October 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: 07 October 2018

Time:

  • 5:00 pm Pot Luck
  • 6:00 pm Community Meeting

1. Board Report

2. Officer Reports

  • President's Report
  • Treasurer's report
  • Education: position currently vacant
  • Events Officer: position currently vacant
  • Membership: position currently vacant
  • Outreach: Charel Morris
  • Social Media: Rebecca Snyder
  • Donations: John “JT” Benedetto
  • Facilities: John Murray
  • Rental: Darren Moody
  • Area Captains
    • 3-D Printing: Josh Pedersen
    • Arcade - Troy Ross
    • Digital Arts - Darrel Knutson
    • Electronics Lab: Aaron Birenboim
    • Fiber Arts: Sherie Pennebaker
    • Laser: Craig Goldsmith
    • Metal Shop: Position currently vacant
    • Welding: John Murray
    • Woodshop: Gonner Menning

3. Old Business

  • TBD

4. New Business

  • TBD

Minutes:

1. Board Report

2. Officer Reports

  • President's Report
    • No report submitted
  • Treasurer's report
    • $2,406 September starting balance
    • $3,703 deposits
    • $5,684 withdrawls
    • $2,833 Monthly Rent
    • $2,319 Annual insurance premium
    • $425 End month balance
    • Balances Not reported: 3D, Digital Arts, Tool Repair Fund
  • Education: position currently vacant
  • Events Officer: position currently vacant
  • Membership: position currently vacant
    • JT Reporting
      • 105 Active members, with 85 Sustaining, & 7 Associate & 13 Students
  • Outreach: Charel Morris
    • Railyards Market, October 14
    • New Mexico New Makers (the people that put on MakerFaire) will have a maker area at the Railyard Market on Oct 14. If you are interested in showing something(s) you have made or just helping out let me or Zoot know.
    • Color Wheel Toys Fundraiser (more details later in the meeting)
  • Social Media: Rebecca Snyder
    • Facebook donations - birthday fundraisers, Quelab is now on there for this purpose.
  • Donations: John “JT” Benedetto
    • We received a $1,000 donation (but the donor wants to remain anonymous). Thank you, mysterious stranger!
    • Some donations came in from Eric Lee’s estate - most interesting (to me, at least) is the 1:1 Cessna “Experience” setup. We may take this to MakerFaire in April.
    • Member Terry has some electronics to donate. “will need a truck”, but that’s all I know so far. Currently in Belen, working on delivery schedule. I hope to get an inventory from him beforehand.
  • Facilities: John Murray
    • Nothing to report
  • Rental: Darren Moody
    • All benches functional
    • No injuries to report
    • One additional bench space rented for October.
    • Three 5' x3' bench spaces available for rent @ $22.50 / month each.

Area Captains

  • 3-D Printing: Josh Pedersen
    • Nothing to report, no injuries
  • Arcade - Troy Ross
    • Willie is almost finished with a Mario artwork for this room
  • Digital Arts - Darrel Knutson
    • No report submitted
  • Electronics Lab: Aaron Birenboim
    • Nothing to report
  • Fiber Arts: Sherie Pennebaker
    • Nothing to report this month
  • Laser: Craig Goldsmith
    • Food (& ANTS) are still a problem in the room. A reminder: no food or drink in the laser cutter room except water, and that should not be on the same table as the PC.
  • Machine Shop: Denis Muradov
    • Moved new mill in. Need to run power to it, probably from the annex.
    • Found the boring bar used for lathe training broken. Cost to replace $25.
    • Need to store smithy mill. Currently unusable due to the need for additional parts. Questionable utility. Need to finish up cleaning.
    • Welding: John Murray
      • Nothing to report this month
    • Woodshop: Gonner Menning
      • No report submitted

3. Old Business

  • Show & Tell event @ Quelab, 9/25 - Ethan Moses
    • Members-only, initially
    • Wants to do it again
    • Some pics were posted
  • Adric’s Polystyrene recycling
  • Sherie showed raku glazes
  • Some other misc projects were shown
  • Electric bamboo bike demo
  • Jeremy Wolfbrandt showed a pole camera

4. New Business

  • Color Wheel Toys Fundraiser
    • Currently the Board (with Rebecca Snyder taking the lead) is partnering with Color Wheel Toys popup store to do a fundraiser for Quelab. Color Wheels Toy is a great source for interesting maker and innovative toys for kids and adults. Details will be coming soon.
    • https://colorwheeltoys.com/
    • Color Wheel Toys is a pop-up toy store, opening seasonally; currently located at 3418 Central Ave SE, just west of Carlisle in Nob Hill
    • This year, open from September 1 to December 31
    • Email will go out with more information as data is solidified
  • Facebook Fundraising - Rebecca
    • Darren - Alice is moving to Washington this week, so shoot her an email if you want to say something

Adjourned @ 6:58