Member Meeting 7/1/2023

Opening remarks

Meeting Opened at 11:00am by Rick Green 7/1/2023

President - Thanks to everyone for showing up for cleaning day.
Vice President - Not present
Secretary - Doing meeting minutes
Treasurer - See treasurer report. Received a $500 donation from Port City Craftsmen. Received $50 from Artwalk donations. Had $100 donation from Ray and John Delaughter. Thanks to Matthew for handling E-bay sales. Had 3 new members join in June. Power bill increased a lot due to weather. Based on current income level, projected deficit of $365 for July.

Monday - A few members come by. No tours or visitors.
Tuesday - 3 or 4 members each night and a few tours.
Wednesday - 4 - 5 members average. Laignappe article was published. Renee with Azalea City Con (formerly Mobicon) asked about panelists and table. Discussed shop safety in the dirty shop due to the SawStop activation - brake was sent off for analysis. Added a tarp to the dirty shop roof where it is leaking.
Thursday - James has been handling. Need a new Thursday person.
Friday - Busiest night 5 - 10.

Need to use Meetup more often and give access to Brian
Post marketing ideas in Slack Marketing channel
James is working on a Battleship game to put at the Battleship. Also working on other guerilla marketing ideas for the local area and Instagram.
Rick is posting in the Mobile channel of Reddit
Consider marketing in Fairhope. Possibly get a table at a craft show. Fishermans and Famers market in Fairhope, International festival