATE FARM RO 27 XXXXXXXXXXX4321 ACH DEBIT         $68.58
04/14/2011      Check   1007    CHECK #1007  View       $2,526.00
04/04/2011      POS             350 NICE INC. 04-02 415-8684457 CA 1703 BB&T CHECK
CARD PURCHASE   $20.97
04/04/2011      POS             LINODE.COM 04-02 609-593-7103 NJ 1703 BB&T CHECK
CARD PURCHASE   $37.45
04/2011            paypal fees  $108
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Total expenses:  $2771

Net income:  $183.45

Our anonymous patrons deserve a huge thanks.  Any thoughts on how we
can show our appreciation?

Secretary's Report

TECS is going well, we've covered the hard parts.

Project Byzantium got some press and we're doing a talk at NOVALUG

Old Business

Kickstarter?

Adjournment

Adjourned at __