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.
New dumpster, reminder not to use Adam Nahas' s any more

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?