Milwaukee Makerspace Wiki

Note - this meeting was originally incorrectly listed for January 14th - sorry! - Lance

Meeting Time: 7:00pm

Location: Craft Lab

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

Board Members Absent: Joe R., DL

Treasurer's Report

• Previous Action Item: Joe will talk to WE energies about our utility rates
• Joe wasn't present at the meeting

• 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
• Dan mentioned that paypal@ email account wasn't redirecting correctly so we may have missed communication back from Paypal

Wild Apricot Transition:

• Dan will add “CNC Area” and “Metal Finishing Area” to the list of allocatable categories for the month of February.

• Wood Shop
  • It's been dirty regularly - members don't seem to care. What do we do about it?
    • Carl believes that since the woodshop is already dirty, people are less likely to clean up
    • Wolfgang suggested a formal commitment from a few members who clean up regularly
    • Lance agreed with Carl
    • Vishal thinks that woodshop is the easiest way to create dirt in the space
    • Wolfgang mentioned that people don't even seem to wipe up the glue residue that they leave on the table saw
    • Tom suggested a woodshop lifeguard - some one who spends a lot of time in the woodshop and reminds useds to clean their mess
    • Dan mentioned that metal shop champions requested filters for the shop vacs
    • Dan mentioned that shop vacs migrate between different areas so filters should be funded by the space
    • Dan will research new shop vac filters
    • Vote - Authorize up to $200 for shop vac filters (5) vote yes, (2) abstain
    • Tom suggested closing the woodshop for use till it is clean
    • Lance had a similar idea
    • Dan suggested having a FOB on the woodshop
    • Tom suggested that $500 for the FOB based solution is cheaper than a new dust collection system
    • Lance suggested discussing non-technical solution
    • Steve will price out a new system
  • Proposal to add Wolfgang as area champion
    • Vote - (5) Yes, (2) abstain

• Finishing Area
  • Add Devin as Primary Area Champion
    • Vote - (5) Yes, (2) abstain

• New camera system - what is the status?
  • No Update

• 4×8 CNC Plasma Cutter
  • Previous estimated date for completion: October 2015
    • No Updates. Joe is absent from the meeting.

• Kuka
  • Previous action item: Joe will send a certified letter to the previous Kuka owner
    • No Updates. Joe is absent from the meeting.
    • Steve asked the Kuka could be moved from the CNC room. He will work on a plan to move it out.

• Induction Furnace
  • Previous estimated date for completion: October 2015
  • RIP. It will be scraped
  • Dan asked he could expand into the 4 foot space that has been allocated for the induction furnace.

• Mahogany - 5 Ft L x 34 In W by 1 ¼ In depth will be donated to the space
  • Vishal will coordinate the acquisition

• Should we make a new tri-fold for the 'space?
  • Previous Action Item- Carl will work on tri-fold
    • Carl has been spending his time on the tri-fold
  • Previous Action Item- Vishal will add a FAQ wordpress page
    • Done

• Monthly newsletter?
  • Carl has imported all the emails into Mailchimp

• Space improvement day

• New member orientation
  • Previous action item from DL, Lance, and Tom: Plan a new member orientation video
    • Carl and Lance will be filming a 30 minute video
      • No update - they will reschedule

• A member is concerned about spyware on new computers
• Steve P. asked if the makerspace has mission statement
  • Dan read his M4 statement
  • Vishal read his
  • Carl with compile existing statements.