Minutes:Board Meeting Minutes 20160209

Agenda for 02-09-2016

Chair: Mike Fink 7:36 pm

Introductions

• n/a

Announcements

• Jewelry Magazine has an article on maker spaces.

Old Business

• n/a

New Business

Proposal:

i3 Training Stimulus Proposal

Proposal to stimulate public training at i3. Proposal is to refund membership dues to members who conduct classes or workshops for the public at i3. This proposal is for a three month trial (March, April, May). Proposal would take effect March 1, 2016. Request funds of $250/month for three months. A monthly report on the program will be provided at each board meeting during the trial period.

Conditions

• A member will receive half a month’s dues refunded for each class or workshop taught.
• The class must be open to the public.
• Class can be free or fee based.
• Maximum of two refunds per month for each member.
• All classes will be coordinated through VP of Classes/Activities.
• Limit of 10 refunds per month.

Goals:

• Encourage new and different i3 members to host classes.
• Increase public education awareness of i3.
• Encourage new members by introducing them to i3.
• Show new members more of what benefits i3 offers.

Moved by Evan, Seconded by Brian
7 Ayes / 0 Nays
Result: PASS

Space & Zone Reports

Floor Plan

• n/a

Member Storage

• Storage Plot Clean out on Wood shop planned.

Commons area

• n/a

Tool Crib

• n/a

Officer Reports

Treasury and Budget Report for January, 2016

Financial Grade: A-

• Emergency: $10K Checking : $5.1K
• Classroom 60% paid. (2015&16)
• 90 Subscriptions 12 annuals - Goal 100 total.
• Higher than Normal dues, slightly below normal donations.
• On Feb 1, 134 paying members, 50 Hiatus, 6 Scholarship.
• We had an error in late Jan. I hit the wrong button and moved a large sum from Checking into PayPal without realizing it, and before I discovered and corrected the error (transfers to/from PayPal take 3 days to register) a single check had bounced. It was to Brandon Biller and I have been in contact with him and he is redepositing the check. It was a one time pilot error.
• Because of traditional high spending in Dec and Jan, we are a bit lean on cash although still fine financially. I expect Feb and March to bring us back to a little more liquidity.
• Automated dues payment messages seem to be working so far.

Budget

• Covered under Treasury and Budget Report

Secretary

• Will need someone to fill in for the April 5th Member meeting.
• Will work on creating a template email and send out reminders for the board meetings.
• Does it make sense to add reminders on the i3 Calendar for member meetings (say 24 hours)?
• Thinking about creating meeting wiki pages in batches rather than as needed. Due to template changes, don't want to get to far in the future.

President

• Meet & greet with 4H. Less attended that the prior event.
• Assisting on membership on-boarding and new member process.

Senior Vice President

• Working on new vinyl and laser cut signs.
• Adding signs to label the zones.
• Etsy shop setup workshop.

VP of Activities & Classes

• Past Classes
  • Letterpress Class went well. Pictures posted on i3 blog.
  • Injection Molding orientation was very informative and well attended.
  • Jewelry Class 102 was fun. Very pretty pendants created from copper sheet.

• Upcoming Classes
  • Lock picking
  • Starting Knitting
  • Dusty Dev Boards

VP of Membership-Onboarding

• About 50 people have taken the Friday tours.
• See discussion on guest policy on slack.

VP of Membership-Retention

• n/a

VP of Membership-Member Advocate

• One conversation after the last reminder email.

Action Items

no action items yet, Charlie.

Proposals

Proposal	Moved By	Seconded By	Aye	Nay	Result
i3 Training Stimulus Proposal Proposal to stimulate public training at i3. Proposal is to refund membership dues to members who conduct classes or workshops for the public at i3. This proposal is for a three month trial (March, April, May). Proposal would take effect March 1, 2016. Request funds of $250/month for three months. A monthly report on the program will be provided at each board meeting during the trial period. Conditions A member will receive half a month’s dues refunded for each class or workshop taught. The class must be open to the public. Class can be free or fee based. Maximum of two refunds per month for each member. All classes will be coordinated through VP of Classes/Activities. Limit of 10 refunds per month. Goals: Encourage new and different i3 members to host classes. Increase public education awareness of i3. Encourage new members by introducing them to i3. Show new members more of what benefits i3 offers.	Evan	Brian	7	0	PASS

Meeting Metrics

• Time completed: 8:28 pm
• Funds appropriated: $0
• Attendees: 13

Attendance

Evan Allen Matt Arnold Jamie Burdeski Leora Druckman Michael Fink Matthew Gardeski Matt Huber David Henry Brian McPherson James O'Dell Charlie Rysenga Vivian Sanders Terry Wynn

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