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Regular Member Meeting 2015 06 09

2015-06-08T13:52:28Z

Seele: president's report

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

== Time and Location ==
:June 9, 2015
:Called to order at
:Members present:
:Members remote:
:Others present:
:[[Quorum]]
:: Quorum met?

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2015 05 12]]

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Was rent paid this month?
What is the status of Paypal access?

=== Treasurer's Report ===

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===

==== Don ====

==== Phil ====

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===

=== Project EXPANSION ===

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned by XXX at XXX.

Regular Member Meeting 2015 05 12

2015-05-13T00:04:13Z

Seele: /* Time and Location */ asdf

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

== Time and Location ==
:May 12, 2015
:Called to order at 20:00 by Celeste
:Members present: Celeste, Julia, Phil, Dan, Ben, Mike
:Members remote: ag4ve, summakor, Hunterkll,
:Others present: Ethan
:[[Quorum]]
:: Quorum met? Need 10. Have 9. No

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2015 04 14]]

== Recognition ==
* HARC for cleaning up the classroom

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===

* Stuff under tables in the classroom will be moved/removed/cleaned/cleared. If you have a project that needs to be in the classroom and doesn't have a home talk to me.
* Several event leaders have asked for local storage in the space for event supplies. We are working on a policy to utilize the shelves in the lab on the far wall by the windows.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Need a suitably sized electronic door strike for the new RFID/occupancy system. Everything else is ready, including a WYSE terminal for configuration tasks, mounted to a steel rackmount case.

Have a working LulzBot Taz 3D printer, also configured as a 3W UV laser cutter. Expect this to make a big difference at HacDC, contributing replacement parts for equipment like the CO2 laser cutter.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

=== Secretary's Report ===

It's been a very busy month. At least I'm not around to read this.

'''Bins''': We got bins from Radioshack, thanks to Travis for acquiring them and Don and myself for transporting and moving them up to the space. They are not empty; there are quite a few parts in the drawers. Now we urgently need to have a workshop reorganization day. There's lots of wood materiel and rarely used things on the high shelves that can be moved down to the basement to make room for the more often used stuff.

'''Basement''': I finished emptying out the Trash pile. Anything still remaining in the Outgoing shelves tonight is going into the new Trash pile. I will do that in the next few days and re-open the Outgoing shelves. Julia wanted the Microwave - anybody else want anything from Outgoing before it's trash? Let me know. That radio tower is cumbersome; let's get it up on the roof as soon as they're done with the solar panels.

Next month our new storage policy is due to take effect. However, '''nobody has specifically requested any storage space'''. The point of delaying the implementation was to gradually begin assigning storage custodians but that's not happening so far. Who wants storage space? Please tell the BOD if and how much you need. Servers? Museum? Computer Parts? HARC? 3D Printers? I'll start: I would like 2x2x2' of space somewhere, if only to begin an inventory. We need an inventory format; spreadsheets are easy, databases are better... We also need to clear another similarly sized space for any new members that want storage space. I'll make the space if nobody else does.

'''SEM''' (if Hunter is not around to say it): We actually had a small SEM Workday and got the (expensive) microscope vacuum system to fully operate, if briefly. Some more work is needed to make it operate reliably and find out why it shuts down. Also the console is once again outputting something rational to the display (TV). If someone moved or took the ViewSonic Composite-In-VGA-Out converter box thing, please bring it back! Oh and there's a bunch of thumbtacks by the capacitor banks that should be carefully, safely removed.

'''Beginners Python Meet''' (if Ann is not around to say it): Ann M. hosted a Women Who Code Meetup, Beginners Python at the space last week, which brought about 10 people into the space (RSVP was full already). Ann (and others) want to teach recurring multi-week classes at HacDC, charge for enrollment and split the revenue between the instructor and HacDC. Sounds like a good idea to me.

'''Cypherpunks Meet''': I am trying to host a Cypherpunks United meet (encryption, web of trust, keyring management, key signing party) at the space, likely Tuesday June 16 or Thursday June 18. Interest may already exceed our classroom space so I reserved the auditorium that Tuesday and will try to get the meet scheduled then (I don't run that meetup).

