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Board Meeting - 3/19/2020

 

 

1. Call to order

     After lots of technical difficulties and realizing that the free service probably isn't good enough we finally got rolling on a                       replacement Teams call (thanks Tim!).  Called to order @ 6:39

 

2. Roll call – voting members

     President - Tim Ryan (x)

     Vice President - Rory Held (x)

     Treasurer - Jason Ryan (x)

     Secretary - Aaron Fischer (x)

     Board Member - Brian Mullenberg ()

     Board Member - Hannah Reisdorf ()

     Board Member - Luke Stein (x)

 

3. Approval of previous meeting notes

     Motioned seconded and approved - no discussion

 

4. Unfinished business

     Deferred to after committee reports - none

 

5. Committee status reports

   Organization: Matt Craig (Jason Ryan reporting)

     Met with lawyer contact - we're closer than we think

     Need Bios

     Need to beef up the mission statement

     Also - need to apply online - rules changed as of Jan 1

     Articles of Incorporation - Aaron will follow up with Matt

 

   Facilities: Brad Mackowick

     Started a formal list of buildings / owners to consider - contact info and picture/visual

     Facility marketing brochure in process - Rory will update logos and send out

     We think we need about 10k sq ft - garage type space - but we are open to whatever might be available

     With FIRST season ending abruptly - we'll need a plan to clean up.  Moorhead is boxed up.

     With the current situation - we have not reached out to Monte - yet.  Still think it is important to talk to him sooner than later.             Probably on the phone vs in person.

     Feeling is we should keep the dumpster.

 

   Fundraising: Jason Ryan

      Sanford grant - re-evaluating what our request should be - maybe 10k or 20k is more reasonable than half. 

      Seems like there are lots of opportunities for grants and other charitable donations - brainstorming list in the OneNote.

 

   PR: Hannah Reisdorf (Rory reporting)

     Rory will keep running with this

     Lulzbot moved to Fargo - Rory working to make contact with them

     Also working with Fargo3D printing - owner was involved with the maker space - maybe invite to a future board meeting.

     Marvin Windows would be another good one too - Tim has a contact that might be able to put us in touch with someone there

     Also keep Sam involved from the school side.  That may be difficult now given schools are in flux.

 

6. New Business

Professionally Paired - look for opportunities to participate when they come up.  Good opportunity to try connect and recruit some new mentors - Rory to add to PR activities - Tim will reply to Aaron B.

Covid-19 - should we send out some communication to the teams that use the building.  Tim will draft a brief statement.  Aaron will send out.

7. Plan next meeting

     Thursday April 2 - 6:30 - Virtual only - Tim will send out a meeting notice with call in

 

8. Adjourn

     Motioned - seconded - approved 7:43PM