Meetings/2012-01-10

Meeting

When
Date	January 10th, 2012
Time	6 PM
Location
Venue	New Era Cafe
Address	10 Massillon Road, Akron, OH
Coordinates	New Era Cafe/coordinates
Board Voting

An organizational meeting. This is a big one. We decide on the board members.

Agenda

• Discussion and presentation of the SYNHAK board/officer positions and draft of the bylaws
• Last call for nominations of the board of directors at 7 PM.
• Voting at 7 PM

Minutes

Pre-Meeting Discussion (Nothing official)

• Devin talking about machines
• Discussion about Syn/Hak T-Shirts

Minutes

• Review of bylaws requirements regarding number of Board of Directors
• Nominations of board members. Nominations are:
  • Trever Fischer
  • Chris Egeland
  • Devin Wolfe
  • Gaurav Saxena
  • Markus Vogl
• Motion to elect the aforementioned persons to the board. Motion passed.

Bylaws Discussion

• Board is required to meet annually at the minimum?
• Officers to meet monthly at minimum?
• Type of voting to use? Range voting vs simple majority vs instant runoff?
• Purpose and/or mission statement of the organization
• Possible use of Akron Public Library meeting rooms in the future for classes?
• Board voted to tentatively accept the below mission statement as the official statement:

SYN/HAK provides an environment for people to educate, create, and share amongst themselves and others within the domains of technology, art and science.

• Motion Passed.
• Ensure that a contract is able to override Chapter 4 in the bylaws <- to Trever

To discuss:

Membership, how to become one, how to stop being one, etc Officers, how to become one, how to stop being one, etc

New Mission Statememt

SYN/HAK provides an environment for people to educate, create, and share amongst themselves and others within the domains of technology, art and science.