'''Administrative''': I finally got the password to the "secretary@hacdc.org" account and access to a reasonably up-to-date membership roster this last week. I hope Julia will get the necessary access to our financial accounts soon so we can update this roster. Like I said, it's been a busy week.

'''Policy''': The idea of renting out the space to an outside organization came up. HacDC has done this before, specifically with Motley Fool a few years ago and netted close to $1,000 for it. We should have a discussion of what we want and don't want to do. Rent the space out to anyone? Non-Profits only? Organizations aligned with our mission only? Are we willing to reschedule our recurring events to accomodate these groups? How badly do we need the extra income?

'''Reminders to others''': CFC application status, check from the Phillips Collection, National Maker Faire, I-COM Radio Status, FCC License

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Don ====

==== Phil ====

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
No expenditures this month.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
No expenditures this month.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned by XXX at XXX.

Regular Member Meeting 2015 05 12

2015-05-12T23:59:38Z

Seele: /* Time and Location */ sdf

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

== Time and Location ==
:May 12, 2015
:Called to order at 20:00 by Celeste
:Members present: Celeste, Julia, Phil, Dan, Ben
:Members remote: ag4ve, summakor, Hunterkll,
:Others present: Mike, Ethan
:[[Quorum]]
:: Quorum met? Need 10. Have 8. No

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2015 04 14]]

== Recognition ==
* HARC for cleaning up the classroom

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===

* Stuff under tables in the classroom will be moved/removed/cleaned/cleared. If you have a project that needs to be in the classroom and doesn't have a home talk to me.
* Several event leaders have asked for local storage in the space for event supplies. We are working on a policy to utilize the shelves in the lab on the far wall by the windows.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Need a suitably sized electronic door strike for the new RFID/occupancy system. Everything else is ready, including a WYSE terminal for configuration tasks, mounted to a steel rackmount case.

Have a working LulzBot Taz 3D printer, also configured as a 3W UV laser cutter. Expect this to make a big difference at HacDC, contributing replacement parts for equipment like the CO2 laser cutter.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

=== Secretary's Report ===

It's been a very busy month. At least I'm not around to read this.

'''Bins''': We got bins from Radioshack, thanks to Travis for acquiring them and Don and myself for transporting and moving them up to the space. They are not empty; there are quite a few parts in the drawers. Now we urgently need to have a workshop reorganization day. There's lots of wood materiel and rarely used things on the high shelves that can be moved down to the basement to make room for the more often used stuff.

'''Basement''': I finished emptying out the Trash pile. Anything still remaining in the Outgoing shelves tonight is going into the new Trash pile. I will do that in the next few days and re-open the Outgoing shelves. Julia wanted the Microwave - anybody else want anything from Outgoing before it's trash? Let me know. That radio tower is cumbersome; let's get it up on the roof as soon as they're done with the solar panels.

Next month our new storage policy is due to take effect. However, '''nobody has specifically requested any storage space'''. The point of delaying the implementation was to gradually begin assigning storage custodians but that's not happening so far. Who wants storage space? Please tell the BOD if and how much you need. Servers? Museum? Computer Parts? HARC? 3D Printers? I'll start: I would like 2x2x2' of space somewhere, if only to begin an inventory. We need an inventory format; spreadsheets are easy, databases are better... We also need to clear another similarly sized space for any new members that want storage space. I'll make the space if nobody else does.

'''SEM''' (if Hunter is not around to say it): We actually had a small SEM Workday and got the (expensive) microscope vacuum system to fully operate, if briefly. Some more work is needed to make it operate reliably and find out why it shuts down. Also the console is once again outputting something rational to the display (TV). If someone moved or took the ViewSonic Composite-In-VGA-Out converter box thing, please bring it back! Oh and there's a bunch of thumbtacks by the capacitor banks that should be carefully, safely removed.

