Meeting Minutes

STEM ALLIANCE BOARD

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Board Meeting - 1/19/2023

Meeting Notes

1. Call to order

7:37PM

2. Roll call – voting members

President - Tim Ryan ()

Vice President - Rory Held (x)

Secretary/Treasurer - Aaron Fischer (x)

Board Member - Hannah Reisdorf ()

Board Member - Ryan Thayer (x)

Board Member - Roger Amundson (x)

Board Member - Matt Craig (x)

Board Member - Matt Bahr ()

3. Approval of previous meeting notes

Approved - no discussion

4. Unfinished business

none

5. Committee status reports

Strategic Planning/Robotics Growth Committee – Tim Ryan

Committee met and discussed. A letter will be drafted with the intent of getting into schools in the area, and potentially using existing robot students to help bring the message

NDSU may be hosting a post-season meeting with FTC and FLL teams to get their input. We could attend as well. Tentatively April?

Financial – Aaron Fischer

Account balances shared

Dollars for Doers (Deere employee donations) - 12153 total

Fargo Liquidators Surplus - 613.90 so far. A few items are left.

Amazon smiles is ending.

Outreach – Rory Held

Need to get sponsorship acknowledgements sent out. Aaron and Rory will do this.

6. Events

FIRST

FLL Regional - could use a backup volunteer or two. Setup after 5 on 1/19/23. Event is 1/20/23 starting at 8. STEM Alliance is providing pizza. We are also streaming.

FRC in Grand Forks - March 9-11 2023. Judges needed 10th and 11th.

FRC - week 0 - Bemidji - Feb 18 -

Kickoff - event was great - very successful for FRC and FTC scrimmage.

Camps

Planning for some type of camp in Q3 at the Air Museum. Ryan and team are working on it.

Other

RRV Fair and EXPO - we should touch base with Christa, keep working on plans, and try set a date for the EXPO so we can advertise

7. New Business

additional streaming equipment including a travel case. Plan to apply for a ND STEM Ecosystem grant.

Logo merch store will be opened soon @ BeeSeen

8. Plan next meeting

Feb 21 7:30-8:30