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Board Meeting for December 18, 2014

Minutes

Meeting Time: 6:30pm
Location: Lenox, Meeting Room

  • All members are welcome to attend, and non-board members can join the conversation when invited.
  • DanJ indicated he would not be able to attend this meeting.

Legal/Financial

Treasurer's Report (November)

  • Dan planned to help create one using Mint.com

Building ownership/purchasing shares report progress

  • (continued from last meeting, suggested by JoeR)
  • Tom has received and shared a CMA report from the realtor

Non-profit, 501c3 status

  • (continued from last meeting, update from TomG)
  • CPA dropped off paper work Thursday, 12/11/14

Quicken, accounting software progress

  • (continued from last meeting)
  • When can we announce the prize for coding/API work?
  • Have we set the requirements for the prize?

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Policies and Procedures

Should board members be allowed to be Area Champions?

Check on progress of Building Topics/Projects

Snow Removal

  • (continued from last meeting, update from Adrian)
  • East Wisconsin Services Quote
    • Snow removal and salt after on walks $40.
    • Salt walks only $25.
    • Snow removal and salt after on the lot and alley $35.
    • Salt lot only $20.
  • No responses from:
    • John Liebl Jr & Son Landscpg
    • Bree's Snow Plowing & Svc Inc
    • Hauke's Snow Removal Svc
    • Chucks Prolandscapes LLC (Not servicing Bay view at this time.)

Temporary Vault Hallway Overflow Storage

  • Last meeting we voted to allow members that were displaced by reorganizing the floor rental spaces to occupy a space in the East Room we designate as “Temporary Vault Hallway Overflow Storage”
  • Brant emailed 4 people on 12/5/14 to let them know vault hallway is full
  • David S. reminded the BOD that he and Mike D'Amico share a CNC cart instead of shelves, their cart has always been considered a substitution regular free storage
  • Do we need to update any invoices?
    • We shouldn't have to as anyone moved into the vault hallway didn't see a rate change

Impound Lot Area

  • Confirm location in East Room?
  • Tiffany said the induction furnace needs to be relocated first, Tom is there a plan or timeframe for that?
  • Signage needed? Maybe something on the floor? Ceiling? Both?

Relocating Watch Parts

  • Confirm the plan is to move them from East Room to Jewelry Area
  • Progress?
  • Dates/goals?
  • Who to talk to?

Proposed Jewelry Area/Casting Area/East Room Changes

Storage Inventory Update

  • (continued from last meeting, update from Tiffany)
  • Inventory needed to identify lapsed members/clear space for others to use

Long Storage Proposal

  • (continued from last meeting, update from Lance/Tiffany)
  • Confirm location in East Room?
  • Lance is working on this, took measurements first week of the month

Outstanding Member Storage Questions

  • Liisa F's golf cart email, 10/9/14
  • Ben H's abandoned pallet email, 12/14/14

Electric Kiln

  • Brant/Tom working to add exhaust fan in pottery area
  • David A. asked DL/others if the kiln could be moved to the welding area so it could be used with the existing exhaust fan in the mean time
  • Several members helped move Tom's kiln from the pottery area to the welding area on Tuesday, 12/9

Lockers Moved

  • (continued from last meeting, update from Tiffany)
  • Several members helped move lockers on Tuesday, 12/9
  • Charles' request to remove doors from beige, square lockers and use for motor storage/hack rack
  • DL's request to use up to half of the beige, square lockers to store pottery projects/works in progress
  • Still not sure what to do with filing cabinets, although Jon H requested one for jewelry area storage
  • Still not sure what to do with 2 sets of white lockers that remain in the Vault Hallway

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Check on progress of Member/Space Projects

4x8 CNC Plasma Cutter

  • (continued from last meeting, ask JoeR)
  • No deadline given at last meeting

4x8 CNC Router

  • (continued from last meeting, ask SteveP)
  • No deadline given at last meeting
  • Is Steve working towards 1/1/15? Confirm?

Kuka

  • (continued from last meeting, ask MattN)
  • Matt said last meeting that Kuka would be ready for 1/1/15
  • Motor drive acquired yet?
  • Any news on a different spindle?

"Misty Field" project update

  • (continued from last meeting, update from DavidH)
  • Should be finished by now, please confirm?

"Red Dragon" RA-1F Vertical Mill update

  • (continued from last meeting, Tom gave update)
  • When will it be ready for use?

Cold Saw

  • (continued from last meeting, Tom gave update)
  • Tom mentioned in an email that it will be ready by the end of this week
  • Where is it being located? See East Room discussions above

Induction Furnace

  • (continued from last meeting, Tom gave update)
  • Last meeting Tom said this is on hold until the previous two are finished
  • Tom expects to start working on it in December, see above storage discussions

Large format plotters

  • Status? Who is working on this?
  • (continued from last meeting, Tom gave update)

New equipment/donations

Machine shop desk/tooling space request progress

  • (continued from last meeting, ask Tiffany)
  • This will go in the Vault hallway once lockers are moved
  • Are we ready to move this?

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Events

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Any topics from members who are present

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Meeting ending time noted

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