ThunderBay-Meeting-2011-01-27

Agenda

• Discuss Jan. 27th meeting with Judy Re: NOIC space rental
• Discuss future consultation with Toronto Hackerspace leadership. Timing? Topics? Assign coordinator.
• Print and sign document for letter of intent at TBCoC.
• Website and communication plan with the community - we need one.
• Room setup
• Group leadership - how do we want to lead our group?
• Sharing space with people at new space
• NOTA vs non-NOTA

Discuss Jan. 27th meeting with Judy Re: NOIC space rental

• damage deposit may be an issue - we need to agree on something with Judy
  • group in general agrees to pony up to $100 dame deposit per person in addition to the membership fee for NOIC space

Future consultation with Toronto Hackerspace

• Kris to ask Leigh Honeywell to conference in to ask questions about opening our hackerspace
  • doc and threads for questions to ask her
• Have a launch party

Print and sign document for letter of intent at TBCoC

• Luke to deliver Letter of Intent to Sandi

Website and communication plan

• Group agrees we need a communication strategy,
• Establish a tumblr account
• Youtube and Flickr
• hootsuite to handle
• Cory to own setting up these processes and documenting the login info

Room setup

• Kris is heading this up
  • Will connect with committee on FB
• new space - needs sewing machine - need old school machine from Ben

NOTA follow up

• We should ask Leigh about leadership models of hackerspaces

Group leadership

• lead by committee

Sharing space

• generally no, but people wanting to use space have to become members and abide by the rules of the hacklab

NOTA vs non-NOTA

• NIOC seems to be a better choice for starting up the hacklab
• Kris and Ben to meet with Judy to discuss what it would take to bring Ohm Base under NOIC

Next Chair

• Ben