boardmeetingagenda:2021-11-18
Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - November 18th, 2021
Agenda
Intro
Take Attendance:
Cheers:
Previous Minutes:
Financial Projections:
Updates on Ongoing Business
Marquette SAE Team
Norwich Lease
Maker Faire
Make48
Space Improvement Day on 11/28
Membership Engagement
Pottery Area Proposal
Neon Area Proposal
New Business
Member Topics
Open for guests
President's Minute
Newsletters
Business Cards
Challenge Coins
Introduction
Attendance
Present
Tim C
Marcus S
Bill R
Alden H
Chris T
Faith F
Jeff M
Absent
Guests
Dan J
Charlie P
Jake B
Adam P
Steve P
Mike T
Cheers
Previous Minutes
Current Financial Projections
Ongoing Business
Marquette SAE Team
Marquette SAE received clearance for 4 months of rent + memberships
Tim provided tours of both buildings to ~16 Marquette students
Marquette provided payment for 21 members and 350sqft of storage for 1 month
Norwich Lease
Due to rise in price of natural gas and inflation rising at 6%, the price per sq ft in the new lease (current lease expires 12/3/21) needs to be adjusted in the new lease
Proposal: Lease to increase $0.015 per square foot for a 3 year lease (increase of $165/month)
1 or 3 year lease
Tim C will notify the membership
Maker Faire Milwaukee
Make 48
Proposed dates in July, 2022
Membership given primer via sizzle reel in recent newsletter
Next steps: educate the membership
Participation determined by a membership vote in the future as details are finalized
Space Improvement Day
Membership Engagement
Storage Proposal
Proposal by Tim: all new members must attend Space Improvement Day before being allocated storage space
Encourage new members to interact with current members and the BOD
Helps ensure large groups of volunteers
Adequate persuasion/reward for volunteerism
Will be done on the honor system.
If current members want storage space, they must have participated in an SID within the last 2 to 3 months.
Vote to change rule to reflect the above proposal
No action taken, BOD vote slated to occur at December meeting, to be implemented in new year
Event Proposal
Membership Signup Materials
Pottery Area Expansion
Early discussion on expanding the HAM Radio area
Mike T paid the rent for the area in 2021
Request to have MMS pay for the area beginning 1/22 (70 sq ft)
Mike T requests additional 70 sq ft (Total cost of $54/month for 140 sq ft)
HAM radio has made >2,600 contacts to date
FYI, trailing 12 months: net of $3,000. Current net of ~$4,000
Neon Sign Bending Area
New Business
MMS Merch
Alden suggests making the merchandise
Consider a 2 tier program
Or use a third party vendor
Pre-Planned Membership Proposals
Member Topics
President's Minute
Close
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