O/D Meeting 6/21/2016
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Attendees
- Officers and Directors present
- Danielle
- Nathan
- Jared
- Tyler
- Daniel
- Raj
- Charles
- Others present
- José
- Kevin
- Robbie
- James G.
- Ben
- Cody
- Bill
Agenda
Metrics
6 people came to planter workshop
~200 people saw LVL1 at LFPL
9 people came to hackathon
Flea-off-Market saw ~300 people
looking for eastern kentucky consulting for makerspace popping up there.
- LVL1 is doing more and ought to do even more workshops in the near future.
- Jared still needs to make a for-the-teacher cheat-sheet of things we want to know about workshops.
- Upcoming workshops:
- nathan’s arduino workshop
- how to workshop workshop (who?)
- rpi workshops (Nathan/Charles)
- ctf workshop
- CNC workshops coming up (Daniel)
- Welding workshops coming up (who?)
- Skateboard workshops (Alex/Marwood)
- Upcoming workshops:
Old Business
- Makerships
- are Makership mentors more transparent and present?
- Should we even require signatures?
- yeah.
- Should we offer completion of forms before the awarding of the 'ship?
- probably?
- Ben will talk to Chris about becoming Makership contact.
- Changing the application process from an email to an in-person application may get people more 'in the game'.
- Money is good.
- Member Generation & Retention
- New member orientation
- How is it going?
- We got some more shelves, how are they working?
- Large member storage is also problematic, but it's a separate problem.
- How will we address this?
- New member orientation
- HVAC install has happened. Is it done?
- got a cover-ass note from landlords about the HVAC? This is done.
- Money
- LVL1 tax exempt form complete
- Grants
- SBA grant still has $$$ to be spent on Electrical upgrades.
- Nathan will coordinate a new capacity increasing grant with the community foundation.
- Letter of intent will include ideas about what funds will be for. probably electrical?
- Nathan will coordinate a new capacity increasing grant with the community foundation.
- SBA grant still has $$$ to be spent on Electrical upgrades.
- Daniel will head up give-a-day.
- Space Cleanliness
- lost and found has been happening, and seems to be working.
- paint on the ground where trash cans go
- Danielle will do this maybe?
- cave troll meme to guilt people into being excellent.
- Danielle is still working on this.
- scrap sorting, linguistic choice of omitting the word scrap may help pieces get organized properly
- Large member Storage will be cleaned up
- Jared will label a con-men section
- Charles' Gold Stars are a big hit
- They need documentation, who was awarded it, when, why, etc.
- Jared made a page,and still hasn't been updating it, (sorry.)
- Charles ordered more and they're came on the slow boat.
- Facilities Maintenance
- By and large things are fixed when they are broken. (Thanks Nathan)
- Laser Cutter
- Regular maintenance of outtake tube and fans etc. Nathan added this to the cleaning log.
- Broken Buttons
- There are 7 of them up and running, ready to be installed in the space.
- when?
- There are 7 of them up and running, ready to be installed in the space.
- we need to insulate the metal shop
- Jared will get with interested parties about making this happen.
- Space security has been an issue, people leaving doors unlocked and leaving, etc.
- Tyler and Cave Troll are working on an indicator panel that will let all know of the open/closed status of all exterior doors in the space.
- Cameras are almost done, thanks Bill
- Danielle is contacting the landlords about the parking lot camera.
- Programming:
- long-term projects are in the works:
- power wheels - for detroit MF
- maker faire detroit - when?
- maker faire louisville - in the fall, early september.
- collaborations with neighboring hackerspaces
- hive 13?
- Prishina Hackerspace Cosovo?
- long-term projects are in the works:
- Woodshop/Metalshop Upgrades
- Woodshop is happening faster than the Metalshop
- Progress is happening in both fronts.
- Woodshop is happening faster than the Metalshop
- How do we take out recycling? do we teach members how to do it?
- recycling goes in the dumpster and trash goes in the cans, both live out back
- lge last month $642 way better than $1800 from last time.
- tyler has a debit card now.
- landlord needs to take care of room number labeling.
- who is doing this?
New Business
- Mice
- poison is out, we will box up the existing hackersnacks.
- LVL1 Grant Application Process?
- Raj will look up Kentucky State Law to see if a member, but not the board, can sign up for a grant.
- Internship?
- Daniel will mediate with our Intern, to see if he does not wish to be a member anymore, in the face of the 4 members who are in disagreement with his membership, which is more than the 3 existing sponsors.
- Internships
- LVL1 does not have interns, one ought not have anyone presented as an intern at LVL1
- Daniel will mediate with Ali about continued membership.
Minutes
Meeting Start: ~9 PM Meeting Stop: 11:08 PM Notes Taken by: Jared