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MTF First Thoughts

Attendees

• Joe Ferguson
• Danny Chamberlin
• Dan Hess
• Brad Montgomery
• Bryan Robinson
• Claudio Donndelinger
• Thomas Langston
• Daniel Lissner

Thoughts:

• OMG what have we done. This is a great idea.

• Purpose

  • Umbrella organization for user groups|tech in Memphis|

  • Be a facilitator for tech in Memphis

  • Help existing user groups

  • Help new user groups form

  • Serve as a conduit for $

    • Allow for 501c3 donations for smaller groups in Memphis

    • Help acquire sponsors

• Financials

  • "There will come a time, where we come to you for help…"

  • Collect a percentage to cover MEMtech costs

  • Utilize contracts

    • Contract between userGroup and sponsor

    • Contract between userGroup and MEMtech

  • Donations:

    • Take donations for MEMtech things

    • Point donations to groups if 501c3 conduit is not needed

TODO:

• NAME

• Find Lawyer

  • Liability

  • Sponsorship/Financial Contracts

• Find Accountant

  • if $ is over 25k

• 501c3

  • Funding this shouldn’t be a problem (HACKmemphis, RocketFuel, etc)

  • Requires Board

  • Requires Bylaws

    • Clone off HACKmemphis|MidsouthMakers|GeekMemphis?

• Present to User Groups

  • Introduce MEMtech

    • Get buy in

    • Who’s on board?

      • Memphis PHP

      • JUG

      • Midsouth Makers

      • memHUG

      • HACKmemphis

      • WebWorkers

      • GEEKmemphis?

    • Why bother?

      • No longer have to pass on some donations:

        • Givecamp and HACKmemphis missed out on sponsors. Both could have used the MEMtech 501c3

      • Organizational knowledge

      • Contacts

        • Facilities

        • User Group Leaders

        • Sponsors

      • Event Planning

• Bylaws

  • Copy from:

    • MidsouthMakers

    • HACKmemphis

  • Ability to purge as needed

  • Serve a term

• Mission: