O/D Meeting 5/20/2014

Attendees

• Officers and Directors present
  • Brad, Danielle, Joseph, Nathan, Ben, Cherith, Tim M.
• Members present
  • Chris C., Sean M., Cody M., Tom D. Jason L., Jose C., Caleb S., James, Patrick J.

Old Business

• LVL1 Moving
• Community Foundation Grant Fund Usage
• Makership Program Briefing
• LVLUp Kids Group

New Business

• Community Foundation Day of Giving Fund
• NEED MOAR WORKSHOPS

Minutes

• LVL1 Moving
  • Where we are now:
    • 45 cu yd of junk thrown away
    • Tail end of clean out phase
    • Rumpke hasn't been communicating well
  • Where we're going
    • Construction permit pulling will be happening soon
    • New walls will be up within a week or two hopefully
    • Finally moving stuff from old space
  • Ben will be pressure washing the floors
  • Opened email dialog with landlords about holes in the floor
  • Sean has computed HVAC requirements. May need to investigate ductless split system for classroom.
  • Given permission to remove glass panes but keep frame unaltered
  • Pallet Jack to be lent to LVL1. LVL1 will probably buy one (unpowered)
  • Chris introduced idea to keep everything on a pallet. Things not on pallet will be non-compliant and treated as such.
  • Tom will lend the pallet jack
• Community Foundation Grant
  • $1000 ADA ramp money has been spent on dumsters with permission
  • Officers & Directors insurance purchased
  • Laser cutter vendor in USA has been found (waiting to spend this upon move in)
    • Will need extra lenses & mirrors on stock
    • Brad saw laser in person & easier to use
    • Filter kit? May need one for the air output
    • Will be getting
  • $4000 on new shelving has been spec'd
    • 1500 lbs per shelf
  • Cleaning money defered
  • Mill upgrades defered
  • Need to spend money by Jan. 20 2015
• Makerships
  • No makership for May.
  • Need more promotion for this program
  • Paypal is no longer separating incoming makership monies from general fund
• LVLUp Kids Group
  • Girl Scouts still talking about what to do with their maker space
  • Looking for places to meet
  • Need to meet with families at different places
• Community Foundation Day of Giving Fund
  • Anonymous donor helped round out total to $9000.
  • Left overs to be deposited to general fund
  • 56 unique donors. Thank you so much!
  • No longer needed to run a crowd funding campaign
  • Received the matching funds, but the other funds will not be released until June 30.
• NEED MOAR WORKSHOPS
  • People may be too busy with moving to have workshops?
  • Financial guy will give a talk
  • Post-apocalyptic workshop
  • Mayor led workshop
• Maker Faire Louisville
  • Adding block, date set, staying open until 10 pm
  • Mayor named leader for Maker Faire Makercities for DC
• Philanthropic Giving
  • May have a lead with the Geenes Foundation
  • Likes LVL1. Have four grant opportunities per year
  • Need grant written for educational endeavors. Can spin this to get safer tools possibly.
  • Focus on early life education
  • Need to figure out how to put LVL1 in front of this groups more
• Tim is working on financials
  • Have enough money to cover higher rent & utilities, etc.
  • Is it worth exploring new options outside Pay Pal?
  • What is estimate for utilities going forward?
    • Sean may offer to have web facing power monitoring of the space
  • Need a camera on the new door
• Naming & Sponsorship
  • Jason's boss is seriously interested in naming a spot in the space
  • Need a naming right term limit among other restrictions
  • Would need to put the item up for vote to the membership
• Need to update clock for Member move out date?
• Set up LVL1-Announce email for members to notice important emails.
• Solar power may become a possibility through grant at the new space.
• Tim has talked to a 501C3 CPA. Not a good experience.
• Think about adding a Board of Advisors