Area Host Meeting Notes 05-07-2013

Area Host Meeting Minutes
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In attendance:

• eric
• adrianna
• hailey
• colin
• anna
• tucker (proxy metal host for mike)
• farkas
• ed
• kathy
• geoffrey
• josh

Prereqs:

Please read Area Host Meeting Notes 11-06-2012 and Area Host Meeting Notes 11-27-2012 to go over issues from last year before attending.

Agenda:

• Is the work described in 3519 Electrical Work sufficient to make your area be up to electrical code, in your opinion?
• Successes / concerns / requests from area hosts
• Opinions on Tidy Space
• We have to change how certifications work.
  • Mass certifications?
  • Area host office hours like Colin has?
  • This is especially important in the wood and metal shop because there are far more tools requiring certifications, yet neither of those spaces have regular certification times.
• Overview of budget for 2013

Minutes:

• try to use a wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) to make wiki easier to use for area hosts
• should we have two levels of certification
  • certified to lead vs certified to teach
• could we do standing monthly authorization
  • post this schedule to the wiki - not required to be peoples only time to get certified
• Anna suggests certified in groups
  • general tools
  • specialized tools
• making sure the certification is understood
  • can we post projects on the wiki for certain tools so it reinforces through practice
    • encourage people to look at these projects to reiforce what they have learned and encourage hacking in general
• make sure that people understand, even after certification, that it is ok to ask for help if you are unsure of how to use a tool

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