MINUTES OF FOURTH MEETING OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF LANSING MAKERS NETWORK

The fourth meeting of the Board of Directors of Lansing Makers Network
was held at the TechSmith building at 2405 Woodlake Drive, Okemos, MI
on Wednesday 06-20-2012, at 7:10PM EST.

Present were: [[user:wreality:start|Brian Adams]],
[[user:carlraymond:start|Carl Raymond]], [[user:tim:start|Timothy
Schmidt]], [[user:mflaga:start|Michael Flaga]],  [[user:zik:start|Ed
Symanzik]], and [[user:oj:start|Jasmine O.]], being persons
designated as the Directors in the Articles of Incorporation and/or
participating as directors of the Board of Directors. Also in
attendance, [[user:rschott:start|Randy Schott]].

The Chair welcomed all present and began the meeting's business.

[[user:tim:start|Timothy Schmidt]] motioned to approve the agenda.
[[user:oj:start|Jasmine
O.]] seconded.

RESOLVED, that the agenda is approved.

The Chair then motioned to approve the last meeting's minutes.

RESOLVED, that the [[meetings:20120607_minutes|minutes of the Jun 7
meeting]] are approved.

The Treasurer reported a $200 donation, and the current status of
Lansing Makers Network's [[https://payments.amazon.com/|Amazon
Payments]] account.  The Treasurer also
shared a draft donation receipt.

RESOLVED, that an equipment section be added to the donation receipt.

[[user:wreality:start|Brian Adams]] shared details from his most
recent meeting with the [[http://www.purelansing.com/|Lansing Economic
Area Partnership]].

Integrating the location checklist and [[:location criteria]] was
suggested.  After some discussion, a list of criteria was drafted.

RESOLVED, that the list of location criteria is approved, and shall be
submitted by [[user:wreality:start|Brian Adams]] to
[[http://www.purelansing.com/|LEAP]].

[[user:tim:start|Timothy Schmidt]] summarized LMN's first Social Fun
Time event, and contact with Carl Lance.

[[user:zik:start|Ed Symanzik]] detailed progress on the [[:business
plan]], and asked that board members consider section 1.3.

Discussion moved to making contact with local libraries, then classes.

[[user:mflaga:start|Michael Flaga]] suggested that course material
including presentations and lesson plans for many maker-related
classes is available online.  [[user:tim:start|Timothy Schmidt]]
suggested that links be added to [[:classes]].

The Chair then called for a 10 minute recess.

Communications strategy was discussed.

RESOLVED, that [[user:wreality:start|Brian Adams]],
[[user:carlraymond:start|Carl Raymond]], and
[[user:rschott:start|Randy Schott]] will manage communications via
[[http://www.lansingmakersnetwork.org]], and the LMN Announce mailing list.

RESOLVED, that the Lansing Makers Network [[http://www.meetup.com]] account be cancelled.

RESOLVED, that [[user:rschott:start|Randy Schott]] will register
Lansing Makers Network [[http://www.youtube.com/|youtube]] and
[[https://www.eventbrite.com/|eventbrite]] accounts.

RESOLVED, that [[user:tim:start|Timothy Schmidt]] will integrate
Pumping Station One's wiki event howto into Lansing Makers Network's
wiki.

[[:Do-ocracy]] was discussed.

RESOLVED, that [[user:wreality:start|Brian Adams]] will investigate
tax exemption with the city of Dewitt.

RESOLVED, that [[http://schoolfactory.org/|School Factory]] be adopted
as fiscal sponsor.

[[user:mflaga:start|Michael Flaga]] offered to collect lists of events
attended by local organizations.

That concluding the matters at hand, The Chair thanked everyone for
their attendance and dismissed the meeting at 10:29PM EST.