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Regular Member Meeting 2024 05 14

2024-05-15T22:52:21Z

Razorrider7:

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== Time and Location ==
:Date 2024-05-14 7:46PM
:Members present:
:Members remote: Obi, Liz, Chris, Gabe, Sven
:Others present: Brock, Tony, Deb, Maddie
:[[Quorum]]
:: Yes

== [[Regular Member Meeting 2024 05 14|Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes]] ==
Obi Moves to approve, and Liz seconded

== Recognition ==
Chris for Google Workspace "spring cleaning"
Shoutout Liz for getting Sven into radios, Sven got his Callsign!!!
Shoutout to Obi for signing a supporting letter for the church (for the grant for the boiler)

== New Members ==
Brock - Approved!
Maddie - Approved!

== Old Business ==
Policy in place for using dangerous equipment:
* Possibly assign a person to each piece of equipment to approve
* Restrict to members
** Restricting members for this meeting and requiring a release form, Obi will draft up a policy for approval and a release form for the future.

Make Open Project Night more visitor-friendly
* Add some structure
* Make sure people feel welcome, nametags, introducing ourselves
* Make sure there are two people in the space (Going to be Christopher and Liz, Sven when possible)

Update Bylaws for Membership to clarify requirements for other membership tiers
* Qualifying Life Events that can cause monetary hardship.
* Revisiting next month

The parking lot will be inaccessible sometime this year due to construction in the neighboring lot (The church is unsure of dates, should let us know when ``they`` are updated)

TLDR: Comcast pricing sucks - Gabriel reached out to check pricing, no discounts for nonprofits, business line only. We will look into [https://www.astound.com/business/smb/Astound], highly recommended by Chris and Kyle

== New Business ==
DC Tool Library - Searching for a fiscal sponsor
* Looking for a nonprofit to sponsor (basically just looking for another organization to extend their 501c3 benefits, such as collecting donations)
* Open Collective's fiscal sponsor organization is closing, so DC Tool Library has until the end of September (end of July due date)
* Gabriel doesn't expect a large increase in work (would still need to look more into it)
* Obi and Chris think this would be a good idea to at least look into more
* Will try to make a breakout group to go over thoughts, learn more

Discord changes
* Add rules/harassment policy on joining the server

Update BoD Email on the website - Specify what goes to the BoD Email and what goes to Discord

Potential Venmo account - Looking for a way to allow small donations outside of PayPal
* Would require a phone number to be attached to the account

Renewal of hotspot - Mobile Citizen
* Renewal deadline has passed, out of service currently
* Currently on church's internet, but would be super useful in case of outages

Discuss HAM Club HacDC Relationship
* Hosting event on 18th to make exams
* HAM club doesn't help pay the lease, and charges for remote access
* Would like some more keys, said someone would be around on Monday to talk about this, but nobody stopped by

DMV Petry Dish
* Looking for HacDC to send a letter to vouch for them

The church looking for a grant to fix the boiler
* Reached out to ask for a signature on a supporting letter for a grant

Will be tucking kitchen equipment into the hallway near the

Resin 3D Printer/Health Hazards
* Make sure to put a sign or something stating it is dangerous and not to be used unless approved
** Could be adding a label or a sticker to the item along with putting a warning on the front door with the different sticker meanings

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned by Obi, Seconded by Chris

Regular Member Meeting 2024 05 14

2024-05-15T00:54:48Z

Razorrider7:

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:Date 2024-05-14
:Members present:
:Members remote: Obi, Liz, Chris, Gabe, Sven
:Others present: Brock, Tony, Deb, Maddie
:[[Quorum]]
:: Yes

== [[Regular Member Meeting 2024 05 14|Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes]] ==
Obi Moves to approve, and Liz seconded

== Recognition ==
Chris for Google Workspace "spring cleaning"
Shoutout Liz for getting Sven into radios, Sven got his Callsign!!!
Shoutout to Obi for signing a supporting letter for the church (for the grant for the boiler)

== New Members ==
Brock - Approved!
Maddie - Approved!

== Old Business ==
Policy in place for using dangerous equipment:
* Possibly assign a person to each piece of equipment to approve
* Restrict to members
** Restricting members for this meeting and requiring a release form, Obi will draft up a policy for approval and a release form for the future.

