Board Present
Name | Position | Present |
|---|---|---|
Doug Emes | President | Yes |
Hannah Garbacz | Vice President | Yes |
Olivia Snyder | Secretary | Yes |
Paul Ingendorf | Floating Board | Yes |
Michael Chow | Floating Board | Yes (remote) |
Officers Present
Name | Position | Present |
|---|---|---|
Paul Ingendorf | CTO | Yes |
Tim Givens | Facilities Coordinator | Yes (remote) |
Theo Foster | CLO | No |
Leadership Attending | 6/7 |
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Minutes
Time | Item | Description | ||||||||||||
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| 8:04P | Meeting Start | Health and safety, DFW is still safe from the plague. Stay home if you are sick because you be gross. | ||||||||||||
| 8:06P | Finances | With bank and PP, we have around $30K in the bank. (Reminder that TheLab.ms is STILL in need of a Treasurer. If you wish to volunteer, we welcome your input!) | ||||||||||||
| 8:07P | Doorbell | People seem to be not abusing the doorbell. Tim's idea for installing a shocking doorbell has been summarily rejected. | ||||||||||||
| 8:08P | Leaks | Tim has documented two leaks in the space. A letter to the landlord has been drafted by the CLO with photos. | ||||||||||||
| 8:08P | Moving stuff | 3D printing will move to the vent room from the atrium, opening up the common areas. | ||||||||||||
| 8:09P | Stitchlab | Is very successful! Thanks to the people hosting. | ||||||||||||
| 8:09P | Tabletop Games | Are back on Friday! More bodies in the space. | ||||||||||||
| 8:11P | EPICS | UTD has a program that allows undergrads to work on "real world" problems. The students will be working on a "makerspace module" to handle calendaring, payments, access control, etc. EPICS works only with non-profits, and this project will likely involve more than the original students assigned to the project, and possibly take place over several semesters/years. | ||||||||||||
| 8:13P | Votes | Coupon code for EPICS Students Memberships Semester's worth:
Did not pass. | ||||||||||||
| Votes | Vote to instate Jen Emes as Education Coordinator. (Reminder that Shawn Porter, previous E.C., resigned due to moving out of state.)
Passed. | |||||||||||||
| Votes | Approve Stripe as an additional payment processor (this is for exploration of payment processor integration by the EPICS students.).
Passed. | |||||||||||||
| Votes | Form committee to recommend bylaw updates, i.e.rules updates, guest memberships, professional officer positions, etc.
Passed. | |||||||||||||
| Votes | Form a committee to discuss dues increase for:
Passed. | |||||||||||||
| 8:39P | Meeting Close | See you the FIRST TUESDAY of each month! | ||||||||||||
| 8:40P | Hannah | Would like to propose a one-month free memberships for the EPICS students. | ||||||||||||
| Addendum Vote | EPICS students receive one MONTH free membership.
Passed! | |||||||||||||
| 9:03P | Actual Meeting Close | Bye bye! |
Addenda
| Description | Item |
Slide deck prepared by Doug for Meeting | |
Link to the EPICS Homepage, describing their purpose. |