Meeting Notes 2010-05-04

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Attendance

Sacha Jim Tim Sarah Jordan Ishmael Anne Nate Avner Evil Joel Chris L. Brian L. Shawn Geoffrey Jeff John

Agenda

• Crowdsourced Member Project: Location Hunting
  • Shawn has been scoping new larger spaces we can tour soon - around $5/sf/yr
  • Looking for places close-ish to our current space
  • Places at around $4,000/month are cheapest per square foot
  • Want a space we wont outgrow soon

• Crowdsourced Member Project: Fundraising
  • To afford this new space, we need to fundraise ($15,000 for the move)
  • Need to diversify our income - corporate sponsorships etc.
  • Possible corporate memberships - monthly memberships to use on off-hours
  • Rent out space or sections of space - classrooms/darkrooms etc.

Announcements

• Geek Prom update? (Anne)
  • Hunt for location & date (June or July). Tell your ideas to Anne.

• 300 SofF
  • Sign up with Anne if you want to speak

• Vermiculture class: May 6th - Purchase Tickets by April 27th.

• Powerwheels (Shawn)
  • Mini-race in June

• Unusual musical instrument jam - Friday after next

• Hackathon - come on feel the noise - Saturday after next

• Amazon payments - failed. Sign up through paypal!

• FRED talk - Everything you wanted to know about supercomputers by Dr. Sternberg: TODAY after the mtg.