Meeting Time: 7pm
Location: Lenox

• 5 minute time limit per highest-level bullet point.
• All members are welcome to attend, and non-board members can join the conversation when invited.

1. 7:05 - Legal/Financial:
   1. Non-Profit Status
      1. Brant to reply to state's letter
      2. Tom meeting with his CPA soon
   2. Treasurer's Report
      1. Not ready for this meeting
   3. Board Insurance Quote
      1. Tiffany offered to help
   4. City Inspection
      1. Annual fire alarm test
      2. Tom said no specific due date
2. 7:08 - Policies and Procedures
   1. Tiffany and Steve noted there was a brownout earlier in the week
   2. Some lights were on, others off
   3. Tiffany asked for a plan/procedure to address brownouts in the future
3. 7:08 - Check on progress of Building Topics/Projects
4. 7:18 - Check on progress of Member Projects
   1. 4×8 CNC Router
      1. Steve made a proposal for matching donation funds to complete the router project
      2. MattJ vouched for Steve's work ethic
      3. Steve mentioned member interest exists for a CNC class/training
      4. VOTE: Approved Board to match funds 50/50 on the condition that a minimum of $200 be raised; max of $300, for a total of $600 max
   2. CNC Plasma Cutter
      1. Joe working on brackets
   3. Jewerly Area
      1. Lucy made a proposal to add a jewelry area and table to the West Room
      2. Shared/locking tool chests discussed
      3. Locate 4'x5' table near casting area and Kuka computer
      4. VOTE: Approved plan to allocate space for this project; no funding was requested at this time
5. 7:35 - New equipment/donations:
   1. Adrian's email/proposals
      1. General shop needs
         1. Retractable extension cord reels
            1. Menards
               1. Bay Company
               2. 30’ long, 14Ga wire, with a 3 plug end of the cord
               3. Std list price 39.00 Ea.
               4. (they were on sale at the time I was looking for $29.00 Ea. until 5/31/14)
            2. Grainger
               1. Manufactured by Bay Co 30’ long, 14Ga wire, with a 3 plug end of the cord
               2. Std list price 79.00 Ea.
            3. Harbor Freight Tool
               1. 40’ long, 14Ga wire, with a 3 plug end of the cord
               2. Std list price 79.99 Ea.
            4. Other vendors looked at were McMaster Carr, Home Depot, and Northern Tool.
         2. Retractable air hose reels and have found that
            1. Harbor Freight
               1. Central Pneumatic - item#69234 $59.99 Std. list ea.
         3. Overall proposal
            1. (6) Retractable extension cord reels ($39.00 x 6 = $234.00) plus tax
            2. (2) Retractable air hose reels. ($59.99 x 2 = $119.98) plus tax
         4. DanJ offered to help put outlets on West Room ceilings
      2. VOTE: Board approved to fund up to $450 max for power and air reels
      3. Additional items requested for metal shop
         1. Spare band saw blades (2) per saw approx. $200.00 total
         2. Green wheel for the bench grinder to sharped Carbide too bits. Approx. $50.00-$80.00 Ea.
         3. VOTE: Board approved to match funding 50/50, max of $150, for a total of $300
   2. Tom's email/proposals
      1. NOTE: Tom said he would hold off on this proposal until we see what we may get donated
      2. Tom requested 2nd battery for the Milwaukee Cordless tools
         1. One is dying and one of the drills is awaiting new brushes (Tom to follow up on this)
         2. We currently have two drills, one impact driver and a sawzall that use the M18 batteries.
      3. Tom suggested we buy a second kit with a drill and impact driver plus 2 batteries and charger
         1. The kit costs about the same as buying 2 batteries
      4. Plus one or two more drills $269
         1. http://www.cpomilwaukee.com/factory-reconditioned-milwaukee-2797-82-m18-fuel-18v-cordless-lithium-ion-1-2-in--hammer-drill-and-1-4-in--hex-impact-driver-kit/milr2797-82,default,pd.html?start=1&cgid=milwaukee-m18-fuel-tools&prefn1=condition&prefv1=recon
      5. Plus one or two more drills with batteries $219
         1. http://www.cpomilwaukee.com/factory-reconditioned-milwaukee-2603-82-18v-cordless-m18-fuel-lithium-ion-drill-driver-with-xp-batteries/milr2603-82,default,pd.html?start=6&cgid=milwaukee-m18-fuel-tools&prefn1=condition&prefv1=recon
      6. Tiffany agreed to reach out to Milwaukee Electric Tool Co. for donations of batteries, etc.
6. Events:
   1. 8:05 - Neighbor Block Party
      1. Tiffany agreed to lead this effort, will work with Lance and others
      2. Date picked for Friday, July 18th
   2. 8:12 - Maker Faire
      1. More info to come
      2. Attracting sponsors discussed briefly
7. 8:13 - Quickbooks/Access Control Integration
   1. Royce/JoeR spoke recently, should be able to
   2. 50-60 members yet to be entered into Quickbooks
8. Any topics from members who are present
   1. 8:15 - East Room Storage and Vaults discussed
      1. Should vaults be eventually turned into localized work areas?
         1. Work rooms
         2. Community/group projects
         3. Not well supported in meeting
      2. East Room Storage
         1. Surplus high voltage equipment was being stored/sorted only temporary
         2. Not charging rent on floor space
         3. VOTE: Ask BobT to remove or put up-for-grabs by end of June; removed entirely by end of July
   2. 8:24 - Sanding fiberglass
      1. Tiffany asked that members not sand fiberglass
      2. Allergies and consideration for others
   3. Survey proposed to gauge members' views on best use for East Room
      1. BOD to discuss possible questions for survey online
   4. ChrisH proposed that future Board Members be compensated with paid memberships
      1. Idea had mixed reception
      2. By-laws would need to be changed; currently they state no compensation is allowed
      3. Chris and Brant noted board members often sacrifice personal time/focus and don't get to do much making
9. Strategic Planning/Future
   1. Brant wants to set some goals before the next election
   2. Mission statements discussed
   3. Guide future boards
   4. What to do with growth; more members and income
   5. Brief discussion on Makerspace INC buying building from MMIG LLC
      1. Benefits not clear
         1. Tom said having two insurance policies costs the INC and LLC an extra $1500/year
         2. Also saving on property taxes

