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Meeting start: 7: | Meeting start: 7:05 | ||
=== Attendance === | === Attendance === | ||
'''Board Members''' | '''Board Members''' | ||
* eric | |||
* Bry | |||
* farkas | |||
* Hailey | |||
* Josh | |||
* Jesse | |||
* Ed | |||
* Adam | |||
'''Other Members''' | '''Other Members''' | ||
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* Tony also pays "equipment license" fees per device he has plugged in. He got assessed a $900 fine at one point for not having that all taken care of. We need to determine what that means and if it affects us. Maybe this is http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/progs/inspectionspermitting/manufacturing_establishments.html | * Tony also pays "equipment license" fees per device he has plugged in. He got assessed a $900 fine at one point for not having that all taken care of. We need to determine what that means and if it affects us. Maybe this is http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/progs/inspectionspermitting/manufacturing_establishments.html | ||
* Minors joining | * Minors joining | ||
* Audit status/ Status of repayments | * Audit status/ Status of repayments / New historical books ('''Indiana Steve''') | ||
* Get all of the tax returns from School Factory ('''Steve''') | * Get all of the tax returns from School Factory ('''Steve''') | ||
==== Backburner ==== | ==== Backburner ==== | ||
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==== Minutes ==== | ==== Minutes ==== | ||
* no mail | |||
* went over membership numbers | |||
* steve reviews weekly financial report | |||
* discussion on how to make things better for members thinking of leaving | |||
* fixing meetup - no progress - asking for help from members | |||
* cameras- no progress | |||
* paid job board- no progress | |||
* safe space agreement - could not get reviewed | |||
* tomorrow we're going to have another working session about the bylaws, those of us that can't make it will submit our comments beforehand | |||
* 501c3- we have taxes to do first - we need more help from lawyers- also need to know from lawyers which of the two 990 forms we have to do | |||
* pitchfork from last year- steve talking to school factory | |||
* minors as members- we discussed what's been going on on the mailing list, what our own feelings about it, what the worst case scenarios would be for several just options | |||
* limited debit cards for area hosts- chase says they are daily limits, not limits on totals, so we need to open separate area host accounts | |||
* takeaways from mwe call - discussing after board meeting | |||
* paypal bouncebacks - wont talk to steve because ish's name is still on the account | |||
** we talked about exploring options for using something that doesn't suck like paypal | |||
* steve will buy a water test for lead and what not | |||
* liability insurance review- we need to ask lawyers to further address our questions | |||
* Complaints @ signs- will is working on it | |||
* adding members to trello - eric is adding members on demand - will add en masse soon | |||
* wiki migration, has been delayed while josh is busy with RFID's | |||
* secretary of state - in progress - bry/farkas | |||
* loom/shop smith sales - got check for loom, still need one for shop smith | |||
* eric is still waiting for quote from electrician, he's working on a specific list | |||
* waivers box- bry is going to install it | |||
* form box- steve bought one - bry bought two, now we have three because they forgot to talk to each other yaaaaay | |||
* getting money from old landlord - talking to a property lawyer | |||
* josh talks about his ID card idea - running out of time | |||
* Membership Report - | * Membership Report - | ||
** Full Members: | ** Full Members: 74 | ||
** Starving Hacker: | ** Starving Hacker: 151 | ||
** Friends of PS1: | ** Friends of PS1: 2 | ||
** Total: | ** Total: 225 | ||
Meeting end: 8: | Meeting end: 8:05 | ||
Latest revision as of 12:59, 29 March 2014
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Meeting start: 7:05
Attendance
Board Members
- eric
- Bry
- farkas
- Hailey
- Josh
- Jesse
- Ed
- Adam
Other Members
Agenda
- read mail
- Financial/membership report
- Review the paypal and banking transactions.
- Check the money@pumpingstationone.org inbox weekly.
- Member leaving reason report
- Review Trello board, report progress made.
- new business
- old business
New Business
Old Business
- Tony also pays "equipment license" fees per device he has plugged in. He got assessed a $900 fine at one point for not having that all taken care of. We need to determine what that means and if it affects us. Maybe this is http://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/progs/inspectionspermitting/manufacturing_establishments.html
- Minors joining
- Audit status/ Status of repayments / New historical books (Indiana Steve)
- Get all of the tax returns from School Factory (Steve)
Backburner
- Status of money owed by the old landlord. (Eric). We are working on sending information to a separate attorney.
- move the annual meeting to december in the bylaws.
- Go over the "Things the next board should deal with" list from the meeting of the 15th, it has a lot of stuff we have to be aware of.
Minutes
- no mail
- went over membership numbers
- steve reviews weekly financial report
- discussion on how to make things better for members thinking of leaving
- fixing meetup - no progress - asking for help from members
- cameras- no progress
- paid job board- no progress
- safe space agreement - could not get reviewed
- tomorrow we're going to have another working session about the bylaws, those of us that can't make it will submit our comments beforehand
- 501c3- we have taxes to do first - we need more help from lawyers- also need to know from lawyers which of the two 990 forms we have to do
- pitchfork from last year- steve talking to school factory
- minors as members- we discussed what's been going on on the mailing list, what our own feelings about it, what the worst case scenarios would be for several just options
- limited debit cards for area hosts- chase says they are daily limits, not limits on totals, so we need to open separate area host accounts
- takeaways from mwe call - discussing after board meeting
- paypal bouncebacks - wont talk to steve because ish's name is still on the account
- we talked about exploring options for using something that doesn't suck like paypal
- steve will buy a water test for lead and what not
- liability insurance review- we need to ask lawyers to further address our questions
- Complaints @ signs- will is working on it
- adding members to trello - eric is adding members on demand - will add en masse soon
- wiki migration, has been delayed while josh is busy with RFID's
- secretary of state - in progress - bry/farkas
- loom/shop smith sales - got check for loom, still need one for shop smith
- eric is still waiting for quote from electrician, he's working on a specific list
- waivers box- bry is going to install it
- form box- steve bought one - bry bought two, now we have three because they forgot to talk to each other yaaaaay
- getting money from old landlord - talking to a property lawyer
- josh talks about his ID card idea - running out of time
- Membership Report -
- Full Members: 74
- Starving Hacker: 151
- Friends of PS1: 2
- Total: 225
Meeting end: 8:05
