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

Date: 02 July 2017

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: Sara Simon
• Outreach: Charel Morris
• Social Media: Rebecca Snyder
• Assets: Darren Moody
• Facilities: John Murray
• Rental: Darren Moody
• Board meetiung small recap: Adric

• Area Captains
  • 3-D Printing: Josh Pedersen
  • Arcade - Troy Ross
  • Electronics Lab: Aaron Birenboim
  • Fiber Arts: Sherie Pennebaker
  • Laser: Craig Goldsmith
  • Metal Shop: Eric Lee
  • Welding: John Murray
  • Woodshop: Gonner Menning

3. Old Business

• Railyards market Recap - Darren, others?
• ABQ MiniMakerFaire

4. New Business

• New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society Open House
• Education officer vacancy
• Default mailing lists for members: Members but now also Chatter - JT

Minutes:

1. Board Report

• Payment of $200 late fee to Attorney General's office, X and X are working on our non-profit status with the state.
• Working on a classes policy for the creation of classes at Quelab - still in progress. Includes such things as: * Policies for class expenses, including reimbursement to Area Captain(s) and/or instructors for area consumables & class materials
  • General class policy - how much to charge, how to arrive at how much to charge & how that tuition is split up
• To allow the July welding classes to be held, a Memorandum of Understanding was issued stating how the class can proceed. This MOU will be in effect for six months.
• Adding secondary people onto the bank account

2. Officer Reports

• President's Report * July 4th party
  • Funding ideas, including CNC plasma cutter
• Treasurer's report * Month of May
  • Start of Month $11,316.56 May Notes:
  • +Deposits (credit) $6,887.51 Amazon Smile 42.90
  • -Checks (debits) $3,769.52 5 year long memberships
  • Ending Balance $14,434.55
  • Difference $3,117.99
  • Month of June June Notes:
  • Start of Month $14,434.55 Insurance paid 986$
  • +Deposits (credit) $3,236.97
  • -Checks (debits) $4,926.84
  • Ending Balance $12,744.68
  • Difference -$1,689.87
• Education: position currently vacant
• Events Officer: position currently vacant
• Membership: Sara Simon * 107 total active members
• Outreach: Charel Morris * Railyards Market - we joined the MMF people there, to help showcase Quelab & the maker movement * Lightsabers, writing robot, spirograph, laser cut stuff
  • Lots of interest from people, one already signed up as a member, another family that says they will sign up
• Social Media: Rebecca Snyder * Google reviews - 4.5 out of 5 (we got a negative review)
  • 4th of July blog post is up at quelab.net
• Assets: Darren Moody * June was a very good month for Donations & Disposal.
  • Drill press sold: $50
  • unique donation of a lot of brass steampunk items, that, as far as I'm aware of, just showed up on a Hack Night, as neither JT or I had made any arrangements with anybody regarding it. * This donation had many things of interest to Quelab members. After picking things that were interest to them, a total of $67 was collected from Member Sales. * Recycling from this $130.89
    • Combined, net result was $264.89 being generated through asset disposal for the month of June.
  • Policy Change: * donations are going to be accepted on a “By Appointment Only” basis
    • If anybody wished to donate, please have them contact us via email at donations@quelab.net.
• Facilities: John Murray * Two new circuits in the shop for three total 20 amp circuits, color coded
  • Swamp coolers: Hannah doesn’t want us on the roof
  • Fire extinguishers gone through by John & Gonner. Getting some halon extinguishers for laser cutter & 3d printing
• Rental: Darren Moody * Renter in the annex for $250/month
  • We still have some benches available for rent

• Area Captains * 3-D Printing: Josh Pedersen * The orion is printing
  • Arcade - Troy Ross
  • Electronics Lab: Aaron Birenboim
  • Fiber Arts: Sherie Pennebaker * Rebecca reporting: * A knitting machine is in available
    • Some scapbooking supplies have been added
  • Laser: Craig Goldsmith
  • Metal Shop: Eric Lee * No injuries reported
    • All equipment (except X-Carve) working
    • 11 members in training waiting list
  • Welding: John Murray * We just got a welding tanks dolly
  • Woodshop: Gonner Menning * Dust collector auto comes on when you turn on the table saw
    • Green permits will only be valid for one month only (in the woodshop only - no change for permits any where else in the space)

3. Old Business

• Railyards market Recap - Darren, others? - see earlier report
• ABQ MiniMakerFaire * Charel: * Aug 26, 27
  • http://albuquerque.makerfaire.com/be-a-maker/application/
    • The Officers’ corps will have a MMF-related meeting in the next week or two

4. New Business

• New Mexico Steam Locomotive & Railroad Historical Society Open House * 9-23 (we think) their open house’
  • Is there interest in us having an event at Quelab, or a table there? * Darren is willing to man a table at the open house, and is willing to have others help
    • Rebecca - it might be good to not go overboard on train-themed things for an open house, since we’re about much more than trains
    • Charel - that’s a good time to have an open house
    • There was much interest among attending members at the meeting
    • Bandit - we should place our banner in a prominent place if possible
    • Darren - perhaps we can offer our parking lot for attendees to their open house?
• Default mailing lists for members: Members but now also Chatter - JT * Adric described the purpose of both lists - Members’ & Chatter
  • Rebecca - suggested adding a footer to the Chatter list * Purpose of the list, and a reminder that the Chatter list is for both members; & non-members
• 4th of July * An informal get together at Quelab on the 4th - 2 to 10
  • Some fun science-y demos in the parking lot
  • Feel free to bring food or legal fireworks,with fire or not
  • Aaron will be bringing his smoker
• We have a new member Steven that did a project here that took it to Burning Man.

Adjourned 6:56 p.m.