Meeting Agenda Jan 2012

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Calgary Protospace Ltd. Special Meeting of the Members


Meeting Agenda

January 14, 2012 2:00 pm

Be aware that each one of these points will also have a 5-20 minute discussion period after the member has presented their statement.


Sources of Funding - 5 min

Lead: Donna

  • Grant application submitted in December;
  • Community Relations funding opportunities from oil companies


Make Fashion - 10 min

Lead: Donna

  • Update on the Make Fashion undertaking with Endeavor Arts/Shannon
  • Potential other organizations involved
  • Scope of Protospace’s involvement


Lost and Found - 5 min

Lead: Kirk

  • Items in Bins and where they are/how it works
  • Items in the final bin to be thrown away/donated


Mailing List Recap - 5 min

Lead: Benjamin Reed, Valerie Roney

  • Getting members up to speed on the new lists
  • discussion on list etiquette
  • announcement list discussion


IT Infrastructure - 15 min

Lead: Weetabix, Benjamin Reed

  • Inhouse IT vs outhouse IT
  • Resources available to us
  • Short term goals
  • long term goals
  • discussion with membership
  • delegation of tasks


Maker Faire - 10 min

Lead: Benjamin Reed

  • Why Calgary needs a Maker Faire
  • Members involved
  • Progress thus far
  • Call for volunteers
  • scheduling of meetings


SAIT SECN - 5 min

Lead: Benjamin Reed

  • Reasons we need to sponsor more academic projects
  • Progress thus far
  • short term goals
  • long term goals


Marketing Initiatives - 10 min

Lead: Benjamin Reed

  • Previous marketing initiatives
  • effective vs ineffective strategies
  • current ideas
  • demographics, costs, projected dates, etc
  • Delegation of tasks for academic marketing campaign


Aquaponics - 5 min

Lead: Benjamin Reed

  • Why we need to host an aquaponics project
  • Progress thus far
  • interested parties
  • call for more members


Workshops - 10 min

Lead: Benjamin Reed

  • Why workshops are important
  • recap on ideas
  • discussion to determine efficient planning
  • delegation of tasks


Open House - 5 min

Lead: Benjamin Reed

  • Discussion on when the open house should happen
  • determination of work involved
  • delegation of tasks


Organizational Evolution - 10 min

Lead: Benjamin Reed

  • Potential changes to our administrative model
  • Definitives of a hackerspace & what is it we are.
  • changes to member management - do-ocracy vs delegation
  • philosophical discussion of what we want to become


Community Evolution - 10 min

Lead: Benjamin Reed

  • Recent growth in Calgary
  • Current opportunities with other organizations
  • Long term opportunities with other organizations
  • Vision for Protospace in Calgary 2012



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