Attended
- Ryan Bigg
- Kieran Andrews
- Pat Allan
- Caroline Bambrick
- Lee Sheppard
Apologies
- Rachel Goodenough
- Aaron Moodie
1. Irregular Business
Pat
– Trying a new system of streamlining topic discussions, the approach is to stick to 5 minutes per topic, at the end of 5 minutes, we get a show of thumbs up to see if the discussion should continue, if majority we continue, no majority we move onto the next topic
2. Regular Business
a. Finances (RB)
Ryan
– Same as last month, 110k in the bank
– Thinking of allowing other meetups to use Ruby AU zoom account, could add extra costs
i. Donating money saved to food drive
Caroline
– Asked if we could donate money saved from meetups to a food drive
Ryan
– Was against the idea as those funds are for ruby meetups and events
Pat
– Agrees with Ryan due to RubyConf not making enough profit
b. RubyConf
Pat
– Had 1 person off to help out running 2021 Conf, not wanting to run it.
Caroline
– Suggested doing the conference every 2 years
Pat
– That would be great, but difficult to manage sponsor expectations about funding and what they’d be getting each year
– Consider reducing expenses of RubyConf to reduce prices to attract more attendees e.g. less fancy venue, fewer international speakers etc.
– Reaching out to person who volunteered to see what their level of involvement could be in the conference.
c. Rails Camp (KA)
Kieran
– Rescheduling rails camp maybe till November
d. Rails Girls (LS)
Lee
– Looking at running an event in July
e. Meets
Pat
– Made progress on the shared meetup account
– Got in touch with brisbane ruby meetup organiser, happy for them to hold onto account and keep paying for it, but need to work on messaging
– Shared draft of messaging with Perth, Brisbane and Melbourne meetup organisers
– Another account for zoom based meetups is a good idea
3. Occasional Business
a. Website
Nothing to raise
b. Sponsorship
Nothing to raise
4. Other Business
a. Upcoming special general meeting:
Pat
– suggested 7pm, Monday 27th April for meeting