2013-12-10

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Agenda

Chair Justin Triplett

Action Item Review

Dave Scholl and Mark Miles - send a message to Coordinators to clarify how budgeted money for consumables should be spent.
- Had a meeting with as many zone wardens as possible
Matt Arnold - Present a new floor plan next month to represent the changes made for the new CNC machine
Mark Miles - look into how to determine fair market value
Maddy Winans - Contact Nate Warnick to determine ownership of ~~vacuum~~ injection former
- John Sugg owns most of the vacuum former, Brian W. owns the rest of it.
- Injection formers are property of i3.
Nate Bezanson - Do something with the Home Depot Account
Scott Richardson - Call up MI state to check that i3 is registered as a charitable organization, and if not, get i3 registered
Scott Richardson - Clarify whether we would be auditable if there were any official Stratocube affiliation
Konrad Brown - Post documentation of the board vote on the Motion to Revoke Membership for NW.

Steve Brook and Brian W. came up with a plan for member storage with pallet racks
- Plan has multiple levels with standing space on top
- Plan includes clearing out wooden member storage to make more room for the wood shop
- Panel saw might be displaced
- Expected to increase member space overall
Units of 11 x 4 x 28ft
2 units for about $350
Looking at PC graveyard for space, almost an ext
- PC graveyard doesn't exist -Nate B.
- Always been a wrong term
- Stuff there is not free for claim like the graveyard
- It's actually the electronics lab storage area
- 11 feet tall is good because rafters are at 13
- We should not set up habitable space on top of the storage because a loft what got i3 kicked out of the Royal Oak location
- An official with authority could shut us down if we don't have a permit for the habitable structure
Board has approved $500 a couple months ago
- This falls under the category of what should be deferred until the budget is better understood - Dave Scholl
- Making a new proposal - Brian W.
- 38 of these available, timeliness not much of an issue

Greg Smith
Concept handouts
- Table for storage of PR under the coark board 18"x60"
- Glass case moved against graveyard and front door
- Box in around gas pipes near the
Is it possible to move the graveyard back to make more room for tables? - Matt H.
- Only inches -Greg S.
- It's nice to be able to open car doors -Nate B.
- Narrower tables probably allow less clutter -Greg S.
Greg was not able to consult with Jamie B. yet, though she also had some ideas of how to improve the foyer. -Nate B.

Proposal: To spend up to $200 to build fixtures for the front entry way.
- Seconded Motion for up to $200
- Passed
- All present (5/7) voted yes (5/5)

Terry Wynn
- Proposal: To establishing a home for carts according to map layout handout at 12/03/13 meeting
- All present (5/7) voted yes (5/5)

J. Trip
American Physical Society is offering $10k grants for outreach to the community related to science education
No concern for auditing i3 funds not related to the grant.
APS grant proposal includes teaching 6 classes twice over a 18 month period
- Classes: Simple Circuits, Arduinos, Simple Machines, Complex Machines
- Maximum of 15 people per class, adults 18+ only
- Most purchases will go towards materials that participants can take home
- Some grant purchases will be capitalized by i3 such as computer stations (Laptops? rasberry Pis)
- Grant money is awarded in Feb. 2014 to a winning proposal
- Classes start in May 2014
- Grant ends in June 2015 with a conference at San Antonio, TX

Mark Miles - look into how to determine fair market value
Nate Bezanson - Do something with the Home Depot Account
Scott Richardson - Call up MI state to check that i3 is registered as a charitable organization, and if not, get i3 registered
Scott Richardson - Clarify whether we would be auditable if there were any official Stratocube affiliation
Brian Wennberg - Write up a proposal for purchase of pallet racks, meet with effected zone wardens
Greg Smith - Proposal for costs of foyer floor plan improvements, discuss with Jamie B.
Dave Scholl - Come up with a proposal for how donations in zone boxes are reflected in the budget
Konrad Brown - Proposal to board to approve submission of the APS grant proposal