O/D Meeting 7/22/2014
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Contents
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
- Where we are now:
- 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