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Dallas Makerspace DMS Source

2023-05-21 Meeting notes

Date

Section titled “Date”

26 May 2023

Attendees

Section titled “Attendees”

  • James Henningson

  • Amelia Greisch

  • Megan Murray

Goals

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  • Meeting to set PR goals for summer & fall seasons. Focus on addressing internal communications and new member onboarding.

Discussion items

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Time Item Who Notes
-- Internal Communications
  • Reviewed Internal Communications barriers and ways to overcome them
    • Set Member Expectations
    • Post Basic Rules
    • Publicize DMS Communication Channels

New Members
  1. Reviewed barriers facing new members
    1. Onboarding Difficulties
      1. Complete Account Creation
        1. Talk
        2. Green Dot
        3. Source
        4. @dallasmakerspace.org email address
      2. DMS's online presence is fragmented, the most-used pages are not linked.
        1. Short term: Create links on 4 big pages to one another
        2. Long Term: New website header should include 4 biggest pages as top-level buttons. (Talk/Source/Learn/Events/discord)
          1. Header should persist across all possible DMS web presence
      3. Lingo: 'Talk, Source, Learn, Events' are not defined or easily understood by a new member.
      4. Expectations:
        1. Rules and basic expectations are not defined clearly within the physical makerspace.
    2. Training Deficits
      1. Lack of classes, lack of signage indicating classes required.
      2. Lack of communication showing a new member HOW to request a class.
    3. Communication Barriers (see above)

External Communications

Discussed need for basic press coverage action template, which media outlets to contact, etc..


Outside Collaborations

James Henningson

  1. Make A Wish: Make-a-Wish has asked for us to help with some wishes. James Henningson 5127 will conference with them in the coming months to outline feasible /safe collaborations.
  2. Carrollton Library: doesn't have a Makerspace, perhaps we can help them with that.
  3. City of Carrollton Social Media Team. Initially we would want to give them a tour, and see how that relationship grows.
    1. Waiting until Internal Communication Action Items Complete

Action items

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  • Amelia Greisch update new member Canva and print it as a poster(s) for the lobby.
    • Rules/Expectations
    • DMS Structure
    • 4 big web pages+discord
  • Amelia Greisch update quickstart cards, similar to new posters
  • James Henningson Set up meeting with Make-A-Wish
  • Amelia Greisch New Member Orientation Class in Events
  • Amelia Greisch James Henningson Megan Murray Create New Member Moodle

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