BoardMeeting201804

Board Meeting: April 30, 2018

Time & Location

• Meeting Located at 116 Childress St SW, Knoxville, TN
• 6:30 PM

Attendees

Board: Doug Laney, James Broyles, Tracy Homer, Issac Merkle, Laurie Kay

Members: Dan Stanfill

Minutes

• Went over last month's minutes.
• Financial update - netted about $1300 in March
• Discovered suspect donuts on the podium, did not take the bait
• Discussed how long to leave leatherworking zone czarless, will send email to members
• Doug updated on codes enforcement issues
• Grants update:
  • Bailey Opportunity grant was awarded for $10,000 to set up blacksmithing area
  • Knox Makers was listed in the City of Knoxville proposed budget for next year
  • Need to move forward with planning the blacksmithing area as the money is coming in
• Scheduled upcoming events - czar meetup, space day, open house - look at the calendar!
• Talked about getting assistance for some of the data entry tasks
• Discussed the shithole that is the rental area and how to clean it up
• Reminisced about the airplane chairs we had before we got these nice, free, reasonably comfortable chairs
• Mooned over Barbara the Blender Bike
• Some members are interested in a Ham area - Doug tasked them to come back with a proposal
• James brought up how to train people how to use Pablo and loaning it out
• Can we use open flames in the space? Depends on the project.
• Can we make biological experiments that are not recommended for human consumption in the space? We have no idea.
• Actually walked over to look at the shithole rental area and further discussed how to clean it up

Votes

• Nothing. We voted on nothing.