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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)
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
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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
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?
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
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
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
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
New equipment/donations
(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