Meeting Minutes Chair: Luke Closs
Joe gave consensus brief.
Introductions. Paul, Joe, Jeff, Colin, Michael Cantelon, Dallas Luther, Tyson, Sven, Richard Arthur, Dan, Ryan, Luke
Financial report by Ryan. Numbers to be posted to the list. 31 aggregate paying members in the last 3 months. 20 paying members per month on average (800)
Luke's report on events. 23 events to date in 2010.
Highlights: Bike Night, EL Wire night, 3 SSSH, Robomonth More members holding nights Upcoming: SHHH ( w/ Keg sponsored by Emma's Hackery), Craft-o-rama-rama, Afreak's security nights
State of the kit: TVBGone Kit - 10 left, Laser Spiro 20, Atari Punk Console More kits to be discussed after meeting Jeff: Need to submit HST to the government on kit sales.
Darryl joins meeting.
Election of directors: Current Directors: Joe, Ryan Rene and David Carne past board members.
Nomination: Paul, Colin, Joe, Ryan (Treasurer), Darryl and Arthur Ryan was confirmed as treasurer with assistance requested. Nominies confirmed. Jeff: needs all directors to submit name, address and contact details.
Register of members. Joe noted that we must collect place of residence for new members. Jeff willing to take up consolidating members list and collecting necessary contact information.
AGM notice Will email suffice for notification of AGM? Jeff checked the Society Act. Section 60 confirms that
Operating committee. VanHOC - Luke intros ideas and responsibilities. - maintain operation of space with stripened of $100/ month - Luke nominates Paul, Sven and Darryl - Dallas joined by self-nomination
Future of VHS (3.0) Visioning of what VHS should look like in a year. Luke - sell and carry a bunch more kits Paul - need new space Joe - projects that attract attention Jeff- more paying members, more who are women Colin - teaching Michael - crafting Tyson - more publicity Sven - pass Darryl - more storage and space organization Richard - more advanced kits and storage Arthur - better space org, more publicity Dan - pass Ryan - setup test zone, resource station and crafting Dallas - more classes, more fundraising
Arthur to open doors to Scienceworld. Colin - more projects.
Calendar filling out.
Dallas - VHS library into
Joe - USRP project intro
VHS Library DropBox Afreaks Website as mainpage - passed VCL - can hold meetings at our space Svens' Electrician friend coming on Tuesday MakeFaire- TBD more in coming weeks