Minutes:11 MAY 2022 Members Meeting Agenda

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Participants:

Agenda

• Announcements/new business - 10m
• Operations
• Financial
• Membership
• Outreach
• Education
• Old business

Minutes

• Announcements/new business:

• Operations:
  • COVID-19 policy revisited
    • We agreed to revisit this policy again after a month. Any changes needed?
  • Election updates - Nate
    • Conflict of interest forms -- we should get back in the habit of doing these
    • On-boarding needs for Brian (separate meeting?)
  • Tool library updates - Joe
    • What things do we need to do to help this thrive?
      • Signage for folks in space
      • Adwords
      • "Tool library-only" membership tier?
      • Post about it on Reddit, nextdoor
      • Coordinate with AADL since they already offer tools
  • New equipment donations
    • Testing donated equipment - updates?
    • Have another space organization day, invite Cindy!

• Financial:
  • Financial health outlook: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MTjgdvGJI9-FI7OFxkDdw-hJbirdUaxwBpERWVGVSQs/edit#gid=0
    • Current Profit and Loss https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zyFGgMt1vwGwDnciNzjhT5_X7A4ackqJ/view?usp=sharing

• Membership:
  • Updates (at the time of this meeting we have W standard, X reduced, Y sponsors, Z volunteers)
  • Membership drive/new rates - James, in time for April meeting, to go into effect sometime in May. Will send emails about it prior to the April meeting.

• Outreach:
  • Promotional stickers - David
  • Maker Show & Tell survey - David
  • Timeline for new email blast?
  • A2Zero Week event(s) - Nate
  • Ann Arbor Art Fair (7/21-7/23) - Nate
    • Planning meeting held, identified action items for members to give input on
      • Please give feedback on activities, decoration in #Art Fair Planning
      • Nate will source a fire-rated (NFPA 701) 6'x6' tent with zip-down panels to secure against bad weather
  • Start monthly member social events? - Nate
    • First two Makers' Salons scheduled. Need to figure out refreshments and sign-up process.
    • Maker meetup for regional makerspaces - ideas to drive this forward?
    • Nation of Makers - Sustainability and fundraiser roundtable every other Wednesday. Did anyone attend one of these?

• Education:
  • Start advertising training classes again
    • 3D printer class scheduled
      • Nate put the basic outline of the class in the description, but still needs to develop the actual curriculum, test machines, slicer, come up with a proficiency evaluation, etc.
      • Can we set up a time to do a "dry-run" with existing members?
  • Updates on classes: Joe on laser, James on CNC, Andrew on the Roland CNC.

Old Business:

• Operations:
  • Nate will sit down with volunteers to expand/freshen job board - Nate still will plan to do this ASAP.

• Financial:

• Membership:

• Outreach:

• Education: