O&D Meeting 07/29/2026

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Agenda

Old Action Items

  • Revision of the Wavier Stuff - Raj reaching out to 3 lawfirms for nonprofit council, 2 main issues: new case law (minors), degree of specificity (how vague can we be about the risks assumed to still remove liability.) is still true: first priority is the 'conversation', still the case?
  • Sump Pump with notification capability - tabled till warmer weather waiting on plasma cutter, also waiting on deep cycle battery, and needing a charger for said battery. also need to evaluate piping
    • rain intrusion, notification to landlord
  • 2nd Sink - health and plumbing dept approval 6-8 weeks (No mention of food)
    • understand details of requirements, evaluate benefits and increased offerings, increased making capability larger wash, food?
    • HIVE13 advice? 3 compartment sink
  • keeping sinks separated target by the end of year
  • Member Shelves - Finish follow up with corresponding folks and shelves. Move toward the task of Big Member storage, notice of a Purge event?
    • Goals for the Back - move the damn bed

Old Business

  • LVL1 Woodshop Dust Mitigation Project
    • woodshop update? are the makership students deactivated, project concluded or still collaborating? could we produce a summary of this impact?
  • LVL1 Space Temperature Monitoring Project = As reported here [link]
    • Loc-a-Doc's Phase 2 hardware installation continues to expand in scope and functionality. There are new online views using the online Blynk app.
    • We are considering ways to expand the view of the online temperature data to interested members. Join our team if you are interested.
    • We missed the golden opportunity for valuable data during the past cold snap, but are proceeding with the installation to be prepared for this summer and next winter.

Membership Report

Membership had dipp:

  • Pike13 shows 3 members made a overdue membership payments (3 x $65 = $195.00) against outstanding invoices for membership in prior months.
  • Pike13 shows 62 members made on-time membership payments (62 x $65 = $4,030.00) on their current June invoices for their June memberships.
  • Pike13 shows 2 members made a combined 6 failed transactions attemting to pay current July invoices that remain open.
  • PayPal shows 5 members making membership payments via PayPal (5 x $65 = $325.00) during July.
  • We currently have no cash-paying members.
  • LVL1 has one current makership member (for DanikaW) effective Jun/Jul/Aug).

Treasurer Report

July was another good month. Revenue continues to trend above budget. Expense is trending below budget. Net is increasingly favorable. We have NET funds for current purchases. Here is the LVL1-FinancialSummary-202607.pdf with the following values:

  • July 2026 REVENUE totaled $4,859.92.
  • July 2026 EXPENSE totaled ($3,393.08).
  • July 2026 NET was cash POSITIVE at ($1,466.84).

At the end of July our Liabilities & Net Assets

The LVL1 2026 IRS-990EZ remains to be filed later this year with a Nov. 15 due date. Still shooting to submit this during September and present at the next board meeting.

We are starting to procure the major portions of the recent Kentucky Colonel grant (two Bambu 3D printers, one Grizzly wood planer and one metal shop plasma torch) and these purchases will be reimbursed by the grant a few months later.

New Business

Makerfaire discussion next week(after sunday)

  • New Hackathons pump the fun back into LVL1:
  • Stupid Shit "gets sponsors" -
    • Never Ending Franchise - Danielle
  • Archer - the Hat - November
  • White Elephant - the Hat - December
  • Tiny Print
  • Stained Glass workshop?
  • Schedule and pitch new cleanup events:
  • General Tidy & Code Compliance -
    • Sprinklers? Raj to review lease

Round Table

Learn photos - make announcement on gathering this info for both physical/online "disorganization chart" - bulletin boards 'wanted posters' of the board and willing participants

improve web presence fridays how bout that.

KY Colonels Prep - extra budget available for extras

  • area for new printers to arrive
  • placement and circuit for new planer
  • arrangements for plasma cutter consideration


Future Fun for Next Meeting

Republic Bank things - Jim and Kevin C. - Early August - talk of virtual debit card

Update members of the KY Colonels- Kevin C. - Jim plan for purchasing - ramp cards

Adjusting payment timings for membership - JimD, TimH

NEXT POTLUCK(s):

  • Aug - Spud Buds (Potato Bar)
  • September - "I can make a meal outta the appetizers" - Seinfeld
  • October - Chili Cookoff


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