Milwaukee Makerspace Wiki

Meeting Time: 7:00pm

Location: Craft Lab

Board Members Present: Lance L., Joe R., Vishal R., Dan J., Tom Gr.

Board Members Absent: Felisha W., Deboralynn S.

Treasurer's Report

• $3,600 were spent on Maker Faire, $2000 were spent on insurace

• Previous Action Item: Joe will talk to WE energies about our utility rates
  • Step 1 is done, Step 2 is to fax it

• Previous Action Item: Dan to review Paypal accounts and what fees we can use now that we're a non profit - waiting on Paypal Customer Service
• No Updates on this topic. Dan has been spending his time on WA.

Wild Apricot Transition:

• DL imported Keys. - Done. Will have storage info completed by 10/17
• There will be a single sign on for wild apricot, makerspace wordpress site, and the wiki.
• Dan will a button on the site for the member portal
• Dan mentioned that the transition has gone well
• The rest of the membership will be transitioned this weekend
• Dan will write a new cheat sheet for the sign up process
• Tax Exemption has been setup for Weld Specialties

Building ownership/purchasing shares progress

• Matt N. extra storage space: CNC router in the Kuka room and cart in the east room.

• New camera system

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

• 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

• Dust collection system

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

• Space improvement day

• New member orientation

• Safety

• Discuss future of Power Wheels Area