20171015 BOD Notes

Attendees:

• Joshua
• Chris
• Tanju

Notes:

Planning Agenda

• No agenda planned

Discussed

Financial update:

• Current balance ~$3k with a monthly surplus of $400
• Current monthly rent $1140/mo
• * Starting Dumpster Rental Cost is $70/mo plus delivery fee $100 + other admin fees. We have paid a $198 to get the ball rolling. Service is twice per month
• We are now in our final year of 3 year lease.
  • Tanju sent a quick note to landlord expressing interest in renewing lease
  • Landlord replied with couple of options: all leases are 3 year lease. Potential larger space available at Pickens Industrial Drive: Base Rent: ~$1,800/ Mo. plus Common Area Maintenance: $100/ Mo. plus utilies
  • We need to explore our options, definitely interested in expanding

Membership discussion:

• 44 members through Sept. Every month has couple of turn-overs
• Members asking for makerspace clean up.
• Couple of complaints about wasps

Upcoming Events:

• MakerFaire: moved into City of Atlanta, Sunday only Oct 22
  • Saturday is Maker Organizers Summit at Make Edu event, Tanju participating
  • Sunday is Maker Faire: Tanju leading setting up a booth. Several members volunteering to help out. Taking flyers, desktop CNC, RetroPie Barcade, Mike Ross bringing his DeltaBot printer

Maintenance discussion:

• Dumpster Rental finally happening. Scheduled for delivery Oct 16th. Twice a month pickup.

• Makerspace build-out meetup scheduled for Sat Oct 28. General cleanup is long overdue

• Ceiling Light in the back shop is still out. Need to figure out a way to get a ladder tall enought to reach or rent one. Ask members if anyone has a ladder to be able to replace bulbs safely