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+## Purpose
+
+From the HacDC Bylaws, Article III, Section 2:
+
+
+*At the annual meeting, the voting members shall elect the Board of
+Directors, review and vote on the standing rules and policies of the
+corporation, receive reports on the activities of the corporation,
+approve the budget and determine the direction of corporation in the
+coming year.*
+
+## Time and Location
+
+January 28th, 2017 at 4pm
+
+Meeting called to order at
+
+`   1630`
+
+Members Present:
+
+`   Ben Enrique Julia Ankeet Andrew Matt Ken Tom Kevin`
+
+Others Present:
+
+`   Others`
+
+[Quorum](Quorum "wikilink") met?
+
+`   yes`
+
+## Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes
+
+## Recognition
+
+In 2016 HacDC held nearly 100 free workshops on microcontroller
+programming, 3D design and 3D printing. We also started workshops
+teaching people about PC hardware and software with several PC Rebuilds
+events, a couple of Linux Install nights and about a dozen Introduction
+to Linux workshops. The Amateur Radio Club also held dozens of meetings
+including many guest speakers, and participated in national and
+international contests including field excursions to the White House,
+National Parks, Lincoln's Cottage and more. HacDC itself had three long
+days of off-site demos at the USA Science and Engineering Festival and
+RobotFest. HARC also participated in the Silver Spring Maker Faire,
+enabled remote online access to the W3HAC station and set up a repeater.
+We also had a few one-off events like the Apple v FBI discussion, a
+Kerbal Space Program gathering, a couple of Hackathons run by
+hackster.io, and we fixed the LCD TV! Last but not least, we assembled,
+launched, tracked and recovered Spaceblimp 6 and got some beautiful
+images and video from the stratosphere (104,000ft!).
+
+Through our partnership with High School Tech Services HacDC has hosted
+classes on project management, programming fundamentals, object oriented
+programming, HTML5 and more.
+
+Besides the workshops, events and projects, we also continued to
+reorganize ourselves in our new space after our late 2015 move, we
+renewed a \$500 sponsorship from Accelebrate and obtained a new
+sponsorship from Newark element 14, we got over \$550 in donations from
+federal employees via the CFC process. We restored our reserves to 6
+months of expenses, we cleaned up the Standing Rules and some other
+parts of the Wiki. Several of our members attended the Nation of Makers
+meeting and continue to be involved in the new national organization.
+
+HARC: 132 exams were given in 2016. 116 new licenses or upgrades. We
+participated in 16 radio contests and 22 National Park on the Air
+events, including the National Monument and Presidents Park(White
+House). We purchased and installed a 440mhz repeater.
+
+## Director Reports
+
+### President's Report
+
+`   nice LED lights`
+
+### Vice President's Report
+
+`   not present`
+
+### Treasurer's Report
+
+- See the January meeting minutes for numbers. We have about 7-8 months
+  of full operating expenses in reserve but we're close to breaking even
+  month-to-month, especially with the coming 5% rent increase.
+- We are too reliant on membership dues (95%+ of our revenue) and the
+  dues are pretty high already. We should look at getting more donations
+  or applying for grants.
+- To raise more than \$1,500/yr in donations, we need a solicitation
+  permit, which we should and will apply for shortly.
+- Apparently HacDC has never filed tax returns with DC Govt since it was
+  founded. Once we start (this year), even though we've been tax-exempt,
+  we may get fined for not filing returns as expected. We should clear
+  that up before looking at grants.
+
+### Secretary's Report
+
+`   I was Secretary and a member of the BOD this past year.`
+
+### Director-at-Large Reports
+
+#### Matt
+
+Has been a good year. No drama. More volunteers getting involved. Maybe
+next year we can grow and do really awesome things.
+
+#### Mike
+
+## [Project Awesome](:Category:Project_Awesome "wikilink") Reports
+
+### Project HAMRADIO
+
+### Project SEM
+
+### Project SUPPLIES
+
+### Project EXPANSION
+
+## Audit Committee Report
+
+Nobody bothered to form a committee so there's no report. All financial
+statements including receipts for all purchases are at the space, in the
+BOD locker, treasurer's folder. The Dwolla statements include member
+names, the rest don't. -Enrique
+
+## Member Reports
+
+## Old Business
+
+`   The bylaws amendment has enough signatures to consider.`
+`   The bylaws amendment below passed by unanimous acclamation.`
+
+### Bylaws Amendments
+
+- Proposed Amendment to Bylaws Article II, Section 6: Add "*For
+  substantial cause, the Board of Directors may indefinitely suspend a
+  member's access to the space by a 2/3 majority vote of the board. By
+  voting at an official meeting with quorum, members may reinstate or
+  suspend, access or membership, for any member whose access has been
+  suspended by the board. The board may suspend the access of no more
+  than two members per month via this procedure. Access to the space may
+  not be re-suspended by the Board of Directors for the same actions or
+  incidents. Explanation of such suspensions must be submitted
+  electronically to all members."* (This proposed bylaws amendment must
+  be signed by 3/4ths of all members before it is adopted)
+
+## New Business
+
+- Group Photo. The group photo we have is ANCIENT. Literally 90% of
+  those people are gone. New photo is years overdue.
+
+## Board of Directors Elections
+
+Results of the elections are as follows:
+
+`   President: ''Julia stood for election unopposed.`
+
+`   Vice President:  ''Andrew and Tom stand for VP.`
+`   ''Tom won with 7 votes to 3`
+
+`    Treasurer: ''Enrique stood for election unopposed.`
+
+`    Secretary: ''Ben stood for election unopposed.`
+
+`   At large seats: ''Andrew, Mirage, and Kevin stand for at large seats.`
+`   Mirage and Kevin won the ranked choice vote.`
+
+## New Members
+
+## Adjournment
+
+Adjourned at
+
+`   1700`
+
+[Category:Meeting Minutes](Category:Meeting_Minutes "wikilink")