JULY Community Meeting Agenda:

DRAFT. If you have an item to add to the agenda, please let an officer know.

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.