January 26 2015

John will need to leave the meeting by 6:40 because of a scheduling conflict.

Unsorted topics

• (John) Accelerator/incubator space and how to advise them on their business plan
• (Dom) introduce Robyn, who's interested in a makerspace for artists
• (Dom) introduce Jessica, who's interested in working with nonprofits in Wichita

Communications Hive (John)

Social media stats

	Count	Change
Facebook	995	53
Twitter	485	22
Meetup	712	16

Gina has been great about posting events etc. Other than that, not a lot has happened here. I can:

• Check in with Seth about the new site
• Do the classes page I said I would do

Finances and Fundraising Task Force (Jens)

Balances

Account	Balance	Change
Bank	$123,978.01	-$1,699.24
Paypal	$3,277.99	+$57.96
Total	$127,256.00	-$1,641.28
Member count	45	+7

• ArtDOG
• Status of donation letters/receipts
  • Letter template created
  • Valuation requests sent
• (Dom) New membership rate
• Offer membership services to woodworker guild?

Governance Committee (Dom)

• KMUW interview
• WBJ Newsmaker shindig
• Lease offer status

Remote Events and Outreach Gaggle (Barb)

• (Dom) SWE Expo?

Special Projects Brigade (Mike)

• Christmas Holiday Displays

Programs

Makerspace (Tom)

• Wood Workers are gett'n with it.
• We could talk about new space startup. Door access, Reception area, class room, workspace
• (Dom) Status of new equipment purchases
• (Dom) Bunch of equipment showed up on Saturday?
• (Dom) Crochet workshop coming
• (Dom) Learn to solder workshop?

devICT (Seth)

• Upcoming event - Intelligent GUI Automation with Sikuli by Dom (1/29)
• Upcoming event - Nerd Beers (2/10)
• Upcoming event - Pure Data by John Harrison (2/26)

Calendar

January

• 29 January 2015 (devICT) Monthly talk (Intelligent GUI Automation with Sikuli)

February

• 7 February 2015 Valentine's with Val
• 10 February 2015 Nerd Beers
• 21 February 2015 SWE Expo
• 26 February 2015 Pure Data by John Harrison