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Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - January 18th, 2018
Held at the Milwaukee Makerspace craft lab
Attendees
Present
Marcin P
Mat M
Adrian V
Tim C
Pete P
Kathy H
Steff M (via Skype)
Absent
Guests
Dan J
Marcus
Tony S
Linda
Kathy C
Colleen
Austen
Mike E
Billy
John H
Minutes
Review and approval of the Minutes of the previous meeting
Reports of Boards and Standing Committees
Treasurers Report
Find the current treasurer report
here.
Space Equipment Inventory
Previous status
Kathy to ask Area Champions to update the Wiki with equipment in their area(s).
Paused due to Maker Faire, Kathy is continuing to work on it.
Update
Building Maintenance/Issues
Reports of Special (Select) Committees
Unfinished Business
Property tax exemption
New camera system
Previous status
Update
Metal finishing area has camera
Need another camera vantage point for alley, pointing north
Need computer for viewing and recording
Willie's Boat Area
Previous Status
Update
In the immediate time frame use as short-term project storage
Long term to be the new area for 3D printers
Racking needs to be purchased for vault hallway
Long-term Budgeting
Previous Status
Create a list of “house projects” to establish funds for
Sit down with Tom G about price points that have previously been estimated
Call out to 3rd parties for getting estimates
Adrian and Dan are working on it
Update
Front bar redesign
Membership Engagement
First Aid Training
Member Accountability
Last Status
What to do about Member accountability
Reinforce to members about unauthorized activities at the space.
Champions signing parking permits for other areas is becoming an issue.
Update
Area Champion Interest
Maker Faire projects, funding, etc. Review
New Shelving Plans
Survey Results
Last Status
Update
Results published
Nothing surprising
Jewelry Area
Colleen Leahy's proposal
Remaining Laser Cutters
Last Status
Board voted on Brant's proposal as such:
Donate them to a Wisconsin/Illinois/Minnesota Makerspace
If still here by Jan 1st, then offer to members for money
If still here after 2 weeks, then dispose of them
Pete has asked Appleton Makerspace if they want them
Update
Paper towel purchasing
Hiring a professional to auger the men's room toilets
Richard Bowman's hardware area
Food at Board Meetings
Rick as Landscaper
New Business
Vault hall member storage abuse
Need to promote members who have had a positive impact on the makerspace
Certain member(s) are using it as personal storage and are lapsed
Empower facilities director to enforce current storage rules
Update the emails for lapsed accounts to include warning about losing storage
Kathy H is proposing that vaults have an acceptance criterion and members must submit an application
To be carried over as an agenda topic
Dumpster and Handicap parking
Monitor at each door to see who is there before opening (via Bill Williams)
Seeking permission conduct a mixed methods research study at the Milwaukee Makerspace. Research topic is about the leadership skills necessary to start and maintain a volunteer community-organized and community-operated makerspace. Study would be composed of interviewing people in present and past leadership roles and to solicit general membership to complete a survey (Kathy Cannistra)
Pallets available
Woodshop broken saw fence
3D Printing room build
Power Wheels going vertical
Purchase racking for vault hallway
Members will move their items from GD racking to vault hallway
Powerwheels will buy GD racking and move it to their corner
Powerwheels will move pallets to repurposed GD racking
Then we will have more project space in east room
Solid Works
Dalek Asylum
Announcements
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