'''Beginners Python Meet''' (if Ann is not around to say it): Ann M. hosted a Women Who Code Meetup, Beginners Python at the space last week, which brought about 10 people into the space (RSVP was full already). Ann (and others) want to teach recurring multi-week classes at HacDC, charge for enrollment and split the revenue between the instructor and HacDC. Sounds like a good idea to me.

'''Cypherpunks Meet''': I am trying to host a Cypherpunks United meet (encryption, web of trust, keyring management, key signing party) at the space, likely Tuesday June 16 or Thursday June 18. Interest may already exceed our classroom space so I reserved the auditorium that Tuesday and will try to get the meet scheduled then (I don't run that meetup).

'''Administrative''': I finally got the password to the "secretary@hacdc.org" account and access to a reasonably up-to-date membership roster this last week. I hope Julia will get the necessary access to our financial accounts soon so we can update this roster. Like I said, it's been a busy week.

'''Policy''': The idea of renting out the space to an outside organization came up. HacDC has done this before, specifically with Motley Fool a few years ago and netted close to $1,000 for it. We should have a discussion of what we want and don't want to do. Rent the space out to anyone? Non-Profits only? Organizations aligned with our mission only? Are we willing to reschedule our recurring events to accomodate these groups? How badly do we need the extra income?

'''Reminders to others''': CFC application status, check from the Phillips Collection, National Maker Faire, I-COM Radio Status, FCC License

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Don ====

==== Phil ====

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
No expenditures this month.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
No expenditures this month.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned by XXX at XXX.

Regular Member Meeting 2015 05 12

2015-05-12T23:59:07Z

Seele: /* Time and Location */ tl

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

== Time and Location ==
:May 12, 2015
:Called to order at 20:00 by Celeste
:Members present: Celeste, Julia, Phil, Dan, Ben
:Members remote: ag4ve, summakor, Hunterkll,
:Others present: Mike, Ethan
:[[Quorum]]
:: Quorum met? Need 10. Have 8. Yes/No

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2015 04 14]]

== Recognition ==
* HARC for cleaning up the classroom

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===

* Stuff under tables in the classroom will be moved/removed/cleaned/cleared. If you have a project that needs to be in the classroom and doesn't have a home talk to me.
* Several event leaders have asked for local storage in the space for event supplies. We are working on a policy to utilize the shelves in the lab on the far wall by the windows.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Need a suitably sized electronic door strike for the new RFID/occupancy system. Everything else is ready, including a WYSE terminal for configuration tasks, mounted to a steel rackmount case.

Have a working LulzBot Taz 3D printer, also configured as a 3W UV laser cutter. Expect this to make a big difference at HacDC, contributing replacement parts for equipment like the CO2 laser cutter.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

=== Secretary's Report ===

It's been a very busy month. At least I'm not around to read this.

'''Bins''': We got bins from Radioshack, thanks to Travis for acquiring them and Don and myself for transporting and moving them up to the space. They are not empty; there are quite a few parts in the drawers. Now we urgently need to have a workshop reorganization day. There's lots of wood materiel and rarely used things on the high shelves that can be moved down to the basement to make room for the more often used stuff.

'''Basement''': I finished emptying out the Trash pile. Anything still remaining in the Outgoing shelves tonight is going into the new Trash pile. I will do that in the next few days and re-open the Outgoing shelves. Julia wanted the Microwave - anybody else want anything from Outgoing before it's trash? Let me know. That radio tower is cumbersome; let's get it up on the roof as soon as they're done with the solar panels.

Next month our new storage policy is due to take effect. However, '''nobody has specifically requested any storage space'''. The point of delaying the implementation was to gradually begin assigning storage custodians but that's not happening so far. Who wants storage space? Please tell the BOD if and how much you need. Servers? Museum? Computer Parts? HARC? 3D Printers? I'll start: I would like 2x2x2' of space somewhere, if only to begin an inventory. We need an inventory format; spreadsheets are easy, databases are better... We also need to clear another similarly sized space for any new members that want storage space. I'll make the space if nobody else does.

