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Steering Committee Meeting 20110315

Time, location

Section titled “Time, location”

20:00, Dallas Makerspace

Approval of prior minutes

Section titled “Approval of prior minutes”

Previous minutes Steering_Committee_Meeting_20110308

Officer/Committee reports

Section titled “Officer/Committee reports”

Committee chair

Section titled “Committee chair”
  • Need to re-review the Board of Directors meeting time, the space is reserved during that time for DPRG RBNO, it isn’t quite fair to have them not have access to tools/meeting space?
  • Requested that Glenn be re-imbursed.
  • Standing rules have been moved over.

Organizational committee

Section titled “Organizational committee”
  • Status of review of by-laws
    • Meeting, 20110104, went through first half of them
    • Last meeting, 20110111, went through the remaining half
    • Still some stuff remaining on the ByLaws, here: Proposed_Bylaws
  • Incorporation document has been sent to the state; When? Sent during the holidays, Friday or Saturday.
    • Have scanned in the response letter, it is now in the Admin Wiki
  • Status on getting the EIN, can be done before receiving the Incorporation document
    • SS-4 for EIN, pdf from IRS; Maybe able to file. Steve will get EIN, from IRS, assigned on 20100215.)
  • Status on 1023 filing. (When these are complete, 1023 filing goes off) HIGHEST PRIORITY!

Building committee

Section titled “Building committee”
  • Building sub-committee (physical space ToDo list—Glenn Pipe, Physical space sub-committee)
    • Glenn Pipe, Eric Chaney, Paul Wilson
    • Status of upstairs space (Mark)
      • $300 on top of current rental
      • Would require budget update to show that we can afford it, probably refer to Steve’s Monthly Budget Google Doc
    • Need listing of capital expenditures (Current Needs and Space_Checklist)—Need lists of WHAT, COST, and PRIORITY
      • Results of Forum Poll for in-space items.

Agenda

Section titled “Agenda”
  • File form 1023
    • Problem: We need to file the 1023
      • Why: The Dallas Makerspace membership would like a non-profit organization to manage and oversee the assets and budget of the Makerspace.
      • Who: This will require the Steering Committee
      • Solution1: Finalize the Bylaws. Time required: unknown
  • Dates and times required for Board of Directors meetings
    • Problem: Finalizing meetings are required for functioning 501c3 status
      • Why: Finalizing meetings are required for functioning 501c3 status
      • Who: the Steering Committee to determine this
      • Solution1: Regular Board of Directors meetings held once a month, at 20:00 on the first Tuesday of each month

Old business

Section titled “Old business”

New business

Section titled “New business”

Adjournment

Section titled “Adjournment”

Minutes

Section titled “Minutes”

Members in attendance

Section titled “Members in attendance”
  • Steve Rainwater
  • Mark Havens
  • Peter Smith (chair/secretary)

Guests

Section titled “Guests”
  • Paul Wilson

Minutes

Section titled “Minutes”
  • Peter opened the meeting at 8:30pm
  • Peter asked for items from the consent agenda
  • Minutes from the previous meeting were ratified
  • Peter adjuourned the meeting at 8:48pm

Note: draft version of meeting minutes go to the Talk Page first, upon ratifying at the *next* meeting they will be moved to the normal page.

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