Quarterly Meeting Agenda
Location:  Cranberry Library / Tim’s house
Time:  10am-4pm
Date: Saturday, August 24, 2013	
In attendance: Josh, Tim, Greg, Matt, Dan E,Dan W, Laura, Ben, Will, Andrew, Doug, Evan, Kristen (Evan), Rich 

Topic	Time	
Greetings!
1.	Host introduction – Tim hosted
2.	Pass around info sheet
a.	Pass out additional business cards
3.	New comer introductions – Welcome to Ben and Will!
	15 Minutes	
Business:
1.	Q2 minutes review (5 mins)
a.	Blog post access has been granted – looking for anyone who wants to contribute content – reviews, their own mocs, write-ups on other mocs, other lego news, event details, etc.
2.	Financial status (10 mins)
a.	Reimbursements / collection (collected $102 )
b.	~$250 domain for 5 years
3.	Events (75 mins)
a.	AFOL days (Sept 15, Dec 8) Thread to be started by anyone who wants to go.  Also conflicts with Future Tenant set up day
b.	Brickfair recap –
 Tim encourages us all to go, passed around the information and set he received from the event.
Evan introduced us to MILS (Modular integrated Landscape System) and encourages us all to use it as standard for our large collaborative builds
Evan told us all we have to use flickr – tons of free space, get attention from blogs, and get front page of steel city lug

c.	MENSA demonstration (sept 1) – Doubletree in Greentree from 2:30 until 6pm.  Going over the history of LEGO and part/set evolution.  Need some people to help set up and supervise builds. See thread - http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/labor-day-weekend-mensa-presentation/

d.	Future Tenant exhibition (sept 16-22) – lots of space to fill.  Needs MOCs and castle builds and spare brick.  Free beer. See the thread - http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/september-15-22-art-exhibition/

e.	Greenberg Toy & Train show (Nov 9th) – Josh confirmed they just care about the outer perimeter and not what’s inside.  Also fine to do 2 separate spots.  Space is just about filled.  Evan will be the point person and will start a new thread.  Idea would be to have moc and winter village first run.
f.	PA Trolley museum – November 29th – dec 15th, only 10-5pm on weekends.  We will need to figure out dimensions and also staff watching the display.  It will be locked up other times.  Laura will be the point person and create a new thread.
g.	Good time at Barnes & Noble events
h.	Tear down of dig into reading went well – summer 2014 is science themed “fizz, pop, read”
4.	Announcements (15 mins)
a.	Philly brickfest – coming in april.  Everyone seems like they want to be a part of it.
b.	Snapology looking for teachers – still looking for teachers.  ~$10/hr or $20 for an hour long class.   http://snapology.com/  tell them you’re a lug member.
c.	Westmoreland museum – looking for a display in later 2014.  Thread is  http://www.steelcitylug.com/forum/topic/westmoreland-museum-of-art/
d.	
5.	LEGO Support (5 mins)
a.	What sets do we want? – Creator, train, tracks, lone ranger track, baseplates, rechargeable battery boxes
b.	Kevin on leave
6.	Idea sharing (10 mins)
a.	Quick summary of survey results 
b.	Q4 will be goal setting for 2014
c.	Tshirts/bottles/pens/paraphernalia
d.		120 Minutes
	
Closing:
1.	Review follow-ups and owners
a.	Evan – Post a thread about MILS and other standards
b.	Laura – Post information about railbricks
c.	Josh/Ben/Dan W – Verify newsletter subscription
d.	Greg – take a look at rebuilding DIG, see if it will be a part of future tenant gallery
e.	Andrew – get details of FT and organize everyone into a clear vision.
f.	Evan – post thread and get application in for Greenberg
g.	Laura – create thread for pa trolley museum
2.	Set the next meeting
3.	Open discussion
4.	Part swap / show and tell	15 Minutes