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

[Gergana Slavova]

Reminder for our meeting.  See you tonight!

~Gergana


On Wed, May 28, 2014 at 10:38 PM, Gergana Slavova <
gergana.s.slavova at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Hope to see you all this Sunday (June 1) at 6pm at the space for our
> monthly member meeting.  Here's a quick agenda:
>
> *) Opens
>      -- Post a list of workshops on the website
> *) Membership/Financial Update
>      -- Financial status and future plans
>           $) Create a committee to work on expansion plans
>           $) Need a subscription service on the website (e.g. Stripe)
>           $) Increase of monthly dues
>      -- Funding ideas
>           $) Selling bike light cross-stitch kits on Etsy
>           $) Will also do a general ask of anyone who has ever visited the
> space
>           $) Py-CU workshop
>                #) Introduction to Programming, 2nd Weekend of August, on
> Friday, Saturday, Sunday (Elizabeth)
>           $) Put up a "Did you enjoy the space?  Donate here" sign next to
> the donation jar
>           $) Funding from Acorn Media for Help Desk
>           $) Awesome Foundation grant (for TUFL workshops?)
>           $) 3D printing keychains for a $1
>           $) We should have a list of 3D printer usage rules (including
> donation amounts)
> *) Help Desk
> *) RFID lock project
> *) Py-CU
> *) Past events:
>      -- AGORA Festival <http://agorafestival.com/> (May 2nd and 3rd)
>           $) MU open during the day (10am - 3pm), Emily presenting at 7pm
>      -- Table at the Market (7am-noon) + Garage Sale (10am - 4pm) on May
> 10
>      -- Jamie Nelson from UofI's Emerging Technologies group
>           $) Panel on Makerspaces & Illinois Emerging Technologies Report
>           $) Emily and Colten are doing a panel on May 19th
>      -- PyCU's Women's IT and Computing Open House (Saturday, May 31,
> 1-4pm)
> *) Upcoming/potential events:
>      -- Art @ the Market (July 12, 7am-noon)
>           $) Need to start an ask for old t-shirts from people
>      -- Bloomington Children's Museum workshop (July/August)
>           $) Should consider getting the Bloomington groups involved here
>      -- 1st Annual Heartland Maker Fest (Saturday, Oct. 18)
>      -- Illinois State's College of Education conference (T21Con)
>           $) Waiting on Bloomington connection to respond
>      -- MU hosting a Cadet Girl Scout troop (potential Saturday)
>      -- Potential Orpheum workshops
>      -- Glass bead workshop (Dena)
>      -- Google Glass workshop (Liz)
>      -- Saturday Open Hours rotation (11am - 1pm): sign up here
> <http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050845ADAC23AA8-makerspace>!
>      -- Summer Make-a-tion 2014
> *) Other things of interest:
>      -- UC2B Press Conference
> <http://us8.campaign-archive1.com/?u=9d098b0a3c2e10ef7b1dcdfbf&id=bb6de41d61&e=c973750951>
> - fiber expansion in Champaign-Urbana, May 29 @ 2pm
>
> We're located in the basement room #16 of the Independent Media Center in
> Urbana.
>
> The space can be a little tricky to find but if you enter through the
> back bike project door (near the radio tower on the south side of the
> building) and take your first left, we're at the end of the hall. If the
> outside door is locked just ring the makerspace doorbell or call (816)
> 287-1717.
>
> Peace out,
> ~Gergana
>
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