BoardMeeting20150314

Board Meeting: March 14, 2015

Time & Location

1:00pm - 5:00pm

Attendees

None

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)
  • PechaKucha Night Knoxville Volume 15 (5/17)
  • 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)
  • 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.