Quarterly Meeting Agenda
Location:  Josh’s house
Time:  1pm-??
Date: Saturday, Dec 20th, 2014	
In attendance (Josh, Walter, Pete, Tim, Matt L, Matt R, Mike, Aaron, Rich, Dac, Will, Dave, Duncan, Jeff, Dan Walker, Kristen, Evan) showed up later: Christian,  Paula, Rick, Micah

Topic	Time	
Greetings! – Meeting started at 1:35
“I pledge allegiance to The LEGO Group, who distributes ABS in plethora. And to the brick, for which it stands, one LUG, indivisible, with minifigs and parts drafts for all.”
•	Pass around:
a.	Reminder to keep your contact information updated online – update your online profile with phone and email
b.	Business cards
•	Newly earned badges – Only Walter needs a badge
•	New comer introductions
a.	Matt Lech – Friend Sam is too introverted to come.  From Johnstown, loves trains, dad sells at Greenberg, moving to chambersburg
b.	Walter – does space and trains, featured in INCommunity, working with Dan and Rich
c.	Mike – Teacher, saw us at Greenburg, wants to get more involved with his class

“I, < insert name >, do solemnly swear to build with the LEGO element, the whole LEGO element, and nothing but the LEGO element.”
	5 Mins	
Business:
1.	Q3minute review (5m) – None.  Josh is lazy.
2.	Administration and announcements (5m)
a.	Shirts are in - $14 and extras are available
b.	Ambassador program review (5m) – Josh is workgroup leader, matt is ambassador.
c.	Staff events=more events=more sets and parts-Club is limited by the club.
3.	Financial status (10m)
a.	Reimbursements
b.	Current funds and recent transactions - $603.81  (shirts, clamps, plexi, BFL Cincy  932.11)  +$300 for Santa trolley.
4.	Past Events (20 mins)
a.	PBF Live(5m) – Thanks to Tim and Matt for pulling this off – gross $1,500, still looking at 2015 dates, if someone thinks they’ll have better luck getting the convention center to respond to Chad, go right ahead.
b.	Santa Trolley (5m) – wonderful time, thanks to Dave and Pete and Laura for covering all shifts
c.	Cranberry first night (5m) – Thanks to Tim for pushing it through, should be an annual display
d.	Greenberg(5m) – decided not to do feb, will increase honorarium for nov ’15, use Mike Lech (Matt’s dad) if we need to drop names
5.	Upcoming Events (40 mins)
a.	Philly Brickfest – April (5m) – Dan Walker, Micah, and Rich Beideman are registered.
b.	Pittsburgh dad(5m) – anyone can get started building intro and logo.
c.	International childrens festival 2015 – May 14th(5m) – We will be building a LUG racecar track.  Anyone who wants to take this on or lead it, do it.
d.	Bethel park library display for books - March(5m) – Let josh know if you want to be a part of this display.  Check the thread for book options.
e.	Girl scout father/daughter day - March(5m) – date to be determined in March.  Should be an easy staff and $250.
f.	Lugbulk (15m).  Tim is scheduling a day in January to finalize parts.  Don’t talk about prices publicly.  
6.	Idea sharing (45 mins)
a.	Picking 1 convention to go to as a group(10m) – perhaps brickfair VA, since it more established.   Mention of Greg’s big picture thread.  Rich, Dan, and Walter working on space layout.
b.	Dan Brown’s PB museum – just throwing it out there since it’s so close and Dan expressed interest in people helping him build.
c.	Trolley – tommy Armstrong parts(10m) – Josh will post a thread each quarter for anyone interested in ordering bricks.  Gave Tommy’ s contact info to Laura to pass on to the trolley store manager.
d.	Residency locations for long displays(10m) – take business cards, think about where we can leave things long term.  Mike asked if we wanted to have a display case ourselves to take to places if they didn’t have one of their own.
e.	Redesigning the website/logo – tabled without Susie or RJ.
f.	Hospitality group?  Thank you cards, etc(10m) – josh to create a thread.
g.	Inventory manager(5m) josh to create a thread.
7.	Greater goal (15m)
a.	large displays for events  - Space? (5m) – We have lugbulk, and we have lots of people who want to build, and we’re getting recognized as individuals on blogs and flickr, but we could start being known as a LUG.
b.	Expectation of giving to the lug as you are able – something bigger than just an individual(5m)
c.	2014 - Goal was achieved by making it more rewarding – money, movie, perks, easier
d.	2015 - increase member contribution/activity/ownership(5m) – This is not Josh’s lug.  It should be able to exist and thrive without Josh’s pushing.
e.	Role of leader, keep track of pab credits, layout, shift coverage, anything to make it better(5m) – remind to look at the handbook and checklist.
8.	Club needs (5m)
a.	Thanks to joe and Matt for containers
b.	staffing events and leading them
c.	Swag (stickers, pens, shirts, hats, etc)
d.	Bins (sterilite)
e.	Shelves – Thanks to matt, we’re set!
9.	Intermission
a.	Award for build challenge (Adoorable) – Micah’s cabin and Evan’s door slammer
b.	Food?
c.	Show and tell – Duncan showed his ice fishing vignette and Rich and dan shared their container standard.
d.	part swap	140Mins	
Closing:
1.	Review follow-ups and owners
2.	Open discussion – Rich wants to publish online instructions of what builds we have in our displays and have there be tiers of difficulty.  He’ll start a thread.