'''SEM''' (if Hunter is not around to say it): We actually had a small SEM Workday and got the (expensive) microscope vacuum system to fully operate, if briefly. Some more work is needed to make it operate reliably and find out why it shuts down. Also the console is once again outputting something rational to the display (TV). If someone moved or took the ViewSonic Composite-In-VGA-Out converter box thing, please bring it back! Oh and there's a bunch of thumbtacks by the capacitor banks that should be carefully, safely removed.

'''Beginners Python Meet''' (if Ann is not around to say it): Ann M. hosted a Women Who Code Meetup, Beginners Python at the space last week, which brought about 10 people into the space (RSVP was full already). Ann (and others) want to teach recurring multi-week classes at HacDC, charge for enrollment and split the revenue between the instructor and HacDC. Sounds like a good idea to me.

'''Cypherpunks Meet''': I am trying to host a Cypherpunks United meet (encryption, web of trust, keyring management, key signing party) at the space, likely Tuesday June 16 or Thursday June 18. Interest may already exceed our classroom space so I reserved the auditorium that Tuesday and will try to get the meet scheduled then (I don't run that meetup).

'''Administrative''': I finally got the password to the "secretary@hacdc.org" account and access to a reasonably up-to-date membership roster this last week. I hope Julia will get the necessary access to our financial accounts soon so we can update this roster. Like I said, it's been a busy week.

'''Policy''': The idea of renting out the space to an outside organization came up. HacDC has done this before, specifically with Motley Fool a few years ago and netted close to $1,000 for it. We should have a discussion of what we want and don't want to do. Rent the space out to anyone? Non-Profits only? Organizations aligned with our mission only? Are we willing to reschedule our recurring events to accomodate these groups? How badly do we need the extra income?

'''Reminders to others''': CFC application status, check from the Phillips Collection, National Maker Faire, I-COM Radio Status, FCC License

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Don ====

==== Phil ====

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
No expenditures this month.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
No expenditures this month.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned by XXX at XXX.

Regular Member Meeting 2015 05 12

2015-05-12T23:41:40Z

Seele: /* Recognition */ rec

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

== Time and Location ==
:May 12, 2015
:Called to order at XXX by XXX
:Members present: XXX
:Members remote: XXX
:Others present: XXX
:[[Quorum]]
:: Quorum met? XXX. XXX.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2015 04 14]]

== Recognition ==
* HARC for cleaning up the classroom

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===

* Stuff under tables in the classroom will be moved/removed/cleaned/cleared. If you have a project that needs to be in the classroom and doesn't have a home talk to me.
* Several event leaders have asked for local storage in the space for event supplies. We are working on a policy to utilize the shelves in the lab on the far wall by the windows.

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===

=== Secretary's Report ===

It's been a very busy month. At least I'm not around to read this.

'''Bins''': We got bins from Radioshack, thanks to Travis for acquiring them and Don and myself for transporting and moving them up to the space. They are not empty; there are quite a few parts in the drawers. Now we urgently need to have a workshop reorganization day. There's lots of wood materiel and rarely used things on the high shelves that can be moved down to the basement to make room for the more often used stuff.

'''Basement''': I finished emptying out the Trash pile. Anything still remaining in the Outgoing shelves tonight is going into the new Trash pile. I will do that in the next few days and re-open the Outgoing shelves. Julia wanted the Microwave - anybody else want anything from Outgoing before it's trash? Let me know. That radio tower is cumbersome; let's get it up on the roof as soon as they're done with the solar panels.

Next month our new storage policy is due to take effect. However, '''nobody has specifically requested any storage space'''. The point of delaying the implementation was to gradually begin assigning storage custodians but that's not happening so far. Who wants storage space? Please tell the BOD if and how much you need. Servers? Museum? Computer Parts? HARC? 3D Printers? I'll start: I would like 2x2x2' of space somewhere, if only to begin an inventory. We need an inventory format; spreadsheets are easy, databases are better... We also need to clear another similarly sized space for any new members that want storage space. I'll make the space if nobody else does.

