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[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

== Time and Location == 
December 11, 2012

Meeting called to order at _____ by _____

Members Present:

Others Present: 


[[Quorum]] met?  

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2012 11 13]]

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===

Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for November 2012: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2012_11.pdf]]  We had one member join (Joseph Curtin), and four members dropped or were dropped (Alan McCosh, Lawrence Scott, Ketan Kadiwala, and sean rutledge).  '''Nine''' non-paying members left us with only 48 paying members.  This is far below the 57 we need to meet expenses, and I hope we can turn the trend around ASAP.  I sent out many emails and got some dues signups but quite a few are still outstanding.   

Quroum remains at 14.  

Ignoring our uncashed rent check, regular expenses exceeded dues revenues and additional donations by $138.   

==== Project Awesome ====

We deferred $300 Project Awesome funds to this month, but because of the shortfall I am only able to declare a $100 project dividend for November.  Two other projects got proposed (BYZANTIUM and KITBUILD) but no one actually voted for BYZANTIUM yet, so $33 went to KITBUILD and $67 went to Project LASER in November.

Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for November: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2012_11.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

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


====Andy====


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

=== Project LASER ===

The response to my request for additional donations to Project LASER has been awesome - $1350 from 11 members, plus $100 cash from the November meeting.  So with the previously earmarked $2566, we are at $4016!!  In addition, Brian Harrington's company is supposed to give us a matching donation of at least $250.  My total for the Full Spectrum Laser "new hobby" model laser order was $4360 so we are very close!

If anyone has suggestions on a better laser cutter for ~$4400 all in, please let me know!  People have some complaints about Full Spectrum Engineering and although the laser seems like a good value, it is not the equal of the "real" ones from Epilog or whereever.  I'll certainly do more research before going through with the order.  --Tim

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

=== Project KITBUILD ===

There was a hot sale at www.PartsExpress.com so I bought 10 sets of irons, solder, wick, tools, and DMMs.  Total cost was about $300.  I also bought 30 SMT Christmas tree kits for $1 each.  We will figure out reimbursement details later.  Been too busy with Project LASER to plan a workshop but am still interested.  --Tim

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

* Proposal to approve holiday gift of $100 to our excellent security guard.

== New Members ==


== Adjournment ==

Adjourned at: