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Chris K calls this meeting to order at 6:41 p.m.

• Chris K. = President
• Geoff L. = Treasurer
• Tim E. = Facilities Director
• Sarah D. = Communications Director
• Juliet J. = Member At Large (Remote)
• Rick M. = Member At Large
• Bryan F. = Secretary

• Available on the WIKI

• Voted to pay the recurring cost of $49.90/yr for Google calendar integration with Discord and to reimburse costs incured by member thus far of $99.80.(PASSED, 5-0)

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

• (Geoff L.) Authorize Markus Schneider to be able to access all cameras at both buildings.
• (Geoff L.) Allow area champions with camera access to assist other area champions to review camera footage for their areas.
• (Geoff L.) Vote to modify rule:
  • From: “Three late payments (after 1st of the month) for rental space over a rolling 12-month period, results in forfeiture of rental space for locations where there is a waiting list.”
  • To: “Three late payments (after 1st of the month) for rental space over a rolling 12-month period, results in forfeiture of all rental space and ability to rent storage space for 12 months”
  • I (Geoff) would propose a 3 month period before this is enforced to allow for adequate communication to membership.
  • This would also be added to the email sent monthly to any member who pays late and has storage
• (Geoff L.) Charge $10/ day for any items left on a cart.

• (Tim) Motion to make Kathy Adsit the the primary stain glass champion and make Bill Coon a co-champion.
• (Chris) Motion to rent $25 dollars of additional floorspace at Norwich to be used by the Tigerlillies as the bottleneck is becoming challenging for a new project, as well as the scissor lift parking jobs have been exceptionally subpar ( and hard to execute).
• (Hapto) Motion to make Gaelan T. a 3D printing co-champion at the request of Tim C.
• (Geoff) Discuss how we handle the board meeting agenda moving forward.
• (Bryan) Determine the election schedule for the upcoming Spring BOD election and figure out who is running it.
• (Rick) Motion to cover 50% of dust collection upgrades at Norwich out of general funds.
• (Chris) Figure out what to do about the lack of champion for the Models and Miniatures Area.
• (Bryan) Motion to reimburse $645 of theft that occurred from area donation bins from the general fund.
• (Bryan) Motion to setup a computer in the meeting room at Norwich that is hooked up to the projector permanently.

• Meeting called to order at 6:41PM
• Motion to approve the previous minutes.
  • Sarah asked for an amendment to the NRB notice regarding the guidebook. The dollar amount came in under what was previously approved so NRB for the financial portion is not required.
  • Motion Passes With Amendments (Unanimous)
• Treasurer Report:
  • Overall health of finances is good
  • Wild apricot integration with QuickBooks does not work very well
  • We are evaluating different membership management system

• Communication Committee:
  • Sending out member guidebook soon from printers.
  • We got a discounted mailing rate from the post office.
  • Big thanks to committee members Daniel and Jon for assistance with bureaucracy.
• Facilities Committee:
  • Space improvement day is this Saturday
  • Discussions around first aid and replenishment of those materials
  • Discussions of tool wall revitalization
  • Vik is offering AV service for making videos for different areas of the space.
• Rules and Policy Committee:
  • No significant progress
  • Currently at May 2016 BOD meeting
• Bylaws Committee:
  • About 70% of the way through reviewing and commenting on the by-laws
• Membership Committee:
  • Exploring Digital Membership Applications through wild apricot
  • Discussion of changing the meeting schedule for the organization
  • Current public meetings have become a glorified signup meeting
  • Sindie has offered to train signer uppers.
  • Who has wild apricot access (list)? Bryan to provide to Anna.

• (Geoff L.) Authorize Markus Schneider to be able to access all cameras at both buildings.
  • Motion did not have a second.
• (Geoff L.) Allow area champions with camera access to assist other area champions to review camera footage for their areas.
  • Motion passed (6-1) Juliet No.
• (Geoff L.) Vote to modify rule:
  • From: “Three late payments (after 1st of the month) for rental space over a rolling 12-month period, results in forfeiture of rental space for locations where there is a waiting list.”
  • To: “Three late payments (after 1st of the month) for rental space over a rolling 12-month period, results in forfeiture of all rental space and ability to rent storage space for 12 months”
  • I (Geoff) would propose a 3 month period before this is enforced to allow for adequate communication to membership.
  • This would also be added to the email sent monthly to any member who pays late and has storage
  • Motion did not have a second.
  • Motion was tabled and referred to the facilities committee.
• (Geoff L.) Charge $10/ day for any items left on a cart.
  • Motion did not have a second.

• (Tim) Bill Coon a co-champion of stained glass.
  • Motion passes (Unanimous)
• (Tim) Motion to make Kathy Adsit the the primary stained glass champion.
  • Motion passes (Unanimous)
• (Chris) Motion to rent $25 dollars of additional floorspace at Norwich to be used by the Tigerlillies as the bottleneck is becoming challenging for a new project, as well as the scissor lift parking jobs have been exceptionally subpar ( and hard to execute).
  • Motion passes (6-1, Geoff No)

• Tony W. brought to question the legal ramifications of the Tigerlillies being an organization that only promotes the inclusion of individuals that use female pronouns.
• Hapto informed the group that the tigerlillies is not ready to open up it's membership to those of all genders.
• Hapto also informed the group that the tigerlillies have cooperated with male members of the space on projects
• Hapto also informs that the issue is men being disruptive in a space intended to promote equity. Historically this has been an issue here in the space according to various members.
• Many members voiced their support for the area.

• (Hapto) Motion to make Gaelan T. a 3D printing co-champion at the request of Tim C.
  • Motion passes (Unanimous)
• (Geoff) Discuss how we handle the board meeting agenda moving forward.
  • Geoff did not agree with how Bryan changed the process for adding items to the board agenda.
  • Rules for adding to the agenda will be placed on minutes pages.
  • Board ok with continuing to operate as we did this past month.
  • No action required.
• (Bryan) Determine the election schedule for the upcoming Spring BOD election and figure out who is running it.
  • Motion to run the following election cycle:
    • Nominations for treasurer, facilities, communications opened Tuesday April 15th at member meeting
    • Nominations closed, voting starts for treasurer, facilities, communications Tuesday April 29th, no meeting
    • Voting for treasurer, facilities, communications closed, nominations for at large opened Tuesday May 6th at member meeting
    • Nominations closed, voting starts for at large Tuesday May 13th, no meeting
    • Voting for at large closed Tuesday May 20 at member meeting
      • Motion Passes (Unanimously)
• (Rick) Motion to cover 50% ($575) of dust collection upgrades at Norwich out of general funds.
  • Non-routine business (vote to occur in 7 days)
• (Chris) Figure out what to do about the lack of champion for the Models and Miniatures Area.
  • Area champion was unaware that their membership was ended.
  • They are going to rectify their membership.
  • No Board Action Required.
• (Bryan) Motion to reimburse $645 of theft that occurred from area donation bins from the general fund.
  • Non-routine business (vote to occur in 7 days)
• (Bryan) Motion to setup a computer in the meeting room at Norwich that is hooked up to the projector permanently.
  • Tony believes it is resolved, there was a bad adapter.
  • No reimbursement is required. Thanks Tony.
  • Non-routine business. Spend $1500 on a TV to add to Norwich meeting room. (vote to occur in 7 days)

Meeting adjourns at 8:30 pm.