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boardmeetingagenda:2021-12-16 [2021/12/16 21:03]
wildapricot-campbell_timothy [President's Minute]
boardmeetingagenda:2021-12-16 [2022/01/21 01:10] (current)
wildapricot-thompson_christopher
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-====== Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - November 18th, 2021 ======+====== Milwaukee Makerspace Board of Directors Meeting - December 16th, 2021 ======
  
 ====== Agenda ====== ====== Agenda ======
  
   - **__Intro__**   - **__Intro__**
-    - Take Attendance: +    - Take Attendance: Tim, Marcus, Alden, Jake, Faith, Mike, Tony, Jeff, Chris + Guests, Dan joined after first vote: Sean & Charlie (not Charlie a.k.a. Otis) 
-    -  Cheers:  + 
-    - Previous Minutes:  +    - Cheers: Faith - Peanut Butter Whiskey 
-    - Financial Projections:+    - Previous Minutes: - 6 yeas to ratify 
 +    - Financial Projections: + 42 members in December, 21 of which are the Marquette team
   - **__Updates on Ongoing Business__**   - **__Updates on Ongoing Business__**
     - Marquette SAE Team     - Marquette SAE Team
 +        - Paid month invoice, prob will ask for training in new year, not clear exactly what they'll want/need.
 +
     - Norwich Lease     - Norwich Lease
 +        - Have updated lease for 19593 ft^2, includes space for Neon Area
 +        - 100% yeas voted to expand Neon for lease, not including Bill (absent)
 +        - Vote for expansion of lease pending, straw poll shows positive votes
     - Maker Faire     - Maker Faire
 +        - Question on why the delay of final numbers; answer is pledged money has been delayed from several sources(e.g. ROTC, who didn't hit their target numbers for signups is now withholding their pledged money)
 +        -  Gearbox is currently in the red- One suggestion is to pay Gearbox $3000 (which puts MMS expenditure at  upper limit of what MMS budgeted for Makerfaire) with the caveat that MMS would stay involved in MakerFaire in some capacity, but will not be paying additional funds beyond our purchased agreements again.
 +        - Vote to reallocate $3000 originally budgeted for MakerFaire signage, to Gearbox Lab, voluntarily, as investment in the long term relationship with Gearbox Lab. 
 +            - Vote passes 6 yeas to 1 nay
 +      
     - Make48     - Make48
-    - Space Improvement Day on ???+        - Initial communication to area champions positive so far. Expecting more info around February 2022 
 +    - Space Improvement Day on  
 +        - Move to January 2nd. Suggestion is to have formal SID on Jan 2nd at Norwich, and also move the end of January SID, during which the meeting room long table will move to craft lab area, tall storage moving, etc. 
 + 
 +    - Storage proposal -  
 +        - vote initially suggested to tie storage to participation in SID/needed SI actions; **SOFTEN WORDING AROUND "REQUIREMENT"**; perhaps do trial run and evaluate at a later date? 
 +        - Need to communicate with those members with low activity (6 mos without coming into either space) but that have rented space (which is at a premium at Lenox),  as "wellness check" email to be sent automatically to those members. 
     - Membership Engagement     - Membership Engagement
 +
     - Neon Area Proposal     - Neon Area Proposal
  
   - **__New Business__**   - **__New Business__**
 +    - Merch?
 +    - Prusa Partner Program
     - Member Topics     - Member Topics
       - Open for guests       - Open for guests
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   * Proposal: Lease to increase $0.015 per square foot for a 3 year lease (increase of $165/month)   * Proposal: Lease to increase $0.015 per square foot for a 3 year lease (increase of $165/month)
   * 1 or 3 year lease   * 1 or 3 year lease
 +  * {{ :buildings:mms_lease_2022.pdf |Lease text linked here}}
   * Tim C will notify the membership   * Tim C will notify the membership
  
 === Update on Lease === === Update on Lease ===
   * Need final updated total leases sqft   * Need final updated total leases sqft
-    * Will inform membership that all future lease signings will be considered +    * Will inform membership that all future lease signings will be voted on
  
 ==== Maker Faire Milwaukee ==== ==== Maker Faire Milwaukee ====
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   * MMS Merch   * MMS Merch
-    Alden suggests making the merchandise +      Charlie (present) to work on transfers for shirts 
-    * Consider a 2 tier program + 
-        Make some merchandise and use 3rd party vendor for additional upscale products (fleece pull-overs, etc+  * Prusa Partner Program - Matt Stultz, Head of Prusa Community 
-    * Or use a third party vendor+    * They get marketing, "Prusa Certified Technicians," networked resources 
 +    We are one of 5 spaces being approached 
 +    * They send us free printer (MK3s+
 +    * We get referral codes to give to people for discounted printers, they act like partner codes so we get store credit 
 +    * They can make us custom curriculum on their Prusa Academy website for us specifically to use
  
 ==== Pre-Planned Membership Proposals ==== ==== Pre-Planned Membership Proposals ====
 +  * Anderson: mushrooms!?
  
  
 ==== Member Topics ==== ==== Member Topics ====
-  +  * submission form, as used by Jeff re: test kiln proposal--should we keep the form, promote it? Yes and yes. 
-====== President's Minute ======+  * proposal from Dan to change $5 dues to more, to allow for more significant area distro vs. building the general fund. Perhaps a reminder to membership about what creates and drives and area (new/growth). 
 +     *Ultimately a procedure needs to be established for how and why general funds are allocated to specific areas, re: area funds, membership, area-specific memberscontributions, etc. Board & present members to consider and regroup later.
  
 +  *From Charlie - communication to neighborhood, via "free art gallery", where a small "library" box is provided for scrap/free art supplies, materials, etc. Charlie to put it to membership. 
 + 
 ===== Close ===== ===== Close =====
  
-  * Meeting was adjourned at: : pm+  * Meeting was adjourned at: 9:21 pm
  
  
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