STEM ALLIANCE BOARD
Board Meeting - 4/25/2022
Meeting Notes
1. Call to order
6:41 PM
2. Roll call – voting members
President - Tim Ryan (x)
Vice President - Rory Held (x)
Secretary/Treasurer - Aaron Fischer (x)
Board Member - Hannah Reisdorf ()
Board Member - Ryan Thayer ()
Board Member - Roger Amundson ()
Board Member - Matt Craig (x)
3. Approval of previous meeting notes
Approved - no discussion
4. Unfinished business
Equipment to Des Moines team - ended up not giving them anything
5. Committee status reports
Strategic Planning – Tim Ryan
No update - target end of May to get a meeting scheduled - Tim
Facilities – group discussion
Letter to Moorhead School Board (Matt) - draft reviewed - Matt will make a couple updates and review with FRC team coaches to sign and send.
Fundraising / Financial – Aaron FischerAccount StatusGeneral - $3033.04Recent notables
Amazon Smile - $31.80
Donations - $870
Still need to finalize STEM Ecosystem grant from FRC kickoff ($3500)
Directed - $5214.73
Need a policy to describe expectations about how the directed money will be held, accessed, potentially forfeited, a yearly status and sign? Expectations. There are some potential 2% cases we'll need to have thought through. Maybe include an escape clause. Aaron will draft.
Outreach / Events - Rory Held
FRC kickoff wrap-up next meeting
Red River Valley Fair - board representatives met with RRV Fair to discuss having a presence in the STEM building during the fair in July. Details need to be determined, but starting point is a permanent static display and some hands on demonstrations a couple hours a couple of the days. We would like the static display to include a variety of robotic and other STEM displays. Aaron will coordinate with RRV Fair
2022 STEM Expo - investigating having a STEM Expo and FRC offseason event this summer/fall.
Robotics Growth Committee – Tim Ryan
No update - Tim will schedule a meeting
6. Events
FIRST
FRC Kickoff
FRC Regional
FTC
FLL
Camps
3D Printer Camp
Robotics Camp W/ Air Museum
Other
STEM Expo
7. New Business
Partnership with Fargo 3D Printing
They are busy - we can work with them when they are available.
Missed opportunities - FLL, FTC, UND Drone Championship, Esports - keep building list of existing STEM adjacent activities in the area - and keep looking for opportunities
We can start with FLL and FTC - Aaron will reach out to NDSU to have a conversation about how we might partner with them. Earlier coordination of volunteering? Demonstrations?
Moorhead Summer Camp instructors
8. Plan next meeting
May 31 - 6:30PM - virtual and Beacon Communications
9. Adjourn
8:29PM
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