Milwaukee Makerspace Wiki

Chris K calls this meeting to order at 6:32 p.m.

• Chris K. = President
• Geoff L. = Treasurer
• Tim E. = Facilities Director
• Sarah D. = Communications Director
• Juliet J. = Member At Large
• Rick M. = Member At Large

• Unamamously approved

• Available on the WIKI
• Memebership so high that we almost made back what we paid off the building from

• BOD voted to approve/sign Norwich lease with Maker's Village; Approved Unanimously.

• Call meeting to order
• Approve previous minutes
• Approve agenda for this meeting
• Review Committee Updates
• Unfinished Business
• New Business

• None

• Geoff plans to motion to ban all automotive work involving fluids at all MMS facilities.
• Proposal for new area: Hand woodcarving By Kristie and Anna Kirch
• Tim, motion to make changes to the impound policy.
• Gary H presentation of the results of the recent Membership Survey.
• Dan J would like to discuss Rental Rate Changes for some Makers Village spaces.
  • Proposing $0.05 increase for basement ($0.55/mo) and shop floor ($1.25/mo).
  • Proposing doubling the cost of parking spaces: $120/mo normal and $200/mo rv.
  • Changes Would be effective May 1st 2025

• Previous meeting approved
  
• Financial reports given
  
• Membership survey presented, 30% overall response rate
• Communications committee update, the member pamphlet almost done
• Geoff L. motion to ban all automotive fluid work at MMS Facilities and parking lots, reinforcing the wording from the vote from may 11th 2023 with clarification including parking lots (seconded by Rick, approved 5-2)
  
• Kristie K to proposal for a hand woodworking area, the proposal includes: space across from the woodshop glue-up area(previously metal finishing), $1000 for a toolbox tools and storage, champion of Kristie and co-champion Anna with Traci G and Wolfgang as trainer.
  
• Geoff motion to create “Hand wood carving” (seconded by Tim, Unanimously approved)
  
• Geoff motion to make Kristie K the area champion of hte hand wood carving area, (seconded rick, unanamously approved)
• 1 week waiting for the 1000$ funding
  
• Tim motion to make the unpaid storage space(abandoned) into a temparary impound lot during the 1 month waiting period (seconded by Cris K, unanmously approved)
  
• Dan is inteding to send a notice to the membership for the rate rate change at the end of the month
  

Meeting adjourns at 7:49pm.