April Community Meeting Agenda:

NOTE: All community meetings are open to members of the public. Attendance is encouraged! Please bring a potluck item to share.

Date: 08 April 2018

Time:

• 5:00 pm Potluck
• 6:00 pm Community Meeting

1. Board Report

• The Board has not met since the previous monthly meeting, no board report today.

2. Officer Reports

• President's Report
• Treasurer's report
  • We’ve got ~10K. Middle april wil be our quarterly electric bill to see if the high rates continue
  • Move to US Bank is still in process
• Education: position currently vacant
• Events Officer: position currently vacant
• Membership: JT, acting
  • 100 active members!
  • 76 Sustaining, 8 Associates, 16 student members
  • Outreach: Charel Morris
• Social Media: Rebecca Snyder
  • Mini Maker Faire in two weeks. If you’re a maker, feel free to send her pics
  • She is coordinating volunteers for the Quelab tent
  • Josh issued a personal challenge: Bring a person that has never attended a MakerFaire
• Donations: John “JT” Benedetto
  • Just got a donated Delta 12” chop saw with portable stand! The current Dewalt chop saw is on loan to us (not Quelab property), so this is a welcome donation!
• Facilities: John Murray
  • Purchased tools and adhesive for lab space floor tile repairs. (Jesse T. procured a box of floor tiles for the repair areas).
  • Took electrical meter readings at the beginning and end of March to attempt to determine if the electrical usage amounts are reflecting the amounts for which Quelab is being charged.
  • Recycled the contents of the cardboard and glass recycling drums.
• Rental: Darren Moody
  • No changes in benches being rented / available.
  • Side notes:Thank you to those involved in spreading the two rows of benches making more room between them.
  • Also a note to those renting bench space… please be mindful of 'migrating' to bench / table space beyond what is being rented. It's fine to use other space when you're there working, but please consolidate everything back to your rental space when done.

• Area Captains
  • 3-D Printing: Josh Pedersen
    • No change
  • Arcade - Troy Ross
    • No report given
  • Digital Arts
    • Trouble lining up the paper, repeated error of the printhead
    • Ray thinks the one error is the power supply flaking out…
    • It has been suggested to leave it off for ten minutes
  • Electronics Lab: Aaron Birenboim
    • Some new equipment, still to go through. Looks promising.
  • Fiber Arts: Sherie Pennebaker
    • The big juki sewing machine is wonky right now - some parts missing, no borked or broken tag placed on it
    • Old machines keep appearing; she will start disposing of them.
    • A new glass cutter appeared in the glass room
    • We will probably need a full tuneup after MMF if they go to the MMF
    • As far as Craig knows, no need for machines this year
  • Laser: Craig Goldsmith
    • Ongoing problems - laser cutter left on, room a mess, not cleaning up the bed
    • Actively working with the roller tool to figure out, document, make consistent working. Once it’s figured out, he will be doing small personal training
    • If anyone has an idea what the ‘save password’ is for the saving of configuration files on the cutter? Craig & Adric will work on this.
  • Metal Shop: Eric Lee
    • No injuries reported.
    • The shear, brake, & roll machine is broken, needs welded on the other side
  • Welding: John Murray
    • Nothing to report
  • Woodshop: Gonner Menning
    • No report given

3. Old Business

• Albuquerque Maker Faire in two weeks 4/20-4/21

4. New Business

• Special Election snafu.
  • Personal emergency - ballots to go out tonight
  • Election to run through Wednesday evening about 9:00 p.m.
• New neighbors - Iron Dragon metal works, 660 Haines, right next door!
  • Rebecca, jesse, Adric have all talked with them. They are interested in setting up deals with us
  • Supposed to be moving in a waterjet
  • Should be open in a week or two
• New donation - John Murray
  • Someone stopped by, said he has some glass & a blacksmith shop - interested in donating a forge & some blacksmithing tools

Meeting adjourned 6:40 p.m.