Education Committee Meeting 20190907

This is a pre-filled wiki entry to facilitate meeting minutes and attendance for the September 7 2019 meeting.

Calendar Event

20190907 Education Committee Meeting

Talk Thread

September meeting scheduled

Attendees

John Gorman

John Baker

Cairenn Day

Art Givens

Draco

Holly

Max Kirkland

Doug Emes (partial attendance via phone call)

Agenda Items for Committee

1. Consider adoption of SIG Tabletop_Gaming
2. Consider adoption of SIG Toastmasters

Minutes

Talking points:
-   Agreed to have a Teachers meetings in the next month, and by using emails to communicate with said teachers
-	List of duties/responsibilities/expectations for teachers.
-	Class attendees cancelations are an issue - sending reminders to attendees would be helpful for everyone. 
-	Tabletop SIG becoming under the Education Committee - Vote started by John Gorman, Art Givens seconded, 7 votes for, 1 abstained, 1 Proxy Vote through Draco for Laura (counted in votes for)
-	John Suggested purchasing a rolling cabinet for the SIG, John will get a lock for it for the interim
-	Draco suggested bringing the Toastmasters SIG under Education. John asked what their needs that would require being under a committee. Art Suggested their roles are applicable to being teachers. John Called Doug - Have a bunch of instructors that do a good job of showing different skills and techniques that could be helpful for members. They also have an 80 year long history with a proven track record for teaching public speaking. It would be helpful for teaching teachers to be better at their craft. Doug said they need a shelf/small amount of storage for a podium, and other small accessories. A podium on wheels was suggested. John starts a Vote to adopt DMS Toastmasters SIG underneath Education, Cairenn Seconds, 8 votes for, 0 objections, 1 proxy vote through Draco for Laura to vote in favor (vote counted in total)
-	Will need to make a push to get the old printmaking room back.
-	Student Expectations to follow up Teacher Expectations - No shows to classes are a problem
-	Calendar reminder function - Draco remembers a reminder feature and may have been disabled at some point, but that would be incredibly helpful for classes (similar to a point above). Would be useful to regain ownership of the calendar to make improvements like reminders. 
-	Holly suggested that Safetey/Required classes get honorarium first to make sure new members who are looking for specific tools are able to get to use them. 
-	Honorariums and the amount of Teachers still teaching may be related, theirs been a dramatic down-flux in offered classes. Eventbrite may also our committees due to all funds earned through there go directly to the teachers instead of the committees also getting funds. 
-	Need to find data points on classes offered, class costs, teachers cost, ect. 
-	Certification Testing instead of NEEDING required classes for members who feel they are qualified/ARE qualified to use the machines. It would cut down on wait time from joining to being able to use said machines. ‘Testing out’ of required training classes. This is a way to expedite qualified persons getting DMS certifications on machines.
-	Refresher videos on machines so people who are trained can get a walk through in case they dont use that machine often, but have a new project to get started.

Vote Actions

Tabletop SIG becoming under the Education Committee - Vote started by John Gorman, Art Givens seconded, 7 votes for, 1 abstained, 1 Proxy Vote through Draco for Lara (counted in votes for) John starts a Vote to adopt DMS Toastmasters SIG underneath Education, Cairenn Seconds, 8 votes for, 0 objections, 1 proxy vote through Draco for Lara to vote in favor (vote counted in total)

Action Items

Draco and John will work on developing a Teachers Expectations document Draco and John will work on developing a Student Expectations document