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Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - May 17th, 2018

Held at the Milwaukee Makerspace craft lab

Attendees

Present
  • TBD
Absent
  • TBD
Guests
  • TBD

Minutes

  • Meeting called to order by ??? at HH:MM

Review and approval of the Minutes of the previous meeting

  • Previous meeting minutes were Approved

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).
  • Update
    • TBD

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
    • TBD

Reports of Special (Select) Committees

  • No Special Committees for this meeting.

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
    • TBD

Camera System

  • Previous status
    • Budgeted $250 for new cameras (Alley x2, Metal Shop, Finishing Area)
    • Adrian ordered the cameras
  • Update
    • TBD

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
    • TBD

First Aid Training

  • Previous Status
    • Pete will research AED purchase options
  • Update
    • TBD

Membership Engagement

  • Previous Status
    • Empowering area champions
    • No making on SID between noon and 5pm
    • Another newsletter will be sent
  • Update
    • TBD

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
    • TBD

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
    • TBD

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
    • TBD

Expanding the Paint Room

BOD Proposal Form

  • 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
    • TBD

New Business

  • Anodizing proposal
    • Kathy Cannistra sent an email on February 15th proposing to put the anodizing station in the vault hallways in the area where to grill currently is. Venting options would be out the door, through a new wall hole or tubed through to the paint room fan.
    • To be discussed at next BOD meeting (in May)
  • Elections
    • How to handle special elections when BOD member leaves position for another?
    • How to handle a tie?
    • To be discussed at next BOD meeting (in May)
  • Wildapricot Signups
    • Signups take a long time
    • Marcin to research auto-provisioning for new membership
  • New Topic #1
    • Notes
    • Notes
  • New Topic #2
    • Notes
    • Notes
  • New Topic #3
    • Notes
    • Notes

Announcements

  • Nothing

Close

  • Meeting was adjourned at HH:MM
boardmeetingagenda/2018-05-17.1524425534.txt.gz · Last modified: 2018/04/22 19:32 by marcinp