boardmeetingagenda:2018-08-15
Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - August 15th, 2018
Held at the Milwaukee Makerspace Craft Lab
Attendees
Present
Markus
Tim
Dan
Marcin
Kathy
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.
Building Maintenance/Issues
Previous status
Colleen to get professional cleaning and maintenance for Vacuum cleaners
Vent fan needed for Cosplay area for heat - est. cost $80-$120
New outlet reels for welding area, craft lab area - est. cost >$120
Focus on Energy Credit for LED bulbs has been submitted, waiting for check
Parking lot needs to be repaved, Tim will coordinate with Tom G for quotes ($20,000 estimate)
Update
Reports of Special (Select) Committees
Unfinished Business
Vault Hallway
First Aid Training
Membership Engagement
Previous Status
Empowering Area Champions
Another newsletter will be sent
We have been hearing complaints from many areas
Update
Abuse in the Metal shop is still occuring
We would like to implement an access control system for our machines
Tim will investigate a commercial system called SafetySpot
Member Accountability
Last Status
Kathy updated ticket/permit PDFs
Pete will help Kathy link the PDFs
Pete will update wiki documents
Update
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
No more moniez but more requests are coming in
Mat to determine how much more money for increased budget request
Concerns about Maker Faire Area Champion Duties
Challenges with MF Champion not being on BOD anymore
Suggestion: The BOD can provide guidance/template how to run the MF area
Suggestion: Shift responsibility for budget/financial approvals to BOD
Update
Last Status
Allow students to become members where MATC pays for membership
MATC will then allow MMS members access to use MATC facilities, equipment, and instructors
8 members started then tapered off
Bob from MATC is concerned with insurance, still no ETA for MMS members at MATC
Free membership experiment has ended, MATC students must pay individually
Update
Revamp of sign-up sheets
Handicap Parking
New Business
New Topic #3
Area Champion/BOD vault for tools (Milwaukee, powdercoating gun,glaze ingredients, things to be installed for space improvement…)
To be used as a secure storage for high value items
Other idea to expand ceramics area into Tiffany's vault and repurpose the current ceramics vault into a normal vault
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