These are the five actionable measurable goals for the 2016-17 FY as selected by the board and influenced by the membership. Diversity Goal: 25% women by June 2018 Goal: We will reach out to diverse groups 6 times over the next year. Reach out consists of going to their events as representatives of AMT. Contacting …
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Toybot
Toybot is the integration in slack that bring all the awesome reporting. It is a slack bot in the hubot framework written in javascript/coffeescript. There are many juicy technical details and the source code of toybot here:[https://github.com/rfroetscher/amt_toybot https://github.com/rfroetscher/amt_toybot] What to do to fix / diagnose toybot when it is broke: 1. ssh to server ( …
Updating and fixing wiki pages
The wiki needs love to be meaningful to people. Access If you want a unique wiki account ping @officers on slack and we will set it up for you. It takes between 1 and 24 hours to set up after request. If you want to use the AMT shared credentials you can find them on …
Vendors
Several vendors have extended educational and distributor discounts to us. When possible, pool together a group buy via the discuss mailing list / slack Electronics Adafruit – max volume discount at any volume; requests purchases be bundled so they’re greater than $250, but will accept less Sparkfun – flat 20% discount applied at checkout; $50 …
Zoning
According to a zoning map, our whole street is HBX-1. The detailed description of the zones can be found on the [http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/CEDA/o/PlanningZoning/s/codes/index.htm city of oakland website] (direct pdf link) Allowed activites: Permanent Residental Residential Care occupying a One-Family Dwelling Residential Facility Essential Service Limited Child-Care General Retail Sales Consumer Service Business, Communication, and Media Service …
Instructor Support
AMT provides instructor support as part of its infrastructure. If you choose to teach a class, lead a workshop or provide regular lab hours AMT will handle promotion for you. All instructors can do their own promotion of course if they choose 😉 Program/curriculum development Administrative support Class Promotion Your event will be promoted on …
Janitorial Services
We currently contract for janitorial services. Janitorial Checklist General Trash Patrol Empty all trash Curb recycle Stairs: Sweep/vac + Mop Scrub out trashcans and recycle bins as needed Upstairs Spray/Wipe down conference table Dust All Surfaces Light dust/vac all shelves Clean White boards Dust down monitors and clean mice Tidy Tool areas Sweep/Vac Mop Clean …
Onboarding and offboarding
When a new person steps into one of the various positions at AMT, they need access and authorization to a number of systems in order to do their tasks. The membership also needs to know who they are and what they do, and how to get in touch. Finally, when that person steps down, the …
Organization
Current Status We’ve decided to incorporate as a California Public Benefit Membership Corporation. Discussion A preliminary draft of [[Membership_Rules|Membership Rules]], based on IRC discussion Some ideas on how to run the hackspace, from an IRC discussion (feel free to edit for clarity & conciseness) 2:00pm albillings: I think we’re pretty comfortable with the idea that …
Quarterly Membership Meetings
Not all weekly meetings are created the same. Four times a year we meet to vote in full members, and annually to elect directors to the board, the bylaws refer to these as Regular Meetings. Annual Board Elections The members shall meet annually on the third Thursday of June in each year, at 7:30 …