Minutes:Board Meeting Minutes 20260915

Meeting Location

Meeting was Called to Order At: 7:36 P.M.

i3 Detroit 1481A Wordsworth St. Ferndale, MI 48220

Or

Virtual

Pre-Meeting Preparation

• If you'd like to be included in the attendance, please add your name to the thread in the #meetings slack channel.
• Check mailbox for mail (bills, letters, etc.)

Virtual Meeting Etiquette

• Be excellent.
• Attendance and voting can be found in the #meetings slack channel.
• Please show up early if you are concerned about your audio.
• If there is no one waiting to speak feel free to do so at the next opportunity.
• If there is someone waiting to speak, please say that you are raising your hand in the google call chat. (This will be demonstrated)
• Please refrain from other side conversations, these can be distracting for the rest of the meeting and make it difficult for the chair to keep track of what's going on.

Officer Reports

Treasurer & Budget

September 2025	$31,970.90
October 2025	$39,729.55
November 2025	$42,168.38
December 2025	$48,878.84
January 2026	$51,716.40
February 2026	$44,971.22
March 2026	$48,493.88
April 2026	$55,342.16
May 2026	$56,297.28
June 2026	$58,566.70
July 2026	$59,555.61
August 2026	$62,149.60
Savings Balance	$65,654.19

• No major or unexpected expenditures.
• Please check your remaining approved budget balances. I will provide an EO3Q update at Oct board meeting.
• Reminder that approved budgets are valid for CY26 only.
• Reminder that budget balances in excess of actual monies spent are not available for other purposes.

Secretary

• Will update the Wiki with the new board members. Got backed up with storm knocking internet out

President

• Carhart was in the space today. They really enjoyed it. Need to send $500 invoice.

Senior Vice President

• N/a

VP of Membership

• N/a

Upcoming Events Calendar

Anniversary 3 Oct 2026. Someone want to champion?

Halloween- Its been put forward to have it the Friday before- the 30th. Matt A has expressed interest in being the champion.

Events

Date	Event	EventBrite Link
15 Sep 2026	Board Meeting	N/A
18 Sep 2026	In-Person Friday Night Tours!	N/A
19 Sep 2026	Expansion Buildout Day	N/A
25 Sep 2026	In-Person Friday Night Tours!	N/A
26 Sep 2026	Expansion Buildout Day	N/A
2 Oct 2026	In-Person Friday Night Tours!	N/A
3 Oct 2026	Grand Opening Anniversary	N/A
3 Oct 2026	Expansion Buildout Day	N/A
3 Oct 2026	Story Hour	N/A
6 Oct 2026	Member Meeting	N/A
6 Oct 2026	NARCAN Training after the Member Meeting	N/A
9 Oct 2026	Leather Lounge Fridays	N/A
10 Oct 2026	Robot Combat	N/A
16 Oct 2026	In-Person Friday Night Tours!	N/A
17 Oct 2026	Expansion Buildout Day	N/A
20 Oct 2026	Board Meeting	N/A
23 Oct 2026	In-Person Friday Night Tours!	N/A
24 Oct 2026	Expansion Buildout Day	N/A
30 Oct 2026	In-Person Friday Night Tours!	N/A
30 Oct 2026	HALLOWEEN Party!!!	N/A
31 Oct 2026	Expansion Buildout Day	N/A

Member Advocate

• N/a

Pulse Check

This is a reminder to check if any officer provided no report in three consecutive board meetings. If so, at this point in the Board meeting, we add an item to the subsequent Member Meeting agenda, to call for nominations or volunteers for the Board to appoint to that office at next month's Board meeting.

Committee Reports

Safety Committee

No update. Reports only expected in July.

Old Business

Prior Minutes

• Motion:
  Motion to approve last months minutes
  Moved by Daniel; Seconded by AJ
  6 Ayes / 0 Nays
  Result: PASS
  • Board Meeting Minutes 20260818

Camera Review Review

• Andrew Youmans and Tim Clayson did a camera review of Woodshop and B-side entry door on 9Sept26

Outstanding action items

• N/a

New Business

Welcome to the new board members

• Let's check if everyone is in the new 2026-2027 board channel and the Board+advocate channel?
• Is everyone in the Leadership channel? FYI Leadership channel had existed for limited chat between officers and the board, but just recently used for communication between President and Board.
• Have you accepted the invitation to join the Board Google group?
• Note that Board private channels and email get summarized monthly for the minutes, and discussion in them kept to sensitive discussion. All other discussion is directed to the ask-the-board channel in slack. (Take a turn with the summary, or assign board members to a month)
• Discussions should not be held in secret unless necessary.
• At the beginning of every Board year, we've changed the login for the camera review. Are we still doing this?
• Review front door vinyl proposal
• Discuss zone coordinator/officer positions and if any changes should be made/solicited.

Proposal

Proposal Text:
Name Aj H as Vice President of i3.
Context Aj is interested in this role and has discussed this with Jeremy.
Moved by Jeremy, Seconded by Roger
Author: Aj H
6 Ayes / 0 Nays
Result: PASS

Proposal

Proposal Text:
Add Andrew Youmans to the FabLab Zone Committee
Context Appoint a member, Andrew Youmans and Paul Frick, to the FabLab Zone Committee, as the co-ZoCo, with all the same rights and responsibilities as the current ZoCo.
Moved by Roger, Seconded by AJ
Author: Paul Frick
6 Ayes / 0 Nays
Result: PASS

Proposal

Proposal Text:
Add Paul Askins as Commons Zone Coordinator
Context Add a member, Paul Askins, as the Commons Zone Coordinator, with all the same rights and responsibilities as the current ZoCo.
Moved by Jeremy, Seconded by AJ
Author: Paul Askins
6 Ayes / 0 Nays
Result: PASS

Proposal

Proposal Text:
Review new bylaws draft
Context Overview and Review of new bylaws for adoption. Most likely will need an email vote.
Author: Paul Askins
Result: NO VOTE

Action Item: Entire Board - Review new bylaws and comment within 14 days

COWBELL

Action Item Summary

Action Item	POC
Review new bylaws and comment within 14 days	Entire Board

Proposal Summary

Proposal	Moved By	Seconded By	Aye	Nay	Result
Add Andrew Youmans to the FabLab Zone Committee	Roger	AJ	6	0	PASS
Name Aj H as Vice President of i3.	Jeremy	Roger	6	0	PASS
Add Paul Askins as Commons Zone Coordinator	Jeremy	AJ	6	0	PASS

Meeting Metrics

• Time completed: 9:03 P.M.
• Funds appropriated:
• Attendees: 11

Attendance

1. Chair: Jeremy
2. Secretary: Ian
3. Thomas
4. Roger
5. Jan
6. Corey
7. Tim
8. Daniel
9. Paul Askins
10. David Henry
11. AJ

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