Board Meeting Notes 2018-07-17

Board Meeting Minutes
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Meeting Start: 7:00 pm

Attendance

• Board Members
• Andrew Camardella
• Sam Chen
• Jennie The Vulture
• Kathryn Born
• Ed Bennett
• Adam Stein

• Other Members

Agenda

• Consent Agenda
  • Approve all current scholarship applications
    • month-to-month membership
    • Be willing to have work shared with public
  • Electricians bill
    • check issued for Mark
    • moving forward with more work
  • Area Host and Volunteer Authorizer reviews and applications
    • have multiple board members present
    • set expectations for everyone
    • specify needs from PS1
  • Asset disposal-slot forge, facilitated by Michael Skilton
    • Who is sponsoring this removal? I'm posting this on behalf of the Hot Metals area host.
    • What is it? A MIFCO Speedy Forge model F526
    • Where did it come from? It was donated by the School of the Art Institute
    • What's it worth? Used smaller models (F512) can be found online for $700-$2500
    • Where's it's wiki page? It never had one.
    • Why shouldn't we keep it? It would require running an 1 1/2" gas line and getting the gas pressure to our building increased. Plus it's big.
    • How will we get rid of it? I've already asked Chicago Industrial Arts if they want it, they don't. We would post it on Craigslist for two weeks at $1000 then offer it for internal auction.
    • Has the board and membership been notified? An email has been sent to info@ and treasurer@ I'm requesting that this be announced at the next members meeting. That would start the clock.
    • When would it list on Craigslist? If there is not a vote to block the disposal it would be listed on 7/23/18
• Committee Reports
  • Bylaws working group
    • membership level restructuring
    • solicitating feedback
  • Planning working group
    • doodle poll for next meeting
• Read mail
  • Bill for first aid kits, paying with General area
  • Inform Mohammed of his bills for Star Motif, Sam will pass along info
• Financial/membership report
  • Brian will fill in
• Review the PayPal and banking transactions
• Member leaving reason reports
• Check RT queue
  • Mostly Wild Apricot emails
• New business
  • Approve all current scholarship applications
    • month-to-month membership
    • Be willing to have work shared with public
    • Jennie will reach out to all applicants
  • Work day for Wild Apricot migrations -
    • Members of the board plan to convene over the weekend to process the backlog of members who have migrated, and still need to be invoiced.
    • Adam will start doodle poll
• Old business
  • Illinois Charitable Organization Annual Report (Form AG990-IL) due within six months
    • Brian will file
  • AssuredPartners Liability insurance renewal
    • Andrew will contact Marlo

Minutes

Financial Report

• Chase Checking: $25,522.72
• Chase Savings: $110,743.54
• PEX: $8,521.91
• PayPal: $12,859.88

Membership Report

• Starving Hackers: 400
• Full Members: 110
• Total Members: 510
• Quorum: 37

Votes

Board meeting adjourns 7:40 pm