STEM ALLIANCE BOARD

Annual Meeting - 6/28/2022

 

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 (x)

Board Member - Roger Amundson (x)

Board Member - Matt Craig ()

 

3.       Approval of previous meeting notes

Approved - no discussion

  

4.       Unfinished business

 

 

5.       Committee status reports

Strategic Planning – Tim Ryan

Revisit after the fair

Facilities – group discussion

Need to move out of Beacon no later than 7/18.

Will probably need a storage unit

10x10 - Matt will check with 5Star.  Tim will call around.

And need to sell some other things

Aaron will reach out to Fargo Liquidators

And some trash/recycling

Trash to dump

Usable lumber to ReStore

Recycle the metal (Rory)

 

Fundraising / Financial – Aaron Fischer

Nothing notable since last meeting.  Detailed report next meeting after fiscal closes.

 

Outreach - Rory Held

Sanford Meeting - will meet with Aspire committee

Cass county electric donation

Robotics Growth Committee – Tim Ryan

Some new activity within the Fargo school system.  Tim will be included in the discussion.

 

6.     Board Voting

 

Current Board Members and remaining terms

 

Tim Ryan (1 year remaining)

Matt Craig (2 years remaining)

Roger Amundson (2 years remaining)

Ryan Thayer (2 years remaining)

Hannah Reisdorf (2 years remaining)

Rory Held (term expired)

Aaron Fischer (term expired)

 

Rory and Aaron were nominated, seconded and approved to be elected to a new 3 year term

 

Motion to add an additional board position (3 year term).  Seconded and approved.

 

Motion to elect Matt Bahr to new board position.  Seconded and approved.

 

Motion to reelect Aaron as Secretary/Treasurer.  Seconded and approved.

 

Motion to reelect Tim as President and Rory as Vice President.  Seconded and approved.

 

 

7.       Events

RRV Fair

   Should try to meet with the Fair STEM building rep prior to setup on the 5th

   Might need a protective cover for the FTC robots

   Handouts for the fair

     STEM alliance - get involved half sheet

     Robotics - get involved and start a team - contact us for help

Expo/OffSeason FRC Event

     August 20

 

 

8.       New Business

NDSU Ri3D

Motion to spend $3K on a starter AV streaming system in prep for a trial event at the AirMuseum 7/19.

 

9.       Plan next meeting

 

7/26/22 - 6:30PM - Air Museum

 

10.       Adjourn

 

9:05PM