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John Benedetto
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 ====== March Community Meeting Agenda: ====== ====== March Community Meeting Agenda: ======
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-<WRAP round notice>DRAFT.  If you have an item to add to the agenda, please let an officer know. </WRAP> 
  
 **NOTE:** All community meetings are open to members of the public. Attendance is encouraged! Please bring a potluck item to share. **NOTE:** All community meetings are open to members of the public. Attendance is encouraged! Please bring a potluck item to share.
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 3. Reports 3. Reports
  
-    * President's report +    * President's report – Information from Geoff 
-    * Treasurer's report +    * Treasurer's report – Information from Geoff 
-    * Membership report+    * Membership report – Information from Geoff
  
 4. Old Business 4. Old Business
  
-    * OLD+    * SpaceCadets 
 +    * Quelab Clean Up Monthly date 
 +    * New workshops or Classes
  
 5. New Business 5. New Business
  
-    * NEW+    * Parking Lot Sale (Darren) 
 +    * Science Fair and support for student school maker faire (Sherie) 
 +    * Group Build Project – SSARA  (Blake)nt school maker faire (Sherie) 
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 +6. Other Topics
  
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 Minutes: Minutes:
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 +President's Report
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 +    * We need one
 +    * If you know of anyone that wishes to take this position (or vice-president), please contact, or have them contact the board. (Vice President, too)
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 +Treasurer’s Report:
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 +    * $11,000 in the bank, thanks in part o classes & donations
 +    * Plus $6K for repairs
 +    * November is when the two leases combine (building plus new annex)
 +    * Due to monies coming in # of members, classes, donations), we can cover both leases
 +    * Brief discussion on reimbursements; there is a budget line for repairs & maintenance, but it depends on what the payment is for (the comment was don’t want to tune up a sewing machine, rather buy a new one)
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 +Membership Report
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 +    * Mar 1, over 100 total members, total of 105 members
 +    * 5 People at orientation
 +    * Repeated the request that went out earlier this week - more members would be good to come assist at Orientations
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 +Other Officers’ Reports
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 +    * Shop Manager
 +    * Anything longer than 6’ needs to be flat or have a safety chain
 +    * No material storage in the shop.  You can store your project while working on it, but no materials storage.
 +    * Projects of many parts needs to be bundled; Gonner brought in a roll of stretchy wrap to facilitate that.
 +    * There are designated project storage at the north end & south end of the woodworking space
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 +Space Cadets
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 +    * Rate for Bench or Space Rental Discussion
 +    * Meeting Tomorrow night
 +    * Fixed, Labeled Shelf Space?
 +    * Totes for members is a bit out of date as a policy
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 +Classes
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 +    * Woodshop in June and July
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 +New Business
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 +Parking Lot Sale
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 +    * Friday the 20th of May into Saturday the 21st
 +    * Offering to outside sellers for a donation
 +    * Open House as Well?  To do this, we need volunteers
 +    * Friday sale only due to staffing concerns
 +    * Saturday sale & open house, if there is anyone interested as a co-chair for the project
 +    * Steam Engine Restoration people will be there to publicize
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 +Science Fair
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 +    * Sherie talked about the Regional Science Fair (next year’s @ UNM, next year), to give plenty of notice, if anyone is interested
 +    * Mini Maker Faire in South Valley for Schools with Maker Spaces, also next year
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 +Group Build Project
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 +    * Blake talked about a group project
 +    * Bridging Entrepreneurs and Makers
 +    * Suggesting a self-service kiosk project (<$300 cost), notifications of some sort to contact an onsite member (officer?) when assistance is needed
 +    * Various discussions took place - such as orientations aren’t often enough, be nice to take place online; it would be nice to leverage Moodle to a greater degree
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 +Other Topics
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 +    * April 9th, Fuse Open House, Quelab Invited
 +    * Does anyone know anything about the Derelict Jeep in the parking lot (says “In Tow”)
 +    * Are there any add’l RFID tags?  (Yes, in the office, directions on the wiki)
 +    * Craig did a call for makers, Mon, June 6th @ 7 p.m.
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 +Adjourned at 6:36pm