BoardMeeting201902

Board Meeting: January 5, 2019

Time & Location

• Meeting Located at 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN
• 1:00 PM

Attendees

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

Members: John Nowak, Tony Baker, Susannah Alexander

Minutes

• Discussed whether we should video these meetings. We do not know yet. Perhaps in the future, as it was not set up yet.
• Issac handed out Conflict of Interest Policy for the board.
• Board members signed that they understand and will abide by the policy.
• Jondale did not know that his pen is purple.
• Sue gave the membership count (169) and financial update.
  • January revenue was about average.
  • Pushing 2019 Operating Budget to next meeting - need to gather more information first
• Andrew updated on codes compliance
  • We have done some work for the electrical codes - yay!
  • More work to do in the danger bay - unsure what else to do to proceed.
• Andrew updated on grants
  • Received go ahead from the city with plans and permit.
  • Andrew learned that we have a Board Storage area and where it is.
  • Andrew is working on creating a site plan for the Outdoor Metalworking Area.
• Sean brings up some community outreach opportunities - if anyone is interested in the following, please contact him.
  • Kingsport Makerspace Open House March 2-3
  • Kingsport Mini-Makerfaire in July
  • Ashville Mini-Makerfaire on April 6
  • Louisville Mini-Makerfaire in fall
  • Archetectual Conference in early April
  • NOMCOM 2019 in Chattanooga - June 14-16
• Issac brought up making a Communications Tool Kit.
• Tabby suggested having booths at comic-cons as well.
• Knox Makers has been subpoenaed to provide a member's assets stored at the space, and member dues owed to him/her.
  • Discussed how we will deal with this in regards to our privacy policy.

Votes

• Voted unanimously to obtain a lawyer to deal with the subpoena.
• Voted unanimously to hire "Lawyer A" as suggested by Issac (Issac recused himself from voting).