'''SEM''' (if Hunter is not around to say it): We actually had a small SEM Workday and got the (expensive) microscope vacuum system to fully operate, if briefly. Some more work is needed to make it operate reliably and find out why it shuts down. Also the console is once again outputting something rational to the display (TV). If someone moved or took the ViewSonic Composite-In-VGA-Out converter box thing, please bring it back! Oh and there's a bunch of thumbtacks by the capacitor banks that should be carefully, safely removed.

'''Beginners Python Meet''' (if Ann is not around to say it): Ann M. hosted a Women Who Code Meetup, Beginners Python at the space last week, which brought about 10 people into the space (RSVP was full already). Ann (and others) want to teach recurring multi-week classes at HacDC, charge for enrollment and split the revenue between the instructor and HacDC. Sounds like a good idea to me.

'''Cypherpunks Meet''': I am trying to host a Cypherpunks United meet (encryption, web of trust, keyring management, key signing party) at the space, likely Tuesday June 16 or Thursday June 18. Interest may already exceed our classroom space so I reserved the auditorium that Tuesday and will try to get the meet scheduled then (I don't run that meetup).

'''Administrative''': I finally got the password to the "secretary@hacdc.org" account and access to a reasonably up-to-date membership roster this last week. I hope Julia will get the necessary access to our financial accounts soon so we can update this roster. Like I said, it's been a busy week.

'''Policy''': The idea of renting out the space to an outside organization came up. HacDC has done this before, specifically with Motley Fool a few years ago and netted close to $1,000 for it. We should have a discussion of what we want and don't want to do. Rent the space out to anyone? Non-Profits only? Organizations aligned with our mission only? Are we willing to reschedule our recurring events to accomodate these groups? How badly do we need the extra income?

'''Reminders to others''': CFC application status, check from the Phillips Collection, National Maker Faire, I-COM Radio Status, FCC License

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Don ====

==== Phil ====

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===

=== Project EXPANSION ===

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned by XXX at XXX.

Regular Member Meeting 2015 05 12

2015-05-11T15:08:19Z

Seele: add president's report

Regular Member Meeting 2015 05 12

2015-05-11T15:01:30Z

Seele: May Member Meeting

Regular Member Meeting 2015 04 14

2015-03-31T14:24:55Z

Seele: April MM Notes

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

== Time and Location ==
:March 10, 2015
:Called to order at XXXX by XXXX
:Members present:
:Members remote:
:Others present:

:[[Quorum]]
:: Quorum met?

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2015 03 10]]

== Recognition ==
* 3D Printing at Phillips Collection Event

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
* Bitcamp

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===
* Travis has resigned to focus on other things. Need a new Treasurer.

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Don ====

==== Phil ====

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===

=== Project EXPANSION ===

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==
*
'''Proposal for “Planning and Development” Committee'''
Submitted by Phil Stewart, February 24th, 2015

To Vote Upon: The following proposal to form this committee that will report to the board and to membership, by which vote the committee's work will be authorized with the mandate of the membership.

'''Summary:'''

I propose the creation of a “Planning and Development” Committee to create a coherent package of proposals geared towards refocusing HacDC’s priorities and aligning its activities and expenditures with its primary goals and purposes.

'''Background:'''

Recent discussions of our budget have highlighted the need for a renewal of purpose at HacDC. A number of proposals have been offered: to put together a fund-raising document, to fix one or another by-law, to re-assess the content of our 501c3 application (or otherwise notify the IRS of a planned change to our activities).

The budget concerns we need to address arise from the convergence of twin trends: a rise in rent over the last few years and a flattening of growth in membership subscriptions (our principle source of revenue). As members have left the area, or founded their own hackerspaces in DC’s suburbs, HacDC has not attracted new members at a similar rate. This most likely has multiple causes, but is at least partially linked to some changes in the direction and scope of our activities—acquiring equipment vs. offering programs, for example—paired with some less pleasant consequences of our light-handed approach to group governance: disorganization, a messy shop, incivility in our email discussions. With fewer members, fewer activities can be carried on, recursively impacting our capacity to attract and retain members. These interacting forces form a coordinated system. To solve them, we need to formulate a coordinated response.

