MBT Committee meeting 9 Mar 2026

Who: Simon, Jade, Wade, Maggie, Sarah, Rob

Minutes: Rob

Task completed: 5+ node stewards. Jade

Task completed: Website updated: Sarah, Simon

Agenda:

• Solarpunk meetup
  • 18 people signed up
  • Makerspace
  • Props
    • Screens – Jade
    • Raspberry Pi’s – Jade and Wade
  • 2 tables
    • 1 – Node stewards
      • Pair up
      • Skill level
  • 2 – Get off big tech
• Other tasks
  • Rob set maximum number. Done set to 25.
  • Jade run a tour of the makerspace

• Degrowth Festival Sun Mar 22, 11am to 7pm
• Jade running workshop, will need people to cover. Volunteers wanted to help on the stall. Jade to send doc with slots for people to cover. Not just committee as volunteers – ask in MBT general
• 50kg per leg (200kg) req. for marquee weigths – Jade
• Marquee required?
• Props
  • Raspberry Pi ?
  • Chairs
  • Poster + a board – Rob to prep poster
  • Clipboard
• Other business
  • Sarah researching Coop cloud with the view of becoming a member
    • Coop cloud static web hosting
• Discussion on Node Steward experience
• Node map coming as future feature
• Lores Roadmap has been updated – Jade
• Partnerships paused, more work needs to be done to identify partners
  • Catalyst is a possible partner, discussion of joining working bees and of talking with contacts, at the moment just building contacts – Sarah
    • Sarah and Wade to visit
  • Decision: Build relationships and other connections with Catalyst
  • U3A possible partner
• Lores Milestone – user accounts, products e.g. static web sites
• Telematics Trust grants are open 30 Mar to 30 Apr, Sarah to research possibilities