Agenda for 2025-03-04

Meeting Location

Meeting was Called to Order At: XXXXXXXXX

https://i3detroit.org/hangout and at i3Detroit

Hybrid 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.
If you're in the space remember that having a single person speaking at a time is helpful for those attending online.

Introductions

What does being excellent at i3 mean

An experienced member explains what being excellent at i3 means to them

Experienced Members

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New Members & Guests

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Show and Tell

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Old Business

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Outstanding Action Items

New Business

Upcoming Events

Volunteers to host upcoming Friday tours?
Up coming Events Calendar

Example Topic

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Proposal:
Amend the standing rules as follows:

In the section labeled "General", insert new points 3 and 4 displacing current point 3 to point 5. The contents of the inserted points being as follows:

3. Members may not have items that are not part of official i3 business mailed to i3's address

4. Members may not use i3's address for anything other than the address of i3 for i3 related activity, not, for example, as their home address, mailing address, business address, etc.

Context
It has recently been brought to our attention that a former member is using i3's address as the address of his business which is only a shell from which to launch frivolous lawsuits. Upon searching we could find nothing that explicitly forbids this. This proposal closes that loophole.
0 Ayes / 0 Nays
Result: Pending

Proposal:
Discuss and update the rules regarding flammable and hazardous materials. (Proposed by: Aj)

Group needs to decide what our rules for the flammable cabinets are. The wiki then needs to be updated, and the updated rules need to be printed and put on the flammable cabinets in place of the current ones.
Context
The current rules for the flammable cabinets are as follows: https://www.i3detroit.org/wiki/Chemical_Storage_and_Disposal

- Please make sure all chemical containers are legibly labeled with at least these three things:
- Chemical name (it's amazing how often people forget this) or at the very least the most hazardous component
- Owner's name and contact information (in case we need more information about safe handling)
- The date you stored it (so we can tell if something is abandoned)
- While we generally discourage use of particularly hazardous materials in the space, if you do, please include what the primary hazard class is clearly on the label, such as: CORROSIVE, FLAMMABLE, OXIDIZER, EXPLOSIVE, or TOXIC and store chemicals from different hazard classes in separate cabinets and follow storage guidelines on the MSDS or SDS.

Currently, next to nothing in the cabinets are following these rules. Very few things are labelled and nothing is dated. This has resulted in the cabinets being full and members not having space to add new supplies they're working with, despite many of the stored items being abandoned or near empty. It also makes cleaning the cabinets out a very time consuming, onerous task.
0 Ayes / 0 Nays
Result: Pending

Proposal:
Discuss and update the rules and guidelines for member storage. (Proposed by: Aj)

The current rules and guidelines for member storage as listed on the wiki are both lacking and inaccurate.
Context
Here are some of the current rules/guidelines: https://www.i3detroit.org/wiki/Storage

This is active project storage.
If you don't touch the stuff in your plot for several weeks at a stretch, please take it home.
If you're keeping things in your plot outside the container, every single item must be labeled.
Items in MAPS but not labeled are subject to ticketing procedure. (MAPS = Member Active Project Storage)

and notably, we don't actually seem to have any defined rules on what people can or cannot have in their storage spaces. The only related rules are:

that you get one space, and only one space
Stored items must fit totally within that plot, with no significant extension into an aisleway for safety.
any member may empty property that is not stored safely or does not fit in a plot

We don't mention anything like not keeping food in member storage, or hazardous materials needing to be stored properly.
0 Ayes / 0 Nays
Result: Pending