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| - BOARD VOTED UNAMIMOUSLY TO LOWER DUES STARTING MARCH 1, 2014 | - BOARD VOTED UNAMIMOUSLY TO LOWER DUES STARTING MARCH 1, 2014 | ||
| - 7:30 PM - Classes/ | - 7:30 PM - Classes/ | ||
| - | - David Bryan from TCMaker/ | + | - David Bryan from TCMaker/ |
| - | - Any insurance | + | - David said that TCMaker regularly offers welding classes. |
| + | - (2) 4-hour sessions given | ||
| + | - The first hour is devoted to safety | ||
| + | - Events are posted to Eventbrite and StarTribute' | ||
| + | - Students/ | ||
| + | - HackFactory collects the money from students/ | ||
| + | - This accounts for roughly $5,000/year income | ||
| + | - Instructors are paid by HackFactory, | ||
| + | - Guests/ | ||
| + | - This differs from our current policies | ||
| + | - Tom, Dan, and others spoke about the concerns in Milwaukee and/or Wisconsin | ||
| + | - Our liability | ||
| + | - Anyone teaching and receiving compensation needs professional liability insurance | ||
| + | - MattW explained he'd like to teach classes so he can purchase a new welder | ||
| + | - Cost of the new welder will be about $5,000 | ||
| + | - Possibilities discussed, ways to teach classes within our current policies and insurance limitations | ||
| + | - Treating MMS as a fraternal organization rather than a club? Benefits? | ||
| + | - Can guests use power tools in classes? | ||
| + | - Classes taught by community colleges or other groups | ||
| + | - Classes outside the premises, off-site | ||
| + | - Consider adding a temporary membership level or class/ | ||
| + | - Examples given included having a crew of people help on a 24-48 hour project | ||
| + | - It was noted a full-time member should likely supervise or act as the responsible party for any person or group of temporary members | ||
| + | - Board to consider getting a quote on adding an insurance rider for teachers | ||
| + | - Could the revenue of classes help offset the cost of extra insurance? | ||
| + | - No action was taken on these topics at this meeting, only discussion | ||
| + | - 7:51 PM - Other insurance topics | ||
| - Insurance for the Board of Directors (Brant still hasn't sent in the quote) | - Insurance for the Board of Directors (Brant still hasn't sent in the quote) | ||
| - | - Partial payments/ | + | |
| - | - Donation boxes and Area Champions | + | - Joe indicated that he has closed these invoices |
| - | - Policies and Procedures: | + | - No one objected |
| - | - New Member Orientation Classes | + | |
| - | - Status of a task list for Safety Coordinator | + | - Topics discussed included |
| - | - Goals for 2014 (added by Pete) | + | - Asking Area Champions for budgets |
| - | - For the Group | + | - Is it OK to stump/ask members for donations? |
| - | - For the Board | + | - No one objected, do at your own discretion |
| - | | + | - Possible approaches: |
| - | | + | - Submit budgets for Board approval |
| - | - Status of wiki/ | + | - Spend money and get reimbursed on a case-by-case basis |
| - | - Parking flyer to neighbors | + | - How do people feel about collecting surplus/ |
| + | - Area Champions and others in attendance mostly OK with this, no objections noted at this time | ||
| + | - Most prefer soliciting donations from members for specific projects/ | ||
| + | - The Board asked Area Champions in attendance for budgets/ | ||
| + | - Lexie/ | ||
| + | - (Lance submitted a budget for the Laser Cutter Room soon after the meeting) | ||
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| + | - New Member Orientation Classes | ||
| + | - Nothing | ||
| + | - Brant indicated he would pick a date and post it to the mailing list to motivate us to start having them | ||
| + | - These will now occur the first Saturday of each month at 10:00 AM | ||
| + | - (First one occurred on Saturday, March 1st) | ||
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| + | - No news, nothing discussed | ||
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| + | - No news, nothing discussed | ||
| + | - 8:27 PM - Status of proposal for a new DVR/camera system (ChrisH, | ||
| + | - BOARD VOTED TO ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM BUDGET OF $450 | ||
| + | - Brant said he'd look up the model previously discussed on Amazon and buy it | ||
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| + | - Working like a charm according to ChrisH | ||
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| + | - Body of letter/ | ||
| + | - Need to print several copies and get help distributing | ||
| + | - Tom suggested a neighborhood block party/ | ||
| - Check on progress of Building Topics/ | - Check on progress of Building Topics/ | ||
| - | - Air compressor | + | |
| - | - Gas lines for forge/ | + | - Work in progress, some downtime planned but exact date/ |
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| + | - BOARD VOTED TO PROCEED WITH PRICING/ | ||
| + | - Black steel piping being considered | ||
| + | - Tom and Dan to do most of the work, final connection by a plumber likely | ||
| - Check on progress of Member Projects: | - Check on progress of Member Projects: | ||
| - | - MattN' | + | - Nothing new discussed |
| - | - CNC Router | + | |
| - | - CNC Plasma | + | |
| - New equipment/ | - New equipment/ | ||
| - | - ... | + | - TomG brought in a new plasma cutter |
| + | - DanJ said we have some new forging tools | ||
| + | - Someone asked about helping to update the equipment photos online | ||
| - Events: | - Events: | ||
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| - Any topics from members who are present | - Any topics from members who are present | ||
| + | - Looking up Milwaukee Makerspace location on Google Maps takes you to the Whitewater Makerspace address | ||
| + | - Pete, Dan to review | ||
| + | - Someone mentioned we should review how they do training/ | ||
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