Minutes:Meeting Minutes 20091020

Meeting Minutes of 10-20-2009

Location

i3Detroit

• 322 E. 4th St.
• Royal Oak, MI

Attendees

~12 people.

See Sign up sheet.

Minutes

• start 7:30pm
• not much on the agenda this week
• new member orientation

Standing rules

• same as last week

Punchlist - things left to do

• ideas on what things are still left to do in the space:
• on the whiteboard:
  • door handle for the studio door
  • door handle on blue doors needs to be turned around
  • stable network, call wow for a new modem
  • security system
  • back room needs to be organized, shelving
  • complete the workbench
  • HVAC
  • cordreel for classroom extension cord
  • projector mounting
  • ethernet drops
  • seal and cover windows
  • make space warmer for arts/crafts work, rolling carts, cabinets, places to display work -- bigger project
  • signage and calendar of events / classes in the front window
  • lit sign above our garage door
  • shelving under the stairs

New membership ideas

• drive members to the space
• get more interest
• increase our classes, more promotion
• more 'themed' nights or events (microcontrollers, soldering, radio, crafting)
• open build nights
• more classes
• talk to other groups (Handmade Detroit)
• weekend events
  • important for people can't make it weeknights

Member storage

• keeps coming up
• as we organize more, decide on shelving / cabinets, clean the back room, this should work out
• do we need rules for large projects / use of storage?
  • pros: easier to put rules in place now, need rules before it becomes a problem
  • cons: should be common sense, should fall under the "don't be a dick" clause
  • idea: appoint a 'czar' of space, who you can go to for space issues
  • idea: label your project, label your space, "call me if you need to move this"
  • idea: make
  • we all work together, but without communication toes will be stepped on

Cleaning crew

• rotates every tuesday
• who will go this week?
  • rashad and nate volunteered again

Administrivia

• Ed: free notebooks for logging tool usage
• Ed: waivers are now in a spreadsheet so we can quickly see who has a waiver on file
• Russ: first electrical bill $90.. on the order of what we expected, and we had pretty heavy usage, so it's seems pretty good
  • gas is next..
  • watch the thermostat, turn it down when you leave
• Thursday cereal bar
• friday - lunch? about setting up an ignite detroit
• we have a new member!

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