[Imc-makerspace] September Membership Meeting, Sunday @ 6pm

Gergana Slavova gergana.s.slavova at gmail.com
Mon Oct 7 23:15:43 UTC 2013


Thanks to everyone for attending today, and welcome to Dena for her
first-time visit!

Attendees: Elizabeth Wickes, Emily, Monica, Carl, James, Jeff, Erich,
Barry, Gergana, Billy, Dena, Colten

Agenda:

*) Opens
    -- End of Summer Make-a-tion surveys: any feedback?
         $) only 2 replies: pewter was pretty successful, potential for
more throughout the year
    -- New keyholding member nomination: Elizabeth Wickes
         $) Nomination approved by group; welcome Elizabeth!
    -- Cross-posting to IMC Facebook page: any update on admin permissions?
         $) Jeff has permissions; Rachel still needs to provide access to
others from MU
    -- MU mailbox at the IMC (Barry): done?
         $) MU has a mailbox there; when sending things to MU, just do "IMC
attn: Makerspace Urbana" in the To: box
    -- IMC/MU tax forms now available; contact Emily Knox to get one for
your MU dues
    -- Contact for IMC Calendar
         $) *Gergana to check with Danielle* if an individual is need or if
we can create a shared account
    -- Noisebridge Anti-harassment policy: should we be proactive and
implement one here?
          $) Group is generally ok with implementing this
          $) A group (Jeff, Erich, etc.) will create a proposal and we will
vote on it at the next meeting
    -- Mailing list upkeep
          $) We have the option to move our listservs to @
makerspaceurbana.org;  Good idea but we might lose our history.
          $) Also consider creating an announce list for MU
          $) *Erich will look into it* and we'll vote on this next time

*) Membership/Financial Update
    -- Current financial status
         $) No updated status for Sept; August income was $1199 (including
our Maker Faire grants)
              #) Unfortunately, this is enough for 2 months only;
         $) Status of Shared Threads funds transfer (Barry/Elizabeth): soon
         $) Square/Stripe account update (Erich)
              #) Square is ready; two swipe things available in the space
now
              #) Stripe is really close to getting setup; awaiting on a
couple of technical details
         $) Defining membership levels (Emily)
              #) Proposal
here<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pMP65IULbQIcNISk9h5XsJZ8jGvzaEKitZ3ue496n_c/edit?usp=sharing>;
please* review and provide feedback* by end of week
              #) Final decision is consensus between anyone that replies
     -- Help Desk
         $) Barry has a bunch of computers fixed and ready to go for sale!
         $) Acorn wants to fund us and Help Desk is a good target;
              #) *Barry & James will send a list* of needed Help Desk
equipment, etc. to Emily for proposal
    -- Funding ideas
         $) Selling bike light cross-stitch kits on Etsy: ongoing
         $) Any new members from MeetUp.com posting? Yes!  Please
sign-up<http://www.meetup.com/Makerspace-Urbana/>and RSVP to Open
Hours.
         $) Public engagement grant opportunity (more
details<http://engagement.illinois.edu/Page.aspx?site=Awards-and-Recognitions&page=Office-of-Public-Engagement-Grants>):
Emily got it!
         $) Will ask keyholding members to donate more per month temporarily
         $) Will also do a general ask of anyone who has ever visited the
space to donate in mid-October
         $) Food Co-op round-up monthly donation: should we get ourselves
on that list?
               #) *Gergana will talk to Jacqueline* at the Co-op
         $) Could we consider doing on of the popular Py-CU workshops?

*) RFID lock project
    -- Ongoing

 *) Py-CU
    -- Tomorrow is a 3rd of 6 programming workshops
    -- Need to discuss Py-CU's status as part of Makerspace; postpone to
next meeting

