# April 2021 - Board Meeting **4/7/2021 - Area 515 Board Meeting** **Attending:** * **President: Dave** * **Vice President: Jake** * **Treasurer: Meg** * **Secretary: Brad** * **Director: Ryan** * **Director: Tom** * **Director: Ryan** ### Approval of Minutes from Previous Meeting > Vote to Approve Minutes of March Meeting > > Yes: 7 > > No: 0 > > Result: Passed ### Old Business * The security camera system is working. The laser room camera is hard to aim but very stable. * No leaks in the roof have been seen. * No response from artist place to our proposal ### Financials * Treasurer will for money from Carlin's knife classes * Treasurer will write up receipt for ISU Prism team ### Current Members: 81 * Open House attendance has been good. ### Big Tool Buy * Not much has changed, we're still shopping * We have plenty of scrap metal for welding table bases. Dave said he will place an order for metal table top material. * Carlin is getting some nickel rod to repair the forge. ### Concrete Pad * Carlin knows someone willing to pour concrete for just the cost of the materials. He will try to plan a work day. * Making the pad bigger was discussed so more people can fit into classes * Metal Shop Stewards discussed how to increase their communication. The possibility of a Metal Shop email list was raised. ### Members Meeting * Members need to start signing the CoC. Brad will try fitting it all onto one side of paper (Note from the future: He barely fit the whole thing onto a front and back.) Then a pile of COC's to sign will be printed up for the upcoming Member meeting. * The possibility of making all members resign the Damage Waiver was raised. * Members should be asked for their phone numbers at the meeting too. ### Space Updates * One member was suspended for making a mess in the autoshop and for using other people's materials. * A red vice of Carlin's has gone missing. * Ryan sent a request to Facebook for help getting us set up with SalesForce. Facebook said the request was published internally. * Facebook offered us some heavy duty shelving as well. * Dave would like to make an A frame rack for storing metal outside in the courtyard. * We got a couple new chairs for the classroom, and got rid of some older ones. * Jason might start some member classes in May. He'd particularly like to do some "Deep Dives" into some of the tools, with particular emphasis on cleaning. * Discussion was held about people not putting tools back and about misusing needle nose pliers. * More people should make numbers for the big clock in the classroom. ### Meeting Adjourned * "The minutes were fine, the seconds not so great." - Tom --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://legal.desmoinesmaker.space/meeting-minutes/meeting-minutes/2021/april-2021-board-meeting.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.