July 2024 - Member Meeting

July 13, 2024 - Member Meeting

Total Number of Full Members Attending (including proxy votes): 23

Quorum required 12 Full Members, and so was reached

Board of Directors Attending:

• President: Dave

• Vice President: Jake (by proxy)

• Secretary: Brad

• Director: Jason

• Director: John (by proxy)

• Director: Carlin (by proxy)

Note: Many thanks to Matt A for taking notes as the Secretary was unavailable.

Discussion

• 3:03 PM call to order, made quorum

• Board meeting Megan financials, looking good – 2300 surplus this year

  • Jason: Dollar menu joke

  • Dave: Tools & projects – auto shop, screw jacks, replace missing stuff

• Board discussed budget and approved it

• Projects

  • Rotary phase converter, power cables needed, close – allow use of mill and surface grinder

  • Jason fixed exhaust fan

  • CNC Router, software issues vcarve – profiles messy and vcarve 12 can solve, Jake looking into it and talking to support, Jake sending tool database to vcarve for them to upload

• Stewards?

  • Toyota knitting machine, not getting used, get rid of it – talk to Bailey

  • Jason: New table for leather working or fabric for textiles

• Prairie Meadows grant didn't receive

  • Ward: Grant writer? I know one

• CEC (Community Engagement Committee)

  • Coverage going good, usually Matt, Dave, Ward, John on Tuesdays

  • Open houses running every week

  • Traveling artists stopped by

• New members

  • Jeff Skallicky

  • Connor Sullivan

  • Voted in, unanimous

• Don't dump battery acid

• Reminders

  • If you don't know where something belongs, throw it away

  • Reminder to email [e-mail] if stuff is broken

  • Don't throw tools away, if broken email tools

  • Paint pens – can be used by tool area to paint pen their tools to claim their tools, on the paint pens, will work on a color code

• If you see unsafe tool usage, regulate

• Clean up days

  • Usually 3rd Thursday 630 PM

  • City of Des Moines, SCRUB battery clean up for free, if you're a resident 9/21 MEGA scrub

  • dsm.city

  • Bondurant or Grimes – might have to pay, schedule have to look up

  • Hangin' out the passenger side

• Woodchuck, names:

  • Headin' for the hole

  • Des Moines Darryl

  • Bob

  • Tongue biter

  • Target practice

• Nigel: 80w laser buy?

  • Bailey: Get w/ Brad

Meeting Adjourned