March 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: 03 April 2016

Time:

1. Agenda Review

2. Ground Rules

3. Reports

4. Old Business

5. New Business

6. Other Topics

Minutes:

President's Report

We need one
If you know of anyone that wishes to take this position (or vice-president), please contact, or have them contact the board. (Vice President, too)

Treasurer’s Report:

$11,000 in the bank, thanks in part o classes & donations
Plus $6K for repairs
November is when the two leases combine (building plus new annex)
Due to monies coming in # of members, classes, donations), we can cover both leases
Brief discussion on reimbursements; there is a budget line for repairs & maintenance, but it depends on what the payment is for (the comment was don’t want to tune up a sewing machine, rather buy a new one)

Membership Report

Mar 1, over 100 total members, total of 105 members
5 People at orientation
Repeated the request that went out earlier this week - more members would be good to come assist at Orientations

Other Officers’ Reports

Shop Manager
Anything longer than 6’ needs to be flat or have a safety chain
No material storage in the shop. You can store your project while working on it, but no materials storage.
Projects of many parts needs to be bundled; Gonner brought in a roll of stretchy wrap to facilitate that.
There are designated project storage at the north end & south end of the woodworking space

Space Cadets

Classes

New Business

Parking Lot Sale

Friday the 20th of May into Saturday the 21st
Offering to outside sellers for a donation
Open House as Well? To do this, we need volunteers
Friday sale only due to staffing concerns
Saturday sale & open house, if there is anyone interested as a co-chair for the project
Steam Engine Restoration people will be there to publicize

Science Fair

Sherie talked about the Regional Science Fair (next year’s @ UNM, next year), to give plenty of notice, if anyone is interested
Mini Maker Faire in South Valley for Schools with Maker Spaces, also next year

Group Build Project

Blake talked about a group project
Bridging Entrepreneurs and Makers
Suggesting a self-service kiosk project (<$300 cost), notifications of some sort to contact an onsite member (officer?) when assistance is needed
Various discussions took place - such as orientations aren’t often enough, be nice to take place online; it would be nice to leverage Moodle to a greater degree

QUELAB