12/19/2022 Town Hall

Location: Zoom with some Members at the lab Joe Kim, Joe S, David Choi, Harold Morales, Hackett, Mars, Simon, Eric, Paul, Ryan, Mehran,, Damon

Agenda

 * What does the Board do?
 * What responsibilities does a FCFL Board Member have?
 * Your questions on the Board Election
 * Your ideas for the lab in 2023!

What does the Board do?
What the Board did in 2022
 * Organizational
 * Corporation Documents
 * Bylaws creation using nonprofit template
 * Compile corporate binder with initial meetings
 * Board assembling
 * Membership
 * Membership Growth
 * from 60 members to 107 members (signed up >100 members)
 * 33 members bins
 * Community Building
 * Skeleton crew to bustling
 * Policies
 * Membership Terms - removed 2 mo requirement
 * New Code of Conduct
 * New Member Responsibilities
 * Finances
 * Taxes
 * Find non-profit CPA
 * Create books for all years of incorporation
 * File all taxes to get current
 * Banking
 * Transfer checking and reserves
 * Create monthly operational budget
 * Education
 * Classes & Workshops
 * Teachers
 * New teacher policy
 * 7 teachers (5 BUS)
 * CNC Router (BUS)
 * Laser (BUS)
 * Woodshop (BUS)
 * 3D Printing
 * Analog Electronics
 * Residency Program
 * Revamped
 * Hosted 2 residents
 * Meetups
 * DC212
 * DIY Robocars
 * Mechanical Keyboards
 * Other Initiatives
 * CRNY AEP Grant Proposal with Hack Manhattan
 * Physical Space
 * Cleaned up - 4000 lbs went to dump
 * New Leases for 2022 and 2023
 * Reorganized or made new
 * Laser room
 * Metalshop
 * Electronics corner
 * 3D Printing area
 * Sewing station
 * Photography area (by Damon H)
 * Painting wall (by Alejandra M)
 * Flat storage (by David C)
 * Scrap wood storage (by John A)
 * Electrical Panel - completely separate from bar
 * Equipment / Software
 * New right laser comp
 * ‘New’ laser laptop
 * New 3D printers
 * Solidworks CAD/CAM license
 * Digital Space
 * Updated website
 * New wiki (by Kerrick S)
 * Trello

What responsibilities does a FCFL Board Member have?

 * Ensure FCFL activities compliant and furthers FCFL mission
 * Manage & develop FCFL volunteers and culture
 * Develop, implement, monitor FCFL programs
 * Look for ways to improve FCFL by creating initiatives to achieve
 * Build relationships with donors, funders, supporters, collaborators, allies, vendors
 * Effective external communication about FCFL organization’s mission, programs, activities
 * Participate in FCFL events (ex: Open House, Meetups)
 * Engage membership to maintain organizational infrastructure
 * Answer member and non-member emails/Slack/in-person questions
 * Attend and Contribute to Board meetings
 * Enforce FCFL’s physical and digital space rules
 * Keep access control online and functional
 * Maintain physical space including, but not limited to, limited lifetime items, fire safety, life safety.

Questions on the Board Election

 * Hackett: How is this an election if the entire Membership has only 20% voting power?
 * Harold: Replacing the entire
 * Ryan: What do you guys think would happen there was more of a transition (little or no Board overlap)
 * Mars: Are there transition documents?

Your ideas for the lab in 2023

 * Simon: Collab with people - share ideas, larger projects with 5 - 10 people
 * Hackett: Database of skills + interests of other Members
 * Mars: Open Houses are at a specific time. Staggering scheduled events allows ppl to attend more events with other members.