MemberMeeting20180123

Member Meeting: January 23, 2018

Time & Location

6:30pm KnoxMakers

Members in attendance: 45

Minutes

President's Report

2017 Year in Review

• Highlighted the changes to the space in the past year
• Grand Opening; April 1st
• Killswitch; October 14th
• Knox Makers is now a registered trademarked
• Quickbooks is updated finally

Creative Director's Report

Vision, Mission Statement, and Core Values

• Vision Statement: to find and grow the maker in all of us
• Mission Statement: Knox Makers nurtures a diverse community of makers, artists, and thinkers, encourages peer-learning to feed their innate curiosity, and provides the tools and resources to enable the limitless pursuit of creation.
• Core Values
  • Opportunity
  • Focus
  • Volunteerism
  • Inclusivity
  • Non-Commercialism
  • Privacy
  • Sharp and Electrified
  • Fun

Membership and Financial Report

Membership

• Membership grew from 71 to 138 in 2017
• At the end of 2017 we had 84 full paying members, 10 sponsored members, and 44 student/senior rate members
• Mike membership grew from 7 to 10

Financial Summary

• Net Income was about $4150
• Statement of Activity by Class
• Statement of Activity by Month
• 2017 Financial Review

Looking forward to 2018

• Focus more on czar program and area development
• Installing security cameras
• Haxdb being developed for door access and tool authorization
• More Killswitch events
• More and better ToyTech partnerships

Voting

• Voted by show of hands to change bylaws - removed Treasurer from list of required board positions
• Voted by show of hands to add Webmaster board position
• Voted by show of hands to change Communications Director to Events Coordinator

The following board positions were held for election by secret ballot and filled:

Position	Elected Member
President	Doug Laney
Secretary	Tracy Homer
Treasurer
Tech Director	Jondale Stratton
Creative Director	Issac Merkle
Facilities Director	Bryan Howard
Events Coordinator	Laurie Kay
Webmaster	James Broyles