K.P. Warning/Suspension for sleeping at space & leaving personal property in public spaces - an agreement sent to this person by a previous board laid out rules against sleeping and keeping projects out in public. The agreement resulted in no suspension but mentioned that the next infraction would result in action. KP did have a second infraction already and we are now at the third infraction. Discussion open to membership. Tom G: not fair that a few members occupy all the board's time. His experience is that we bend over backwards to make people comfortable and it causes the board to burn out. We need to enforce the rules and set an example. Maya: recommends we honor the agreement initially formed with KP. It should be more clear what the rules are. Sean: asked what happens to renters during the suspension (answer - they can make arrangements with board to collect their things). Gary would like to know if this person needs help and if we have offered them help. Tim responded that they have been offered help many times. Gary offered to get a list of links together for resources. The board thanks him for his help and would love to have a list of resources to provide members. Jake: we tend to show favoritism towards who we think “fits in” in the space. We need to be more rigid in the rules. Dan L: as we have more members and lots of neuro-diversity, we need to figure out how to handle this. Maybe we should look into how to better diffuse situations. Anna: could we offer to lessen suspension if person gets help? Tim: We don't want to become judge and jury. Tim calls a motion to vote to give KP a 1 week suspension for the 2 outlines reasons. Geoff Seconds. Jon abstains. Motion passes with all present members voting yes. Tim moves to make a vote that the standard response to members found sleeping in the space will be 1 week per infraction. (Motion was stricken after discussion below) Discussion moved to line item below.
A.C. Warning/Suspension for sleeping at space & aggressive/threatening behavior towards another member - Akai: would like to discuss medical conditions and rules for ADA compliance. Tim: we need a lawyer to help with this discussion. Akai: we should hold off discussion until we talk to a lawyer. Tom G: if we have a member that becomes a pain the butt for the board, kick them out. Akai: we should have specific rules for people with disabilities. He has offered to help with setting up a conflict resolution system. Not having a way to resolve conflicts if a problem arises has been an issue in the past. We should let people sleep for small periods of time. Hapto: offered to take on helping with general conflict resolution. We are tabling the discussion about AC further for now. Akai formal statement: I have not had any desire to cause people harm or drama. I apologize for anything I have done that has caused this problem for the past 8 years. I am not choosing to be a problem member. I apologize as a whole for everything I have done and I would like a clean slate going forward. Further thoughts - we need to notify membership about retaining a lawyer since it would be more than $500
Tiffany/Stefan as Metal finishing? Hannah calls a vote to make Tiffany the champion of the metal finishing area and Stefan the co-champion. Geoff seconds. Motion passes unanimously.
Hapto calls a vote to add a co-champion, Tim Erdmann to the stained glass area. Anna seconds. Vote passes unanimously.
Tim calls a vote to install Michael H as co-champion in bike repairia. Geoff seconds. Vote passes unanimously.
Tim motions to table rest of discussion at 8:32 pm. Callie seconds. Vote passes unanimously.
Tim would like to call a special election and intends to step down immediately. He will help out until a replacement is found.