Difference: SpaceCommitteeMinutes121813 (r2 vs. r1)

Need chairs and tables.

EMS
New Space Commitee
Meeting Minutes
Meeting date: 12/18/2013

She Notes that we will need the ability to prepay and keep track of students. How do we take money? Set prices and have discounts.

having good accounting and inventory is centrail to all our revenue streams.

shopping cart for classes and This meeting was in lieu the ability to refund or partially refund payments. Need to see list of registered students. the regularly scheduled board meeting because we were missing two board members. So we only had Darrell, Kassie, and Clif. We worked for about two hours. Though this was not a formal committee meeting.

Credit Card? Paypal Greendot money, google wallet, authorize.net, Dwolla 25c for trans over $10, $20/mo Bitcoin, litecoin. We talked briefly about the additional revenue streams that we would need to afford the new space and then since Kassie was spearheading the classes initiative, we dove right in on that one.

All teachers are contors and we will have to give them 1099s.

Resources needed (or wanted) by Classes

Classes postibilites: Blender 1, 2, 3, gimp, intro electronics, intro arduino, intro soldering, Chain mail A and B, intro to welding, intro to kit building. Casting of various materials.

Physical

How do we get more teachers? Advertise for teachers. What meadia outlets shoud ewe use.Also thee are similar requirements for meetings.

• Tables and Chairs
  • Check with 4J and Bring.
• Internet
• Some tools
• Computer workstations would be nice.
• Permanently mounted Projector.
• Sound system
• Podium.and Gavel.
• Kitchenette
  • Fridge
  • Hot plate
  • Toaster oven
  • Microwave

Note that if we rent one office that the increase in utils will nuliify the income from the office..

Administrative

• Check with 4J and Bring on tables and chairs.
• internet
• some tools
• computer workstations would be nice.
• Permanently mounted Projector.
• Sound system
• Podium.and Gavel.
• Kitchenette
  • Fridge
  • Hot plate
  • Toaster over
  • microwave

Kassie Noted that we will need the ability to prepay and keep track of students. How do we take money, Set prices and have discounts? Having good accounting and inventory is central to all our revenue streams. Need shopping cart for classes and the ability to refund or partially refund payments. Need to see a list of registered students.

• Web based front end.
• Ability to prepay, and refund online.
• Keep track of registration.
• Set prices and have discounts.

Some possible payment systems: Credit Card? Paypal Greendot money, Google wallet, Authorize.net, Dwolla 25c for trans over $10, plus $20/mo Bitcoin, litecoin.

Logistics

How do we get more teachers? Advertise? What media outlets should we use? All teachers are contractors and we will have to give them 1099s.

Possible Classes: Blender 1, 2, 3, gimp, intro electronics, intro Arduino, intro soldering, Chain mail A and B, intro to welding, intro to kit building. Casting of various materials.

Action Items:

Resources needed by Meetings

Note that most of the same resources are needed for renting out the room(s) for other groups meeting places. Clif

• dust off openERP and look for shopping cart integration.
• look at autherize.net and Dwolla

Other Notes:

Kassie If we rent just one office that may increase the utilities enough to nullify the income from that office if no one else is there during the week days.

• Developing Curriculums.

Action Items:

Darrell Clif:

• Dust off openERP and look for shopping cart integration.

Kassie:

• Develop Curricula.

Darrell:

All:

• Look at authorize.net and Dwolla