Community council meeting 1/30/2011 — meeting minutes
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Community council meeting 1/30/2011 — meeting minutes
- Agendar
- Standing item: Everyone introduce themselves (especially new people)
- Announcements (standing)
- Standing item: Money update
- Standing item: Staff meeting recap
- Small teams proposal (old item)
- Laptop buying (old item)
- Instructional videos (old item)
- Laptop refurbishing proposal (old item)
- Dropbox (old item)
- Questionnaire for volunteers (new item)
- Care and Feeding (new item)
- Standing item: Date of next meeting
- Standing item: Shout-outs
- Comments
Agendar
- Standing item: Everyone introduce themselves
- Standing item: Money update
- Standing item: Staff meeting recap
- ...
- ...
- Standing item: Date of next meeting
- Standing item: Shout-outs
Standing item: Everyone introduce themselves (especially new people)
(voters are marked with asterisks)
- Janet
- *Susan
- Aaron
- Alex
- *Ben
- *Scott
- *Jae
- Paul
- Terri
- *Bob R
- *Bob S
- *Sam
Announcements (standing)
- new hours, see agenda
- Alex is on staff
Standing item: Money update
Aaron: ~$3K
Standing item: Staff meeting recap
The minutes should be posted Real Soon Now. For now, some highlights:
- Camera appeal was successful. Is this a model we can apply to other equipment needs?
- Paypal and eBay are set up.
- Go Green Wilmette??
- Dropbox: DavE likes, Janet is uncertain.
- SIMS run as soon as weather permits
Small teams proposal (old item)
There was general agreement that it's a good idea. The lengthy discussion foundered on the possible need to amend the bylaws.
- TABLED
- todo: Susan: research
- todo: Scott: have a useful summary in the agenda
Laptop buying (old item)
Nobody at the meeting was enthused.
- We're waay too small for wholesale qtys.
- Margins are insanely tight.
- It would tie up money we don't have.
- RESULT: no proposal, no vote
Instructional videos (old item)
There was much enthusiasm and discussion.
- Susan: spoke with a vol who shot today
- Jae: knows a guy
- Janet: we have a camera, now
- Bob R: I'm getting one. too
- Paul: I have pro video experience
- Ben: sounds like a small team
- Sam: Get 'em all together
- Aaron: Do they have to know the material?
- Ben: No, write a script.
- Scott: Let's have a small team proposal (with goals and an endpoint)
- to be approved by staff & CC
- with reports every CC meeting
- Paul: I'll lead!
- TODO: Paul will write a proposal.
Laptop refurbishing proposal (old item)
Earlier, Ben had proposed a short-term laptop residency. Staff approved.
- Ben:
- recap proposal
- detailed spreadsheet with 6-wk schedule
- I propose myself
- Susan: what if you don't finish?
- Ben: I won't be paid for extension
- Jae: Laptop room will be closed 6 wks?
- Ben: 4
- Terri: report to whom?
- Ben: to list weekly, and to every CC meeting
- Aaron: no laptop building at all for 6 wks?
- Ben: some in wks 1, 3, 5, 6
- Janet: will other vols be involved?
- Ben: Yes! the usual laptop suspects: Axel, Omar, Frances, Alnier (sp?), Bob S
- Aaron: pay period?
- Ben: weekly
- PROPOSAL: Ben for laptop residency for 6 weeks at $15/hr.
- VOTE: 5 in favor, Bob R abstaining, Ben recused: PASSED
Dropbox (old item)
TABLED
Questionnaire for volunteers (new item)
Alex: Consensus on list: No, just talk to volunteers
Care and Feeding (new item)
Canceled until further notice.
Standing item: Date of next meeting
Feb 13
Standing item: Shout-outs
Shoutouts:
- Jae: to Ben, for making his proposal happen
- Aaron: to Bob R & Alex for cleaning up the metal mess
- Sam: to the guy who brought the elevator key
- Aaron: to Bob S, for helping during the week
- Janet: to Paul, for committing to the video project
Damn-the-man:
- Ben: to Adobe & Sun for killing Flash and Java on PowerPC
- Alex: to people who buy stuff that's cheap because it's untested, and then complain that it's untested.
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