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<p>Created page with &quot;== Board Meeting: August 21, 2022== === Time &amp; Location === *Meeting Located virtually on Big Blue Button *2:00 PM === Attendees === *Board: Issac Merkle, Tracy Homer, Sue...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Board Meeting: August 21, 2022==<br /> <br /> === Time &amp; Location ===<br /> *Meeting Located virtually on Big Blue Button<br /> *2:00 PM<br /> <br /> === Attendees ===<br /> <br /> *Board: Issac Merkle, Tracy Homer, Sue Joslin, Sean Simoneau, Billy Huddleston, Jondale Stratton, Bryan Howard<br /> <br /> *Members: David N, Gabe, Hillary, Larry, Joe H, Tony B, Dee Dee<br /> <br /> === Minutes ===<br /> <br /> *Sue&#039;s Financial update<br /> **Spent a lot this month<br /> **Estimated revenue from Market - $1,085<br /> **Sometimes hard to understand the finances, Sue is going to display General Fund as a separate line item<br /> *Grants<br /> **All the paperwork is done for our federal grant - all zones please submit spending plan<br /> *Membership - August - 293<br /> *Makers Market Post Mortem<br /> **It was very successful! <br /> **When should we do it again? Twice a year thing? Quarterly?<br /> **It will help deepen relationship with the Maker City and Mayors Maker Council<br /> **Vendor feedback was great - most positive - we provided better support than any other event!<br /> **Feedback on our end<br /> ***A lot of cleaning work, but necessary, and for a good reason<br /> ***Good camaraderie and pride in KM<br /> ***Got a lot of new people involved in volunteering<br /> ***Should be more clear that we have vendors who make their things with their own hands<br /> ***Putting on another one will be a little easier<br /> **Earliest we could pull off would be November<br /> **We hemmed and hawed a lot and decided to try for Nov 6, with Mary Thom&#039;s blessing<br /> *Can Joe post on Facebook about his Arduino 101? More info needed.<br /> *Should we hide the sign up form from the front page of the website?<br /> **Seems that more discussion is needed<br /> *Mayor&#039;s Maker Council<br /> **Sean is ready to step down in October<br /> **The Maker Summit is in September so that is all hands on deck at the Council<br /> *Maker Meetup - can/should we host that?<br /> **We are overwhelmingly lukewarm about it<br /> *Maker Faire - should we do it? Yes we think so.<br /> *Crazy idea about KILLSWITCH<br /> **Could we hand this off and let them run with it? Maybe Tim?<br /> *Is someone getting our mail? Looks like no. How can we make this easier.<br /> **PO Box seems like the right solution<br /> *Spark has said they would fix the lighting in the back so yay<br /> *Our Aircon ducting is on the schedule!<br /> *KCDC has not heard back on the HUD grant yet - will be next month<br /> *David Nelson officially wishes everyone a good day.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> === Votes ===<br /> *Voted to get a PO box<br /> *Voted to do the Market on Nov 6<br /> *Voted as Cooper to be 3d printing czar</div>

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