boardmeetingagenda:2018-06-21
Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - June 21st, 2018
Held at the Milwaukee Makerspace Craft Lab
Attendees
Present
Tim C
Colleen L
Dan J
Kathy H
Marcus
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
Update
Colleen is working on Craft Lab
If no major update present themselves, strike subject from board meetings
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
Vault push bar will be added to SID
Dan to followup on Energy Credit
Colleen to get professional cleaning and maintenance for Vacuum cleaners
Update
Focus on Energy Credit for LED bulbs still needs to be submitted
Colleen to get professional cleaning and maintenance for Vacuum cleaners
Vault push bar needs installation
Markus dealt with city inspector
Vent fan needed for Cosplay area for heat - est. cost $80-$120
New outlet reels for welding area, craft lab area - est. cost >$120
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
Need to find the cameras
Add to SID punchlist
Update
Vault Hallway
First Aid Training
Membership Engagement
Previous Status
Empowering Area Champions
Another newsletter will be sent
No update, Pete's wife got into a car accident, ohhhhh noooooooooooooooooooooo
Update
Member Accountability
Maker Faire projects, funding, etc. Review
Last Status
Propose to send an email to members about the yearly Maker Faire Milwaukee funding commitment
$5,000 was voted for and approved
Form is available to ask for funding
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
Marcin will draft a proposal for acceptance criterion
Update
Expanding the Paint Room
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
The form is ready
Update
New Business
Elections
Questions
How to handle special elections when BOD member leaves position for another?
How to handle a tie?
Visibility of results
Public Results: Near real-time visibility to vote counts but not names
Paper Ballots: Use a computer for data entry then cross check and process votes
Administration: Must be a BOD with no vested interest in the election
Needs further discussion, we have 5 months till next election
Initial Thoughts
Ties: names in a fishbowl/randomly selected
No board members up for re-election can oversee the election
All members will have access to regularly-updated voting totals
Special elections cannot overlap regular elections
MATC Students
Allow students to become members where MATC pays for membership
MATC will then allow MMS members access to use MATC facilities, equipment, and instructors
See Dan for more info
Waitng for update from MATC
Announcements
Close
Happy Birthday, Pete! The cupcakes and ziti Colleen supplied for the occasion were delicious!
Meeting was adjourned at 20:32
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