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
  • Joe previously reported that we can get rid of taxes on our utility. That will amount to a monthly savings of $100.

• 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

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)
• Previous Action Item: Vishal to export all keys from google app engine from Wild Apricot

Building ownership/purchasing shares progress

• Discuss next steps

• New camera system
  • Previous Action Item: Scott Swanson will bring in this own system and see if it works with out system

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

• New Leather Area Champions
  • Shane and Ceciele
• Monthly expenses: Water heater thermostat: $18.42, Timer switch for bathroom $15, Pottery timer $15, Garage door threshold ~$60

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

• 4×8 CNC Router
  • Done?

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

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

• Large format plotters
  • Previous Action Item Put grey printer in impound lot

• New Green Vaccuum Former

• Dust collection system

• Wood Lathe in the East Room
  • Previous Action Item Joe will be taking it back

• Sunday, the 30th is the space improvement day

• New member orientation on September 5th

• Safety
• Doors Open Milwaukee Sept 19-20th, Events for 2015

• MMS Booth at Makerfaire
  • Brant volunteered to run this, does he need anything from us?