Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - November 18th, 2021
Agenda
Intro
Take Attendance:
Cheers:
Previous Minutes:
Financial Projections:
Updates on Ongoing Business
Marquette SAE Team
Norwich Lease
Maker Faire
Make48
Space Improvement Day on 11/28
Membership Engagement
Pottery Area Proposal
Neon Area Proposal
New Business
Member Topics
Open for guests
President's Minute
Newsletters
Business Cards
Challenge Coins
Introduction
Attendance
Present
Tim C
Marcus S
Bill R
Alden H
Chris T
Faith F
Jeff M
Absent
NA
Guests
Dan J
Charlie P
Jake B
Adam P
Steve P
Mike T
Cheers
This month's libation of choice: Gin and Tonics
Provided by: Marcus S
Previous Minutes
Meeting called to order by Tim at: 7:03 PM
Last months meeting's minutes approved unanimously
Current Financial Projections
Update from Jeff M
Membership is currently 375 (Maximum was 380); Minimum was ~240 during Covid.
Ongoing Business
Marquette SAE Team
Marquette SAE received clearance for 4 months of rent + memberships
Tim provided tours of both buildings to ~16 Marquette students
Bill and Tim signed up ~16 new members on 11/7!!!
Marquette provided payment for 21 members and 350sqft of storage for 1 month
Once approved, they will provide a check to cover through end of February
Norwich Lease
Due to rise in price of natural gas and inflation rising at 6%, the price per sq ft in the new lease (current lease expires 12/3/21) needs to be adjusted in the new lease
Proposal: Lease to increase $0.015 per square foot for a 3 year lease (increase of $165/month)
1 or 3 year lease
Tim C will notify the membership
Maker Faire Milwaukee
Total Expenditures
Power Wheels: $1,700 paid for, amount outstanding to be paid by Treasurer
Make 48
Proposed dates in July, 2022
Membership given primer via sizzle reel in recent newsletter
Next steps: educate the membership
Participation determined by a membership vote in the future as details are finalized
Space Improvement Day
Sunday, Nov. 28th
Food: Chacanabee by Jake and Faith / Beef Chili by Mike T
Members can bring additional food to share
Major projects identified
Membership Engagement
Storage Proposal
Proposal by Tim: all new members must attend Space Improvement Day before being allocated storage space
Encourage new members to interact with current members and the BOD
Helps ensure large groups of volunteers
Adequate persuasion/reward for volunteerism
Will be done on the honor system.
If current members want storage space, they must have participated in an SID within the last 2 to 3 months.
Vote to change rule to reflect the above proposal
Tim C will alert the membership of the proposed change
No action taken, BOD vote slated to occur at December meeting, to be implemented in new year
Event Proposal
Date of Trivia Night
1Q proposed
Membership Signup Materials
Tim 7/8ths through script for new member video
Upon completion will do rough recording for commentary/feedback
Will break up information between the 2 tours and signup video (goal: have video be ~10 minutes long)
2 weeks to resurface, wash, and epoxy the new area
1 week acquire and erect pallet rack and move/rearrange equipment into new space.
Additional work that might have to be done would include electrical drops for new wheels as required. This would not be necessary from the initial plan but be needed as time continues.
Call to Vote to Expand the Area:
Ayes: 6
Nays: 0
Abstains: 1
Early discussion on expanding the HAM Radio area
Mike T paid the rent for the area in 2021
Request to have MMS pay for the area beginning 1/22 (70 sq ft)
Mike T requests additional 70 sq ft (Total cost of $54/month for 140 sq ft)
HAM radio has made >2,600 contacts to date
FYI, trailing 12 months: net of $3,000. Current net of ~$4,000
Neon Sign Bending Area
Jake Bissen on Creating a Neon Sign Bending Area
Requesting 55sqft of space, or $20.67/mo
~$1000 of startup funding requested to purchase (glass, transformers, etc) to give a class right away
