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 == Minutes ==
+===Attendees===
+* Jenny Tong
+* Sam Paris
+* Jim Baker
+* Shae Kurko
+* Jennie Plasterer
+* Brian Chojnowski
+* Anna Yu
+* Erik Wessing
+* Shelly Loke-Gayares
+* Koun Park
+* Matt Triano
+* Daniel Conrad
+* Justin Conroy
+* Simon Pyle
+* Ed Bennett
+* Tom Judge
+* Jason Shanfield
+* Andrew Camardella
+* Nina Morrissey
+* Peter Paul DePasquale
+* Dan Zabinski
+* Sam Paris
 === Intro to PS1 ===
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 ==== Two Random Members ====
-* Conrad | found through friends who gifted a membership | working on a robot pony
+* Conrad
-* Jim | moving sculptural work, woodworking, metalworking, etc.
+** found through friends who gifted a membership
+**working on a robot pony
+* Jim
+**kinetic sculptural work, woodworking, metalworking, etc.
 === Things that need doing around the space ===
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 * Take out the trash, don't overfill the dumpster
 ** Trashcan liners are in the safe (with paper towels, toilet paper)
-* Tool cage improvement work is happening tonight - talk to Shay to help out
+* Tool cage improvement work is happening tonight - talk to Shae to help out
 === Awesome Callouts ===
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 === Votes ===
 *[[2016_Budget_Vote]]
+* Numbers are based on the 2015 expenditures
+* Area host projections are roughly 20% less than 2015 numbers
+* Do people need more money?
+* Are there places we are spending money on consumables that individual members should be donating for?
+* The cost of consumables is variable across areas. We decided when we moved not to track things too specifically.
+** We could track this, but there is overhead in figuring this out
+** e.g. Flat discs, grinding discs in hot metal
+** Shopbot bits - people provide their own bits
+** With electronics, we need consumables to have an electronic lab
+* Area hosts should give input on their projected expenditures for the following year
+** Area hosts were given the opportunity to adjust the initial values
+What are the specific items that money will be spent on?
+** 2015 expenditures
+* What are things spent on in different areas?
+** Hot metals - mostly consumables
+** CNC - mostly consumables, and some repair
+** Tool cage - Shae came on midway, figuring out what will be necessary
+** General areas - lots of paper towel
+** Space buildout - based on an estimate from Michael Skilton
+* Spending for area host is based on track record, anything larger needs to get voted on
+* Could look at third quarter spending and project
+* Have asked for spending in past years, but don't have projections based on past usage
+* Some expenditure is based on the member-size
+* Philosophy in putting together the budget is based on trusting the area hosts to spend the money appropriately
+* Current membership & rent - report from Treasurer
+** Current rent - $~3900/month, doubles when we take over the new space
+** Taking over the space in May
+** If we have no membership growth, we will be in fine financial state
+** Current membership growth trend is flat
+*** Attrition and new members are about equal
+** Full members: 114, Starving Hackers 271 currently
+** Average person contributes ~$50 (28% full members)
+** IRS penalty was eliminated
+* Guidelines for emergency fund is to cover 6 months of rents, utility, insurance, professional services
+* There are no spending caps on single item spending in this budget
+* Jason would be willing to work on a policy proposal with Tom this week
+* Treasurer will total up line items each quarter and post them in RT for member review
+* Vote passes:
+** 34 Aye - 3 nay - 1 abstain
 * [[Jewelry_Tools_Vote]]
+* Where will this go?
+** Cold metals
+* Ventilation?
+* Measure passes:
+** 36 Aye - 1 Nay - 1 Abstain
 === Tour ===
 *Thanks to Jim for giving the tour