View source for 2015-07-29 meeting minutes

In Attendence:
Nathan,
Daniel,
Kyle,
Steve,
Jay,
David,
Joey,
Neal,
Chris Dadd,
Dave,
Apple,
Heath,
Vic & Hans,
and Derek.


== Concerns about subletting: ==

Possibly threatens our nonprofit status
* shouldn't, still obviously about education & outreach

Options:
1. We take the whole space
2. we sublet from Nahas
3. We sublet part and Chris sublets part
* contract drawn up, signed
* no guarantee people would like it in the future
* walls will have to be built, more complexity & risk

Makerspaces are acommercial
* not necessarily anticommercial
* some members don't want to subsidize businesses
* Gives us the ability to grow
* will get more members in the fall and winter
* Growth equals problems (herding cats, etc)
* don't want to be the London Hackerspace
* forcing issues/deadlines seem antiethical to hackerspaces

Time pressure
* "for $600/month, we could buy some cool shit"
* warehouse nearby has 30,000 sq ft for rent
* another building would be awesome, but more responsibilities
* Not our mission to be a landlord
* we've adjusted to large projects in the past

We can not afford it -Vic
* can't assume more space equals more members
* members could pledge a years worth of money, if the money comes close to pledging enough, we could get the space
*  we could get a grant/s to help cover
* all that is moot with the deadline

John Perry writes grants
* getting a unimog to make compost with

14 members paying $40/month would cover it
* Still could work with Adam Nahas later on
* if the option comes up again, we could relook at it

== Misc. ==

Clean up date sometime in September
* decide things to keep, sell, trash…

Adam Nahaus has other things going on, we will see what happens

Lift Placement
* general consensus is 45°


== Vote: ==

To rent the warehouse
* Aye:  Heath, Dave, Joey
* Nay: Chris, Nathan, Neal, Steve, David, Kyle, Jay
* Not voting: Apple

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