Difference between revisions of "2017 Yearly Meeting"

Revision as of 15:34, 8 February 2017

Meeting will be held Saturday, February 11th, from 5pm-9pm.

Meeting Agenda

• Get a pizza order figured out and funds collected, when we are ready to order just pull the lever
• 2016 Annual Report presented by the existing board
  • Annual Report linked here
• Officer elections

Year in review 2016

• Member survey results
• What workshops did we have?
  • Arduino
  • Arduino and Motors
  • 3D Printing
  • Laser Cutter
  • Arduino + Motors + 3D Printing + Laser Cutting as the 'Useless Machine' Series
  • Welding Day
• Nation of Makers
• Trebuchet (great group project + we won the accuracy prize)
• Instructables Makerspace Contest (we achieved the 10+ Featured Instructables Prize level)
  • Small laser engraver from MakeBlock procured as a prize
• Member exit survey responses
• Current member survey results
• Makevension 2016 - how did it go?
  • Makevention 2017 - are we doing it again?
  • Fundraising for our eventual move using Makevention?
• Ham radio HF antenna connected, our HF station works now.
• Car lift - how has it worked out for people?

2017 Goals

• Keep an eye out for the next home of Bloominglabs
• Fundraising for our move (build-out to make our current location habitable was about $1500)
• Spring 2017 workshops
  • Screen printing
  • Using Encryption (PGP, OTP, etc)
• Review sales tax exemption purchase process (green binder)
  • Trebuchet a perfect example - group project in the name of Bloominglabs - save that sales tax!
• Fund raising for replacement TIG welder
  • Already about 1/2 way there with welding funds collected
• Keep Rockin'