Board Meeting Notes 2012-10-23: Difference between revisions

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* Steve Finkelman
* Steve Finkelman
* Steve Farkas
* Steve Farkas
* Dan Meyers


===Agenda===
===Agenda===
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* Tim
* Tim
** Status of money owed by the old landlord?  (Steve's letter formally asking for the deposit back)
** Status of money owed by the old landlord?  (Steve's letter formally asking for the deposit back)
** Bill-of-materials for the workshop build-out


* Patrick
* Patrick
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* Dan
* Dan
** Install shop air valve between our area and Tony's and attach our compressor to the system.  (Note: it seems that Tony the landlord will get his guy to do this).
 


* Steve Finkleman
* Steve Finkleman
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** Dust management in the shop
** Dust management in the shop
** inventory and ownership status of old landlord's stuff left on our side.
** inventory and ownership status of old landlord's stuff left on our side.
** Bill-of-materials for the workshop build-out


====New Business====
====New Business====
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* Reimburse Jeremy for welder?
* Reimburse Jeremy for welder?
* calculate electric bill and give Tony a check.
* calculate electric bill and give Tony a check.
* area hosts meeting 1st and 3rd tuesdays instead of board meeting?
* area hosts meeting 1st and 3rd Tuesdays instead of board meeting?
* Donations through the school factory vs directly to us.  We got notification of a materiel donation form Kathy on the director list, on 10/18. How are we supposed to track those? Do we need to?
* Donations through the school factory versus directly to us.  We got notification of a materiel donation form Kathy on the director list, on 10/18. How are we supposed to track those? Do we need to?
* insurance paperwork/quotes/status (liability, d&o, business property)
* insurance paperwork/quotes/status (liability, d&o, business property)
* Get Adam Beattie's info about our legal requirements
* Get Adam Beattie's info about our legal requirements
* Re-codify the bylaws: http://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/Bylaws_cleanup
* Re-codify the by-laws: http://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/Bylaws_cleanup
* Scan our official documents (articles of incorporation, lease, etc) and organize on dropbox.
* Scan our official documents (articles of incorporation, lease, etc.) and organise on dropbox.


===Minutes===
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*** Starving Hacker:  
*** Starving Hacker:  
*** Friends of PS1:   
*** Friends of PS1:   
*** Total: 169
*** Total: 170




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* Patrick
* Patrick
 
** The board has decided to "fire" the cleaning service because they didn't actually clean the space.
*** We need to watch the bank accounts to make sure they don't charge us.


* Dan
* Dan
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* Steve Farkas
* Steve Farkas
 
** Steve is going to, initially, use Excel to organise our banking records.
** Shawn and Steve will download the missing bank statements tonight.


* Shawn
* Shawn
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* Eric
* Eric
** The gas has been turned on
** The gas has been turned on
** The thermostat has been moved


* Unassigned
* Unassigned
** The air compressor has been hooked up.
** The air compressor has been hooked up.
*** The bill for the installation will be sent directly to us for payment.


* New business
* New business
 
** The board has agreed to start following basic accounting procedures suggested by Robert Lee
starting in November.
** We will be proposing a vote to reimburse Jeremy for the TIG welder tonight.
** Tony sent us a new copy of the electric bill.  We need to calculate how much we owe and pay him.
** The rent needs to be paid but the landlord's bank info has changed.
** We need more insurance
*** James from School Factory suggested his guy
**** if we go with him, we need to list School Factory as an additional insurer
*** Steve Farkas has a potential insurer
*** We can also consider our present insurance company
*** We need to get insurance for the laser cutter
** We need to scan all of the space's legal documents
** The board will try to finish compiling the bylaws and send it to the lawyer to review for legality.
** The first and third board meeting of the month will now be a short meeting and followed by an area manager meeting.
   
   
Meeting End: 07:XX pm
Meeting End: 07:XX pm