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Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - May 17th, 2018
Held at the Milwaukee Makerspace craft lab
Attendees
Present
Absent
Guests
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
Building Maintenance/Issues
Previous status
Back hallway door near vaults needs a push bar installed.
Focus on Energy Credit for LED bulbs still needs to be submitted
Material Cost for Lawn Care & Landscaping at MMS
Fertilizer & herbicides 5 x per year, Total = $68.75
Seed (for over seeding 2x per year), Total = $25
Non-selective Herbicide 5 x per year, Total = $15.85 (for along curb and crack in sidewalk and parking area)
BOD votes to approve a budget of $300, all in favor
Update
Reports of Special (Select) Committees
Unfinished Business
Property tax exemption
Previous status
Found the original letter, must wait to re-apply next year with better evidence.
Tom G. will contact our lawyer and try again.
Tim to get law students from Marquette to help Pro-bono
Update
Camera System
Previous status
Budgeted $250 for new cameras (Alley x2, Metal Shop, Finishing Area)
Adrian ordered the cameras
Update
New Shelving Plans (Willie's Boat Area & PowerWheels Area)
Previous Status
3D printers moved
Racking is partially set up in vault hallway, David D. and Joe B. will take on completion of the project. Kathy H. wants it completed by the end of SID March 24, 2018.
Racking is complete, GD storage needs to be moved
Kathy will propose an area with tables for gaming and display area for Bayview gallery
SID will have an item to improve lighting in hallway
Tom is looking into getting a 2nd heater or furnace booster
Members should rub popsicle sticks really fast to stay warm
Update
First Aid Training
Membership Engagement
Previous Status
Empowering area champions
No making on SID between noon and 5pm
Another newsletter will be sent
Update
Member Accountability
Last Status
Board discussed member behavior accountability.
Reinforce to members about unauthorized activities at the space.
BOD has been trying to remind members about rules, etc.
Keep reminding Champions they should not sign tickets for other Areas (only for their own)
Still need to update the new ticket/permit PDFs and delete the old ticket/permit PDFs
Kathy needs help converting documents into PDF
Pete will update wiki documents
Update
Maker Faire projects, funding, etc. Review
Last Status
See survey for responses
Having the truck one day earlier would be nice
Propose to send an email to members about the yearly Maker Faire Milwaukee funding commitment
We should announce and then wait one week to allow members to respond
New survey sent, will check in a week
Update
Vault hall member storage abuse
Last Status
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
Updated the emails for lapsed accounts to include warning about losing storage
Pete will edit the new member video
Marcin will draft a proposal for acceptance criterion
Update
Expanding the Paint Room
Last Status
Kathy Cannistra sent an email on February 15th proposing that we start considering how the paint room could be expanded. Air quality in the east room can be compromised when big items or large quantities of items can't fit in the paint room. This was extremely noticeable the month before Christmas when a lot stuff was being made and coated with solvent-based products. I propose we start considering how the paint room could be expanded in the near future for both easier painting and fiberglass work.
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BOD asked Steve for a proposal including a budget and endorsement from Brant area champion
Steve needs to talk to Brant about his proposal
Update
Last Status
BOD discussed a proposal form that members would fill out when making any requests for the BOD
BOD will move forward exploring use of the form
Mat will work with Kyle on moving the form to the MMS Google Drive
Update
New Business
Announcements
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