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== Attendance ==
== Attendance ==
* Board Members
* Board Members
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** Justin
** Lyn
** Jennie
** Ray
** Simon
** Brian
** Michael


* Other Members
* Other Members
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** Erik W.


== Agenda ==
== Agenda ==
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=== Discussion on previous minutes ===
=== Discussion on previous minutes ===
 
* NA
=== Consent Agenda ===
=== Consent Agenda ===
* Minutes approved by verbal assent


=== Committee Reports ===
=== Committee Reports ===


Reports from [[Committees]]
Reports from [[Committees]]
* Justin to followup with lawyers re:bylaws


=== Mail ===
=== Mail ===
* People's Gas, Quickbooks, City of Chicago -given to


=== Financial Report ===
=== Financial Report ===
* '''Chase Checking:'''  
* '''Chase Checking:''' $18,759.40
* '''Chase Savings:'''  
* '''Chase Savings:''' $105,668.59
* '''PEX:'''  
* '''PEX:''' $15,231.86
* '''PayPal:''' $12,374.98
* '''PayPal:''' $12,374.98


=== Membership Report ===
=== Membership Report ===
* '''Starving Hackers:'''  
* '''Starving Hackers:''' 293
* '''Full Members:'''  
* '''Full Members:''' 129
* '''Total Members:'''  
* '''Total Members:''' 422
* '''Quorum:'''
* '''Quorum:''' 43


=== Review the PayPal and banking transactions ===
=== Review the PayPal and banking transactions ===
*


=== Member Leaving Reason Reports ===
=== Member Leaving Reason Reports ===
* Credit card issue - got resolved
* Not enough time, hasn't been here
* Too busy
* Lives too far away, heading towards SSH


=== RT ===
=== RT ===
* https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=5515 Lyn requesting to redeem a member point
* https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=5581 Lyn requesting reimbursement
** Justin to issue check
* https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=5508 Jason requesting member point
**
* https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=5578
* https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=5515
** Michael to redeem Lyn's member point
* Simon to let members know they can email directors@


=== New Business ===
=== New Business ===
* Doorcode change
** Old codes will expire January 1
** New codes will go out December 1
** Let people know that door codes will be changing this month
** Simon to let people know that door codes will be changing
** Ray to put a lock on the filing cabinet and share access
* CNC / buildout budget
* CNC / buildout budget
** Requested to put spending on hold until we have a full accounting of funds
**
** To write a vote, we need to know what has been spent and what funds are needed
** Jennie will create a rough draft of CNC budget extension boot
** Area hosts ought to have a sense of their own running total of expenses
*** We ask hosts to
*** Encourage area hosts to commit to keeping track of
** If buildout budget is spent, future spending should be individual votes
**
** For the future
** How can we encourage members
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** https://rt.pumpingstationone.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=5560
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* Vote to name Aushra as official board
* Board planning 2017
* Board planning 2017
** Invite members to future meetings, especially if they are interested in being on the board
* 2017 budget
* 2017 budget
* Board goals for Q4
** Will itemize more items for general administrative costs
** Will run separate votes for each area budget
**
 
* Board goals
** Goal to have new members agree to our policies on waiver and website
** Working on implementing non-voting members concept (that is in bylaws)


=== Old Business ===
=== Old Business ===


== Votes ==
== Votes ==