20161128 BOD Notes
Attendees: Jay, Tanju, Alan S., Matt R.
Notes:
- Reveiwed previous month notes.
- Quick overview of wiki, all members are allowed to get wiki accounts, and create content. Just need to request an account from the BOD.
- Tellus Event Recap:
- Jay and Jon B. came out and participated. Jon was a big help. Jay brought out a bunch of gear and lemon battery project was well received. Luis also took Zeus Robot, and had his own table.
- Overall good turn out. Met several teachers and home-school folks that are interested in hands-on activities. Looking for content.
- 501c3 Items:
- Receipt templates have been created and are available from the BOD
- Questions raised about the documentation requirements on our end for equipment donations. And ownership and disposal considerations. (There is an open question about the 2nd Laser Cutter)
- 2nd laser cutter donated to the space
- Jay still working on automated donation receipt to be issued for donate.themakerstation.com
- We still need to figure out how much (what percentage) of membership dues can be tax-deductible? We should inquire with Tellus to see how they manage their membership dues.
- We did secure both Slack non-profit as well as Amazon Smile, and also Google G-Suite business account
- Does meetup.com offer reduced fees for non-profit?
- We still need to pursue the Ikea donation program. Alan raised hand to help submit the application
- Financial Report:
- Chris/Treasurer not attend today. Assuming no significant changes
- Membership Report:
- Tanju didn't have time/make time for a report this month
- We've lost one member over past month, need to reach out to inquire about reason. Previously lost a member the that had joined for only one month but she did reply that she dropped due to moving out of town
- Still need to develop new-member welcome/onboarding package beyond the welcome letter. Alan suggests a quick survey to ask new member about their interest to try point them in the right direction, introduce to existing member with similar interests
- We did get an inquiry about buying a gift membership for 3 mo Dec-Feb, we said yes and are manually managing this at this time. We do need to think about offering more formal gift membership option.
