[Imc-makerspace] May Membership Meeting [June 1 Minutes]
Barry Todd
barry.todd at gmail.com
Tue Jun 3 16:54:10 EDT 2014
UM,
So I sold a computer yesterday on Square as donation. Could we get an
entry called Help Desk donation? Thanks if possible.
Regards,
Barry Todd
The Computer Geek
(217) 898-6969
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 8:24 PM, Gergana Slavova <gergana.s.slavova at gmail.com
> wrote:
> Attendees: Nadia, Jeff, Emily, Elizabeth, Paul, Barry, Gergana
>
> Agenda:
>
> *) Opens
> -- Post a list of workshops on the website: no update
> -- Make sure to close the window when you leave the space!
> $) *Barry will purchase a step ladder*
>
> *) Membership/Financial Update
> -- Financial status and future plans
> $) Net income is over $5k
> $) Create a committee to work on expansion plans
> #) Will start planning for that in the fall
> $) Need a subscription service on the website (e.g. Stripe)
> #) For expediency, will move this from Erich to Jeff
> #) Group is ok with that
> $) Increase of monthly dues
> #) Suggestion to increase key-holding membership up to
> $25/month
> #) Decision has majority - passed
> #) *Emily will clarify on the website that the space is
> free during open hours*
> -- Funding ideas
> $) Selling bike light cross-stitch kits on Etsy: no update
> $) Will also do a general ask of anyone who has ever visited the
> space: no update
> $) Py-CU workshop
> #) Introduction to Programming, 2nd Weekend of August, on
> Friday, Saturday, Sunday (Elizabeth)
> #) Will happen after Elizabeth is back from the summer
> $) Funding from Acorn Media for Help Desk
> #) Will probably fund us but have not officially heard back
> #) Acorn Media can also do seed funding for a capital
> campaign
> $) Awesome Foundation grant (for TUFL workshops?): no update
> $) 3D printing keychains for a $1
> #) Have a prototype ready
> $) Maybe do a Raspberry pi workshop kit (plus keyboard, mouse,
> HDMI cable) and have it available for rent
> $) Create signs for:
> #) 3D printer usage rules (including donation amounts) with
> 3 options: $1, $3, $5
> #) Put up a "Did you enjoy the space? Donate here" sign
> next to the donation jar
> #) Listing of membership levels
> #) Better signs for snacks/soda
> $) Still waiting to hear back from Yahoo!
> $) Snack area is working out really well
>
> *) Help Desk
> -- Made $200 on the garage sale
> -- Everything else was picked up by Habitat for Humanity
>
> *) RFID lock project
> -- All the parts exist separately, need to be put together
> -- *Nadia will get a status update from the other members*
>
> *) Py-CU
> -- WIT happened last weekend
> -- Doing a joint meeting with Coffeeshop Coders next Tuesday
> -- Still getting 1-2 new members each meeting (including a new
> hack-night person due farmer's market table)
>
> *) Past events:
> -- AGORA Festival <http://agorafestival.com/> (May 2nd and 3rd)
> $) MU open during the day (10am - 3pm), Emily presented 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 participated on May 19th
> $) Talked to teachers from colleges around Illinois
> $) Dept of Education is thinking about doing a makerspace on
> campus (in Armory)
> -- PyCU's Women's IT and Computing Open House (Saturday, May 31,
> 1-4pm)
> $) Small but a good start, great networking opportunity for
> local organizations
> $) Consider Champaign Library or other more recognizable
> location but at a different time of year
>
> *) 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)
> $) Low-income camp: July 14-18, 4-6th graders
> #) Pick one day and be there for 1/2 of it
> #) *Jeff to make a doodle for best times/dates*
> $) Launching Innovation Station, can do a Saturday workshop
> anytime
> #) Should consider getting the Bloomington groups involved
> here
> #) *Emily will post on the Google group with this info*
> -- 1st Annual Heartland Maker Fest (Saturday, Oct. 18)
> -- Illinois State's College of Education conference (T21Con)
> $) Have not heard back, dropping
> -- MU hosting a Cadet Girl Scout troop (potential Saturday): no update
> -- Potential Orpheum workshops: no update
> -- Glass bead workshop (Dena)
> $) Might be able to do it as a summer make-a-tion
> -- Google Glass workshop (Liz): no update
> -- Saturday Open Hours rotation (11am - 1pm): sign up here
> <http://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050845ADAC23AA8-makerspace>!
> -- Summer Make-a-tion 2014
> $) Already have a new spreadsheet so you can claim a workshop
> $) *Gergana will send out a general ask about this*
> $) Deadline to decide on the workshops by June 15
> -- Another clean-up day: tentatively plan for end of June, right
> before summer make-a-tion starts
>
> *) 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
>
> It was great to see everyone today. Stay cool! (literally, since it's
> really hot outside)
>
> ~Gergana
>
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