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# March 2017 - Board Meeting

Makerspace Board Meeting Minutes

6:45 PM 3/1/2017

Board Attendees: Ben, Tim, Brad, Ward, Meg

Member Attendees: Bailey, Chris

## State of the Space

1. Work permits are in for the apartments but not the back/new space.
2. 42 members, 45 if accounts are made current
3. We got an article in the paper.

### Bailey’s Report

1. Soldering demonstration went well.
2. Summer classes are planned, but no money.
3. Four potential interns, Brad will help interview
4. Seven artist residency applicants; application review on 4/7 or 4/8; possible Pioneer money for art show.

### Financials

1. $21k in the bank.
2. \~$200/mo. profit, accounting for rent increase at new space.

### Volunteer Position

1. Tim will explore finding a volunteer from the spouse of an H1-B holder, to help us with technical issues. Voted 5/7 to create position.

### Events and Workshops

1. LMG (sp?) Security wants to pay us $100/registrant (from a $500 fee) for a class they would like to hold. They want to give an intro talk without paying us. They will hold the paying class by the end of summer.

### Sponsorships

1. Redbull wants to give us Redbull, NSA.
2. We agree that we would require ongoing financial support if a company would like ongoing product/logo placement.
3. Brad will create and send out a survey to gauge members’ attitudes on sponsorship.

### Security

1. We need to start vetting members/photocopying drivers’ licenses.
2. We will upgrade the security system to at least 4 cameras (prefer 6)
3. Board grants (5/7) conditional approval of up to $1500 for security upgrades.
4. We will consider new/better insurance policies for the future.


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