7/14/2011

This is now the July 20th meeting agenda

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0- Brief Financial and new members update

• Money in our bank

• Money in LLC

• What we know about new members (those who met them share with those who did not)

1- Things that impede members (Members First!):

• Laser Agreement (so people can get training)

• Agree on how classes will be designed (so instructors coming to us can get signed up)

• Agree on ‘generic-lease’ lease structure so people can leave things here (LLC’s as a guideline?)

• Space Area-plan

  • Plan locations for shared space

    • Class/Conference Room

    • Purpose of Bunker

  • How much to set aside for space rental?

  • Where to have space rental

  • Who ‘own’ them

  • Bench Rentals

    • Size of table.

    • Plans for Table (Rob and Christian)

• Space Rentals

  • Paul

  • Joe

  • Jack

• Memberships

  • David’s Worktrade Membership

  • Riley’s Worktrade Membership

2 - Things that impede business development:

• Board meetings time

• Banking - Need to remove LLC from handling membership money

• Agree on how we’re all paying into it (memberships for board members)

• Insurance

  • Inventory large $$$ items, estimate rest

  • Get quote for MakeIt

  • Get quote for MakeIt + Laser (if property not owned by makeit can it be insured?)

• Advertising Plans

  • Flyer final edits

  • Flyers posting plan

  • Postcard distribution plan

  • Referral program

• Bank Relations

  • Making them aware we exist, and that we want to work with them

• City Relations

  • Joe goes to the mayor

• Review what still needs to transfer from LLC (or Joe) to Corp

  • Establish timeline for this to happen

  • Assign roles to make this happen

• Tool Update (Rob)- Status and Funding, immediate concerns mostly

If we have time (things we’d like to settle ‘eventually’):

• How to handle future Kikori-like opportunities

• Other Relations

  • Sponsorships like Craftsman, Dewalt, Etc.

  • Education/Science Grants - Research possibilities of obtaining these?