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## Purpose
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From the HacDC Bylaws, Article III, Section 2:
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*At the annual meeting, the voting members shall elect the Board of
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Directors, review and vote on the standing rules and policies of the
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corporation, receive reports on the activities of the corporation,
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approve the budget and determine the direction of corporation in the
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coming year.*
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## Time and Location
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January 28th, 2017 at 4pm
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Meeting called to order at
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` 1630`
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Members Present:
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` Ben Enrique Julia Ankeet Andrew Matt Ken Tom Kevin`
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Others Present:
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` Others`
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[Quorum](Quorum "wikilink") met?
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` yes`
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## Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes
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## Recognition
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In 2016 HacDC held nearly 100 free workshops on microcontroller
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programming, 3D design and 3D printing. We also started workshops
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teaching people about PC hardware and software with several PC Rebuilds
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events, a couple of Linux Install nights and about a dozen Introduction
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to Linux workshops. The Amateur Radio Club also held dozens of meetings
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including many guest speakers, and participated in national and
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international contests including field excursions to the White House,
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National Parks, Lincoln's Cottage and more. HacDC itself had three long
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days of off-site demos at the USA Science and Engineering Festival and
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RobotFest. HARC also participated in the Silver Spring Maker Faire,
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enabled remote online access to the W3HAC station and set up a repeater.
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We also had a few one-off events like the Apple v FBI discussion, a
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Kerbal Space Program gathering, a couple of Hackathons run by
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hackster.io, and we fixed the LCD TV! Last but not least, we assembled,
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launched, tracked and recovered Spaceblimp 6 and got some beautiful
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images and video from the stratosphere (104,000ft!).
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Through our partnership with High School Tech Services HacDC has hosted
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classes on project management, programming fundamentals, object oriented
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programming, HTML5 and more.
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Besides the workshops, events and projects, we also continued to
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reorganize ourselves in our new space after our late 2015 move, we
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renewed a \$500 sponsorship from Accelebrate and obtained a new
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sponsorship from Newark element 14, we got over \$550 in donations from
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federal employees via the CFC process. We restored our reserves to 6
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months of expenses, we cleaned up the Standing Rules and some other
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parts of the Wiki. Several of our members attended the Nation of Makers
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meeting and continue to be involved in the new national organization.
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HARC: 132 exams were given in 2016. 116 new licenses or upgrades. We
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participated in 16 radio contests and 22 National Park on the Air
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events, including the National Monument and Presidents Park(White
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House). We purchased and installed a 440mhz repeater.
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## Director Reports
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### President's Report
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` nice LED lights`
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### Vice President's Report
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` not present`
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### Treasurer's Report
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- See the January meeting minutes for numbers. We have about 7-8 months
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of full operating expenses in reserve but we're close to breaking even
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month-to-month, especially with the coming 5% rent increase.
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- We are too reliant on membership dues (95%+ of our revenue) and the
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dues are pretty high already. We should look at getting more donations
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or applying for grants.
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- To raise more than \$1,500/yr in donations, we need a solicitation
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permit, which we should and will apply for shortly.
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- Apparently HacDC has never filed tax returns with DC Govt since it was
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founded. Once we start (this year), even though we've been tax-exempt,
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we may get fined for not filing returns as expected. We should clear
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that up before looking at grants.
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### Secretary's Report
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` I was Secretary and a member of the BOD this past year.`
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### Director-at-Large Reports
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#### Matt
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Has been a good year. No drama. More volunteers getting involved. Maybe
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next year we can grow and do really awesome things.
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#### Mike
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## [Project Awesome](:Category:Project_Awesome "wikilink") Reports
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### Project HAMRADIO
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### Project SEM
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### Project SUPPLIES
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### Project EXPANSION
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## Audit Committee Report
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Nobody bothered to form a committee so there's no report. All financial
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statements including receipts for all purchases are at the space, in the
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BOD locker, treasurer's folder. The Dwolla statements include member
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names, the rest don't. -Enrique
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## Member Reports
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## Old Business
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` The bylaws amendment has enough signatures to consider.`
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` The bylaws amendment below passed by unanimous acclamation.`
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### Bylaws Amendments
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- Proposed Amendment to Bylaws Article II, Section 6: Add "*For
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substantial cause, the Board of Directors may indefinitely suspend a
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member's access to the space by a 2/3 majority vote of the board. By
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voting at an official meeting with quorum, members may reinstate or
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suspend, access or membership, for any member whose access has been
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suspended by the board. The board may suspend the access of no more
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than two members per month via this procedure. Access to the space may
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not be re-suspended by the Board of Directors for the same actions or
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incidents. Explanation of such suspensions must be submitted
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electronically to all members."* (This proposed bylaws amendment must
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be signed by 3/4ths of all members before it is adopted)
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## New Business
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- Group Photo. The group photo we have is ANCIENT. Literally 90% of
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those people are gone. New photo is years overdue.
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## Board of Directors Elections
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Results of the elections are as follows:
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` President: ''Julia stood for election unopposed.`
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` Vice President: ''Andrew and Tom stand for VP.`
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` ''Tom won with 7 votes to 3`
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` Treasurer: ''Enrique stood for election unopposed.`
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` Secretary: ''Ben stood for election unopposed.`
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` At large seats: ''Andrew, Mirage, and Kevin stand for at large seats.`
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` Mirage and Kevin won the ranked choice vote.`
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## New Members
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## Adjournment
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Adjourned at
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` 1700`
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2024-06-13 01:48:44 +00:00
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[Category:Meeting Minutes](Category:Meeting_Minutes "wikilink")
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