2019 Yearly Meeting

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Boominglabs 2019 Yearly Meeting Agenda

What is Consensus? What is membership, and how does that happen?


Financial Preamble

2018 year in review

  • Member survey results
  • Member exit survey results
    • Need to send out exit surveys to members who left
  • Who have we collaborated with?
    • Community Foundation (STEM Lunches)
    • MCPL
    • Wonderlab
  • What workshops did we have?
    • Blender
    • Needle felting (attempted)
    • Soldering (x2)
    • Laser cutting and engraving
    • Arduino
    • Micropython and IoT
    • Build an IoT Switch (Jay Sissom)
    • Welding Day
    • Machining (x2)
    • Makevention onsite workshops:
      • Lockpicking
      • Soldering
    • Needle felting (actual)
    • #badgelife (with special guest hosts mzbat and 'Frank the Tank')
  • Makevention
    • 2018 (Year 6!) - how did it go?
      • Financial Report
    • 2019
  • Trebuchet.
  • Fundraising, donations, and attempts
  • The Move Pt2: The Move In
    • Remodeling
    • Space definition
    • Continuing work

Officer elections

  • Prospective Nominees:
    • President: LaserDan
    • Treasurer: Heath
    • Secretary: Sarah
    • At-large: Laura, Pete, Alex, Jimmy

2019 Pressing issues, goals, and things to discuss

  • The Space!
    • How happy are we? Do we want to talk with Mark now about a long-term lease?
    • How much do we need the kitchen?
  • Software infrastructure
    • FreshBooks price increase
    • Alternatives matrix
    • How do you pronounce "Apricot"?
  • Security infrastructure
    • New door?
    • Camera
    • Reflective film for glass doors
  • Other space needs
    • Enhance dust collection w/filter & cyclone/baffle
    • Fume hood exhaust hole
    • ??
  • Member photo wall
  • Membership goals
  • Workshops, Workshops, Workshops!
    • Machine knitting (already on the schedule)
    • Laser cutting
    • Soldering
    • Book binding
    • Sustainabarrels?
    • Welding?
    • Arduino
    • Fun with LEDs
    • Needle felting
    • How not to be on fire/Avoiding being called "Stumpy" (workshop safety)
    • Resin casting
    • Recording your work (photo/video)?
    • Tool overview?
  • Non-workshop event days
    • Open houses
    • Rummage sales
    • DANGER DAYS!
    • Show and Yell
    • FIY days
  • Space workdays
    • Recycling runs (req. commandeering a truck)
    • Cleaning
    • Maintenance
    • Junk teardown
    • Repair
  • We have a wind turbine generator in storage at Nathans that belongs to the space
    • And two power inverters in the electronics room for battery charging
    • And a large solar cell in the members room which Will left behind
  • Laboratory fume hood vent hookup
  • Makevention
    • Volunteers vs Exhibitors
    • Bloominglabs booth
      • Dedicated runner who is not the booth organizer
      • Members who have booths should not double-dip on Bloominglabs vending space
    • Committee members? JOIN US!
  • Anything else?