Committee Meeting 2012.03.03
Agenda
Previous Action Items
- ACTIONITEMS
Additional Items
Minutes
Members Present
- Daniel Harmsworth (DH)
- Jason Muirhead (JM)
- Peter Dreisiger (PD)
- Brenden Ragan (BR)
- Nick Bannon (NB)
- Anton Lord (AL)
Meeting Times
- Opened: 10:40
- Closed: 11:30
- Next meeting: TBC
Minutes of previous meeting
| Status | Accepted/Rejected |
|---|---|
| Moved By | Brenden Ragan |
| Seconded By | Nick Bannon |
Correspondence
- Personal communications with George (the landlord) and Don (the owner's son) wanting us to settle this asap
- Letter from Synergy — responsible for power from the 25th of January
- Also emails sent to -committee
Property Report
- Seems surprisingly clean. Huzzah!
Officer Reports
Chairpersons Report
- Grant applications on-going. Thanks to Skot for putting templates up on the wiki. Propose final review of Lotterywest application this coming Monday
Treasurers Report
- See emails
- Assuming a typical month, we're alright
- However, under new arrangements, we'll have a $660/month deficit, but SS's office will add $450/month to it; see below.
Events Report
- Rapture: 7 members, 24 non-members
- NoizeMaschin: only had about 35 people show up out of the 140 people who had expressed interest via Facebook. Discussions about price-point for entry to get more people in, consensus was that $10 is a very reasonable price, maybe we just need to advertise more on campus, etc.
- Arduino U: discussions on Skot's Midi course notes, also offer of a topic from an Arduino U non-member (EPROM programmer); need to have more 'lab instructors' for future/broader sessions
Membership Officers Report
- Committee accepts membership register as it stands
- Request for a report (in CitrusDB) that can show who the current financial members are
Infrastructure Officers Report
- We have infrastructure, but work has been suspended pending lease take-over
Sub-Committee Reports
None
Agenda Items
- Chattel Purchase
- JM liked Skot's suggestion of 10 months of rent up-front on the middle office (for budget recording studio) at $500/month plus ongoing membership of $500/month for their existing office. Skot to follow up with AV.
- Apparently there has been some confusion/miscommunication re: lease status with AudioVault. PD proposed the reintroduction of the co-tennants meeting, BR seconded. Time to be confirmed.
- SquirtzShirtz rental: Anthony yet to respond to JM's email re: $450/month for office plus $450/month for storage area, backdated to 11-Dec-2011. JM to follow up on Tuesday.
- Anthony currently owes $2.5k+; as there is no contract between Anthony and Andrew – much less us – we really need to sort his debt and our ongoing arrangements out asap
- Longer-term property
- commercial prices will kill us
- Pepper-corn leases: DH has started talking to the City of Fremantle
- Ongoing grant for rent: Department of Commerce for Innovation and Tech funding
- Look at what membership would cost if rent went away (e.g. if we were gifted a space)
- Outside of rent, we're paying $250/month on electricity, then insurance, then Internet access
- BR suggests we sort out chattel and put an offer back to -core, but that we also start impressing upon the membership that we really need to plan beyond the 18 months, and we really need to stand up a sub-committee to actively pursue options
- Events:
- JM suggested was raised for more Open Days that might focus on specific skills
- AL suggested we also have more, simpler and cheaper training events to get more people in and raise more money