September Officers’ Corps Meeting
9-14-16
Attending: Celeste, Sherie, Darren, Sara, Adric, Gonner, John M., J.T., Eric, Chris, Darrel, Rebecca
Minutes:
- John Murray shared his notes of the ad hoc officers’ meeting that took place when the Fire Marshal didn’t show up.
- No date for a followup visit from the fire marshal
- John M. willing to be here for the sprinkler head work to satisfy the Fire Marshall’s request, first week in October
- Darren self nominated as Rental Officer
- Darren asked about Library as an area captain? Sherie also volunteered.
- Anything for Darren to look at the Auctions?
- Adric suggested a Dewar (nitrogen tank)
- Charel - we could get more acknowledgement & possible funding if we focus more what we can do, e.g. STEM & STEAM esp classes for school kids
- Adric suggested teaming with Coder Dojo?
- Sherie suggested Grant writing skills could help
- Discussion ensued
- Darren reminded of his contact with the Librarian here in ABQ
- How many members are interested in volunteering for classes or the like?
- Charel to do some research prior to next Community Meeting
- Sherie volunteered to assist anyone needing help writing a lesson plan
- Sherie reported Aaron asks people using PFUDOR tools outside of PFUDOR to please return them when done with them.
- Adric has been working with the eye-fi card on the Quelab Camera. Turns out the card we have isn’t the one being deprecated, and should continue to work!
- Adric replaced the broken lock & the Square phone
- Will upgrade the front glass door
- Maybe solicit tour sign-ups, or gather contact info, asking if they want to sign up for our general mailing list
- The PayPal self service page now has a password of “orientation”
- Rebecca reminded that you can also suggest people sign up for our general mailing list
- Ray approved moving the teletype; suggestions included upstairs, the harry potter room, the storeroom or the former library
- As we grow, how do we track people in the building?
- In & Out boards?
- Darren acquired a dry erase In & Out board, and we discussed mounting it somewhere visible (The Core?) and it was suggested that at least the Officers & Board of Directors use it to show when they are in the building?
- One on the annex door (the rental space)?
- Can we track people’s RFID tags passively to know when they have left?
- Can we take photos of new members during orientation?
- Can we RFID control the metal shop equipment? Some discussion with Eric
- Eric would like Quelab to get an additional camera for the metal shop.
- Darren said how he checks a space (e.g. the annex) and tells the last officer (most often Adric) a space is secured. He suggested some sort of sign/indicator to show a room has been verified as locked & secured to assist closing the building.
- Gonner need time & labor to complete the block house in the front fenced in area
- Need about $200 in supplies for block, etc.
- He is interested crowd funding the money
- Darrel asked about status on having a large calendar in the entry-way to advertise things, like the next orientation or the tour schedule
- Discussion on possible forms of digital signage
- Calendar?
- Events
- Notifications (like how the arduino class was canceled)
- Darren suggested a list of contact info for all the officers and/or board
- Maybe have a sign with contact info (the google voice number)
- Darren can make some signs up with phone & our address
- Seltzer was suggested as a possible source to check
- Darrel suggested we should have more signs around the space - clean up after yourself., etc.
- Charel reminded that any signs need to discern themselves from the rest of the papers on the wall
- Celeste said: if something is bugging you, make a sign about it
- It was suggested that Celeste send out a monthly email welcoming new members by first names
- Next meeting proposed & decided on: 2nd week of November, 16-November, @ 7:00 p.m.
ACTION ITEMS
- John Murray to send electronic copy of his meeting minutes out (at least to JT for inclusion on the wiki)
- The dry erase In & Out board to be mounted in The Core & the Officers start using it to show when they are in the building.
- Charel to work to secure information RE: STEAM/STEM program w/Intel
- John Murray to coordinate with contractor for sprinkler head mods per fire marshal’s request
- Teletype to be moved to the room under the stairs
- Darren to make some signs with our phone # and the physical address of the building
- Celeste to start sending out monthly emails welcoming new members by their first names
- Next Officer’s Corps meeting scheduled for 11-16-16