April 7 2014

Meeting Time: 5:30pm Location: Bluebird Arthouse

All members are welcome to attend, and non-board members can join the conversation when invited.

Legal/Financial

• Treasurer Report
  • Bank balance: $551.65
  • Paypal: $414.60
  • Total: $966.25
• Taxes

- question about whether to file as a "for-profit" corp or as a non-profit; want to file as non-profit
- James will file and will also work on 2013 summary for annual report

• Wild Apricot

- current members in system
- will continue to add others with expired membership

Check on progress of Building Topics/Projects

• Door access update

- card reader doesn't read everything
- going to research new card reader

• EL Sign

- will add holes and wire hangers
- instructable being created

• Bus

- controller connected but nothing happened
- discovered that motor was connected wrong, and now controller led blinks an error code

• 3D printer explanation video

- to do

• Cleanup Dropbox/Google Drive

- to do

Events

• (Real) Computing for Humans and other Non-robots (April 19th)
• ICT Unconference

- MakeICT presence

• Wichita Art and Book Fair (May 9-11)

- Will check on times for setup and whether or not we should be there Friday night
- Dom plans to bring his table
- 3D printer
- James laser spirograph
- will set schedule/work shifts at next meeting

• Basic Sewing Workshop (May 17)
• Riverfest (May 30-June 6)

- may need to have a "kit" building day in preparation

• School STEM Days
  • April 17 - Mead Middleschool
  • May 1 - Mclean Magnet
• Kansas City Makerfaire (June 28-29)

- will submit application

• Hello World Program (summer)

- will ask for more info

Any topics from members or guests who are present

Meeting closed @ 1848