BoardMeeting201505

Board Meeting: May 17, 2015

Time & Location

• Meeting Located at Tech 20/20 board room
• 3:00PM-5:00PM

Attendees

Voting: Sam M. Doug L. Jondale S. Issac M. James B.

Attending: David B.

Minutes

• 3D Printing Meetup Group is good idea but punted due to time constraints.
• Jondale appointed Tech Director.
• We are now categorized as a vocational school instead of a factory in new space plans. This means making some minor changes to the plan involving the bathrooms. Same is working on a P&L statement.
• Speak this upcoming Tuesday about volunteers.
• Sam gave us a financial update. Still being converted fully over to Quickbooks.
• Need to improve visibility of ticket system. Assign open items to someone.
• Website in development. New hosting will be used for development and then switched when ready. Think about wording to use on webpage.
• Issac prioritizing new access system. The interface is well under way. The next step determining hardware. James will be making recommendations.
• Outreach
  • National Maker Faire possibility June 12-13. Application submitted, decision May 18.
  • Still deciding on other marker faires. Depends on time of move.
  • Maybe take on take part in Millenium Falcon Project later this fall after move.
  • We'll have a booth at Pellissippi MakerPaloosa. Thursday, June 18th. 10am-4pm. James taking point. Announce Tuesday, ask for volunteers.
• Fighting machine Tournament pushed off until after move.
• Looking at Creative Placemaking grant. Focusing on Community Development.
• ABC grant would require a specific program. Still working on this.
• Think about a possible Newsletter.
• Voted to move to new hosting.
• Upgrade Google Apps to non-profit status.
• Press releases for big events only.
• Advertising budget update and speak about adding to it when necessary and after move.

[in progress]

Agenda Items

• revisit 3D printing Meetup group
• revisit Tech Director/Secretary
• space move update
  • Sam - P&L Statements to Justin
• volunteers to help with the move and remodel
• financial review
• review Trouble Ticket Items
• Check webpage update status
• Makhan's ticket system
• Outreach
  • National Maker Faire (June 12-13)
  • Revisit Nashville Mini MakerFaire
  • Revisit Chattanooga Mini MakerFaire
  • Revisit Atlanta MakerFaire
  • Full Scale Millennium Falcon Project
  • National Week of Making
    • Pellissippi MakerPalooza
• Fighting machine tourney update
• Library Outreach update
• grants
  • Creative Placemaking update
  • ABC update
• UTK Business School Final Report
  • review Final Report
  • communication
  • website redesign
  • assign actionable items
• Hosting/Domain/SSL
• Google Apps Non-profit
• Press releases going forward
• Advertising budget
• Upcoming calendar