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Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - March 21st, 2019
Attendees
Minutes
Review and approval of the Minutes of the previous meeting
Reports of Boards and Standing Committees
Treasurers Report
Building Maintenance/Issues
Reports of Special (Select) Committees
Unfinished Business
Membership Engagement
Clarification of Policy on teaching classes to non members
New Business
Announcements
Close
Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - March 21st, 2019
Held at the Milwaukee Makerspace Craft Lab
Attendees
Present
Dan
Colleen
Kathy H
Markus
Becca
Pete
Billy K
Absent
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Guests
Steve
Tony
Adrian
Minutes
Meeting called to order by Markus Schneider at 7:09PM
Review and approval of the Minutes of the previous meeting
Previous meeting minutes were approved by 6 in attendance.
Reports of Boards and Standing Committees
Treasurers Report
Find the current treasurer report
here.
IRS fine was revised.
We may want to discuss the wisdom of paying a CPA to file on our behalf. We did this several years ago and it cost us $300 per year.
If we do not, we should make a greater effort to review our filing with multiple people before sending to avoid a recurrence.
Building Maintenance/Issues
Update
Power reel HAS NOW BEEN installed in Craft Lab
Reports of Special (Select) Committees
Outreach committee - Planning stages for fundraisers for the spring.
Unfinished Business
Membership Engagement
Previous Status
Empowering members. Gift cards or other recognition for going above and beyond.
Another newsletter will be sent
Abuse in the Metal shop is still occurring see Lost and Found Box notes
Clarification of Policy on teaching classes to non members
Last Status
Propose to clarify language on wiki, vote if this is acceptable - Dan
Members can teach a class to non-members, but must get BOD sign-off first.
We need to be sure that safety protocols are in place that will not risk a claim against our liability insurance.
All guests MUST sign the liability waiver before class.
Make it clear that if a member accepts payment for the class, they are no longer covered by the space's liability insurance and should buy their own.
Does not apply to guests working on personal projects.
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Flooring
all 6 vote approval for flooring
700 dollars for flooring est.
New building
Tom G was issued a Letter of intent
Rezoning and drawings in progress
Lighting /Graffiti
Exterior Building lighting - Tom G
Lighting the side of building attempt to reduce graffiti also talk to neighborhood
Big LED light was acquired that can be aimed.
ADA Compliance - to be presented by Chris H.
Issues facing, prospective members.
Non-formal assessment of ADA was done
Ramp may be looked into this spring or when we redo the parking lot
Chris H got approved to get more estimates
Maker Faire Milwaukee
Update from Pete P.
New Business
Spring Elections
Discuss the plan…
postions up for election : Treasurer, secretary, member at large, facility director
Nominations open up April 2nd
adrian and markus will coordinate the elections
Wiki login for new users
new members get a error message 'Self registration is currently disabled…'
Makerfaire funding requests
Forms will be made for requests for funds
how do we handle the budget with the outreach committee
discussion of funding flat amount or a match rate from fundraising
6-1 vote to notify membership of a proposal requesting putting 5k toward outreach programs
Large projects in the east room
…
What is “large”?
Announcements
None
Close
Meeting was adjourned at 8:38pm