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| + | ====== Board Meeting Notes for June 19, 2014 ====== | ||
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| + | Meeting Time: 7pm\\ | ||
| + | Location: Lenox | ||
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| + | * 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. | ||
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| + | - 7:05 - Legal/ | ||
| + | - Non-Profit Status | ||
| + | - Brant to reply to state' | ||
| + | - Tom meeting with his CPA soon | ||
| + | - Treasurer' | ||
| + | - Not ready for this meeting | ||
| + | - Board Insurance Quote | ||
| + | - Tiffany offered to help | ||
| + | - City Inspection | ||
| + | - Annual fire alarm test | ||
| + | - Tom said no specific due date | ||
| + | - 7:08 - Policies and Procedures | ||
| + | - Tiffany and Steve noted there was a brownout earlier in the week | ||
| + | - Some lights were on, others off | ||
| + | - Tiffany asked for a plan/ | ||
| + | - 7:08 - Check on progress of Building Topics/ | ||
| + | - 7:18 - Check on progress of Member Projects | ||
| + | - 4x8 CNC Router | ||
| + | - Steve made a proposal for matching donation funds to complete the router project | ||
| + | - MattJ vouched for Steve' | ||
| + | - Steve mentioned member interest exists for a CNC class/ | ||
| + | - **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** | ||
| + | - CNC Plasma Cutter | ||
| + | - Joe working on brackets | ||
| + | - Jewerly Area | ||
| + | - Lucy made a proposal to add a jewelry area and table to the West Room | ||
| + | - Shared/ | ||
| + | - Locate 4' | ||
| + | - **VOTE: Approved plan to allocate space for this project; no funding was requested at this time** | ||
| + | - 7:35 - New equipment/ | ||
| + | - Adrian' | ||
| + | - General shop needs | ||
| + | - Retractable extension cord reels | ||
| + | - Menards | ||
| + | - Bay Company | ||
| + | - 30’ long, 14Ga wire, with a 3 plug end of the cord | ||
| + | - Std list price 39.00 Ea. | ||
| + | - (they were on sale at the time I was looking for $29.00 Ea. until 5/31/14) | ||
| + | - Grainger | ||
| + | - Manufactured by Bay Co 30’ long, 14Ga wire, with a 3 plug end of the cord | ||
| + | - Std list price 79.00 Ea. | ||
| + | - Harbor Freight Tool | ||
| + | - 40’ long, 14Ga wire, with a 3 plug end of the cord | ||
| + | - Std list price 79.99 Ea. | ||
| + | - Other vendors looked at were McMaster Carr, Home Depot, and Northern Tool. | ||
| + | - Retractable air hose reels and have found that | ||
| + | - Harbor Freight | ||
| + | - Central Pneumatic - item#69234 $59.99 Std. list ea. | ||
| + | - Overall proposal | ||
| + | - (6) Retractable extension cord reels ($39.00 x 6 = $234.00) plus tax | ||
| + | - (2) Retractable air hose reels. ($59.99 x 2 = $119.98) plus tax | ||
| + | - DanJ offered to help put outlets on West Room ceilings | ||
| + | - **VOTE: Board approved to fund up to $450 max for power and air reels** | ||
| + | - Additional items requested for metal shop | ||
| + | - Spare band saw blades (2) per saw approx. $200.00 total | ||
| + | - Green wheel for the bench grinder to sharped Carbide too bits. Approx. $50.00-$80.00 Ea. | ||
| + | - **VOTE: Board approved to match funding 50/50, max of $150, for a total of $300** | ||
| + | - Tom's email/ | ||
| + | - **NOTE: Tom said he would hold off on this proposal until we see what we may get donated** | ||
| + | - Tom requested 2nd battery for the Milwaukee Cordless tools | ||
| + | - One is dying and one of the drills is awaiting new brushes (Tom to follow up on this) | ||
| + | - We currently have two drills, one impact driver and a sawzall that use the M18 batteries. | ||
| + | - Tom suggested we buy a second kit with a drill and impact driver plus 2 batteries and charger | ||
| + | - The kit costs about the same as buying 2 batteries | ||
| + | - Plus one or two more drills | ||
| + | - http:// | ||
| + | - Plus one or two more drills with batteries $219 | ||
| + | - http:// | ||
| + | - Tiffany agreed to reach out to Milwaukee Electric Tool Co. for donations of batteries, etc. | ||
| + | - Events: | ||
| + | - 8:05 - Neighbor Block Party | ||
| + | - Tiffany agreed to lead this effort, will work with Lance and others | ||
| + | - Date picked for Friday, July 18th | ||
| + | - 8:12 - Maker Faire | ||
| + | - More info to come | ||
| + | - Attracting sponsors discussed briefly | ||
| + | - 8:13 - Quickbooks/ | ||
| + | - Royce/JoeR spoke recently, should be able to | ||
| + | - 50-60 members yet to be entered into Quickbooks | ||
| + | - Any topics from members who are present | ||
| + | - 8:15 - East Room Storage and Vaults discussed | ||
| + | - Should vaults be eventually turned into localized work areas? | ||
| + | - Work rooms | ||
| + | - Community/ | ||
| + | - Not well supported in meeting | ||
| + | - East Room Storage | ||
| + | - Surplus high voltage equipment was being stored/ | ||
| + | - Not charging rent on floor space | ||
| + | - **VOTE: Ask BobT to remove or put up-for-grabs by end of June; removed entirely by end of July** | ||
| + | - 8:24 - Sanding fiberglass | ||
| + | - Tiffany asked that members not sand fiberglass | ||
| + | - Allergies and consideration for others | ||
| + | - Survey proposed to gauge members' | ||
| + | - BOD to discuss possible questions for survey online | ||
| + | - ChrisH proposed that future Board Members be compensated with paid memberships | ||
| + | - Idea had mixed reception | ||
| + | - By-laws would need to be changed; currently they state no compensation is allowed | ||
| + | - Chris and Brant noted board members often sacrifice personal time/focus and don't get to do much making | ||
| + | - Strategic Planning/ | ||
| + | - Brant wants to set some goals before the next election | ||
| + | - Mission statements discussed | ||
| + | - Guide future boards | ||
| + | - What to do with growth; more members and income | ||
| + | - Brief discussion on Makerspace INC buying building from MMIG LLC | ||
| + | - Benefits not clear | ||
| + | - Tom said having two insurance policies costs the INC and LLC an extra $1500/year | ||
| + | - Also saving on property taxes | ||
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| ====== Board Meeting Agenda for June 19, 2014 ====== | ====== Board Meeting Agenda for June 19, 2014 ====== | ||
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