Make Open Project Night more visitor-friendly
* Add some structure
* Make sure people feel welcome, nametags, introducing ourselves
* Make sure there are two people in the space (Going to be Christopher and Liz, Sven when possible)

Update Bylaws for Membership to clarify requirements for other membership tiers
* Qualifying Life Events that can cause monetary hardship.
* Revisiting next month

The parking lot will be inaccessible sometime this year due to construction in the neighboring lot (The church is unsure of dates, should let us know when ``they`` are updated)

TLDR: Comcast pricing sucks - Gabriel reached out to check pricing, no discounts for nonprofits, business line only. We will look into [https://www.astound.com/business/smb/Astound], highly recommended by Chris and Kyle

== New Business ==
DC Tool Library - Searching for a fiscal sponsor
* Looking for a nonprofit to sponsor (basically just looking for another organization to extend their 501c3 benefits, such as collecting donations)
* Open Collective's fiscal sponsor organization is closing, so DC Tool Library has until the end of September (end of July due date)
* Gabriel doesn't expect a large increase in work (would still need to look more into it)
* Obi and Chris think this would be a good idea to at least look into more
* Will try to make a breakout group to go over thoughts, learn more

Discord changes
* Add rules/harassment policy on joining the server

Update BoD Email on the website - Specify what goes to the BoD Email and what goes to Discord

Potential Venmo account - Looking for a way to allow small donations outside of PayPal
* Would require a phone number to be attached to the account

Renewal of hotspot - Mobile Citizen
* Renewal deadline has passed, out of service currently
* Currently on church's internet, but would be super useful in case of outages

Discuss HAM Club HacDC Relationship
* Hosting event on 18th to make exams
* HAM club doesn't help pay the lease, and charges for remote access
* Would like some more keys, said someone would be around on Monday to talk about this, but nobody stopped by

DMV Petry Dish
* Looking for HacDC to send a letter to vouch for them

The church looking for a grant to fix the boiler
* Reached out to ask for a signature on a supporting letter for a grant

Will be tucking kitchen equipment into the hallway near the

Resin 3D Printer/Health Hazards
* Make sure to put a sign or something stating it is dangerous and not to be used unless approved
** Could be adding a label or a sticker to the item along with putting a warning on the front door with the different sticker meanings

== Adjournment ==
Ajourned by Obi, Seconded by Chris

Regular Member Meeting 2024 05 14

2024-05-14T23:59:36Z

Razorrider7:

Regular Member Meeting 2024 05 14

2024-05-14T23:58:12Z

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Regular Member Meeting 2024 04 09

2024-04-10T00:45:29Z

Razorrider7:

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:Date 2024-04-09
:Called to order at 7:44 pm by Obi
:Members present:
:Members remote:
* Liz
* Gabriel
* Sven
* Obi
* Christopher
:Others present:
:[[Quorum]]
:: Yes

== [[Regular Member Meeting 2024 03 12|Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes]] ==
Obi Approved, Gabe Seconded

== Recognition ==
Liz by Obi for General 3D Printer Wizardry!

== New Members ==
Kyle Titus-Glover, Voted in!

== Old Business ==
May make a purchase proposal areas -
prior to this our options have been Discord or the dry erase.

Other options:
* AirTable
* Google Forms

Christopher will make a Google Form that will export into a spreadsheet

Callie is asking for a 3d printed casting setup.
Liz recommends: Make a furnace?
* Collect cans to melt and recast
* Can also be used on the CNC milling machine

Sven's community help ideas:

* Recycle/remake scooter batteries - Side project?

== New Business ==
Policy in place for using dangerous equipment:
* Possibly assign a person to each piece of equipment to approve
* Restrict to members
** Restricting members for this meeting and requiring a release form, Obi will draft up a policy for approval and a release form for the future.

Make Open Project Night more visitor-friendly
* Add some structure
* Make sure people feel welcome, nametags, introducing ourselves
* Make sure there are two people in the space (Going to be Christopher and Liz, Sven when possible)

Update Bylaws for Membership to clarify requirements for other membership tiers
* Qualifying Life Events that can cause monetary hardship.
* Revisiting next month

The parking lot will be inaccessible sometime this year due to construction in the neighboring lot (The church is unsure of dates, should let us know when ``they`` are updated)

TLDR: Comcast pricing sucks - Gabriel reached out to check pricing, no discounts for nonprofits, business line only. We will look into [https://www.astound.com/business/smb/ Astound], highly recommended by Chris and Kyle

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned by Obi (Seconded by Christopher) at 8:39