'''Proposal:'''

To this end I propose that a limited-term committee be formed to create a coherent package of proposals that looks at our activities, expenditures, funding sources, by-laws, organizational operations, and anything else it deems to be relevant to get us back on track as a nonprofit organization serving the greater good of our community. For the purpose of this proposal, I am calling this the “Planning and Development Committee” (PDC).

The PDC should be composed of a mix of volunteers, board members (one or more), and people recruited by the board for their particular skills and experience relevant to this committee’s work. It should also actively consult with members who may not have the time to serve but whose input is needed. While the PDC should report to the board, its progress and findings should be fully communicated to the membership at large. The PDC is not conceived as a permanent committee. Once its proposals have been delivered and accepted / rejected / acted upon, the PDC will be dissolved and its useful functions reassigned to officers, the board, or standing committees.

The PDC should as part of its duties undertake the following:

• The PDC’s first task should be to find out what is working and what isn’t for HacDC. I have in mind a poll or survey of members, former members, and would-be members (e.g. who participate on Blabber). It may also be useful to survey or interview visitors to the space, and members or directors of other hackerspaces. Such a survey could be conducted online (at a site such as SurveyMonkey).

• As importantly, the PDC (or a separate subcommittee if appropriate) should explore ways to improve revenues, including grants, fees for workshops and events, dues increases—whatever will work, consistent with our mission. This may include entering in consultations with outside experts.

• The PDC should formulate a proposal to create several task-specific standing committees within HacDC as a way to address the club’s ongoing needs and activities.
Standing committees would allow for focused attention to ongoing concerns while providing for continuity across terms of the board and the changing commitments of club

• The PDC should develop and present a coherent communication strategy for HacDC to ensure all potential donors, granting organizations, and the public at large are presented a consistent, accurate, and positive portrayal of what we do. Included in this task would be to create procedures and a reporting structure for HacDC to document its own activities (e.g. annual reports).

• The PDC should re-examine avenues for recruitment and retention of members, as well as assessing members’ satisfaction and future needs.

• The PDC should assess, report upon, and make proposals as needed for the suitable enhancement of the strong educational component of HacDC’s mission.

A PDC report including recommendations would be delivered to the board in a timely manner, with all action items requiring a vote at a subsequent regular members’ meeting. Interim reports would recur at intervals to be decided by the board.

Again, it is my feeling that we need to look at the big picture and develop a coordinated set of plans in response to our current fiscal and organizational challenges. Friendly amendments in the spirit of this proposal are welcome and invited.

*
'''A proposal that the SEM and the Museum should be made official HacDC Projects will be submitted for consideration at the next meeting.'''
'''A proposal to change the HacDC storage and disposition policy will be submitted for consideration at the next meeting.'''

== New Business ==

* Vote for a BOD Treasurer

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==

Regular Member Meeting 2015 02 10

2015-02-04T14:19:36Z

Seele: president's report

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

== Time and Location ==
:February 10, 2015
:Called to order at XXX by XXX
:Members present: XXX
:Members remote: XXX
:Others present: XXX

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? XXX

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09]]

