2016 Yearly Meeting Agenda

Meeting held on January 23rd from 5-9pm.

Meeting Agenda

• Lets get an acceptable pizza order sorted out before we start

• 2015 Annual Report
  • Includes a year-end Financial report, member count stats, workshop summary, and summary for the year.
  • Where are we on our savings goal?
  • When can dues funds start being used for space improvements?
  • Previous discussion on this here: 2015-06-03_meeting_minutes
• Change to QuickBooks and updates to dues invoicing
• Officer election and vote

Year in review 2015

• Moved these items to the top since they are covered by the 2015 Annual Report
  • What workshops did we have?
    • Arduino
    • Laser
    • C Programming Class
    • Metalworking(?)
    • Other(?)
  • Who all have we collaborated with this year?
    • MCPL
    • Discardia
    • Wonderlab
    • ToolShare
    • Pinnacle School
  • 501c3 status!
  • Separation from School Factory
  • Treasurer's Report
    • Statement of Activity File:Bloominglabs-2015-Statement-of-Activities.xls
    • PayPal Revenue File:Bloominglabs-2015-PayPal.pdf
    • Square Revenue File:Bloominglabs-2015-Square.xls

• Member exit survey responses
• Low points
  • The engine lift and (not) renting more space dramas
• High points
  • Lots of good new members
  • Space is getting more use than ever
  • People really stepped up contributing time, energy, and materials
• What worked and what did not?
• Are we getting in a rut and should try new things?
• Water heater, finished drywalling workshop, workshop lighting
• Has the ham radio area been useful for people?
  • Status of Mesh network with Harpo and others
• Member project storage - is this working for folks?
• (special recognition to members who've gone above and beyond the past year?)

2016 Goals

• Dust collector
• What can we do to keep areas cleaner?
  • And tools from being scattered to the wind?
• Car lift status
• Security cameras?
• Painting logo on our building
• Makevention 2016 - who's leading that?
• Workshop plans? Volunteers?
• Pursuit of Grants?
• What are we shooting for, member wise? Hitting a certain number? Maintaining a 'sweet spot' (say around 45?) What is some of the feedback we've gotten from people who've left?