*) Past events:
    -- Table @ the Farmer's Market (Aug. 31 - 7am to noon)
         $) Awesome turnout!
         $) *Need to get an overhead tent* for next time
         $) Consider participating in the indoor market (after Nov. 2)
         $) Should do Art @ The Market again next year since that was so
popular
    -- Quarterly Clean-up Day (Sept 7)
         $) *Need to talk to Danielle about changing the lights at the space
*: when is that happening?
    -- Fall Family Fest @ Orchard Downs Community Center (Sept. 8 - noon to
2pm)
         $) Did we do this?  Yes, it was great!
    -- Table @ C-U Pride Fest (Sept. 14 - 2pm to 9pm)
         $) Really
awesome<https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10104063799175691&set=o.118240874874433&type=3&theater>,
will do it again next year if they ask
    -- Corkscrew Wine Gala to benefit the Orpheum @ Krannert (Sept. 18,
5:30-8:30pm)
         $) Emily and Gergana represented MU (and drank a lot of wine :)
    -- MakerFaire 2013 (Sept 21)
         $) Amazing turn-out this year!  Check out all the pictures on
Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Urbana-Champaign-Mini-Maker-Faire/109193269160999>
.
         $) Post Maker Faire meeting happening on Monday (Sept 30) @ 7pm
    -- IMC Open House (Sept 28, noon-4pm)

*) Upcoming/potential events:
     -- Hosting Google Glasses hangout (Sun, Oct. 13, 1-4pm)
         $) Will be using the former zine room
    -- Monthly "Welcome to 3D printing" workshop (Colten)
         $) On track! Will get started doing this bi-weekly (Tuesdays &
Saturdays, 2-5pm) starting mid-October
    -- 3D Scanning workshop
         $) James purchased a calibrated background, need a Kinect for
scanning
    -- Potential fall/winter workshops: *Monica will get the ball rolling*
    -- Urbana Free Library workshops (once a month on Mondays, around
3:30-4pm)
         $) Dependent on whether we get the grant; will find out in November
    -- Potential Orpheum workshops
         $) Nothing concrete yet but *Gergana to ping Sonya on any updates*
    -- Glass bead workshop (Dena)
         $) Good interest in doing this, maybe part of our holiday
workshops?
         $) Looking at beginning of November; *Gergana will touch base with
Dena*
    -- A workshop with close-by makerspaces
    -- Aromatherapy workshop with the food co-op (*Emily will follow-up*)

I think that's it; feel free to reply if I missed anything.  See you around!

~Gergana


On Fri, Sep 27, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Gergana Slavova <
gergana.s.slavova at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey everyone,
>
> Here's a quick agenda for this Sunday.  Hope to see you there!
>
> *) Opens
>     -- End of Summer Make-a-tion surveys: any feedback?
>     -- Cross-posting to IMC Facebook page: any update on admin permissions?
>     -- MU mailbox at the IMC (Barry): done?
>     -- IMC/MU tax forms now available; contact Emily Knox to get one for
> your MU dues
> *) Membership/Financial Update
>     -- Current financial status
>          $) Status of Shared Threads funds transfer (Barry/Elizabeth)
>          $) Square/Stripe account update (Erich)
>          $) Defining membership levels (Emily)
>      -- Help Desk
>     -- Funding ideas
>          $) Selling bike light cross-stitch kits on Etsy
>          $) Any new members from MeetUp.com posting?
>          $) Public engagement grant opportunity (more details<http://engagement.illinois.edu/Page.aspx?site=Awards-and-Recognitions&page=Office-of-Public-Engagement-Grants>
> )
> *) RFID lock project
>  *) Py-CU
> *) Past events:
>     -- Table @ the Farmer's Market (Aug. 31 - 7am to noon)
>     -- Quarterly Clean-up Day (Sept 7)
>     -- Fall Family Fest @ Orchard Downs Community Center (Sept. 8 - noon
> to 2pm)
>          $) Did we do this?
>     -- Table @ C-U Pride Fest (Sept. 14 - 2pm to 9pm)
>     -- Corkscrew Wine Gala to benefit the Orpheum @ Krannert (Sept. 18,
> 5:30-8:30pm)
>     -- MakerFaire 2013 (Sept 21)
>          $) Amazing turn-out this year!  Check out all the pictures on
> Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/pages/Urbana-Champaign-Mini-Maker-Faire/109193269160999>
> .
>     -- IMC Open House (Sept 28, noon-4pm)
> *) Upcoming/potential events:
>      -- Hosting Google Glasses hangout (Sun, Oct. 13, 1-4pm)
>     -- Monthly "Welcome to 3D printing" workshop (Colten)
>     -- Potential winter workshops
>     -- Urbana Free Library workshops (Mondays)
>     -- Potential Orpheum workshops
>
> I think that's about it.  Let me know if you want to add an item to the
> agenda.
>
> ~Gergana
>
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