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<p>Created page with &quot;== Board Meeting: == === Time &amp; Location === June 29, 2025, 4pm virtually via Big Blue Button === Minutes === *This year each person on the board will report on their individual projects so we can keep everyone on task ====Issac: President==== *Building purchase: Currently working on getting an appraisal so we have some idea what a legitimate value of the building is **We also need to get an estimate to replacing the roof because our insurance company thinks its not...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>== Board Meeting: ==<br /> <br /> === Time &amp; Location ===<br /> June 29, 2025, 4pm virtually via Big Blue Button<br /> <br /> <br /> === Minutes ===<br /> *This year each person on the board will report on their individual projects so we can keep everyone on task<br /> <br /> ====Issac: President====<br /> *Building purchase: Currently working on getting an appraisal so we have some idea what a legitimate value of the building is<br /> **We also need to get an estimate to replacing the roof because our insurance company thinks its not great<br /> *Fundraising: We did our best math and it seems we do not have enough saved up for a downpayment so we are discussing endlessly about the goal amount or timing<br /> **Thinking somewhere around $150k but we&#039;re not sure yet<br /> **We really want to get outside donors so we&#039;re not constantly squeezing our members for more<br /> **Personal endorsements would really be helpful if you all feel the need to share what Knox Makers means to you<br /> **Issac talked to head of MakerUSA this week and is connecting us to other spaces that have done large fundraising campaigns for tips and advise<br /> *Small update on documentary: edit is about 50% done and they are excited how its turning out - maybe early August<br /> *Maker Education Meetup: Daryl attended - he met a lot of new people but other than that it was pretty standard<br /> *Maker Market: so far 45 applications for the Sept 28th market<br /> *Hospitality zone: Margaret has decided to step down from that responsibility and Jerry has taken up the call<br /> *Vestival emailed wanting feedback and Issac has not responded because he wasn&#039;t sure what to tell them....<br /> *Killswitch (Larry): Thunderdome is undercover and is ready for some repairs. Larry wants to get some sparring and classes soon.<br /> *Knox Makers Birthday Party! August 5th - Pizza! Cake-off! Party hat contest! 100% fun and 0% business! <br /> <br /> ====Sue: Treasurer====<br /> *Sue doesn&#039;t want us to spend too much money on our party :(<br /> *Everything else is as normal <br /> <br /> ====Tracy: Membership Director====<br /> *361 members<br /> *Yay new people!<br /> <br /> ====Russell: Community Director====<br /> *Russell thinks you&#039;re all marvelous!<br /> *Newsletter draft will go out to the board today with a publish date of July 1st<br /> **How many people have signed up for that anyway? 63!<br /> *Tuesday Talks and Crafts are scheduled through August - exciting times!<br /> <br /> ====Jondale: Tech Director====<br /> *Big thing at the moment is gmail sucks and is blocking things<br /> *Installed OpenProject for fundraising stuff and Jondale is using it for infrastructure migration<br /> *Mayor&#039;s Maker Council: Planning ten year anniversary shindig (no party hat contest though)<br /> <br /> ====Daryl: Communications====<br /> *Focusing less on website due to fundraising, but is working to turn his eye back toward it<br /> **Working on a Quickbooks or Stripe plugin - open up more options for people to give money<br /> **Daryl has stared too long at the new website and needs fresh eyes to look at it<br /> <br /> ====Sean: Creative Director====<br /> *Sean sent out a style guide for the board to review - if we have more volunteers doing writing/social media so having a document to have people thinking in the right direction<br /> *Sean is scheduled for July 13 to talk to Ramblin&#039; Man podcast<br /> *Tomfoolery! It is secret - try to guess what tomfoolery Sean has done!<br /> <br /> ====Billy: Facilities====<br /> *Had air-con in Bay 2 freeze up - Billy will keep monitoring<br /> *Billy is itching to tag some stuff but hasn&#039;t found any wayward projects<br /> <br /> ===Other stuff===<br /> *Issac wrote up a more expanded version of our values and we all edited but are we all cool with them? (Thumbs up says yes)<br /> *Next meeting July 20, 2025 - see you all there!<br /> <br /> === Votes ===<br /> <br /> *Voted to appoint Jerry as the new ambassador to Hospitality - may he bless us with many snacks and caffeine<br /> *Voted to spend up to $1000 on robot parts</div>

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