BoardMeeting202007

Board Meeting: July 17th, 2020

Time & Location

• Meeting Located virtually on Big Blue Button
• 2:00 PM

Attendees

Board: Issac Merkle, Tracy Homer, Bryan Howard, Suzannah Alexander, Sean Simoneau, Sue Joslin, Billy Huddleston

Minutes

• Treasurer update
  • Everything seems good - a few revenues from Electronics and Hospitality - a few classes
  • No extra expenses
• Membership update - currently at 187
  • Went through delinquent trial members and will delete them
• We passed final inspection for the Blacksmithing Building! YAY!
• Discussed our Covid status
  • People are masked up
  • Will Knoxville move back to Phase I?
  • If so what do we do?
• Sue put our logo on some of the masks she has made - can we give them out to the public and how do we do that?
• What is the bigger picture question about putting our logo and giving out or selling swag?
• How do we get more people to share, or get different share content?
  • Educational bits? Lightning talks?
  • Could we have at least two presenters? Would that make people more comfortable?
  • Maybe we just email random celebrities to ask them to show things they've made
• Our 10 year anniversary is in a few weeks - how can we celebrate?
  • We can't.... (sad trombone)
  • Let's do it next year I guess

Votes

• Voted against Covid in general. It is universally hated.
• Voted to move KILLSWITCH to April 2021