STEM ALLIANCE BOARD
Board Meeting - 7/26/2022
Meeting Notes
1. Call to order
6:42PM
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)
3. Approval of previous meeting notes
Approved - no discussion
4. Unfinished business
none
5. Committee status reports
Strategic Planning – Tim Ryan
Aaron will schedule a meeting - Monday in a couple weeks
Facilities – group discussion
Moved out of Beacon Communications
Into a 10x10 storage unit
Trash to the dump
Some items to online auction house
Need to do some more cleaning at Moorhead facility
Fundraising / Financial – Aaron FischerCurrent state of accounts
General Account - $8296.94
Directed - $7298.85
ND STEM Ecosystem - pledged to sponsor Expo @$2500
Need to do some targeted fundraising in the short term
Outreach - Rory Held
Need to follow up with Sanford
Robotics Growth Committee – Tim Ryan
Include in Strategic planning discussion
6. Events
Camps
Arduino camp - 4 participants - 4 days - part of MSUM College for Kids program - current robotic team members helped teach.
My project will " " when " " changes - allowed participant to choose a sensor and actuator to work with.
went well, some structure to content is suggested
Plan to do again with College for Kids - up to 12 participants - run again and then consider "packaging" for other forums
RRV Fair
Light traffic
Lots of ideas to improve exhibits and content for future - that could also be used for other outreach throughout the year
Need to determine what level we would want to be involved and what involvement the Fair wants to have with a STEM building at all
Aaron will schedule a conversation with Fair to talk about how the fair went and details for the Expo.
Expo
15 teams coming
Some volunteers still needed
Could use some more fundraising
Have a call on August 1 to discuss final details - Aaron will schedule
Maybe plaques for winners
Other Expo participants planned as well
Consider a science fair at a future event
Invite some key school administrators
Other
7. New Business
Air Museum Fall fundraiser - Sept 24 - 5PM - Can we get a robotics demonstration during the social hour 5-6:30. Should be able to get some FRC representation there.
8. Plan next meeting
August 23 6:30PM
9. Adjourn
7:54PM
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