Re: Digest for cu-hackerspace-club@googlegroups.com - 2 Messages in 1 Topic

[Hal Pro]

Is Funding Board the same as Finance Board? I've been in front of Finance Board. It's best to put together a handout that all F. Board members can review, take notes on, and refer to for questions. I also have a campus-wide initiative that SSD could potentially be a part of that would reflect favorably in F. Board's eyes. I'd be happy to discuss at tomorrow's meeting.

Halley P

On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 11:22 AM, <cu-hacker...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

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• Updates, plus What Do You Want Out of the Club? [2 Updates]

 Updates, plus What Do You Want Out of the Club?

Todd Bernhard <bernha...@gmail.com> Feb 05 10:05PM -0700  

Hey guys,
 
First off, a few updates on our funding status. On Wednesday, I set up the
club bank account with Student Organizations Funding Office and turned in
our funding application to the Student Government Funding Board. We asked
for $4450 in total; $4000 of that goes right to SSD in dues and the rest is
allocated for advertising (fliers, buff bulletins, t-shirts, chalk). I've
attached the final copy of the application if anyone wants more info, but
the additional advertising funding is the only change since the last
version.
 
The next step is a hearing before the Funding Board. Does anyone have any
experience with this, or know the format? I assume we should put together
a powerpoint, so if anyone wants to collaborate on that, let me know.
Also, tomorrow I'll head to their office to sign up for a time slot for the
hearing and email out with the time and location.
 
The other reason for this email is to start the discussion of just* what we
want to do with this club*. One option is to really try to create an
active, vibrant club; we can do some fund raisers, sponsor an Arduino
workshop or soldering workshop on campus, try to grow our membership, and
so forth. Another option is to be a sort of shell of a club, where we
exist mostly to generate some revenue for SSD, and increase awareness and
student membership, but do so without putting on events and with less time
commitment.
 
We can have the discussion over email, but I'd also like to have a formal
club meeting in person. For those who are interest, what times during the
week work best? Personally, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays are less
busy for me. Let me know and we can set something up! Thanks,
 
- Todd


 

Nikolaus Correll <nikolaus...@colorado.edu> Feb 06 10:56AM -0700  

I can see three goals for this club:
 
- obvious: provide access to Hackerspace facilities to a broader CU
population. This extends the ITLL offering in multiple ways and is not
limited to engineering students.
 
- facilitate interactions between different groups at CU spanning arts and
sciences, which does not yet exist
 
- bring CU research to a broader population. While this is already
happening, the club can aggressively pursue this by acting as a "student
engineering consulting" group. I feel that there is A LOT of demand for
simple mechatronic solutions all across campus. Having the front range
population behind this CU club (via Hackerspace) adds tremendous value to
our community here.
 
Nikolaus
 
 
 
 
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http://correll.cs.colorado.edu


 

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