Meeting 2024-09-25

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Consensus Agenda

New Business

Nick: Proposal to allocate $250 to buying blank tshirts and vinyl for producing tshirts to sell at Coney Island Maker Fair and beyond. We're aiming for a per-unit cost of blank t-shirts between $5 and $7.50, and approximately $10 total on vinyl. This will allow for creating between 32 and 48 shirts. The intention is to sell them at a price of $20 to non-members.

  • Hannah will be responsible for sourcing and ordering
  • Proposal passes

Robin and Shway will be leading the effort applying for a booth at Coney Island Maker Fair. Talk to them if you'd like your projects displayed. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19Nu0oST50vvA59nWkTIp3cScOr3NeXol_Y6vFS51Nc0/edit

For each prospective member, please confirm no later than Thursday before the meeting:

  • Has the member visited 3 times at the regular Tuesday and Thursday open nights?
  • Has the member received the briefing? When, and who was the briefer?
  • Has the member's bio and photo been circulated on the members list? (not just Discord)

Member Reports

Board Reports

President's Report

  • No report.

Treasurer's Report

  • August was a weird month financially, the expenditure was adjusting for some inconsistencies from before, so depending on how you slice it we technically made $63 or $3,195.18. The numbers below are normalized to ignore charges for expenditure meant for other months.

August Totals:

  • Number of Active Members: 47
  • Operating Expenses: 3,956.8
  • Rent: 3,267.95
  • Utilities: 550.54
  • Other: 138.31
  • Total Income: 4,320.92
  • Income from dues: 3,780.00
  • Income from donations: 540.92
  • Net Income: 364.12

Secretary's Report

  • Reach out if you'd like to learn how/ why to edit the minutes
  • Starting next month I'd like to post a 24hr reminder to be able to enter items for the consensus agenda

Directors-at-Large's Report

  • No report.

Member and Project Reports

  • Cat: first dragon was destroyed by their parents' dog, but dragon number two is going well! Cat is open to teaching crochet/ knitting in the future
  • Ed: Ed will be bringing in a 20m portable HAM attena. It can be quickly mounted and removed from our window
  • Jay: we have a mouse problem. We've consistently caught mice every week for the past five weeks
  • Clyde: The third GameTank gamejam is coming up! It begins October 18th, a theme will be announced then. https://itch.io/jam/gametank-game-jam-3 GameTanks are now back in stock including new controller designs
  • Charlotte: Charlotte asked about the results of the water lead test. We've passed the test! Our water has 3 parts-per-billion (ppb) of lead, 5 times lower than the 15 ppb recommended limit
  • Shway: Shway asked about the Octoberfest in the fridge. It is citybadger's and serving it was delayed due to the lead-in-water scare
  • Tristan: Tristan is planning to take a group trip to shop for Pawpaws. Last haul of the season! https://naturebasedny.com/pawpaw/5lbpawpaw

Meeting Meta

  • Members in Attendance: Nick Charlotte, Chris, Ed, Ellen, Clyde, Gavin, Robin, Shway, Tristan, Pidge, Jay, Mihir, Thomas, Cat, Federico
  • By proxy: Shaina (Jay)
  • Called to order at 19:36 by Pidge.
  • The meeting was adjourned at 20:03 by Pidge.
  • Minutes taken and submitted by Nick.
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