Meeting Time: 7pm
Location: Lenox

• 5 minute time limit per highest-level bullet point.
• All members are welcome to attend, and non-board members can join the conversation when invited.

1. Legal/Financial:
   1. Non-Profit Status (state reply letter)
   2. Treasurer's Report
   3. Board Insurance Quote (Brant looking for help)
   4. City Inspection
      1. Status of fixes/comments
      2. Due date?
   5. …
2. Policies and Procedures:
   1. …
3. Check on progress of Building Topics/Projects:
   1. …
4. Check on progress of Member Projects:
   1. 4×8 CNC Router
      1. Proposal for matching donation funds (See handout)
5. New equipment/donations:
   1. Adrian's email/proposals
      1. General shop needs
         1. Retractable extension cord reels
            1. Menards
               1. Bay Company
               2. 30’ long, 14Ga wire, with a 3 plug end of the cord
               3. Std list price 39.00 Ea.
               4. (they were on sale at the time I was looking for $29.00 Ea. until 5/31/14)
            2. Grainger
               1. Manufactured by Bay Co 30’ long, 14Ga wire, with a 3 plug end of the cord
               2. Std list price 79.00 Ea.
            3. Harbor Freight Tool
               1. 40’ long, 14Ga wire, with a 3 plug end of the cord
               2. Std list price 79.99 Ea.
            4. Other vendors I looked at were McMaster Carr, Home Depot, and Northern Tool.
         2. Retractable air hose reels and have found that
            1. Harbor Freight
               1. Central Pneumatic - item#69234 $59.99 Std. list ea.
         3. Overall proposal
            1. (6) Retractable extension cord reels ($39.00 x 6 = $234.00) plus tax
            2. (2) Retractable air hose reels. ($59.99 x 2 = $119.98) plus tax
            3. Additional item for the area would also be nice to have Makerspace support on, maybe matching funds?
               1. Spare band saw blades (2) per saw approx. $200.00 total
               2. Green wheel for the bench grinder to sharped Carbide too bits. Approx. $50.00-$80.00 Ea.
   2. Tom's email/proposals
      1. A 2nd battery for the Milwaukee Cordless tools is dying and one of the drills is awaiting new brushes (I'll follow up on this)
      2. We currently have two drills, one impact driver and a sawzall that use the M18 batteries.
      3. Suggest a second kit with a drill and impact driver plus 2 batteries and charger (the kit costs about the same as buying 2 batteries)
      4. Plus one or two more drills $269
         1. http://www.cpomilwaukee.com/factory-reconditioned-milwaukee-2797-82-m18-fuel-18v-cordless-lithium-ion-1-2-in--hammer-drill-and-1-4-in--hex-impact-driver-kit/milr2797-82,default,pd.html?start=1&cgid=milwaukee-m18-fuel-tools&prefn1=condition&prefv1=recon
      5. Plus one or two more drills with batteries $219
         1. http://www.cpomilwaukee.com/factory-reconditioned-milwaukee-2603-82-18v-cordless-m18-fuel-lithium-ion-drill-driver-with-xp-batteries/milr2603-82,default,pd.html?start=6&cgid=milwaukee-m18-fuel-tools&prefn1=condition&prefv1=recon
6. Events:
   1. Neighbor Block Party
   2. Maker Faire!
   3. …
7. Any topics from members who are present
8. Strategic Planning/Future