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314 lines
9.7 KiB
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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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This meeting will also serve as the monthly meeting for the month of
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March.
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## Time and Location
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March 12, 2013
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Meeting called to order at 7:45 p.m. by Ben the Pyrate
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Members Present: Ben, Dan, Shawn, Dave, mirage335, Loki, Bryce, Chris,
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Reuven, Shahar, Tim D., Phil W, Phil S., Brad, Alberto, Katie, Tim
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Slagle, David Whiteis, Martin, Nick B., Justin Myers, Jon H, Jamie Ai,
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William Gibb, Andy Ta
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Others Present: Logan, Graham
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[Quorum](Quorum "wikilink") met? yes
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## Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes
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[Regular Member Meeting 2013 02
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12](Regular_Member_Meeting_2013_02_12 "wikilink") Approved unanimously.
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## Recognition
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Eric for being our president. Even if he didn't show up tonight. :P
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Tim Slagle for being treasurer. And proposing Project Awesome.
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And the entire board.
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## Director Reports
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### President's Report
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Absent.
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### Vice President's Report
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Nothing to report.
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### Treasurer's Report
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Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for February 2013:
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We gained one new member (Philip Westlow). The other two members voted
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in last meeting have not paid their dues yet. We lost Stephen Beuttel
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~~and dropped Reuven Cohen after 4 months without dues payment~~. We had
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55 paying members and 2 non-paying members. Our dues revenue continues
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to meet our expenses again, and thanks to those that donate extra we had
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a regular (non-earmarked) monthly net of \$563.
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Quorum is 14.
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#### Project Awesome
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We had a surplus so I am able to declare a \$450 Project Awesome
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dividend and add \$113 to our reserves. Here is the Project Awesome
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spreadsheet for February:
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Thanks to everyone that voted for projects in February, there are now
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nine votes total.
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There have been no reports for Project 3DP (3D Printing, contact Andy
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Ta) for the last two months so the project is suspended and will get no
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additional funding. If there is no report for next month it will be
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**cancelled** and any funds returned to the general. Andy, if you are
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out there, file a report or have someone else do it! And if you don't
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think you'll want to continue as coordinator, please turn it over to
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someone else.
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### Secretary's Report
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Announcements, membership database.
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### Director-at-Large Reports
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#### Martin
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Dan, Hax and Martin attended VWS Winterfest. Brought in \$353 selling
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unwanted junk from HacDC. Lots of people were interested in finding out
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about HacDC.
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#### Andy
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Absent.
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## [Project Awesome](:Category:Project_Awesome "wikilink") Reports
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### Project LASER
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A bunch of research was done, resulting in a comparison
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\[<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Ai_FSnJ6DCsUdEpPdDJhM2Y0WUQ5eEw4TzRHMm84SWc&usp=sharing>\|
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spreadsheet\] and more [links](LaserCutterLinks "wikilink") to
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manufacturers and articles. HacDC's front door is 30.5 inches wide which
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limits our choices substantially.
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### Project BYZANTIUM
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Won a \$10K grant (InformSec)! Can be spent on ham equipment, raspberry
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pis, macbook and macbook air. Also on CDs. The money will go through
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HacDC.
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Haven't heard back about FEMA grant (no applicants have).
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### Project KITBUILD
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Earmarked balance large enough to pay for some tools and supplies, need
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to check out existing bin to see what we already have available.
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### Project 3DP
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Do we want to keep buying plastic? Andy will pass the baton to mirage335
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as coordinator.
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## Member Reports
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### Shawn Nock
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GrindDC (HacDC Biohacking Group) hasn't been active for an entire year
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yet... but we've made impressive progress. A functional Biosignal Amp
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(http://mirage335.dyndns.org/wiki/Mirage335BiosignalAmp), several
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versions of tDCS (https://github.com/nocko/tdcs), Implant Design
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(https://github.com/nocko/heledd/tree/master/hardware), a temperature
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controlled bath for biomaterials testing. Our Grinder nights at the
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space regularly attract 8-12 attendees.
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We're also in the process of organizing a SMT soldering class in for
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HacDC. Prototype teaching boards and partlists we're made
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(https://github.com/nocko/smt-practice) and a beta-quality seminar was
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held two months ago to test out our teaching chops.
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Challenges moving forward:
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- Expanding into DIYBio: Safety (MSDS/right-to-know documentation),
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autoclave and lab glassware purchases, reagent purchase and storage.
