<div dir="ltr"><div>Hey everyone,<br><br>I just realized the minutes from our last meeting have been sitting in my draft folder for a month now. And it's almost time for our next one this weekend!<br><br></div>Anyway, here they are now.<br>
<div><div><br>Attendees: Emily, Erich, Chris, Jeff, Monica, Liz, Edward, James, Brian, Danielle, Colton<br><div><br>*) Opens<br> -- All "to buy" stuff purchased? (Jeff)<b>: </b>DONE<br></div><div> #) Also purchased stools<br>
</div><div> -- IMC programming committee update (Jeff): <br> #) Pretty awesome overview of our activities created by Jeff <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oCKy7IOuQUwwYKN-pr1hS_hrAlfDNh_rQsCkyfefNU8/edit#heading=h.vr11p6mhv6tu" target="_blank">here</a><br>
</div><div> #) Very good feedback from IMC board<br> #) Clarify what is the relationship between Makerspace and the IMC (see notes below)<br></div><div>
<div><div><br>*) Membership/Financial Update<br> -- <b>Lease renewal for the Makerspace (Barry/Jeff)</b><br></div><div> #) Not yet done, coming soon<br></div><div> -- Update on selling old electronics on Craigslist? (Barry)<br>
</div> -- Google analytics review: no update<br>
</div><div> -- Review proposal on current donation methods (Erich, Emily, and Chris)<br> #) We're now a working group of the IMC; means we rent the space but we're
also an entity of the IMC<br></div><div> #) Any other obligations? Not unless the IMC tells us specifically<br></div><div> #) We do have the option to become our own non-profit
entity but have to deal with our own bookkeeping, etc.<br></div><div> == While there is some interest in breaking off, the group is still too young for that; revisit at a later time<br></div><div> #) The main issue right now is having regular reports of our money status<br>
#) Proposal: we open our own Square account and tie it to the IMC account, mark any incoming money as Makerspace; also consider doing Stripe for online donations<br>
</div><div> #) Approval: group has approved this plan; implementation pending on IMC board approval<br></div><div> #) <b>Chris will give our proposal</b> to the IMC board on Monday following this meeting and update the group<br>
-- Space Expansion into Zine room<br> #) Put on hold until we have better idea of our financial situation and associated cost<br></div><div> #) Consider partial rent for the zine room; only pay as we use it (hourly rent)<br>
</div><div><br>*) RFID lock update<br></div><div> -- Going ok but slowly<br> -- Tuesdays have turned into another open hours which slows the progress of the project<br></div><div> -- Consider moving to another night but not yet<br>
</div><div><div><br>*) Past events:<br>
-- Eliminate the Digital Divide grant (The Urbana Free Library Edition)<br> #) Feb. 28: Second 1/2 of the Atari Punk Console kit<br></div><div> #) March 7: Circuit Bending<br><br>*) Upcoming/potential events:</div>
</div><div><div> -- Eliminate the Digital Divide grant (Bethel Church Edition)<br></div><div> #) Discussion has just been picked up again, more to come<br> #) Recently received 10 new computers & monitors to be used for this<br>
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<div> -- Discotech (Jan/Feb '13 timeframe)<br></div><div> #) no update; might not happen unless someone else picks it up<br></div><div><div>
-- Girls do Science group @ the Orpheum (April 29, 3:45-5:30pm)<br></div><div> #) Still on<br></div><div> #) Gergana and Emily will host ~20 girls between 1-4th grade<br></div><div> #) Workshop will be the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMKb8ccEVQM">LED origami one from Adafruit</a></div>
<div> -- Workshop with Chambana moms?<br></div><div> #) Would be very nice to do something with them<br> #) <b>Gergana to get in touch</b><br>
</div></div><div><div> -- MakerFaire 2013 (Sept 21)<br> #) Got the Urbana Arts Grant!<br></div><div> #) <b>Jeff and Chris will set</b> the next planning meeting<br>
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-- Solidoodle workshops (every 4th Sunday @ 5pm)<br></div><div> #) Played with "Blender" at the last workshop<br> #) Next is re-meshing and processing for printing<br></div><div> #) Will consider doing 2hrs for next set of workshops<br>
</div></div><div><div> -- Makerspace @ the Orpheum<br></div><div> #) no update<br></div>
