Held Online via Jitsi Meet

• Markus
• Tim
• Faith
• Jake
• Kathy
• Dan J
• Alden

• Adrian
• Dan L
• Tony
• Eden
• Alex

• Meeting called to order by Markus at 7:04PM
• Minutes approved by 6 present

• Update from Dan J
  • Future operating has been updated to include Norwich

Update

• it has been dragging on for too long
• plan
  • he has one week to get a contract to get the machine moved out of the space. if not out by the end of the month, he will be charged $360/month for taking up the floor space
• Richard has been notified, no response but the machine has been put on craigslist
  • UPDATE *

Background

• Makers Village would like to sign a lease with Milwaukee Makerspace
• Financial Projections from Dan J (Treasurer)

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bpdW4ecP6vCCh2d6XVB6RgifRTlP10HO8ihB6BQgBLs/

To talk about

• Move-in date is TDB, potentially Mid-October
• Announce the winning floor plan
  • Map is here: https://wiki.milwaukeemakerspace.org/_media/boardmeetingagenda/final_floor_plan_2020-09-01.pdf

• option to buy 2 higher-end 5-axis CNC routers
• Would need to get new electronics
• total project would cost about $7,500
• looking to do a group buy

• Do we want to open meetings?
  • Norwich is fairly open and could be socially distanced
  • Online vs In-Person (switching weeks)
    • online meeting Sept 22
    • in-person meeting Sept 29

• What are we doing?
• Get a list of areas that are willing to train or not
• Make sure that those who want to sign up know that training might be hard to get and could take time

• Positions up for election:
  • President
  • Secretary
  • Member at Large
• Nominations for President & Secretary open October 6th
• Nominations close October 13th, voting begins for any positions with multiple nominations
• Voting closes October 20th and nominations for At-Large begin
• Nominations for At-Large close on October 27th
• Voting closes November 3rd

• request for hand tools area with better tools
• we can get discounted tools costing $360
• Board Vote:
  • All vote Yes

• Meeting was adjourned at 7:50pm