Minutes:Meeting Minutes 20180501
Contents
- 1 Agenda for 05-01-2018
- 2 COWBELL
- 3 Meeting Metrics
Agenda for 05-01-2018
Chair: Tony
Introductions
Experienced Members
- Tony is running the meeting and he's a board member and runs the machine shop.
- Matt C is the membership coorindator. New people should talk to him.
- Gary just got back from his winter in Florida.
- Jody teaches welding
New Members & Guests
- Cyrille is a new member and likes welding and woodworking
- Alicia is a computer nerd who is currently making a harp
- Ruth took a jewelry class over the weekend after hearing about i3 from her son
- Vanessa is coming back after a few years. She's a potter and aspiring welder.
- Mike is a new member, does woodworking and metalworking and is working on refinishing a stratocaster
- John is another new member. He's a programmer and does a lot of IoT and aquaponics stuff at home.
- Marc is also a new member who going to start building a couch
Show and Tell
- Hans has his DIY pure electric bike.
- Thomas has been working his final essay for his thesis project and if anyone's interested in philosohy and wants to read it, send him a message.
Old Business
- n/a
New Business
NOMcon 2018
- Nation of Makers is a nationwide metwork of makerspaces and they're holding a convention this summer (June 9-10). Would be a great opportunity to network with other makerspaces outside of Michigan.
- Who wants to go?
- Tony is offering to go along with Matt C on behalf of i3 as board member and officer, but can't afford to pay for the travel.
- Who wants to help fund it?
- Already been some chat on Slack, and we need to make a decision ASAP.
- Gary just had this discussion at the makerspace he hangs out at in Florida.
- Matt C: When NOM kicked off Charlie went to their gathering and it was a great way to connect with other spaces.
- The travel costs would be about $1600 for 2 people
- Jody: since this has also been discussed in the #nomcon channel in Slack there are potentially others who are interested in going.
- Jody is curious who here would be interested in going? A handful of people raised their hands.
- Jody also would offer to chip in to help pay for those going.
- Joseph suggests we table this discussion to the slack channel/mailing list to be voted on at the board meeting next week.
- Leora asks if there's some clear way for people to contribute?
- Jody: people can put money in an enveolope in the black box by the front door.
- Tony: people can also email him at machineshop@i3detroit.org if they want to make contributions
- David: If anyone has strong opionings either for or against using i3 general funds for this, please post in slack or message board@i3detroit.org as he is interested in feedback to factor in to voting on this at next week's board meeting.
Expansion
- Jody: asks Vivian what the status of next door is
- Vivian: The landlord has been hard to get a hold of and it's her impression, since its also time to sign a new lease and he hasn't pressed on that, that he's also waiting on next door to open up before we sign a new lease.
- Tony suggests as this has stalled for a while, we should consider unfreezing spending and holding a budget meeting soon.
- Jody: what are we hoping to get out of a budget meeting?
- Tony: We haven't had a budget meeting since December 2016 and it would be good to take another look at that.
Instrument Building SIG
- Interest has been high among a smaller group of members to create a new SIG for Lutherie, Guitar and instrument construction of all types. See Thomas Tusano
Upcoming Events
Tusano Gallery - Saturday May 19th
- Saturday, May 19 2-7 pm
- An Open Call for member submissions is in effect, Please see Thomas Tusano for Details, Looking for members to commit to being in the space to explain their projects, and invite other interested parties. Many people from LTU will also be in attendance and Thomas's mom (a culinary expert!) is organizing the food
Michigan Hackerspace Meetup Thing
- Last month Jody and Nate went and visited a hackerspace in Flint who was hosting a regional Michigan meetup of makerspaces.
- i3 is hosting the next meeting on May 19 at 11 am
Michigan Association of CPAs Tradeshow
- Thomas: A rep is looking for i3 Members to show a 3D printer and talk about the space on the convention floor, Gary Morin and Thomas Tusano are contacts for interested parties. June 27-28 at Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi
Epoxy Resin Art Workshop
- May 26th, 1-3 pm
- Eventbrite signup coming soon...
Modular Synth Demo
- May 13th, 2-4 pm
- Come see how cool music is created
= Embird training - Monday, May 6 TBD
- Watch for Eventbrite info
= First embroidery machine training, Tuesday May 7
- Will not be an authorization class. More like the laser training setup. Watch for Eventbrite link.
Zone updates
Compute Zone
- The large format printer is making bad fan noises sometimes. I need to enlist help to tear apart the left side power supply and replace the fan. Who would like to help?
Jewelry Zone
- We had a beginner bangle class on Sunday. It was a great success. Everyone was happy and is looking forward to our next class which will be on June 10th. We even got a couple inquirers about the next class.
- The class will be enamelling.
- We have new people interested in our zone. We have a few guests that come in to work on projects. They are soon to be new members. With our class funds we will be purchasing a tiny drill press, jump ring maker and a wire stretcher to reduce wire for certain projects.
Machine Shop
- Have been some cleanliness issues lately - make sure you clean up after yourselves
Welding Zone
- Saw has been ordered to replace the terrifying cutoff wheel of death
- Steel blade and Aluminum blade
- Blade wax
- Donations can be cash or paypal to i3detroit@gmail.org, make sure to include a note about what it's for.
- What's next?
COWBELL
Meeting Metrics
- Time completed: 8:25 pm
- Attendees: 24
Action Item Summary
No action items.
Proposal Summary
No proposals.
Attendance
- Joseph B
- Mike F
- Hans E
- John C
- Alec B
- Jeff P
- David H
- Tony S
- Cyrille G
- Steve N
- Alicia C
- Ruth S
- Ross S
- Gary M
- Marc S
- James O
- Jody R
- D...? R?
- Ben S
- Kody M
- Vanessa ?
- Leora D
- Matt C
- Mike S
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