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December 10th 2017 MTF Board Meeting

  • Old news
    • State Organization status
      • Joe gave history of status issues from early 2017 (for year of 2016)
      • This does not have any current effect on our 501 status
      • Joe will research and reconfirm state org status
    • Fundraising
      • Have a prospectus for TechCamp that we can use as a starting point
      • In Q1 board meeting, discuss our plan for 2018 fundraising
    • Bank Needs
      • Check on AND or OR status for making authorized issues
  • Financial Report
    • Outstanding Obligations
    • IRS obligations
    • Update on using Quickbooks
      • Paid $50 to get set up on Quickbooks online
      • Login info is in the google drive document
    • In Jan. Board meeting, find use for budget while discussing fundraising
  • Fundraising Notes
    • HACKmemphis 2017
      • Autozone late sponsor, led to some running around
      • Non-MTF-ran events, find reasonable cutoff dates, and explore logistics to prevent running events on credit
    • General guidelines
      • Digital Assets for Printed Collateral: 1 month in advance
    • Holiday Party
      • Now factoring in 18% Gratuity into budget
  • Website
    • Meeting minutes.
      • Need to publish older board meeting notes
    • Website is live with good information!
      • :claps: for Joe
  • Bylaws Review & Proposal
    • http://www.memphistechnology.org/about/bylaws/
    • Change proposed at March 3, 2017 meeting: Amend board seats to be 4 board member seats with 1 chair (5 total)
      • Structure: Brad Montgomery Chair, Bryan Robinson, Joe Ferguson Claudio Donndelinger Board members
        • Moved to vote: Brad Montgomery (Bryan seconded)
        • Yea Votes: Brad, Joe, Claudio, Bryan
        • Nay Votes:
    • Talked about proposed changes
      • No new proposed changes
  • Board Positions
    • Vacancies
      • One vacancy now
      • Floor opened for nominations
        • Moved to “punt to 2018” from Claudio (Jan)
        • Open board seat focus: Should potentially be focused on fundraising
        • Floor closed
  • Other News
    • Joe: In Jan. 2018 board meeting, we should look into where the future of MTF continue to go?
      • Does the initial mission stand?
      • Create Doc for future conversation in Jan
    • FIT proposed spaces
      • Midsouth Makers are in talks (and MTF has been in those conversations) about an off-campus but close to campus hackerspace
      • AKA M-Division Technology & Innovation Neighborhood
        • Launches December 2018
        • Paid home for
          • MGD
          • Code Crew
          • etc
        • MM enters (potentially) as last member, in late 2019.
    • Talk to Events for All
      • Jan. Joe will discuss to see if there’s a cost/benefit that makes sense
    • TechCamp
      • 2017 was a success.
        • Sold tickets
        • Lowest attendance ever, but charged the most
        • 60-70 checked in, ~15 no shows
  • Conclusion