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	Karen: We need to be tracking how many people are at events (online or otherwise) and using the space. Do the dues need to be structured differently?		Karen: We need to be tracking how many people are at events (online or otherwise) and using the space. Do the dues need to be structured differently?
	Karen: Venmo is stupid when it comes to organizations, gave up.		Karen: Venmo is stupid when it comes to organizations, gave up.
			Look at Amazon Smile, and Humble Bundle and other similar websites
			Look into matching donations with Michelle
			John: For people who are member's, appeal for donations that could be matched, but not the same as a membership fee

	* Tayeb: Ken, Kevin, Tayeb, Obi and Luis currently meeting and have plans for kickstarting the weekly course meetings in the following weeks. To send update on the members email list and reach out to Words Beats and Life.		* Tayeb: Ken, Kevin, Tayeb, Obi and Luis currently meeting and have plans for kickstarting the weekly course meetings in the following weeks. To send update on the members email list and reach out to Words Beats and Life.

	== New Business ==		== New Business ==
	* 2021 HacDC Board Elections		* 2021 HacDC Board Elections:
			Slate of Candidates -- Tayeb: President, John: Vice-President, Michelle: Secretary, Matt: Treasurer, Brian: At-Large, Gabe Altay: At-Large

	== [[:Category:Project_Awesome\|Project Awesome]] Reports ==		== [[:Category:Project_Awesome\|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
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	=== Treasurer's Report ===		=== Treasurer's Report ===
	Financial Report:		Financial Report:
	Current Balance -- $~~7002~~		Current Balance -- $13712
	We currently have 18 paying members, $~~990~~ from dues and an additional $~~590~~ from donations. Rent is $732 for September, total expenses are $793		We currently have 17 paying members, $930 from dues and an additional $120 from donations. Rent is $732 for September, total expenses are $793

	=== Secretary's Report ===		=== Secretary's Report ===
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	== Adjournment ==		== Adjournment ==
	Adjourned by at 20:38 by Karen		Adjourned by at 20:52 by Karen

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	:Date: February 16th, 2021		:Date: February 16th, 2021
	:Called to order at 7:40 pm by Karen		:Called to order at 7:40 pm by Karen
	:Members present: (7) Karen, Ken, Luis, Matt, Tayeb, Kevin, John, Oby, Michelle		:Members present: (7) Karen, Ken, Luis, Matt, Tayeb, Kevin, John, Oby, Michelle, Gabriel Altay
	:Members remote: None		:Members remote: None
	:Others present: Isaiah		:Others present: Isaiah
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	* John: Time of year to talk to Mike about the future years rent situation -- should we reach out to Mike or wait for him to reach out to us? Update: Meeting with Mike on the 27th of January, BOD to meet at Tuesday 6:30 day prior to discuss.		* John: Time of year to talk to Mike about the future years rent situation -- should we reach out to Mike or wait for him to reach out to us? Update: Meeting with Mike on the 27th of January, BOD to meet at Tuesday 6:30 day prior to discuss.

	Meeting has happened -- Karen: The rent should not jump up to $1400 again we should re-ask Mike whether the rent will slowly adjust ($1043 first)		Meeting with Mike has happened -- Karen: The rent should not jump up to $1400 again we should re-ask Mike whether the rent will slowly adjust ($1043 first)
			John: Basement is continuing to flood -- stopping the basement from flooding is essential for continued use of the basement
			Tayeb: Rent laser cutter for use with contractor services
			Michelle: Creating a revenue stream, wondering if we had polled our members to see what kind of programming would be most useful for them. John: HacDC Ham radio club used SurveyMonkey to assess priorities and was useful, could be used with Blabber+members -- use Meetup as well. Michelle volunteers to meet with Tayeb to design survey and then work with board
			Need to work to develop non-dues revenue -- ask for $5-10 per event as a donation
			Isaiah: My experience is the best way to raise money is to have sponsorships -- Kevin: used to have sponsorships in the past, Adafruit or other companies that sold electronics. Michelle: Happy to reach out to network of technology companies. Matt: have done sponsorship in the past
			Karen: We need to be tracking how many people are at events (online or otherwise) and using the space. Do the dues need to be structured differently?
			Karen: Venmo is stupid when it comes to organizations, gave up.


	* Laptop distribution and acquisition to church members. Make sure we are not signing up for IT services -- Action item email for Mike to be written by Tayeb

	* Tayeb: Ken, Kevin, Tayeb, Obi and Luis currently meeting and have plans for kickstarting the weekly course meetings in the following weeks. To send update on the members email list and reach out to Words Beats and Life.		* Tayeb: Ken, Kevin, Tayeb, Obi and Luis currently meeting and have plans for kickstarting the weekly course meetings in the following weeks. To send update on the members email list and reach out to Words Beats and Life.

	* Kevin: Is there a possibility of making the servers available to HacDC members? Tayeb volunteers himself to try initial setup of the servers sometime in the month of December! Reach out to Ethan Waldo
	~~Tayeb to follow up with Gabriel Altay on January 24th at the space~~

	== New Business ==		== New Business ==
			* 2021 HacDC Board Elections
	* ~~Michelle: Could~~ HacDC ~~cross post a NeuroTechX Buzz event on the meetup?~~

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

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== Time and Location ==
:Date: February 16th, 2021
:Called to order at 7:40 pm by Karen
:Members present: (7) Karen, Ken, Luis, Matt, Tayeb, Kevin, John, Oby, Michelle
:Members remote: None
:Others present: Isaiah
:[[Quorum]]
:: Quorum met? Yes

== Approval of [[Regular Member Meeting 2020 12 08|Previous Meeting's Minutes]] ==
Approved

== Recognition ==

== New Members ==

== Old Business ==
* John: Time of year to talk to Mike about the future years rent situation -- should we reach out to Mike or wait for him to reach out to us? Update: Meeting with Mike on the 27th of January, BOD to meet at Tuesday 6:30 day prior to discuss.

Meeting has happened -- Karen: The rent should not jump up to $1400 again we should re-ask Mike whether the rent will slowly adjust ($1043 first)

* Laptop distribution and acquisition to church members. Make sure we are not signing up for IT services -- Action item email for Mike to be written by Tayeb

* Tayeb: Ken, Kevin, Tayeb, Obi and Luis currently meeting and have plans for kickstarting the weekly course meetings in the following weeks. To send update on the members email list and reach out to Words Beats and Life.

* Kevin: Is there a possibility of making the servers available to HacDC members? Tayeb volunteers himself to try initial setup of the servers sometime in the month of December! Reach out to Ethan Waldo
Tayeb to follow up with Gabriel Altay on January 24th at the space

== New Business ==

* Michelle: Could HacDC cross post a NeuroTechX Buzz event on the meetup?

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

=== Project HAMRADIO - Jeff ===

=== Project Electron Microscope (SEM) ===

== Member Reports ==

== Director Reports (Governance related stuff) ==

=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Financial Report:
Current Balance -- $7002
We currently have 18 paying members, $990 from dues and an additional $590 from donations. Rent is $732 for September, total expenses are $793

=== Secretary's Report ===

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

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned by at 20:38 by Karen