<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks to everyone for coming tonight! We had a good crowd going for the meeting. Below are some notes from our discussion.<br><br>Attendees: Elizabeth, Barry, Gergana, Jeff, Monica, James, Erich, Liz, Lisa, Brian, Carol, Edward, Carleen<br>
<br>Agenda:<br><br>*) Opens<br> -- Our space is now awesomely clean! Thanks to Emily for organizing and to everyone who came to help!<br> #) A short list of things left to buy; the group has approved spending the money; <b>Jeff will purchase<br>
</b> #) Going forward, have designated a clipboard sheet where new Makerspace needs will be recorded; the group will review the list at each monthly membership meeting<br><div> -- Shared Threads is now <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/136936266469017/" target="_blank">official on Facebook</a><br>
</div><div> #) <b>Jeff to add link</b> on Makerspace page<br> #) For now, Shared Threads are an offshoot of the Makerspace; will
review how they want to be recognized after the workshop trial in about 6
months<br></div><div> -- General Announcement: Please lock the doors on your way out to maintain building security<br> -- Potential funding venues:<br> #) James and Erich will be selling some of the Siemens PLCs on Ebay<br>
#) Makerspace will be at the zine fest and will have a table to sell some of the old equipment; should consider doing a quarterly clean-up to decide on what to keep/sell/throw away<br><br>
</div><div>*) Membership/Financial Update<br></div><div>
-- Lease renewal for the Makerspace<br></div><div> -- Google Analytics review<br></div><div> #) Chris was awesome enough to provide Analytics data for <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/1Rhuoo_mQ6vAWcRVeWfPuT0j2ndBKdTNu2qThfNzSORCSbsPjLfDccbqFe2dc/edit">all traffic</a>, <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/1d6X7BIC4A9tqMEuNVEJ2Q5e-PTZ_FWyp3mgCz80msS-46RIhItgu1w2NtF0_/edit">sub-pages</a>, and <a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/1pYLuqxJZyMAvqgnW0jDzuGL5ZZ-XS6jriDYVkwWubQ4hz2KoBDy08hf_5ylD/edit">referral traffic</a>.<br>
</div><div> #) <b>James will look</b> at referral pages (e.g. <a href="http://hackerspaces.org">hackerspaces.org</a>) and validate the MU info/links there<br></div><div> -- Square account/online payment options<br>
</div><div> #) Thanks to Erich for doing all this research! Seems like our top choices are <a href="https://squareup.com/">Square</a> & <a href="https://stripe.com/">Stripe</a><br> #) Square: cannot setup recurring payments, can only swipe, 2.5%+fee per transaction<br>
#) Stripe: cannot swipe, but can do recurring payments, 2.75%+30 cents per transactions<br></div><div> #) Our use cases are: for workshops/on-the-spot donations and for monthly dues; might have to do both<br>
</div><div> #) <b>Erich will continue</b> to research, send pros/cons & required hardware/sw for each; group will make a decision at the next meeting<br><br></div><div>*) RFID lock update<br> -- Now meeting every Tuesday to write the code<br>
-- Might have a prototype in the next month or so<br> -- Check out software that sends notifications if people are in the space, during workshops, etc.<br><br>
*) Past events:<br></div><div> -- Movie Night (Dec. 14) - watched "Die Hard"<br>
</div><div> -- Fiber splitting workshop, hosted by Billy; will be doing this every week during Wed open hours<br><br>*) Upcoming/potential events:<br> -- Eliminate the Digital Divide grant (The Urbana Free Library Edition)<br>
#) Thursdays in Feb and start of March @ 3:30pm<br> #) First workshop is Feb. 7 to focus on how to solder - will start on blinky badges and make contact mikes; Erich is interested in teaching<br> #) More info available <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jjHo-36pd4nz2AK8FomJBCLFxY75uCFi6Ls8wwF2cKk/edit">here</a>; e-mail Jeff if interested<br>
-- Eliminate the Digital Divide grant (Bethel Church Edition)<br> #) No word from the pastor on whether we have extra money for monitors<br> #) Possible that some GSLIS people will be interested in taking this over; <b>Chris to check</b><br>
-- Discotech (Jan/Feb '13 timeframe): no update<br> -- Girls do Science group @ the Orpheum (Feb/March '13 timeframe): no update<br> -- MakerFaire 2013 (Sept 21)<br> #) No on Douglas Branch library location; thinking of sticking with the IMC<br>
#) Still waiting on word re: funding from Urbana Arts Grant<br>
</div> -- Solidoodle workshops (monthly?)<br> #) Decided on an hour before the monthly membership meeting<br></div><div> #) James has a rough flyer outline; Carleen can provide some much needed design help<br>
-- Shared Threads monthly workshops<br> #) Feb. 23 - recycle and refashion, taught by Lisa<br> #) March 30? - making your clothes/gear reflective, collab with Bike Project<br> #) April 20? - traditional sew stuff for your bike, projects of different difficulty level<br>
#) May - tote bag making, tie in with opening of farmer's market<br> #) Considering giving ~20% of donations to Makerspace to cover space costs
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-- Stage props for play - request by Snow Leopard<br> #) No interest so far; <b>Gergana will reply</b> to Snow and recommend he stops by the space<br> -- Makerspace live streaming for <a href="https://events.ccc.de/congress/2012/wiki/C.H.A.O.S" target="_blank">CHAOS</a><br>
#) No interest for now and no webcam setup<br><br></div><div>Let me know if I missed anything. See guys guys around!<br><br></div><div>~Gergana<br>
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