2020-01-06
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Jan 6, 2020
Agenda
Summary
- Minutes
- Member Attendance
- Consent Agenda
- Old Business
- Action Items
- New Business
- Officer Reports
- Guest Introductions
- Member Reports
- Upcoming Events
- Trash/Recycling Volunteer
- Adjournment
Minutes
- Approve minutes from Dec 3, 2019
Member Attendance
50 Dues-paying (voting) members
Quorum = 13 members
Consent Agenda
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Old Business
1) Safety Policies: during discussion of the Code of Conduct, decision made to move safety concerns to a separate Safety document (see Slack channel #safety-policies for this discussion)
- Need guidelines listing the tools minors are permitted to use, even with adult supervision. (Mark)
- eg 3D printers vs table saw
- Tasks
- draft a document (update from Mark)
- Research Trauma Kit
- make acquiring safety kits our next budget priority?
- Need guidelines listing the tools minors are permitted to use, even with adult supervision. (Mark)
2) Fundraising - still interested in income ideas to fill $500 / month gap
- corporate sponsorships
- grants
- benefactors
- subscriptions (might need bylaws tweaking)
Action Items
(Items carried forward from previous meetings, but not up for discussion this month. Recorded here so we don't forget about them.)
- Plan needed to allow members to recoup costs on consumables they provide to the space. (who?)
- Website plans (who ?)
- New Member orientation (Dawn)
- Training & Accountability (Dawn - initial draft)
[create doc with list of tools, include people & doc links as we start making equipment training guides]
- Large format printer (updates?/volunteers?)
- New Storage Shelves (Scott + volunteers)
- Audio/Visual install & configuration (Scott + volunteers)
New Business
Shout Out to...
- Blake - carpetless woodshop
- Graham - 1st Sustaining donor
- Andrew - CAD router installation
- Others ?
Officer Reports
President
Vice-President
Treasurer
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Departing Members: Name M,
New Members: Name M,
- Comments: membership appears to drop during summer months, rise in the fall/winter
- Jun 2018 - 42 members
- Feb 2019 - 57 members
Secretary
At-Large
- Member Relations
- Other
Scott:
- <Action Item> Updating storage shelf plans; dimensions will be 98" long x 19" deep x 76" high, 4 shelves (same number and height as existing metal shelf in hallway, just longer). Will bring drawn plans and bill of materials at a later meeting this month.
- <Action Item> Progress made on instruction manuals for electronics bench instruments
- <Action Item> working on automated equipment for A/V center, and instruction manuals for use; new equipment to be installed
- SplatServer to be upgraded with larger drive to hold all the new woodworking plans, projects and magazines donation.
Guest Introductions
Member Reports
Upcoming Events
note new calendar for 2020 External Outreach Events
- Sat, Jan. 4: FIRST Robotics Competition, Holly Springs High School, Holly Springs, NC
- Sun, Jan 12: Repair Cafe Workshop, Scrap Exchange, Durham, NC