May 4 2015

Governance Committee (Dom)

• TBD

Communications Hive (John)

Social media stats

	Count	Change
Facebook	1169	+61
Twitter	791	+101
Meetup	159	+24

• WiKi pages for members (James S.)

Finances and Fundraising Task Force (Jens)

Members

	Balance	Change
Member count	105	+33

• ArtDOG
  • $1,830.91 total
  • April has thank-you's to distribute
  • Board needs to designate how the funds raised will be used
• Members voted on MakeICT fee increase to $25/month from $10/month (Mike)
  • Fee increase passed (91.43%): 35 members voted - 32 YES, 3 NO (I will update this Jens - Mike)
• WildApricot
  • Fee increasing to $70/month in Sept
  • We can lock in $50/month by paying 2 years at once
  • Are we happy with it? Should we lock in the price?

Remote Events and Outreach Gaggle (Barb)

• TBD

Special Projects Brigade (Mike)

• Interactive Wall/Windows (this is up for discussion)
  • When should we start work on this
  • Project display from all areas
  • Processes to be defined
    • Proposing project for approval? For funding?
    • Need to set up method for makers and artists to submit ideas, share on forums?
      • @TODO (member, ?): Process for Interactive Wall/Windows
• Wearables Workshop
  • Lisa Rundstrom, Gallery Directory, WSU SHIFTSPACE director@shiftspacegallery.com
  • Busy getting ready for Mini MakerFaire in July
  • Robot Sumo in June, Mini MakerFaire in July, move Wearables to 2nd Saturday in August?

Programs

Makerspace (Tom)

• Emergency plans
  • Exit pathways

devICT (Seth)

• TBD

Community Updates

• TBD

Calendar

• 9 May 2015 - Basic Electronics
• 13 June (tentative) - Robot sumo?
• 18 July - Mini Maker Faire
• 8 August (tentative) - Wearables Tom, Barb, Mike