O/D Meeting 2/16/2021

Attendees

Present

• Steff M.
• Madeline S.
• Jim K.
• Danielle B.
• Raj S.
• Paul S.
• Andy M.

Absent

• (none)

Guests

• JAC
• Rayna
• Joe
• Charles "The Hat"
• Tiff
• Mike H.

Minutes

Meeting called to order by Steff

Treasurers Report

• current treasurer report
• Jim notes that the lower number of members will probably nullify our budget in the coming months

COVID-19

• Space Report
  • Supply report
  • Current state of the space
• Space has plenty of COVID supplies
• Space is very cold -- Andy will contact landords

Unfinished Business

Proposed Mask Rule

• Previous Status
  • The floor of what must be followed will be the state, local and federal requirements - 1/19/2020
  • Steffanie and Raj agree to do research into what current regulations are to figure out Lvl1 requirements - 1/19/2020
  • Steffanie to send an email to the membership by weeks end asking for membership input on requiring additional rules - 1/19/2020
• Updates
  • Most members (who responded) requested maximum protections
  • Will propose rules: six feet apart, wear mask at all times, sanitize work area--unanimous vote by board
  • safety of gaining members during this time discussed -- resolved to discuss with membership

Definition of a Member in Good Standing

• Previous Status
  • What makes a member in good standing - 1/19/2020
  • Is payment to dynamic making it hard to know when payment should be expected for FAPS and if a member is in good standing - 1/19/2020
  • Steffanie proposes looking at this later and potentially looking at software that should make this easier - 1/19/2020
  • Board agrees to discuss this later and look into and talk about potential solutions - 1/19/2020
• Update
  • somewhat resolved by discussing the bylaws in prior meeting, but still worthy of discussion
  • will later have a meeting to cement some SOP for LVL1 treasurers to reduce ambiguity

Membership report

• Previous Status
  • 63 members in good standing at time of election - 1/19/2020
  • Danielle to send PEE (Post Election Email) to members who haven’t voted for 2 consecutive years - 1/19/2020
  • Made charts using Pike13 data vs. financial data and got different membership numbers -- indicates calendar-based payment fluctuations - 1/19/2020
  • Reported incorrect status of budget last year because we didn’t know correct number of members; it had been below 68 for three consecutive months, and was thus void - 1/19/2020
• Update
  • current quorum is 32 -- reported by Tiff

Digital Outreach

• Previous Status
  • Andy discussed his upcoming events he's hosting - 1/19/2020
  • Madeline is continuing to host Threadsday Thursday - 1/19/2020
  • Danielle wants to make a virtual calendar to promote upcoming virtual Events - 1/19/2020
  • Look into encouraging members to host virtual events/ would like to see people teaching things easy to do in a virtual environment (ex. Blender, Maya , Unity, VCarve) - 1/19/2020

• Update
  • virtual calendar still on the way -- reported by Danielle

Laser Lens / Air Assist

• Previous Status
  • The lens on the laser is getting destroyed because the air assist it not being turned on - 1/19/2020
  • A member recently hooked the laser to the air compressor in the metal shop - 1/19/2020
  • Not knowing the dependencies of the air compressor the air assist is not being turned on - 1/19/2020
  • Jose brings up that the laser is a safety issue and that know one should hack the laser - 1/19/2020
  • Board Votes 6 to 1 (Paul voting against) to disable the laser until we can figure out a proper solution - 1/19/2020
  • Steffanie to send an email to the members letting them know about the laser will be disabled temporarily until it can be safely operated. - 1/19/2020
  • The board agrees to be quick and transparent the hope is not to punish the members but just figure out what needs to be done and access from there. - 1/19/2020

• Update
  • Steff did research--we should install secondary air assist or simply leave the air compressor on all the time
  • installing secondary air assist is preferable -- Steff will send out email to coordinate

Board to go over Bylaws together

• Previous Status
  • Board agrees to meet February 3rd at 6:30pm to go over bylaws together and things they want to be accomplished as a board in the upcoming year

• Update

• • found some "spaghetti bylaws" that we might push to clear up when we try making a handbook in the future

New Business

I would like to formally announce the donation of up to 3 - 3d printers and 1 resin printer that will be donated by Hector Lorenzo from [[Fabreeko.com]

I want to make sure that we make a sign and post his website around the 3d printer area. We will discuss safety aspects of safety and training in order to use the resin printer at a future meeting.

From Andy Miller

Steff created new Google nonprofit drive, hope to move important things there and eventually delete the old shared drive.

Close

Meeting was adjourned at 10:30 PM