Held at the Milwaukee Makerspace craft lab

• Marcin P
• Mat M
• Adrian V
• Tim C
• Pete P
• Kathy H
• Steff M (via Skype)

• None

• Dan J
• Marcus
• Tony W
• Linda
• Kathy C
• Colleen
• Austen
• Mike E
• Billy
• John H

• Meeting Called to order by Adrian at 19:01

• Previous meeting minutes were Approved

• Find the current treasurer report here.

• Previous status
  • Kathy to ask Area Champions to update the Wiki with equipment in their area(s).
  • Paused due to Maker Faire, Kathy is continuing to work on it.
• Update
  • No Update

• Previous status
  • Roof work started on Saturday (11/11), waiting for the invoice.
• Update
  • Complete, work finished and invoice paid

• No Special Committees for this meeting.

• Previous status
  • Found the original letter, must wait to re-apply next year with better evidence.
• Update
  • Tom G will contact our lawyer and try again

• Previous status
  • Good progress, soon to be finished
• Update
  • Metal finishing area has camera
  • Need another camera vantage point for alley, pointing north
  • Need computer for viewing and recording

• Previous Status
  • Board is accepting proposals and included them in the annual survey for the memberships feedback.
  • Survey will remain open until more responses are received.
• Update
  • In the immediate time frame use as short-term project storage
  • Long term to be the new area for 3D printers
  • Racking needs to be purchased for vault hallway

• Previous Status
  • Create a list of “house projects” to establish funds for
  • Sit down with Tom G about price points that have previously been estimated
  • Call out to 3rd parties for getting estimates
  • Adrian and Dan are working on it
• Update
  • Stricken, no momentum

• Previous Status
  • Redesign continues and will be complete by Holiday Make-A-Thon
• Update
  • Complete, shelving in place and items will be put back

• Previous Status
  • Board will create a newsletter for important events.
  • Empowering area champions.
• Update
  • We have a template and will send the first issue
  • Area champions feel that they are empowered

• Previous Status
  • Every phone and exit door has emergency contact info
  • Focus on CPR and first aid training
• Update
  • Billy will seek out professional training (free) for members

• Last Status
  • What to do about Member accountability
    • Board discussed member behavior accountability.
    • Create a stick
  • Reinforce to members about unauthorized activities at the space.
  • Champions signing parking permits for other areas is becoming an issue.
    • Wiki for parking permits and ticketing system will be updated.
• Update
  • Complete, Pete and Kathy to confirm

• Last Status
  • Increasing Area Champion Interest
  • Issue Warning if you violate a Champion
• Update
  • Complete, no further discussion

• Last Status
  • Waiting for survey results and compilation of numbers
• Update
  • See survey for responses
  • Having the truck one day earlier would be nice

• Last Status
  • Mat needs to draft a proposal
• Update
  • See updates for Willie's boat area

• Last Status
  • Waiting for more responses
• Update
  • Results published
  • Nothing surprising

• Last Status
  • Board will sell the watchmaking parts
• Update
  • Complete, parts were sold

• Last Status
  • Topic shelved, to be discussed later
• Update
  • Members are interested
  • Will use Cooties Room
  • Cosplay Area with Colleen as Area Champion: Board votes yes (absent: Adrian)

• Last Status
  • Board will investigate how to add custom fields into Wild Apricot
  • https://help.wildapricot.com/display/DOC/Customizing+database+fields
• Update
  • Steff will add new fields

• Last Status
  • Board voted on Brant's proposal as such:
  • Donate them to a Wisconsin/Illinois/Minnesota Makerspace
  • If still here by Jan 1st, then offer to members for money
  • If still here after 2 weeks, then dispose of them
  • Pete has asked Appleton Makerspace if they want them
• Update
  • Complete, extra laser cutters are now at Appleton Makerspace

• Last Status
  • $100 to be budgeted for purchase
• Update
  • Complete, towels have been purchased

• Last Status
  • Board voted to hire plumber
• Update
  • Steff will take lead to find a plumber

• Last Status
  • Board wants to split proposal into 2 areas: Tools vs Hardware
  • Board wants Rich to ask the membership for interest and commitment to funding
• Update
  • Stricken, no response from Rick

• Last Status
  • Currently spending around $100/month
  • Should we continue?
• Update
  • Complete, discontinue food

• Last Status
  • Rik wants to be an area champion landscaper
  • Rik to submit a budget
• Update
  • Board votes Yes with Adrian absent

• Vault hall member storage abuse
  • Need to promote members who have had a positive impact on the makerspace
  • Certain member(s) are using it as personal storage and are lapsed
  • Empower facilities director to enforce current storage rules
  • Update the emails for lapsed accounts to include warning about losing storage
  • Kathy H is proposing that vaults have an acceptance criterion and members must submit an application
  • To be carried over as an agenda topic
• Dumpster and Handicap parking
  • Move wheelchair spot closer to door (via Bill Williams)
  • Tabled until parking lot is repaved
• Monitor at each door to see who is there before opening (via Bill Williams)
  • Dan will buy peepholes (budgeting $100.00 or less)
  • Tony will design a camera and screen system (budgeting $500.00 or less)
• Seeking permission conduct a mixed methods research study at the Milwaukee Makerspace. Research topic is about the leadership skills necessary to start and maintain a volunteer community-organized and community-operated makerspace. Study would be composed of interviewing people in present and past leadership roles and to solicit general membership to complete a survey (Kathy Cannistra)
  • Approved
• Pallets available
  • Kathy H will reserve one pallet for short-term project storage at $6/month
• Woodshop broken saw fence
  • Resolved by area champions
  • Seems to be ignorance and not malicious use
• 3D Printing room build
  • Mat to create a proposal that includes a design and layout that is compliant with building codes
  • To be carried over as an agenda topic
• Power Wheels going vertical
  • Purchase racking for vault hallway
  • Members will move their items from GD racking to vault hallway
  • Powerwheels will buy GD racking and move it to their corner
  • Powerwheels will move pallets to repurposed GD racking
  • Then we will have more project space in east room
• Solid Works
  • Computers to be donated
  • Cannot have competing CAD software
  • To be locked down
• Dalek Asylum
  • Survey says Yes
  • Officially Funded Area with John H as Champion: Board voted Yes (absent: Adrian & Steff)

• Multiple people believe that the condition of the space has worsened after moving SID to quarterly

• Meeting was adjourned at 20:51