Weekly Staff Meetings/2012-01-10

This is an Online meeting/discussion

Props

• Lutz and Min Lin for Insectbot workshop, Edward for helping out soldering connectors, Min Lin for ordering all components needed
• Edward for Arduino Chinese workshop
• Edward for taking care of spaghetti bridge competition
• Everyone that showed up for City Pictorial magazine photo shooting
• Ricky for continue working on Starship project
• Ricky for writing about Ningbo Toyhouse visit
• Everyone that submitted XCJ 2.0 names
• Paul for writing out the unspoken etiquette
• Edward for taking care of Useless machine inquiry
• Paul and Edward for 5* Rat Motel
• Edward for getting ATTiny85
• Yi for taking up Event Manager

XinCheJian 2.0

Timeline

Decide on the local Chinese delegates

• Chinese company since WOFE takes months to create, less flexibility
• Chinese passport holders XinCheJian members (transferrable)
  • Ziyun: study in the US?
  • Edward: 2 years time, move to another country
  • Qichen: need to ask...
  • Rocky or rockets?: need to ask...
  • Wife of David

Legal representative: Lio, Ricky

• all signing powers
• represent shareholders

TODO(Lio): check with MSHR for being a Fa Ren

Two more positions:

• Treasurer: two full day classes on accounting 101
  • TODO(rngadam): ask James Coombs to see if he wants to be the treasurer for XCJ 2.0
• Journalist/blogger

Fa Piao Machine? Either we have this, or pay the higher service tax rate

Investment

Initial investment

• Investor capital investment sheet
• Initial money by investors (first 3 months required by Monday Jan. 16th)
  • TODO(rngadam): Check back to see what people can afford as first 3 months (upfront) as investment, David can offer no interest loans
• Kicking in 30K at the start
• 120K registered first year (has to be greater 100K)
• Initial investment from real shareholders
  • we put 3 months initially, must be filled within the first year

Brainstorm names

• 15-20 names for the legal entity
  • Already discussed by email

Application process

Should have legal entity by mid-February.

• Sign delegate application before the 9th (before the money!!)
• Dedicated agreement on who owns the shares by proxy
• Name verification 2-3 days
• Signing contract in name of the new legal entity
• Application for legal entity (2000RMB loaned by David)
  • 4 weeks to get chops and licenses

Event Manager

• Yi how is it going?
• what do you need help with?
• are people responsive?

Events Recap

• Insectbot workshop
  • Switch to use ATTiny85 instead of Arduino
  • Combine with Ardublock workshop
  • Promote for kids birthday parties
    • is this inline with our goals and vision or are we a daycare center. (paul)

• Arduino Chinese Workshop
  • People are interested for advanced workshop

Coming up this week

• Wednesday topics: Introduction to Milkymist, Launch of GitCafe, Android introduction workshop at 8pm.
  • Yi how long is your presentation for Milkymist?
  • GitCafe is flexible - Thomas from SHLUG and can be rescheduled but best to get in and help with hype
• Saturday: Useless machine workshop? Only 1 registered so far...
• Sunday: spaghetti bridge competition. Already 12 people signed up

Coming up next month

• Feb. 4th Filmmaking class, French filmmaker (English)
• Feb. 5th Op-Amps for Everybody! (with intro to SMT)
• Feb. 11th (planned) Processing class

• TODO(Yi): follow up and make sure to get all resources needed

Miscellaneous

• Staff responsible for opening hours during Chinese New Year (Put your name next to the dates)
  • Wednesday Jan. 18th Paul
  • Saturday Jan. 21th (your name here)
  • Sunday Jan. 22th (your name here)
  • Wednesday Jan. 25th (your name here)
  • Saturday Jan. 28th (your name here)
  • Sunday Jan. 29th (your name here)
  • Away: Paul, Michael, Ricky, Min Lin
  • Update calendar with trips and also pick up free slots (Monday, Wednesday evenings and Saturday, Sunday afternoon) to open the space
• Inventory count
  • Electronics, boards, computers, etc
• TODO(Min Lin): Prepare some Arduino starter kits
• TODO(Edward): write articles (or get someone to write it)
• URGENT TODO(volunteer needed): test new batch of ultrasound sensors, need to be tested before Sunday Jan. 15th
  • Edward has already tested 50% without error.