-- Shared Threads: no rep; no update<br></div><div> #) Upcoming workshops:<br></div><div>
$) 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></div> -- Zine fest (April 13)<br> #) Consider opening up the space & have some promotional stuff to hand out<br> #) If interested in helping out,<b> e-mail Emily & Chris</b><br>
</div><div> -- DYI BYOB:<br> #) Definite interest in some beer? making workshops<br>
</div><div> -- Do another movie night?<br> #) Yes! Decided on April 14th but moved to April 21<br> #) <b>Gergana will do</b> a Facebook poll of which movie<br> -- Consider doing something with the Urbana Free Library?<br>
#) Summer make-a-tion is probably a good candidate here<br>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">I think that's it. Let me know if I missed anything.<br><br>See you later,<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">~Gergana<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Mar 30, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Gergana Slavova <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gergana.s.slavova@gmail.com" target="_blank">gergana.s.slavova@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>May I just point out that we had to postpone our meeting last Sunday due to approximately a ton of snow, and this Sunday is supposed to be sunny and high of 55. What happened? This is only a span of 7 days ...<br>
<br></div>Anyway, hope to see everyone tomorrow!<span><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888">~Gergana<br></font></span></div><div><div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 4:44 PM, Jeffrey Putney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:quaker@gmail.com" target="_blank">quaker@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Were postponing till next week because of the snow!!<div><br></div><div>Stay safe, see you next week.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Jeff</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>
On Sat, Mar 23, 2013 at 9:45 AM, Gergana Slavova <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gergana.s.slavova@gmail.com" target="_blank">gergana.s.slavova@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi everyone,<br><br>Our next membership meeting is this Sunday @ 6pm. Here's a quick agenda:<br><br>*) Opens<br> -- All "to buy" stuff purchased? (Jeff)<b><br>
</b> -- IMC programming committee update (Jeff)<br></div> #) Pretty awesome overview of our activities created by Jeff <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1oCKy7IOuQUwwYKN-pr1hS_hrAlfDNh_rQsCkyfefNU8/edit#heading=h.vr11p6mhv6tu" target="_blank">here</a><br>
<div><div><div>*) Membership/Financial Update<br> -- Lease renewal for the Makerspace: done? (Barry/Jeff)<br></div><div> -- Update on selling old electronics on Craigslist? (Barry)<br></div> -- Google analytics review<br>
</div><div> -- Review proposal on current donation methods (Erich, Emily, and Chris)<br></div><div> -- Space Expansion into Zine room<br></div><div>*) RFID lock update<br></div><div><div>*) Past events:<br>
-- Eliminate the Digital Divide grant (The Urbana Free Library Edition)<br> #) Feb. 28: Second 1/2 of the Atari Punk Console kit<br></div><div> #) March 7: Circuit Bending<br>*) Upcoming/potential events:</div>
</div><div><div> -- Eliminate the Digital Divide grant (Bethel Church Edition)<br>
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<div> -- Discotech (Jan/Feb '13 timeframe): no update<br><div>
-- Girls do Science group @ the Orpheum (April 29, 3:45-5:30pm)<br></div><div> -- Workshop with Chambana moms?<br></div></div><div><div> -- MakerFaire 2013 (Sept 21): got the Urbana Arts Grant!<br>
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-- Solidoodle workshops (every 4th Sunday @ 5pm)<br></div></div><div><div> -- Makerspace @ the Orpheum<br></div>
-- Shared Threads<br></div><div> #) Upcoming workshops:<br></div><div><div>
$) 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></div> -- Hardware Freedom Day, April 20 (register by 3/15: <a href="http://wiki.hfday.org/" target="_blank">http://wiki.hfday.org/</a>)<br>
<br></div>Missed anything? Bring it with you to the meeting.<br><br></div><div>See you there!<span><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span><font color="#888888"><div>~Gergana<br>
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