== Recognition ==
*

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Shed Media contacted HacDC about a Television show on January 14 2015.
* Spoke to Shed Media about their interest in HacDC for a reality/educational television show on Feb 3 2015.
* Shed Media develops concepts for TV shows and sells them to networks and they want to explore a Mythbusters-type show (6-8 episodes about the same space) on Hacker/Makerspaces. They want to show interesting people making cool things in a way that will be entertaining and educational to viewers.
* They got our name from Mitch? at Noisebridge (San Francisco) and are talking to other spaces. I also gave them the names of Reverse Space, Unallocated Space, and Baltimore Node.
* If this goes all the way, it will require a large and long time investment by those involved and will be a huge disruption on the space for the duration of the project. However, the space and the people involved will make some money.
* Next step is for them to talk to some of the members to see if they make good TV
* Pros: Make money for the space, free advertising.
* Cons: Serious time commitment from those involved, disruption of the space during filming.
* If you '''don't''' like this idea: Formal objections should be sent to the Membership mailing list for discussio
* If you '''like''' the idea: It is useful to make a comment on the Membership mailing list so everyone knows how you feel
* If you '''want to participate''': Send the BOD an email with a '''SHORT''' background about yourself (what is your day job, what are your hobbies, why are you interesting) and description of any projects you are working on or might want to work on so we can pass the information on to Shed Media. (NB: Short means '''500 words or less'''. ''I WILL STOP READING AFTER THAT''. URLS to projects are good.)

=== Vice President's Report ===
*

=== Treasurer's Report ===
*

==== Project Awesome ====
*

=== Secretary's Report ===
*

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
*

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
*

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
*

=== Project KITBUILD ===
*

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
*

=== Project EXPANSION ===
*

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
*

== Member Reports ==
*

== Old Business ==
*

== New Business ==
*

== New Members ==
*

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at XXX by XXX

Regular Member Meeting 2015 02 10

2015-02-04T13:58:50Z

Seele: create new meeting record

Year in Review 2014

2015-01-11T15:27:55Z

Seele: /* 2015 Board of Directors */ corrected phil's name

Working document to capture HacDC's activities in 2014 for an annual report.

HacDC is ...

=Welcome=

Welcome message from a board member. ~250-800 words.

=Highlights=

Summary of the most significant member or project activities from the past year (100-500 words + optional picture).

* Julia Longtin's presentation at 31C3
* September Cryptoparty
* HacDC at USASEF
* Backyard Brains?
* Byzantium?
* Spanning Tree?
* W3HAC Amateur Radio Club

=Events=

Recurring Events:

* Amateur Radio
* Monthly Members Meeting
* Microcontroller Mondays
* Byzantium Sprint
* {S/Th}oftware Thursdays
* Linux Admin

Special events
* Active Directory Workshop
* Table Top Gaming
* Amateur Radio Licensing Exam
* Ground Drone Kickstarter Launch
* DC Virtual Reality Metaverse Group
* Make an Interactive Story!
* Building a Blockchain-centric Digital Art Market with Ethereum
* Meet Vitalik Buterin the founder of Ethereum Tonight!
* Cryptoparty 2014
* Intro to the Ground Drone Project: ROBOTIC STAIR CLIMBING PLATFORM
* Making Games with Stencyl
* Learn to Knit and Crochet with Spanning Tree
* ARRL National Field Day
* DC Light Brigade build workshop
* Moving Day for SEM
* KCDC: DIY Clap On Electronics

=New Members=

* List of new members in 2014

=Financial Support=

Information on how to support HacDC...

=2015 Board of Directors=

{| style="text-align:left;"
!President
|Celeste Lyn Paul (seele)
|-
!Vice President
|Haxwithaxe
|-
!Secretary
|Enrique Cobas
|-
!Treasurer
|Travis Brown
|-
!Directors at Large
|Phil Stewart and Don Jones
|}

=End Matter=

The HacDC Year in Review (2014) report was prepared by:
* List of people who helped prepare the report...

and is released under the GNU Free Document License 1.3.

Year in Review 2014

2015-01-11T15:26:28Z

Seele: added notes

Working document to capture HacDC's activities in 2014 for an annual report.

HacDC is ...

=Welcome=

Welcome message from a board member. ~250-800 words.

=Highlights=

Summary of the most significant member or project activities from the past year (100-500 words + optional picture).

