January 2025 - Member Meeting

January 25, 2025 - Member Meeting

January 25, 2025 - Member Meeting

Total Number of Full Members Attending (including proxy votes): 14

Quorum required 12 Full Members, and so was reached

Board of Directors Attending:

  • President: Dave

  • Vice President: Jake

  • Secretary: Brad

  • Director: John

  • Director: Chris

Financials

  • We're running in the black. We have enough in reserve to pay our bills for the next 2.5 years even if all our members disappeared.

  • The Investment Committee hasn't met so won't be changing anything.

Current Members: 84

  • 3 more were added last Tuesday

  • Typically Open Houses have been seeing between 1 and 5 visitors per night. One exceptional night had 12.

  • Recently newer members seem to be more likely to participate, but don't stay as long as members used to.

  • Space Clean Up Nights are still struggling to have enough people.

Tool Area Updates

3D Printing

  • 2 new Prusas were purchased this month. They're almost twice as fast and come with easier-to-change nozzles. Prints can now be started from any local computer, not just the slicer in the 3D Printing room. The older Prusas will be sold.

  • Prusa introduced an enclosed Core model this month. The Stewards will look at it but probably wouldn't buy it for another 6 months.

Lasers

  • Stewards are working on new Prairie Meadows grant application for a newer, better laser.

  • Stewards planning to purchase new laser tube soon.

Metal Shop

  • The rotary phase converter is now working!

  • Therefore the metal mill runs, but isn't ready for member use.

  • The surface grinder now also runs.

Wood Shop

  • Stewards Chris and Isaiah keep fighting the good fight to keep it clean and well maintained.

Stained Glass Area

  • A member made a frame for a stained glass work bench to go in the Electronics room. Unfortunately, that person is no longer a member and the bench isn't finished. Chris said he'd help get that finished. Bailey said she'd give him the dimensions.

Auto Shop

  • Will get busy starting in February, so if you want time on the lift better contact Dave soon.

CNC

  • Jake is building a Milomill using some of our old, leftover CNC parts. His plan is to use it to build a second Milomill specifically for the space. Milomill is an open source machine for cutting soft metals.

Textiles

  • There's a knitting machine for sale for the low, low price of: you have to take all the books that go with it. (translation: it's free)

Vote to Upgrade Supporting Members to Full

  • No members requested upgrading

Miscellaneous

  • Space Work Nights are the third Thursday of every month. A year ago some suggested creating a Sunday night shift as well, for the people who can't make it on weeknights. That Sunday shift is still in need of someone to organize it.

  • There is an old K40 laser sitting in the classroom. It was donated to us several years ago. A member has first right of refusal on purchasing it. It will be sold eventually.

Next Member Meeting

  • April 26th, 3pm

Meeting Adjourned

  • Old Joke: Why does a town never have just one lawyer? Answer: Because he or she would starve.

  • "Can you fit an F150 in the Auto Shop?" "Depends on how much you like your [side] mirrors."

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