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== Board Meeting: March 3, 2019==

=== Time & Location ===
*Meeting Located at 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN
*2:00 PM

=== Attendees ===


Board: Issac Merkle, Jondale Stratton, Tracy Homer, Bryan Howard, Sue Joslin, Billy Huddleston, Tabby Sheldon, Sean Simoneau, Andrew Messersmith

Members: Tony Baker, Jeff Drum, Bobby Sheldon, John Nowak


== Minutes ==
* Vocabulary word for the day: Hypothecate:  To pledge (property) as security or collateral for a debt without transfer of title or possession.
* Jeff updated us on the situation with the outside tenant and the drama that ensued the night before, and apologized for changing the lock.
* Jeff also updated on the main door being replaced.
* Jeff is great.
* Sue gave financial update.
**169 members
**$3 profit for February! yay!
* Decided to wait until later in the year to allocate general funds to the zones.
* Sue presented the 2019 Operating Budget (one vote, see below).
* Issac recommended that Sue wears a turban next time she makes financial predictions
* Andrew gave codes compliance update.
** Have stamped paperwork for the dust collection system. yay!
** Still need to procure uni-strut for electrical issues.
** Really need to get that extra egress in.  Discussed logistics regarding that.
* Andrew updated on grants - submitted outdoor metal shop plans to the city - no update yet.
* Jondale led discussion on an Equipment Lease form and Equipment Donation form.
** Adopting these forms is a great idea, but have to be looked over for exact wording - will be discussed next month.
* Discussed how to empty the rental bays.  Do we get a storage unit for the KM stuff, or just get rid of it?
* Plan to start charging for tall storage on April 1st.  Bryan/Sue will contact current renters.
* Discussed how to deal with "Not Quite Right" content during show and share.
**Going to try having a sign up sheet for show and share.
* Sean updates on community opportunities.
** Sean is trying to get something together for the Asheville Mini-Maker Faire
* Discussed member that shot the commercial in the space (two votes, see below).
** Attempted contact in various ways to ask more information from him/her.
** Questions are two fold; how to gain more information about commercial, and what to do about member.
* Discussed what it means to terminate a member - never done that before.
** It does not mean banning someone as a guest from the space, that would be separate.
* Letter will be drafted to member and his/her sponsor to inform them of their membership termination.
* Discussed policy regarding the cameras - what is appropriate to look at footage?  Who is allowed to see footage? 
** Issac will draft a policy
* Next board meeting: April 27 at 2pm.




=== Votes ===
* Unanimously voted to approve the Operating Budget for 2019
* Unanimously voted to send a letter to the bank from our attorney in an attempt to gain more information.
* Unanimously voted to remove above mentioned member from organization (Issac, Billy, and Tracy recused themselves from voting)