STEM ALLIANCE BOARD
Board Meeting - 5/31/2022
Meeting Notes
1. Call to order
6:37PM
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 (x)
Board Member - Matt Craig (x)
3. Approval of previous meeting notes
Approved - no discussion
4. Unfinished business
none
5. Committee status reports
Strategic Planning – Tim Ryan
Tim will schedule a meeting in 2 weeks or so
Facilities – group discussion
May need to move out of the Beacon facility in the next couple weeks. Another round of clearing out. Some move to MACA. Might need a storage unit for other things we want to keep.
Fundraising / Financial – Aaron FischerAccount Status
General - $8238.99
Directed - $5214.73Recent notables
Amazon Smile - $20.95
Benevity Donations - $1500 + $3710
Pending/Expected
Dakota Fence - $500
FRC kickoff grant - $3500
Microsoft - $10000
Created a document to track fundraising actions
Rory actively working to get sponsors
Meetings with potential sponsorsEide Bailly -
NOTES
Microsoft – 5/31/22 - Attended by Rory
NOTES
Sanford – 6/10/22 - Who is attending
Rory, Matt, and one other(Aaron Tim Roger or Ryan)
Outreach - Rory Held
NEW All-in-one, One page/Fundraising Boucher/Donation Form/2022 Fundraising goals
Robotics Growth Committee – Tim Ryan
6. Events
FIRST
Fargo Air Museum Booked for 2023 Kickoff
Camps
MSUM College for Kids in the works pending enrollment
OtherRed River Valley Fair
Sunday afternoon - 4PM Mackenzie River - board members invited
STEM ExpoBuilding Secured, date determined – August 20th, Butler Arena (Fair Grounds)
Free because of us helping at the RRVF STEM buidling
Field from NMRC
Free to use (provide something for gas?)
A/V - NLfx - $6,000
(Will need volunteers to help set up and take down)
12 Teams Signed up – 2 Volunteers (Need more Volunteers)
3 other Groups coming (NDSU – Science and Math, ND Space Grant, & Fargo 3D – Giving each team a roll of filament)
Other Expenses (Food, Hotels for key Volunteers?, Awards, misc.)
FRC Jumpstart
7. New Business
Web Cast System
A need is there for a group to have a web cast system to web cast events
Rory has put together a system - $5,000
With some minor additions could be used as a basic A/V system for smaller events/camps/kickoffs
Fargo Kiwanis Club
Interest in partnering / supporting us. Aaron will have conversation.
8. Plan next meeting (Annual Meeting)
June 28th 6:30PM
9. Adjourn
9:02PM
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