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Areas and Area Champions

The Milwaukee Makerspace has defined areas for specific activities in order to provide a safe environment for the members and the equipment. Please respect the areas and equipment; using them for their intended purpose. Each of the areas has a volunteer member, who has taken on the task of managing the area for the health and safety of the members. These volunteers are our Area Champions.

Area Lead Area Champion Alternate Area Champion(s)
3D Printing Lab Matthew Juranitch Mark Rehorst
Annodizing Workstation Richard Bowman
Blacksmith/Forge Area Dan Jonke Devin Ward, Jake Bissen
Casting Area
Ceramics Studio DL Swanson
CNC Room Steve Pilon Matt Neesley
Craft Lab Lexie Kathy Hughett
Electronics Lab Dennis Draheim Adam Cohen
HackRack DL Swanson
Metal Finishing Shop
Jewelry & Lapidary Studio Jon Hughett Tiffany Lea
Laser Cutter Shop Keith McMillan Shane Thelen
Leather Shop Shane Thelen Cecile
Machine Shop Adrian Volden Tom Klein
Network Dan Jonke Tony Weasler
Paint/Chemical Vault Brant Holeman
Photo Lab
Screen Printing Area Pete Prodoehl Hal Crossno
Power Wheels
Vacuum Former Workstation Dan Johnson
Welding Shop Dan Jonke Hiram Willis
Wood Shop Steve Pilon Vishal Rana

Area Champions

Appointment Procedure

  • There will be one primary champion, who will be the main point of contact for the board for their area
  • There can be an unlimited amount of support champions
  • All area champions must have a Wiki Profile which includes contact information (an email address at minimum)
  • The Primary champion must keep maintain an updated list of primary and support area champions for their area.
  • The board will approve the appointment of all primary and support champions with a simple majority
  • The board can remove primary and support champions from their role with a simple majority

Financial Responsibilities

  • Create a donation box
  • Report donation amounts - either report it on with wiki or the board or keep a clipboard log by the donation box
  • Create a budget for purchasing consumables
  • Report or record all purchases

Training Responsibilities

  • Should be able to train on the majority of tools on in their area
  • Be accessible to train at least once per month

Area Organization Responsibilities

  • The area champions will consult with operations director in area layout
  • Primary area champion will be the first line of approval for new tools entering the area
  • small items can be approved by the primary area champion - defined as any item, less than 4 cubic feet and under 70 lbs
  • large items require board approval
  • Primary area champion controls furniture layout and storage (not member storage) policies in their area
  • Primary area champion controls parking ticket policy in their area
  • While board members can sign tickets for all areas, they should respect stated policies of the area champion
  • Area champions can authorize 30 day parking permits for their area.
  • Primary area champion can authorize 30 day parking permits for the rest of the building.
  • Maintenance Responsibilities
  • All area champions are responsible for facilitating maintenance of area tools
  • Primary area champion is responsible for organizing the purchase of area consumables
  • All area champions are responsible for coordinating area clean up
  • Primary area champion must create and post a list of area maintenance and cleaning to be done on space improvement day
  • All area champions are responsible for area hack rack organization - if there is one.
miscellaneous/areas.1463759447.txt.gz · Last modified: 2016/05/20 15:50 by keithm