[Imc-makerspace] January Membership Meeting

[Gergana Slavova]

Hi everyone,

Happy 2014!  Our first meeting of the year will be this Sunday (Jan. 26) @
6pm at the Makerspace.  Here's a quick list of things to discuss:

*) Opens
    -- UCIMC Board Meeting (Tuesday, Jan. 21, 5-7pm)
    -- Noisebridge Anti-harassment policy update
    -- Mailing list move to @makerspaceurbana.org
     -- Google Glass update
    -- Share pictures of MU with Palatine High School teacher
    -- MU domain name renewals (thanks, Jeff and Jeremy!)
*) Membership/Financial Update
    -- Financial status
          $) Stripe account update (Erich)
          $) Membership levels
    -- Funding ideas
         $) Selling bike light cross-stitch kits on Etsy
          $) Will ask keyholding members to donate more per month
temporarily
         $) Will also do a general ask of anyone who has ever visited the
space
         $) Food Co-op round-up monthly donation
         $) Py-CU workshop
         $) Yahoo! Employee Foundation (YEF) funding
         $) Put up a "Did you enjoy the space?  Donate here" sign next to
the donation jar
         $) Should we have a wider range of soldering kits?
         $) Funding from Acorn Media for Help Desk
         $) Awesome Foundation grant (for TUFL workshops?)
*) Help Desk
*) RFID lock project
  *) Py-CU
    -- Py-CU's first year anniversary (Feb. 1)
*) Past events:
    -- Circuit Bending with CMKT4 (Friday, Dec. 6 @ 7pm)
    -- Workshop with Project Next
Generation<http://www.finditillinois.org/nextgen/>(Adani Sanchez)
(Dec. 12, 4-5pm)
    -- Clean-up Day (Jan. 25 @ 11am)
 *) Upcoming/potential events:
    -- PyCU's Women's IT and Computing Open House (Saturday, March 8, 1-4pm)
    -- Family Science Day @ Redbird Arena, Normal, IL (Saturday, April 5,
2014, 11am-4pm)
    -- MU table @ Midwest Zine Fest (Saturday, April 12, 2014)
    -- MU table @ Champaign Public Library's 2014 Home School Fair
(Saturday, April 19, 10am-noon)
    -- 4th Annual UC Mini Maker Faire (Saturday, Sept. 13)
    -- Space Jamboree <http://spacejamboree.com/> participation (Brian)
    -- Arduino Workshop - sometime in Feb?
      -- Potential Orpheum workshops (Gergana)
    -- Glass bead workshop (Dena)
    -- Aromatherapy workshop with the food co-op (Emily)
    -- OTI/UIUC Senior Design project collaboration
    -- Urbana's Market @ the Square 2014 applications available

I think that's about it.  If you have anything else, bring it with you to
the meeting!

~Gergana
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