BoardMeeting20150314

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Board Meeting: March 14, 2015

Time & Location

1:00pm - ????

Attendees

None

Minutes

Agenda Items

  • Get Issac to demo the status of the webpage as-is. Compile notes on what we need to launch.
  • 3D printing needs a SME badly
    • Buy filament
    • upgrade hot end?
    • Do we need a new stepper?
  • January Financial Review
    • Form 990N for IRS
  • Discuss outreach/development programs
    • UTK Business School (ongoing, 3/9-4/23)
    • Marble City Comiccon (4/25-26)
    • BSides Knoxville (5/15)
    • Children's Festival of Reading (5/16, need someone to ping Shane and Bess Connally (Work number is 215-8754 or 215-8700 and work email is bconnally@knoxlib.org) with decision, and if we commit, to run point)
    • BCPL Makey Makey Day Demo (5/30)
    • Steampunk Carnivale (6/6)
    • CodeStock (Free sponsor table, 7/10-11)
    • BCPL Adult Summer Reading Program (7/11 1-4 PM, need someone to ping Becca with decision, and if we commit, to run point)
    • Kingsport Mini Makerfaire (July 18)
    • Chattanooga Mini Makerfaire (Sept 19)
    • Maker Faire Atlanta (Oct 4 & 5)
    • BCPL Summer Reading Program
    • SCA events
    • Jewish Day School
    • Caleb@United Way
    • New library partnerships (James)
    • Senior education programs (James)
    • Outreach tech cart tool share (MaKey kits, Circuit Scribe, etc)
  • Moving/Space Concerns
    • Space leasing contact from David Bolt through Joe asking if we would be interested in discussing leasing space at David Bolt's Sustainable Future facility (3-4,000 sqft, unknown terms, need someone to ping Joe back to let him know if we are interested and should arrange a meeting.)
  • New member orientation
  • Funding Materials for an on-going art class
    • If so, we probably need to look at sales tax exemption in TN: [1]
  • Discuss newsletter as possible new way to engage membership.