Held at the Milwaukee Makerspace Craft Lab

• Dan
• Colleen
• Kathy H
• Markus
• Becca
• Pete
• Billy K

• …

• Steve
• Tony
• Adrian

• Meeting called to order by Markus Schneider at 7:09PM

• Previous meeting minutes were approved by 6 in attendance.

• Find the current treasurer report here.
• IRS fine was revised.
• We may want to discuss the wisdom of paying a CPA to file on our behalf. We did this several years ago and it cost us $300 per year.
• If we do not, we should make a greater effort to review our filing with multiple people before sending to avoid a recurrence.

• Update
  • Power reel HAS NOW BEEN installed in Craft Lab

• Outreach committee - Planning stages for fundraisers for the spring.

• Previous Status
  • Empowering members. Gift cards or other recognition for going above and beyond.
  • Another newsletter will be sent
  • Abuse in the Metal shop is still occurring see Lost and Found Box notes

• Last Status
  • Propose to clarify language on wiki, vote if this is acceptable - Dan
  • Members can teach a class to non-members, but must get BOD sign-off first.
  • We need to be sure that safety protocols are in place that will not risk a claim against our liability insurance.
  • All guests MUST sign the liability waiver before class.
  • Make it clear that if a member accepts payment for the class, they are no longer covered by the space's liability insurance and should buy their own.
  • Does not apply to guests working on personal projects.

* Flooring

• all 6 vote approval for flooring
• 700 dollars for flooring est.

• New building
  • Tom G was issued a Letter of intent
  • Rezoning and drawings in progress

• Lighting /Graffiti
  • Exterior Building lighting - Tom G
  • Lighting the side of building attempt to reduce graffiti also talk to neighborhood
  • Big LED light was acquired that can be aimed.

• ADA Compliance - to be presented by Chris H.
  • Issues facing, prospective members.
  • Non-formal assessment of ADA was done
  • Ramp may be looked into this spring or when we redo the parking lot
  • Chris H got approved to get more estimates

• Maker Faire Milwaukee
  • Update from Pete P.

• Spring Elections
  • Discuss the plan…
  • postions up for election : Treasurer, secretary, member at large, facility director
  • Nominations open up April 2nd
  • adrian and markus will coordinate the elections

• Wiki login for new users
  • new members get a error message 'Self registration is currently disabled…'

• Makerfaire funding requests
  • Forms will be made for requests for funds
  • how do we handle the budget with the outreach committee
  • discussion of funding flat amount or a match rate from fundraising
  • 6-1 vote to notify membership of a proposal requesting putting 5k toward outreach programs

• Large projects in the east room
  • …
  • What is “large”?

• None

• Meeting was adjourned at 8:38pm