BoardMeeting202510
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Time & Location
October 19, 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
- Spark news: Mary Thom has stepped down officially and Michael Blair is the interim director of Spark, a few of us will be meeting to hear more about the transition
- Building news: We are continuing to move forward in a positive (yet glacial) manner.
- We had a geotechnical engineer come out and look at the koi pond and parking lot and they seemed to think it was not an issue
- Fundraising: We've quietly started some fundraising efforts - more public things planned for the near future
Sue: Treasurer
- Made a little money on the market - about average.
- Killswitch had more expenses, but they were much needed and a great time
- Income was up in September due to building donations, but without that we're about normal for income/expenses
Tracy: Membership Director
- 385 members - inching toward 400!
Russell: Community Director
- Talks and Crafts is trucking along well! Next up is pumpkin carving and stamp making!
- Newsletter is well received and October's should be coming up soon
- Requesting cure for the common cold
Jondale: Tech Director
- The network problem was the fault of 3d printing
- Mayor's Maker Council has done nothing since last meeting because this week is the Annual 3 Hour Retreat
- Mattermost has been slow lately so working on helping that out
Daryl: Communications
- Someone should buy Daryl's house so he has more time to work on the website
Sean: Creative Director - reporting from a cave
- Some reason our awesome new videos are not being seen - how do we fix that?
- Looking toward next year's market -we *really* need to have a promotional strategy
Billy: Facilities
- Hose for air installed in woodworking - woo!
- Working on shop inventory - 3d printing is latest in getting their stuff in - thanks!
Other stuff
- Maker City USA is trying to get a Mobile Makerspace and possibly focus on kids and we're exploring how we might could work together on this
- Next meeting November 16, 2025 4pm - See you there!
