<div dir="ltr">Thanks for attending, everyone! A few notes are below.<br><br>Attendees: Brian, Colton, Liz, Barry, Gergana, Jeff, Monica, Erich, Beth, Edward, Emily, Andre<br><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
Agenda:<br><br>*) Opens<br> -- A fond goodbye to Chris Ritzo: wishing him all the best in Baltimore!<br>
<div> -- A documentary on Alan Turing ("<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119396/" target="_blank">CodeBreaker</a>") at the Art on Tuesday, 7:30pm<br></div><div> -- Clean-up Day on May 25 was a success!<br>
</div><div> #) Consider doing a quartly clean-up going forward<br></div><div> -- Carleen is helping her friend with a fundraiser by making the little ninja dolls<br> #) If you want to help, come to Wednesday's open hours<br>
</div><div> -- Need to allow better access to the space<br> #) <b>James, Jeff, and Edward will come up with a proposal</b><br><br>
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<div>*) Membership/Financial Update<br><div><div><div> -- Update on current status & rent increase<br> #) MU finance committee are Barry, Emily, and Erich: main contacts to the IMC bookkeeper<br> #) Have Stripe/Square accounts, need to connect them to the IMC bank account<br>
</div><div> % For your reference, here are the charges: Stripe - 2.70% + 3 cents/transaction, and Square - 2.75%/transaction<br>
</div><div> #) Additionally, due to some mislabeled deposits, we have a potential $1300+ in our favor<br></div><div> #) New rent: $309/month but seems like our lease still refers to room #15; <b>MU finance committee to double-check</b> with the IMC<br>
</div> #) Discussion on future of help desk:<br> % Currently: partially funded by the IMC (Barry's billable hours) and held at the Makerspace<br></div><div> % Instead, we can consider complete separation in either direction:<br>
$) Make it fully part of the IMC and the Makerspace gets a (potential) discount on rent, or<br></div><div> $) Make it fully part of Makerspace and all time to be volunteer-based (preferred option by Makerspace)<br>
</div><div> % <b>MU finance committee will check</b> on how the IMC views this<br></div><div></div> -- Google analytics review: no update<br>
</div><div><div></div><div> -- Liability<br> #) Should get all keyholding members to sign liability waivers + include as part of the workshop kits<br> #) <b>Emily will check</b> on what else needs to be done<br>
</div></div><br>*) RFID lock update<br> -- Front end is done!<br> -- A little bit left on the back-end<br> -- Almost there for testing<br><br>*) Past events:<br><div> -- Bethel Church Outreach, April 27 (part 2 of 2)<br>
#) Nice turn out, gave away 12 computers<br> #) Attendees ranged from 7 to 78yrs old<br> #) No other workshops planned<br>
-- Girls do Science group @ the Orpheum (April 29, 3:45-5:30pm)<br></div><div> #) Excellent workshop; hosted a group of 20 girls and made LED origami flowers<br></div><div><div><div>
-- Solidoodle workshops (every 4th Sunday @ 5pm) - complete for the Spring series<br></div><div> #) Covered the range from intro to creating objects on blender, to practical printing<br></div><div> #) Still left to cover are: OpenSCAD workshop, and 3D scanner<br>
</div><div> #) Consider doing a regular "intro to 3D printing" workshop with sign up sheet, etc which requires no prereqs to attend (<b>Brian and James to discuss</b>)<br>
</div><div> #) Working on creating a rules & best methods poster for the 3D printer, including suggested donation for printing ($1)<br></div><div> #) Also, working on posting all printed objects (stf files, settings & dimensions, etc.) on the MU website (or making a thingaverse account)<br>
</div><br></div>*) Upcoming/potential events:<div>
</div></div><div> -- Workshop with Chambana moms<br></div><div> #) They're interested in any other workshop we do; keep posting on their site<br></div><div><div><div> -- MakerFaire 2013 (Sept 21): <a href="http://ucmakerfaire.com/" target="_blank">call for makers is out</a> & we have an awesome flyer<br>
</div><div> #) Next meeting is Monday, June 3 @ 7pm<br></div>
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</div><div><div><div></div></div></div><div><div> -- Makerspace @ the Orpheum: no update<br>
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-- Shared Threads<br></div><div> #) Art @ the Market is hosting Shared Threads at their table on June 15th<br></div><div> #) Project: turning t-shirts into bags<br></div><div> #) Should provide support in terms of people and have Makerspace flyers to hand out<br>
</div><div> -- Table @ the Farmer's Market: applications available <a href="http://urbanaillinois.us/Application" target="_blank">online</a><br></div> #) Let's see how June 15th goes<br></div><div> -- DIY BYOBrew<br>
#) Good interest in making this happen<br> #) Will split into 1st skill-share: brewing process; 2nd skill-share: actually making your brew of choice<br></div><div> #) <b>James will setup </b>the logistics (maybe part of Make-a-tion?)<br>
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-- Summer Make-a-tion/Urbana Free Library teen events<br> #) First planning will start this Wednesday, June 5th, during open hours<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Let me know if I missed anything.<br><br>
See you around!<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>~Gergana<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:22 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>Hi everyone,<br><br>A slight shift in the schedule but I still hope to see you all on Sunday @ 6pm. Here's a quick agenda:<br>
<br>*) Opens<br></div> -- A fond goodbye to Chris Ritzo: wishing him all the best in Baltimore!<br>
<div> -- A documentary on Alan Turing ("<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2119396/" target="_blank">CodeBreaker</a>") at the Art on Tuesday, 7:30pm<br></div><div> -- Clean-up Day on May 25 was a success!<br>
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<div><div><div>*) Membership/Financial Update<br><div><div><div> -- Update on current status & rent increase<br></div><div></div></div> -- Google analytics review<br>
</div><div><div> -- Update on Square account/IMC board meeting (Erich to setup the account)<br></div></div>*) RFID lock update<br>*) Past events:<br><div> -- Bethel Church Outreach, April 27 (part 2 of 2)<br>
-- Girls do Science group @ the Orpheum (April 29, 3:45-5:30pm)<br><div><div>
-- Solidoodle workshops (every 4th Sunday @ 5pm) - complete for the Spring series<br></div></div>*) Upcoming/potential events:<div>
</div></div><div> -- Workshop with Chambana moms<br></div><div><div><div> -- MakerFaire 2013 (Sept 21): <a href="http://ucmakerfaire.com/" target="_blank">call for makers is out</a> & we have an awesome flyer<br>
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-- Solidoodle workshops (every 4th Sunday @ 5pm)<br></div></div></div><div><div> -- Makerspace @ the Orpheum<br>
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-- Shared Threads<br></div><div> -- Table @ the Farmer's Market: applications available <a href="http://urbanaillinois.us/Application" target="_blank">online</a><br></div></div><div> -- DIY BYOBrew: on hold<br>
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-- Summer Make-a-tion/Urbana Free Library teen events<br><br></div><div>Anything else? Bring it with you to the meeting.<br><br></div><div>We're located in basement Room # 16 at the Independent Media Center (202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL).<span><font color="#888888"><br>
</font></span></div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>~Gergana<br></div></font></span></div></div></div></div>
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