Member Meeting - January 2011

From Buffalo Lab, Inc.

Attendance: Michi, Mike, Arnold, Dave, Bill, Jeremy, Chipper, Dave S, Victor, George, Chris, Dave Chanin, Ben, Keith, Matt, Brian

Contents 1 Leaving Larkin 1.1 Move out Date 1.2 Fixtures 1.3 Moving stuff out 1.4 Recycling/Disposal 2 Moving Downtown 2.1 Address 2.2 Parking 2.3 Move In Date 2.4 Internet 2.5 Meetups 2.6 Lease 2.7 LAN Center 2.8 Wood/Work Shop 3 Marketing 4 Finances 4.1 Income 4.2 Membership Levels 4.2.1 Supporting Member 4.2.2 Maker 4.2.3 Builder

Leaving Larkin

Move out Date

We are officially out of 701 Seneca on Jan 31st.

RFID Door System will be disabled on Feb 1st.

We will be allowed a grace period of ~ 2 weeks to move stuff out.

Fixtures

Can we take fixtures or capital improvements? Probably, Matt checking with building management.

Moving stuff out

Cube van vs trucks?

If we use building support (forklift and freight elevator) has to be during business hours on weekdays.

Storage facility needs to be coordinated

Recycling/Disposal

Can someone peruse a recycler for monitors?

Maven Technologies (out of Rochester) http://www.maventech.com

Sunnking Electronics Recycling (out of Brockport) http://www.sunnking.com

Dave S will contact Computers for Children re: computer monitors. This business is supposedly on the 6th floor of our current building. CfC will not accept most of the hardware we currently have, due to their strict requirements for modern usable equipment. http://www.computersforchildren.com/RecyclingProgram.asp Perhaps they could take some keyboards or mice.

Dave will post to forum for assistance.

George, Brian and Bill will assist with information.

A free day for disposing of stuff is Jan 31 noon - 4pm. Proposed public craigslist move.

No response on rent reduction letter.

Moving Downtown

Address

New address is tentatively 523/517 Main St. The main building is also accessible via 500 Washington.

Parking

Parking is an issue during the day (not free). Reduced rates for lots and free street parking for evening.

Need a parking lot map manager. Chris nominated James for this. He agreed.

Move In Date

Mark S. Is moving forward with the incubator project at 523 Main.

No lease yet but no foreseen issues with moving in March 1st.

Mark S and building owner Rodger are still seeking us.

523 vs 517 main. Mark S and Rodger. Matt and Mike co chair move in.

Internet

Time Warner build out cost is prohibitive. NFTA is making the process more difficult (lease for cabling).

Matt is investigating other options for building Internet. (DSL, point to point WiFi, cellular mobile hotspot)

Connectivity may be limited.

Matt and Mike are the Internet project.

Meetups

No 24/7 space for Feb, but will still be able to host meet ups.

Will be able to have meet ups at 523 but not here.

Meetups, go to first floor and someone will direct them. 500 Washington, 523 Main.

Internet access and meeting space are up in the air, so plan extra setup time, bring your own Internet access via tethered solution if you can.

Lease

Lease cost is $500 per month.

Increase by $100 per quarter until $800 per month.

Continues on a 2/3 year lease.

LAN Center

They want us to run a LAN center like cyber-jocks.

Prebuilt gaming systems for people to play.

Dave S will chair LAN center.

This lan center could be run as a classroom too.

Dave S would work with Dave Schwartz.

Wood/Work Shop

Michi and Dave Chanin will help with getting wood/electronic shop up and running.

Rob and Dave Chanin are wood shop co chairs.

Marketing

Matthew Key at UB is a marketing contact. Paddy at Canisus google group can help with student marketing. Matt also knows an ITT student contact.

Market meetups not the place in general. People do not respond to general flyers.

Brian is establishing a new member / contact database. This will help facilitate donations/payments, tracking member interest and member activities. It will also help us to engage supporters and fans who are not attending our meetings and events, with more control than through existing methods alone.

We discussed creating new activities that function to engage the community. Youth activities, instructional programs.

We are interested in soliciting sponsors for our group, or for just certain projects.

Finances

Income

Dec brought in $500

Jan way under $500

Keep paying dues.

Paypal is available if you click upon the Lab User section. The form on the top of the page named Membership is not working.

Discounts for long term payments (6 months, 1 year).

Discounts for referring members.

We need to learn more about Kickstarter.

Membership Levels

Supporting Member

$5 and up

Benefits to supporters, we exist. Access to use the space when Maker/Builder open the door.

Maker

$50/month minimum

24/7 access and resources. For those that only want to make a financial commitment

Builder

$20/month minimum

With 5 hrs/month of service to space. Meetup hosting, cleanup, renovations, projects, etc.