* Julia Longtin's presentation at 31C3
* September Cryptoparty
* HacDC at USASEF
* Backyard Brains?
* Byzantium?
* Spanning Tree?
* W3HAC Amateur Radio Club

=Events=

Recurring Events:

* Amateur Radio
* Monthly Members Meeting
* Microcontroller Mondays
* Byzantium Sprint
* {S/Th}oftware Thursdays
* Linux Admin

Special events
* Active Directory Workshop
* Table Top Gaming
* Amateur Radio Licensing Exam
* Ground Drone Kickstarter Launch
* DC Virtual Reality Metaverse Group
* Make an Interactive Story!
* Building a Blockchain-centric Digital Art Market with Ethereum
* Meet Vitalik Buterin the founder of Ethereum Tonight!
* Cryptoparty 2014
* Intro to the Ground Drone Project: ROBOTIC STAIR CLIMBING PLATFORM
* Making Games with Stencyl
* Learn to Knit and Crochet with Spanning Tree
* ARRL National Field Day
* DC Light Brigade build workshop
* Moving Day for SEM
* KCDC: DIY Clap On Electronics

=New Members=

* List of new members in 2014

=Financial Support=

Information on how to support HacDC...

=2015 Board of Directors=

{| style="text-align:left;"
!President
|Celeste Lyn Paul (seele)
|-
!Vice President
|Haxwithaxe
|-
!Secretary
|Enrique Cobas
|-
!Treasurer
|Travis Brown
|-
!Directors at Large
|Phil Shapiro and Don Jones
|}

=End Matter=

The HacDC Year in Review (2014) report was prepared by:
* List of people who helped prepare the report...

and is released under the GNU Free Document License 1.3.

Year in Review 2014

2015-01-11T15:16:23Z

Seele: notes for report

Working document to capture HacDC's activities in 2014 for an annual report.

HacDC is ...

=Welcome=

Welcome message from a board members. ~250-800 words.

=Highlights=

Summary of the most significant member or project activities from the past year (100-500 words + optional picture).

* Julia Longtin's presentation at 31C3
* September Cryptoparty
* HacDC at USASEF
* Backyard Brains?
* Byzantium?
* Spanning Tree?
* Ham radio club

=Events=

Recurring Events:

* Amateur Radio
* Monthly Members Meeting
* Microcontroller Mondays
* Byzantium Sprint
* {S/Th}oftware Thursdays
* Linux Admin

Special events
* Active Directory Workshop
* Table Top Gaming
* Amateur Radio Licensing Exam
* Ground Drone Kickstarter Launch
* DC Virtual Reality Metaverse Group
* Make an Interactive Story!
* Building a Blockchain-centric Digital Art Market with Ethereum
* Meet Vitalik Buterin the founder of Ethereum Tonight!
* Cryptoparty 2014
* Intro to the Ground Drone Project: ROBOTIC STAIR CLIMBING PLATFORM
* Making Games with Stencyl
* Learn to Knit and Crochet with Spanning Tree
* ARRL National Field Day
* DC Light Brigade build workshop
* Moving Day for SEM
* KCDC: DIY Clap On Electronics

=Associated Groups=
* Spanning Tree?
* Backyard Brains?
* W3HAC
* Others?

=New Members=

* List of new members in 2014

=Financial Support=

Information on how to support HacDC...

=Board of Directors=

* List of current board members

The HacDC Year in Review (2014) report was prepared by:
* List of people who helped prepare the report...

and is released under the GNU Free Document License 1.3.

Year in Review 2014

2015-01-11T14:55:40Z

Seele: new year in review page

Working document to capture HacDC's activities in 2014 for an annual report.

=Welcome=

Welcome message from a board members. ~250-500 words.

=HacDC Highlights=

Summary of the most significant member or project activities from the past Year

=Events=

List of events from MeetUp

=New Members=

* List of new members in 2014

=Financial Support=

Information on how to support HacDC

=Board of Directors=

* List of current board members

The HacDC Year in Review (2014) report was prepared by:
* List of people who helped prepare the report...

User:Seele

2014-08-13T13:14:57Z

Seele: Created page with "Joined in August 2014 after lurking for a few years. Category:Members"

Joined in August 2014 after lurking for a few years.

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