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Meeting Start: 7:19 PM
Meeting Start: 6:58 PM


=== Attendance ===
=== Attendance ===
* Board Members
* Board Members
** Ryan
** Brian
** Brian
** Ray
** Ray
** Sheila
** Sheila
** Jenny
** Jenny
**Doorman Dave
* Other Members
* Other Members
** Justin
 
** Dan


=== Agenda ===
=== Agenda ===
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=== New Business ===
=== New Business ===
 
*Sheila says that we got a lot of feedback that people would like more classes. We should encourage them to hold classes; maybe charge for classes? We can do this as members, not just as board members.


=== Old Business ===
=== Old Business ===
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=== Minutes ===
=== Minutes ===
* Mail: Junk mail. Eagle CAD letter. Some member mail.
* Mail: Junk mail and bills. Member mail. Letters from the IRS charging us penalties for filing late. Need to be scanned. Total penalties are about $13,000 for 2011, 2012, and 2013 filings. See Brian for more specifics. More letters for Brian. One letter is from Google. Lots of Comcast mail.  
* Financial Report:
* Financial Report:
** Savings: $60,634
** Savings: $60,634.16
** PayPal: $17,472
** PayPal: $4,833.98
** Checking: $26,046
** Checking: $33,556.70
** PEX: $7,338
** PEX: $7,230.01
* Member Leaving Reason Report (9):  
* Member Leaving Reason Report (9):  
** Concerned about lack of civility.
** A few months where don't need to use space, will rejoin by November. Lives a long way from PS1.  
** Money and time.
** Time. Barrier to entry on authorizations. Would prefer full time staff, executive director, volunteer coordinator. Lack of civility.
** Leaving for several months, just wants to hold the membership.
** Location, too long for commute. Wants a northern branch.
** External project circumstances, physical aspects of space.
** Lack of creature comforts (broken AC, soda fridge).
** Time. Mailing list forum arguments.
** Change in career. Time.
* RT:
* RT:
**  
**Note: Derek and Brian took care of some of these already.
** 3596: Triano needs to provide receipt.
**3252: Numbers do not match up, Derek needs to provide an actual receipt.
**3231: Brian needs to know what the Plante Moran receipt is for
**3514: Tony has been notified of electric bill reimbursement
**3406: Need to research the spending for tool cage. Double check that Shae has PEX card; yes.
**2971: Jason needs to provide receipts if he wants to be reimbursed for spray paint covering supplies.
**1618: Dean needs to provide receipt for CNC Bridgeport.
**2782: Ryan needs to confirm that the Heidenhain encoder repair item was purchased or not.
**1852: Shellie or Derek need to confirm if the software was ever purchased.
**1237: Need receipts for lights that were already purchased and see how many funds are left; Ray recommends hiring an electrician if any remaining funds.
*Member Points:
**3619: Board except for Doorman Dave voted to give Doorman Dave a member point for TOOL.
**3610: Brad Jimenez wants to spend his member point for a refund. Sheila will take care of it.
**3611: Board except for Ray Doeksen voted to give Ray a member point for authorizing 5 people on the laser cutter.
**3602: Ryan is refunding 2 member points for October.
**3592: Board voted to grant Jonathan Bisson a member point for running PYOO for Sheila.
 


=== Votes ===
=== Votes ===


=== Membership Report ===
=== Membership Report ===
* Full Members: 110
* Full Members: 108
* Starving Hackers: 279
* Starving Hackers: 275
* Total: 389
* Total: 383


Meeting End: 8:09 PM
Meeting End: 8:01 PM