Meeting 58

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Time and Place

  • Title: Tangle Ball Auckland Meeting
  • When: Tuesday, 23rd August, 7:00pm - 8:30pm; repeated Saturday, 27th August, 2pm - 3pm
  • Where: 27 Edinburgh Street, Newton


  • The first part is an administrative meeting, until about 8pm
  • At 8pm, we talk about/show projects we are working on, would like help with, or want to demo.
    • If you have not visited before, and would like to suggest a project, ask for help or tell Tangleball what you are doing, this is probably the best time to visit.

All are welcome to either.

Admin

Chair: TBC - a different person each week
Minute-taker: TBC - a different person each week
Suggested procedure for meetings:

  • Chair decides who will speak next
  • All must get their turn to speak
  • Don't let one or two people dominate a conversation
  • No talking over anyone else
  • Raise your hand if you would like to speak next
  • Ensure all items are covered to satisfaction of all
  • Don't let the topic wander, until all items listed are covered
  • Admin meetings are only for items which concern everybody
  • Make sure newcomers feel welcome

Agenda

  • Introduce the group to newcomers
  • A volunteer please to show newcomers round the space
  • Ideas for getting funding - council funding is out until next year
  • Maker day is on the 28th of august
    • projects?
      • Gary and Augur have started work on a Geocache to be fitted to the outside of the building. It would be great to be able to finish this during the OpenDay, and to launch a travelbug from it, which has a goal of visiting other makerspaces / hackerspaces throughout the world.
    • ideas for raising money without driving people away?
  • Review applications for funding to be submitted to councils the next day (before 26th deadline)
    • Make relevant amendments
    • Reach consensus/agreements
  • Meeting 58 had no agenda, or no links to it. So the items on the agenda were not discussed. I anyone wants to discuss these items please recycle at the next oportunity.
  • Update about progress on websites.
  • Firewall.Connectivity issues.
  • Tangle yarn machine.For First thursdays. Progress so far.
  • Funding appliction.
  • Care of language in posts, tone of posts. whiney language.
  • Try to increase the contstructiveness, of debate on projects.
    • Avoid posing problems - rather offer solutions
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