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- Heavy interest in Qualified Self projects specifically with respect to
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Smartphone integration (writing apps and developing sensors).
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- Electro-physiology and DIY EEG/EMG: Designing analysis software and
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novel applications for the Biosignal Amp Mirage designed.
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### Dan Barlow
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Have been telling you about Jon Singer's moving adventure. Do you know
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anyone who wants a transformer (designed to be immersed in oil)? Give
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Dan feedback about what HacDC wants/needs.
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### Philip
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See e-mail. (Looking for hardware for old video games for an electronic
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literature showcase.)
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### David Whiteis
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[F3-robot](F3-robot "wikilink") (used to sequence human genome). Brought
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stuff that can be claimed but not left in the space.
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### mirage335
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Would like laptops for HARC. Offline discussion.
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Occupancy sensor is working fine.
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### Martin
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There are new HARC postcards that will be sent to FCC license-holders in
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DC.
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## Old Business
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None.
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## New Business
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### Approve new Standing Rules
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Because the Standing Rules are not fully completed and we haven't had
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much time to discuss them among the members before voting, we can just
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vote on the first Article today -
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[Voting](Proposed_Standing_Rules#Article_I:_Voting "wikilink"). That
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will give us the ability to continue edits and discussions, and vote on
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the other parts of the Standing Rules at future monthly member meetings.
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Unanimously approved.
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### Anti-Harassment Policy and Diversity Statement
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[Anti-Harassment Policy](Anti-Harassment_Policy "wikilink") and
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[Diversity Statement](Diversity_Statement "wikilink") need to be voted
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on.
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Ben read the prepared statement \[insert statement here\].
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What has transpired?
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Last Friday, 03/08/2013, there was an e-mail exchange discussing the
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proposed Anti-Harassment policy to be included in HacDC bylaws. During
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this discussion, an individual brought up the topic of rape.
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Specifically, statements were made regarding ???false accusations of
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rape??? and the ???psychology of victimhood.??? A few members sent
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e-mails to the board requesting that the conversation be stopped.
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Why is this a problem?
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This topic directly affects our membership. We, as a community, have
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members who have been victims of sexual violence. Statements like this
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trivialize and normalize their experiences and create a threatening and
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hostile environment at HacDC.
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HacDC is part of the community at St. Stephens, and as part of that
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community bears the responsibility to make the space safe for everyone.
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Statements which create threatening and hostile environments cannot be
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tolerated. These statements do not relate to the specific goals of HacDC
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and are damaging to the organization and the community which it is a
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part of. They alienate part of our membership and hurt our standing with
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hackerspaces, organizations at St. Stephens, and all peer/community
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learning institutions.
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What we intend to do about it.
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E-mail exchanges about this topic will not produce any valuable results
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and will only alienate more members of our community. This topic will be
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discussed at the Annual Meeting on Tuesday, March 12th, 2013.
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Alberto thought it was bad to end an ongoing discussion. It was a
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philosophical issue at stake, not big enough to stop the conversation.
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Loki proposes a working committee be formed from selected members to
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form a version of the Anti-Harassment Policy that has broader consensus.
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Reuven says limits for the intensity of conversations should be looked
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into.
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Jon urges people to keep conversation on topic on the members list.
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Doc says this problem crops up in other communities. Invoking the
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principle of Buddhist Right Speech seems to fix it. He can post some
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links to the wiki about how it has been implemented in other
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communities.
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Loki gave a one-minute summary arguing in favor of Proposal 2. New
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member Graham gave a one-minute summary arguing in favor of Proposal 1.
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Two people voted to defer. Two people voted for Proposal 2. Everyone
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else voted for Proposal 1. Proposal 1 is approved.
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Diversity Statement approved unanimously.
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## Board of Directors Elections
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### President
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Ben has been nominated and wins by default.
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### Vice-President
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Shahar and Chris and Reuven have been nominated. Chris wins.
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### Treasurer
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Katie has been nominated and wins by default.
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### Secretary
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David Mc has been nominated and wins by default.
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### At-Large Directors (two)
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Shawn Nock and Reuven are nominated and win by default.
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## New Members
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Logan is originally from DC and just moved back here about a year ago.
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Physics background. Programming job. Been coming to GrindDC meetups.
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Approved.
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Graham moved to DC 3.5 years ago. Has a 3D printer. Does electronics
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work for fun. Approved.
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## Adjournment
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Adjourned at 9:23 pm
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[Category:Meeting Minutes](Category:Meeting_Minutes "wikilink") |