Difference between revisions of "O/D Meeting 9/29/2015"

Revision as of 20:09, 29 September 2015

Officers and Directors present
- Danielle, Ben, Daniel, Nathan, Patrick, Sean, & Jose
Others present
- Joe L., Brad, Charles, Raj, Tim, Trisha

3D Printers
- Zortrax super reliable but $2000
- FAP to get replacement parts
- Jose can donate some parts
Equipment Repair
- Mend It Monday not very effective
- Need to tackle problem in other fashions
  - More education?
  - Sheets of paper/toe tagging
  - Move Mend It Monday to Wednesday
  - How else can we incentivize
  - Spend first few minutes of Mend It Monday checking equipment status
Grants
- Community Foundation LOI submitted
  - Need more detailed use of funds
- SBA grant happening at end of August
Signage Opportunities
- Meet second Monday every other month (next August 10th, 10AM, Commission on Public Art) for painting the flood wall
Kroger Grant
- Restarts in September so wait until then
Home Depot Foundation Program
- Grant application for weatherization of community groups up to $5000
- Check local Lowes stores for insulation opportunities - especially material donations
Next meeting set for September 29

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 == Old Business ==
 * AC installation
-** Leg work done
 * Makership
-** Fund needs to be re-upped
 * Member Generation & Retention
-** Website chat thingy works well at getting members
 * Budget
-** Can't sustain another winter while buying tools
-** Spending almost as much as we're receiving
-** Insurance payment made and we need to increase our coverage
-** Tyler checked electric and proved that we're using as much as power as posted
-** Meeting with landlords about flooding and door
-** Should we consider raising dues cost?
-*** Maybe. We'll need to check the costs and benefits.
-** Makership: what's the conversion rate?
-*** Hard to tell from poor record keeping
-** Need to cut down costs of heating.
-*** Date set to discuss building insulation
-* Tiny House Project
-** Going piece meal
 == New Business ==