20160625 BOD Notes

Attendees: Jay, Chris, Roger, Tanju

Notes:

• Reviewed last month's notes

• Secretary Role is still open.

• Social Media campaign, all in agreement that would be good to have towards 501c3 status. We need to come up with prize/trinket for the goals and determine the suitable platform.

Chris will investigate and choose the platform and a budget.

• Treasurer Report:

We are losing approx 300/mo have a six month run way.

• Continue to support getting kids room set up.

Waiting on reply from Engineering For Kids, on getting a kids workshop going on.

• Aug 1 anniversary, we need to do another event.

We'll do anniversary on Aug 6th due to scheduling.

• GenCon coming up Aug 1, we should do another GenCan't event. Chris and Randy to organize it. This will be the Friday right after Open House.

• We need to update the door code. It's overdue. As well as getting the RFID door reader finished.

• Jay gave an update on ATL YouTubers Meetup meeting held at the space in late May. About 10 people showed up but it didn't really click as a recurring activity.

• Concept of Instructables Nites revisited. Roger has raised hand to restart Instructables events.

• Roger also will lead organizing a Battlebots viewing party.

• Roger's Chess Nites fizzled out, didn't click.

• We need to reinvigorate recurring activities for the events calendar.

• Maker Faire coming up. We need to start soliciting volunteers for helping run our booth at the Faire. Running the powerwheels at the Faire is completely separate activity from having a booth.

• Additional ideas for recurring events:
  • Music -Chris
  • Sewing -Chris
  • 3D CAD/drafting with 3Dorchard.com -Tanju
  • Programming game craft - Jay
  • Drone Stuff - Jay
  • Arduino/RasPi - Bret Lanius has mentioned doing one?
  • Carpentry - Mike Smith?
  • Gina Gareau Clark GISHWES project as mentioned on Facebook starts next week. We need to encourage her to use the space as needed for that.
  • Battlebots Q&A - need to ask Michael and Randy to come in and Q&A and post mortem at a time that's convenient for them

• • We need to get the RetroPie barcade done and it would be great to take it to Makerfaire. Really it's just a matter of getting a cabinet built. Maybe we can get Mike Smith do carpentry class on building a cabinet?

• • Jay did connect with Andretti's Marietta location about sponsoring our PPPRS, but hey said they had no money.