Meeting Agenda Jan 2012

Calgary Protospace Ltd. Special Meeting of the Members

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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

We will discuss efficient means to transfer
the rest of our infrastructure to third-party
services like wordpress and recouping our payment
for the VPS we do not need.

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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