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Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - October 17th, 2019
Held at the Milwaukee Makerspace Entrance
Attendees
Present
Markus
Kathy
Pete
Faith
Carl
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.
* Update
Building Maintenance/Issues
Reports of Special (Select) Committees
Unfinished Business
Membership Engagement
New Flooring Proposal
New Building/Makerspace Annex
Last Status
Tom G was issued a Letter of intent
Rezoning and drawings in progress
Waiting on City to determine how they will handle land situation
City Council has voted yes to giving us the building for $1
Things are moving forward with St. Francis building. Closing schedule in next 1-2 weeks.
Update
Lighting /Graffiti
Space Improvement Day
Last Status
# Attendees
Update
Storage Options
Last Status
Move Maker Faire, Make-A-Thon, Power Wheels supplies to self storage unit
Markus asked about pricing for MMS to get unit at storage masters (scroll saws, folding chairs, powerwheels, etc) less than $1/sq.ft. ($106/month)
18 months of storage. Markus will email the membership
Update
Bullet points/script for giving tours
Last Status
similar to wood shop
encourage and boost confidence for more members to give tours
more consistency of topics covered
cover more of our culture and what to expect (training, storage, behaviour)
Do we want a bulleted script for tour guides
Steff and Kathy C will survey new members
Do we want a quiz after becoming a new member for the simple/everyday things?
Update
Update member handbook and provide printed copy
Many people more likely to read and remember printed things
Gives new members something to do while waiting to sign up
Include something like a quick start guide of how to get trained?
Markus will look at handbook and edit it
Give each new member a copy
Give handbook at first tour, then have the new member verify that they read it: quiz potential
Face to face instruction instead of the video
Carl will come in 30 minutes before Monday class for new member orientation
Slide deck in wiki for new members
Solves:
FAQ, Training questions, Cleaning, Lights, First aid
Reinstating members previously removed by the Board
Adding a new line on the sign up sheet to check off if they've been a member before
Markus wants to add a list of members who we should be wary of signing up again
new procedure write-up for signing up members
Markus added the list of members who we should be wary of in the Wild Apricot add a member
Old Dumpster Pad
Revisit the issue of "Commercial Work"
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Implement a “High Score” board to help expose tool usage data to the membership at large
Dan J.
I think it would be helpful for member engagement if we could expose more data about tool usage.
I would like to send out an automated email once a month, like the area funding email, containing “Most productive maker” awards. That shows who has been using each tool the most.
I would also add a page to the website that contains “High Scores”, for the current month, the highest ever month, and the highest cumulative all time usage.
Spending Area Funding
Markus or Andy becoming Electronics Area Champion to spend the money and stock things that are missing
Markus and Dan have been spending area funds for the electronics lab
Kathy make a motion Markus to be area champion
Liability Insurance
Misc Topics
The :( topic of this months misbehaviors
Do we want Tom G can cuber for demonstration purposes in the hallway by sinks
Steff: Milwaukee Magazine Event
We want to remove the picnic table
Adrian will talk with the snowplow people
New Business
Announcements
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