2017 Yearly Meeting

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
Insurance - what we have, what it covers, cost
How we handle donations
- Cash
- In-kind (hardware)
Review sales tax exemption purchase process (green binder)
- Trebuchet a perfect example - group project in the name of Bloominglabs - save that sales tax!

Who have we colaborated with?
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
Current member survey results
Makevension 2016 - how did it go?
- Makevention 2017 - are we doing it again?
- Fundraising for our eventual move using Makevention?
Car lift - how has it worked out for people?
Ham radio HF antenna connected, our HF station works now.

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)
Fund raising for replacement TIG welder
- Already about 1/2 way there with welding funds collected
Chrstian's tools still in the workshop... year 2 (green 3-wheeled machine)
Reminder - anyone can start a periodic meetup at Blabs or call a members meeting
Anyone going to the Midwest RepRap Festival in Goshen? [1]
Reminder of ways to contact the officers/board for emergencies: contact email, and google voice # in emergencies
Keep Rockin'
Anything else?