(please submit agenda items to membership president by first day of the month)
Meetings are held on first Wednesday of the month at 7:30 PM, all are welcome
- New Faces / New Member Introductions - Please give us a 30 second 'elevator pitch' introduction (What brings you to Makersmiths? Interests? Your background or profession? Etc.?)
First Name Last Name Date Joined Austin Lucas 01/08/19 Kevin Broderik 01/08/19 Annie Hall 01/08/19 Ian Schue 01/11/19 Patrick Greaney 01/20/19 Jen McCuiston 01/20/19 Mick Harzall 01/23/19 Bradley Rogers 01/25/19 Mike DeWan 02/04/19 Melinda DeWan 02/05/19 Michael Sittner 02/05/19 Mimi Laplace 02/05/19 Parker Benzie 02/06/19
- Associates to Full Members
- Jim Waldron
- Ian Schue
- Maggie and Jason
- Tim Swanson
- Membership
- 140 members (+12 from last month)
- 72.5 FTE memberships (63 FTE last month, +9.5 FTE)
- 138 active members
- 13 new members in last 30 days, 5 new members in last 7 days
- Other Issues
- Jim Cottone on Intellectual Property Ownership
- Make sure Makersmiths does not assert ownership of property
- Co-inventorship, language
- Proposed words to add to the waiver
- Jim W: do we need to incorporate copyright language into the. Jim C., not needed - copyright is automatic to the person who generates the work
- Ian Shue on Task Lists
- How to represent? Physical list is good, can we set up an easel with tasks on it?
- Chores - cleaning, restock
- Michael and Ian to take point
- Collage
- Jim Cottone on Intellectual Property Ownership
- Committees:
- John D:
- Treasurer - financial review on the calendar, all welcome to participate. Let John know if you are coming.
- Scheduling - next Tues at 7 meeting
- Moving off of meetup, still in progress
- New member orientation on the 18th. Sign up by the 17th and get a t-shirt
- Committee meeting next Wed
- Special Events
- Garden show status?
- Education
- 100 Women Strong grant - in progress
- Kid Wind is proceeding well. Competition on March 15th
- Table at the Teacher's Maker Faire
- Gift basket/silent auction ideas to put together a basket of made items. Opportunity to promote both the space and individual artists.
- Set up a donation bin, some place with date and event
- Can we put together a "Made at Makersmiths" item? Maggie volunteered to make one
- John D: