Milwaukee Makerspace Wiki

Meeting Time: 7:00pm

Location: Craft Lab

Board Members Present:

Treasurer's Report

• Previous Action Item: Joe will talk to WE energies about our utility rates

• Previous Action Item: Joe and Dan to review Paypal, Square, etc accounts and what fees we can use now that we're a non profit
• No updates on this item

Wild Apricot testing

• Previous Action Item: DL will update Wild Apricot splash page with wiki page,etc. (on hold by DL until privacy issues are addressed)
• Previous Action Item: DL is going to create do transition instructions (on hold by DL until privacy issues are addressed)
• Wild Apricot funding needs to move over to the space credit card going forward or cancelled.

Building ownership/purchasing shares progress

• Question has been raised about time limit on warnings. Should a warning from 3 years ago still count towards suspension or at some point does the counter start over?
• Concern has been raised raised that BOD members are not held to the same standards as members. There is the concern that some bod members are being given a free pass when they behave poorly.
• Request to rescind warning given to Charles and to re-instate as electronics area champion.

• Electric Kiln Ventilation - done

• New camera system

• “Who to Call” sheets located around building need to be updated. (2) out of (4) people listed are no longer board members.
  • Previous Action Item: Adrian and Maureen will update the who to call sheets.

• Previous Action Item Lance will put together a new questionnaire for equipment usage

• 4×8 CNC Plasma Cutter
  • Previous estimated date for completion: July 2015

• 4×8 CNC Router
  • Previous estimated date for completion: July, 2015

• Kuka
  • Previous action item: Joe will contact the Kuka donor to see if they want the control cabinet back

• “Red Dragon” RA-1F Vertical Mill

• Induction Furnace
  • Previous estimated date for completion: July 2015

• Large format plotters
  • Previous Action Item BBCM will inspect grey printer and follow up with DL

• New Green Vaccuum Former

• Wood Lathe in the East Room

• Previous Action Item: Joe mentioned holding a summer science fair
  • Lance will talk to Colleen to see if she wants to make it happen

• Sunday, the 26th is the space improvement day

• New member orientation on August 1st