2014 01 16 organizer meeting notes

Agenda

• Discuss how we make decisions (vote, fist of five, etc)
• Should we Inc.?
• Discuss Conferences
  • Where do we start?
  • What decisions need to be made first?

Notes

How to make decisions

Fists of five to move topics forward

Should we incorporate and make a non-profit?

• Need to accept funds
  • Need to rent venues, enter into agreements
• Partner with MakeHaven, or somebody else?
  • Could be weird?
  • Is even possible?
  • ZB votes no
    • halfway step could stick
    • not compelling
    • nhv is something different, special, independent
• Incorporating passes by FoF.
  • Melanie will do research on the process
  • Kyle will contact law firms when appropriate

Feb meetup

Remember: host != sponsor.

• Possible new hosts:
  • PR
  • A100
  • HigherOne (should show up for something)
  • Greywall
  • MEA mobile?
  • Market76?
• Kyle & Zack to visit GreyWall
• If peeps w/ not enough space want to sponsor, can host at Grove

Mini-conf

• Audience: Nhv area devs
  • Start-up bent
  • not as much enterprise
• Topics to cover
  • Notes on whiteboard we took before
• Time
  • 1/2 - 1 day
• Location
  • Old broken umbrella, SUPATHUG
    • Chris Nicotra is land lord
    • Would need wifi
    • Tables, chairs
    • Zack to investigate
    • Directly below Grove clubhouse
  • Yale
    • YEI & ITS could support
    • Kyle to ask somebody
  • Art space
    • Rates? Wifi?
    • Dan to investigate
• Other components
  • Companies presenting their biz, stack, technologies
    • Good to know who is working on what
• Timing
  • Spring or early summer? May.
  • Arts and ideas? June 15-29
  • Yale commencement May 19th
  • Memorial day 26th
  • A Friday?
  • Sat June 7th?

For Next Lunch:

• Melanie will research incorporating: costs & duties.
• Dan will get info on hosting the conf at ArtSpace
• Kyle will get info on hosting the conf at Yale, with YEI/ITS
• Zack will get info on hosting the conf under the SupaThug
• Zack will ask Greywall to sponsor the Feb meetup, and The Grove to host it

See you at YEI.

Authors

• Kyle Jensen
• Dan Bernier

In attendance

• Kyle
• Melanie
• Dan
• Joel
• Zack
• Chris