<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks for attending, everyone! Here are a few notes from our meeting.<br><br>Attendees: Monica, Jeff, Danielle, Stewart, Barry, Elizabeth, Gergana, Rachel, Emily, Tim, Eric<br><br>*) Opens<br>
<div><div><div><div> -- UCIMC Board Meeting (Tuesday, Jan. 21, 5-7pm)<br> #) No update, no one attended<br></div> -- Noisebridge Anti-harassment policy update: posted on website!<br></div></div></div><div>
<div><div> -- Mailing list move to @<a href="http://makerspaceurbana.org" target="_blank">makerspaceurbana.org</a>: no update<br>
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</div><div><div> -- Google Glass update<br></div><div> $) About $400 came in for Google Glass<br></div><div> $) MU will donate additional $200 which will bring up the total to $800 (1/2 of the full Glass amount)<br>
</div><div> $) Liz still to submit a reimbursement form<br></div><div> -- Share pictures of MU with Palatine High School teacher<br></div><div> $) Gergana will reply to him with link to MU Facebook page<br>
</div><div> -- MU domain name renewals (thanks, Jeff and Jeremy!)<br></div><div> -- New member nominations: Eric and Monica. Passed with unanimous 'yes' vote. Welcome to MU!<br><br></div></div><div>*) Membership/Financial Update<br>
<div><div><div><div> -- Financial status<br>
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<div> $) Currently ok with over $3,000 in the bank; regular reports posted on Google shared drive<br></div><div> $) Please make sure to submit *all* expenses, even stuff you're donating to the space<br>
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$) At the next meeting, let's discuss where we need to be in order to be sustainable<br></div><div> $) Stripe account update (Erich): no update<br>
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$) Membership levels: all done, need to be posted on the website<br></div></div>
</div><div> -- Funding ideas<br></div><div>
$) Selling bike light cross-stitch kits on Etsy<br> #) Monica will create an Etsy account for MU and will work with Jeff on getting the cross-stitch kit on there<br>
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$) Will ask keyholding members to donate more per month temporarily:<br></div><div> #) Would be best to have more members<br></div></div><div> $) Will also do a general ask of anyone who has ever visited the space<br>
</div><div> #) Still waiting on Stripe to be setup<br></div><div> $) Food Co-op round-up monthly donation: hold off until summer<br>
$) Py-CU workshop<br></div><div><div> $) Yahoo! Employee Foundation (YEF) funding<br></div><div> #) Needed a non-discrimination policy from the IMC, now have it<br></div><div> #) Can now start following up with YEF<br>
</div></div><div> $) Put up a "Did you enjoy the space? Donate here" sign next to the donation jar<br></div><div> #) Gergana to print one out and bring it<br></div>
<div> $) Should we have a wider range of soldering kits?<br></div><div> #) Should have Atari punk consoles on hand, those were pretty popular<br></div><div> #) Barry will look into the RadioShack soldering kits<br>
</div><div> $) Funding from Acorn Media for Help Desk<br></div><div> #) No update<br></div><div> $) Awesome Foundation grant (for TUFL workshops?)<br></div><div> #) Emily and Gergana will work on getting it submitted<br>
</div><div> $) 3D printing keychains for a $1<br></div><div> $) We should have a list of 3D printer usage rules (including donation amounts)<br> #) Colten to follow-up<br><br></div>*) Help Desk<br>
</div><div> $) Would like to upgrade the computers with extra RAM - MU approved purchase<br></div><div> $) Got another $90 from selling a couple more machines<br><br></div><div>*) RFID lock project<br></div>
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*) Py-CU<br></div><div> -- Py-CU's first year anniversary (Saturday, Feb. 1, 6-9pm)<br></div><div> -- Working on project pitch night<br></div><div> -- Looking to do the Python intro workshop again in the spring<br>
</div><div> -- Every two weeks, Py-CU has a general meeting on Mondays<br><br></div><div>*) Past events:<br>
<div><div><div><div><div> -- Circuit Bending with CMKT4 (Friday, Dec. 6 @ 7pm)<br></div><div>
</div><div> -- Workshop with <a href="http://www.finditillinois.org/nextgen/" target="_blank">Project Next Generation</a> (Adani Sanchez) (Dec. 12, 4-5pm)<br></div><div> -- Clean-up Day (Jan. 25 @ 11am)<br></div><div>
$) Should put up a "your mom doesn't work here" sign<br><br></div></div>
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*) Upcoming/potential events:<br><div> -- PyCU's Women's IT and Computing Open House (Saturday, March 8, 1-4pm)<br></div><div> $) Low-key and casual, mostly just small breakout groups and some talks<br>
</div><div> $) Will also include a panel discussion on issues of women in computing<br></div><div> $) MU will reserve a table<br></div><div> -- Family Science Day @ Redbird Arena, Normal, IL (Saturday, April 5, 2014, 11am-4pm)<br>
</div> -- MU table @ Midwest Zine Fest (Saturday, April 12, 2014)<br> -- MU table @ Champaign Public Library's 2014 Home School Fair (Saturday, April 19, 10am-noon)<br></div><div> -- 4th Annual UC Mini Maker Faire (Saturday, Sept. 13)<br>
</div> -- <a href="http://spacejamboree.com/" target="_blank">Space Jamboree</a> participation (Brian): no update<br></div><div> -- Arduino Workshop - sometime in Feb?<br></div><div> $) Let's shoot for March instead<br>
</div><div> $) Mitch Altman is also coming back to Unit One in Feb<br>
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-- Potential Orpheum workshops (Gergana)<br> $) No update - change in contacts at the Orpheum, unsure of current status<br></div> -- Glass bead workshop (Dena)<br> $) No update, Gergana to follow-up with Dena<br>
-- Aromatherapy workshop with the food co-op (Emily)<br>
$) MU will sponsor it, will happen at the Co-op<br></div><div> -- OTI/UIUC Senior Design project collaboration<br> $) MU does not have to do anything<br></div>
-- Urbana's Market @ the Square 2014 applications available<br></div><div> $) Art @ the Market: we were invited to do the t-shirt workshop again<br></div><div> $) Jeff will get an e-mail going with the current coordinator<br>
</div><div> -- Skot from UIUC's ECE dept wants to do a 60 note polyphonic analog synthesizer workshop<br></div><div> #) Working on finalizing details; MU is interested in participating<br></div><div><br>
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<div>*) Other things of interest:<br></div><div> -- IMC Zine Library Work Party (Feb. 8, 3:30-5pm)<br><br></div><div>I think that's it. Let me know if I missed anything.<br><br></div><div>~Gergana<br></div></div>