Milwaukee Makerspace Wiki

Meeting Time: 7:00pm

Location: Craft Lab

Board Members Present:

Board Members Absent:

Treasurer's Report

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

• 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

Wild Apricot Transition:

• Change/re-define funding areas
  • Building Purchase → Building Fund
  • CNC Area? How does this relate to the wood shop?
  • ?????
  • Profit!
• Funding area status? How do area champions know how much money they have available?

Building ownership/purchasing shares progress

• Matt N. extra storage space:

• New camera system - what is the status?
• Building purchase - status and closing.

• 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

• Updated name of this section to add “communications”
• Should we make a new tri-fold for the 'space?
• Monthly newsletter?

• 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