Board Meeting Notes 2021-03-16
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Attendees
Board Members
- David Earl
- Nathan Upchurch
- Kevin Huemann
- Jennie Plasterer
- Dave Soloman
- James Lamken
- Joe Mertz
Other Members
- Sean Blum
- Andrew Morris
- Jim Brink
Agenda
1. Discuss & Approve previous board meeting minutes
2. Member Count & Financials
- 439 members
- Checking: $11,639.60
- Savings: $114,173.91
- Paypal: $3,498.50
- PEX: $15,586.00 ( 2/22/2021)
3. Mail Check
- received the Excelon grant for $400, but after speaking with Anddrew Morris, it may not be the full grant.
- Received billing for AT&T
- Received billing for power racing
4. Votes
Membership Votes
No membership votes
Board Votes
Board had a closed meeting and voted to temporary suspend a member until the member comes to the board to discuss.
Opposed: 0
Abstaining: 0
In Favor: 7
5. Officer & Team Lead Updates
GENERAL OPERATIONS:
Andrew Morris has begun laying out a draft for the smoke system. The price is probably under $4,000. Smoke detection and heat detection will be used in wood and metals, and pull station at exits. Horns and strobes through the space will alert members. Andrew believes we should get official city inspection and we should contact the insurance to see if they assumed fire system in our estimate. We should also talk to the lawyer about liability about this. Cold metals and general CAD drawing is coming along.
TECH TEAM:
Brian Desmond explained that the tech team is in the last stretch for the SSO implementation. The plan is to get it working on Discourse first then move on to Wild Apricot. Brian Barnt has finalized his hardware for the RFID lockout. Ron is testing/programming. The hardware is missing a screen on these devices and the solution is to use a flat screen TV for warnings etc. Programming will be in python.
MEMBER MANAGEMENT TEAM:
Daniel has been difficult to reach. We should have a meeting with MMT. Louis stine is looking to volunteer. Fobs may not be working.
TREASURY TEAM:
Things are stable. Talking to the accountant about contracts and goals.
COMMUNICATIONS TEAM:
Mark made a video of the Alex on the Tormach for the "What does PS1 mean to me" promotional video. Will have video clips to show the board shortly. North side mini maker fare is now called Chicago maker network and Mark is looking at getting a recorded tour in place. Standardizing tours will be discussed with MMT.
EDUCATION TEAM:
No updates at this time.
6. Updates from outside board meetings
No updates at this time.
7. Discussion Topics (new & existing)
- Board discussed the Diversity and Inclusion volunteer position. We want to put out an announcement for this position soon. Board talked about having only one position.
- Theo T planned on attending to discuss investment options for helping us to grow account balances; however, he was not in attendance.