Milwaukee Makerspace Wiki

Meeting Time: 7:00pm

Location: Craft Lab

Board Members Present: DL, Carl S., Dan J., Lance L., Tom Gr., Joe R.

Board Members Absent: Vishal

Lance welcome Carl and encouraged sharing, asking, and speaking freely.

Treasurer's Report

• Treasurer's report was not done

• Previous Action Item: Joe will talk to WE energies about our utility rates
  • Joe has the form but hasn't sent it in yet

• 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

Wild Apricot Transition:

• Dan said the transition went well and it saves a lot of time
• Joe agrees with Dan. He mentioned that members seemed to agree as well
• New system provides real-time accounting and totals
• The old system is active but it is not being used. It will be archived
• 500 member limit has been exceeded on Wild Apricot. Though archiving and un-archiving is easy so we don't need to upgrade to the next plan up. Only active members count against the plan limit
• Still need MMPIS integration
• Dan noted amount for contribution. $800 to be given out. $700 allocated towards building fund
• How to sign up new members needs to be updated
• Dan will be working on single sign on for the wiki
• Tom noted that we still need to do 9 months of taxes
• DL is conducting an audit on storage
• DL mentioned that we are running out of free storage
• DL is putting pictures in Wild Apricot
• DL will crack down on inactive or lapsed members. There will be less grace period before contacting and impounding
• 19117 clock fell off wall and shattered.

Building ownership/purchasing shares progress

* Previous Action Item for Lance - Write a thank you letter to our wonderful snow plower and offer tax exempt letter

• Matt N. extra storage space:
• Add Marc Ownley as secondary Welding Area Champion - Dan J.

• New camera system

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

• Kuka
  • Previous action item: Joe will send a certified letter to the previous Kuka owner

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

• Dust collection system
  • Action Item for Vishal - Follow up with communicators to Hastings Energy
    • Done - Quotes were sent out to the board

• Space improvement day

• New member orientation
  • Previous action item from DL, Lance, and Tom: Plan a new member orientation video

• Safety
  • Previous action item from Tom: Call mat services to get rental costs
  • Previous action item from DL: Provide dollar numbers for purchasing new carpets