March 2017 - Board Meeting
Makerspace Board Meeting Minutes
6:45 PM 3/1/2017
Board Attendees: Ben, Tim, Brad, Ward, Meg
Member Attendees: Bailey, Chris
- 1.Work permits are in for the apartments but not the back/new space.
- 2.42 members, 45 if accounts are made current
- 3.We got an article in the paper.
- 1.Soldering demonstration went well.
- 2.Summer classes are planned, but no money.
- 3.Four potential interns, Brad will help interview
- 4.Seven artist residency applicants; application review on 4/7 or 4/8; possible Pioneer money for art show.
- 1.$21k in the bank.
- 2.~$200/mo. profit, accounting for rent increase at new space.
- 1.Tim will explore finding a volunteer from the spouse of an H1-B holder, to help us with technical issues. Voted 5/7 to create position.
- 1.LMG (sp?) Security wants to pay us $100/registrant (from a $500 fee) for a class they would like to hold. They want to give an intro talk without paying us. They will hold the paying class by the end of summer.
- 1.Redbull wants to give us Redbull, NSA.
- 2.We agree that we would require ongoing financial support if a company would like ongoing product/logo placement.
- 3.Brad will create and send out a survey to gauge members’ attitudes on sponsorship.
- 1.We need to start vetting members/photocopying drivers’ licenses.
- 2.We will upgrade the security system to at least 4 cameras (prefer 6)
- 3.Board grants (5/7) conditional approval of up to $1500 for security upgrades.
- 4.We will consider new/better insurance policies for the future.
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