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Meeting Time: 7:00pm

Location: Craft Lab

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

Board Members Absent:

• Approve Mark Rehorst's request to modify the Solidoodle?
  • Vote (7) yes

Treasurer's Report

• Joe moved $5,500 from Paypal to our Bank account
• Cintas billed us (4) times this month. They did (3) carpet swaps and a bathroom cleaning.
• Lance stated that he has received good feedback about the Cintas service.

• The metal shop spent more that the allocated amount from Wild Apricot.
• Dan said we can either refund the individual right away or pay as the allocation comes up
• Vishal created a spreadsheet to account for available allocation funds
• Lance doesn't like a negative account. He asked for discussion about how we should handle this in the future.
• Tom doesn't want to punish active, involved members
• Joe doesn't think we should have to educate everyone about the basics
• Dan suggested that he will reimburse Bill and he will be reimbursed as the funds become available
• Lance suggested that there is no board oversight over the amount available to each area.

• Tom started the property tax exemption paperwork but we need a mission statement to complete it
• The board discussed and agree upon the following mission statement:
  • “We are a community of makers focused on education through social interaction. Sharing resources and knowledge with each other”

• Previous Action Item: Joe will talk to WE energies about our utility rates
  • No update

• 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 feedback from Paypal- he'll stop pursuing it

Wild Apricot Transition:

• Previous Action Item: Dan will add “CNC Area” and “Metal Finishing Area” to the list of allocatable categories for the month of February.
  • No update
  • The wild apricot export isn't working well with quickbooks
  • DL said that Scott S. knows quickbooks really well and she will work him to fix this.

• New camera system - what is the status?
  • Scott needs a map
  • The board created a map of existing and proposed cameras

• 4×8 CNC Plasma Cutter
  • Previous estimated date for completion: October 2015
    • No update

• Kuka
  • Previous action item: Joe will send a certified letter to the previous Kuka owner
    • No update

• Large Format Printer
  • The printer hasn't been used at all for a while
  • Lance suggested that we announce that the printer is being removed and give members that chance to lobby for it staying

• Vacuum Former
  • No one is using it
  • DL said that we should send a feeler for interest again

• Engine Hoist
  • Since we have a forklift, we don't need it anymore.

• Sandblaster
  • Do we need both?
  • Some people's arms don't fit in the new one
  • We want to keep the media separate
  • We need both according to Tom

• We are getting new shelves donated this weekend for additional member stoage
• We are getting new lighting system for scrap and cash class this weekend
• DL will be bringing new brooms

• Should we make a new tri-fold for the 'space?
  • Carl got a template going

• Space improvement day
  • Trash to cash will happen
  • Reorganization will happen by the large storage rack

• New member orientation
  • Previous action item from DL, Lance, and Tom: Plan a new member orientation video
    • No updates. Will be left to the next board.