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Sfosteriam: Port of agenda/minutes from google doc

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Port of agenda/minutes from google doc

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=Eugene Maker Space Board of Directors meeting August 7th, 2025=

==Call to order==

* 18:13
* In attendance: Sam, Troy, Suzi

==Approve this agenda==

{{Motion|Sam|Approve the agenda as presented|Troy|approved unanimously}}
==Approve previous minutes:==

Last month’s minutes are published on the wiki at:
* Jul 15, 2025: https://wiki.eugenemakerspace.com/EMSBoDMeetingMinutes071525

{{Motion|Sam|approve the minutes as recorded|Suzi|approved unanimously}}
==Reports==

===President’s report===

* {{action|Sam,|Update members about recent location hunting news: Grimes, 28th St, etc.}}
* We need to include details on how our operating procedures are needing to evolve as a response to the concerns and requirements given by many of the landlords we’ve spoken to. I.e. operating hours, keyholders, shop steward
* Ongoing partnerships and conversations with Bright Parade, Shift Cycles.
* Made contact with ReStore, we’re scheduled to table at their Ice Cream Social later this month.

===Secretary’s report===

* Nothing to report

===Treasurer’s report===

* {{action|Andrew,|Confirm we are up to date with the DOJ}}
*

====Current membership====

* 9 at $10/mo
* 4 at $35/mo
* 5 at $45/mo
* 12 at $50/mo
* 3 at $70/mo
* 1 at $100/mo

====Outgoings and balance====

* Bank: $14,400.08
* PayPal: $7,366.60
* Patreon: $0.00
* Coinbase: $1470.17 (0.01250101 BTC, 0.005 BCH

Total - $23,236.85
===New space location-hunting report===

* Our bid for 23 E 28th in South Eugene was rejected. Landlord concerned about the number of people coming and going and power tool usage.
* Landlord for 4216 W 7th Ave has concerns with ‘high’ membership number. Wants a shop steward, or other way to ensure that everyone there is well trained & safe
** Training: United Academy
*** Could make our own code of conduct
*** Make our own Makerspace basic training
** Keyholder Program
** Background checks
* Mark Davis no longer a personal guarantor and potential space partner (no beef; just that he’s found his own space)

===Events report===

* Ongoing weekly events:
** Regularly scheduled events: Open Snack @ Play every Tuesday. Cozy Crafting every other Sunday, small but steady attendance
* Review past & upcoming events
** LED intro w. Eugene Bright Parade @ Mecca, July 25th. Light attendance but we had the right preparation and material. Another of the same workshop is planned in September.
** “Small Frames” collab with Radiant Community Arts, August 30th.
** “Ice-cream day @ ReStore” scheduled for August 24th.
** Swap Meet planned for September 6th at “Westish” space (Mark Davis hosting, coincides with Warehouse District Art Hop)
** EMS featured in 2nd Friday Artwalk at Stringfield Yarn Collective August 8th
* Bright Parade: Do we want to participate?
** We are planning a bike-based, modestly ambitious entry with some lit-up EMS logos in the wheels. Reminder: the parade is September 27th.

==New business==

* Contacting other makerspaces (to update)
** Last month scheduled to chat with SnoCo (Seattle) - donated stepper motors and Open Beam
** Met with OlyMEGA (Olympia) this week
** Very useful conversations, exploring operating models, policies and building a network of makerspace manager contacts.
** Suzi will compile notes with main takeaways
* Accepting donations at events
** Robot arm is electronically & mechanically working. But needs more software work to be event-ready
* We’d like to re-establish contact with the Eugene Science Center (after this rush of events)

===Re-opening preparedness===

* Lock system: Thomas researching some options for RFID locks with access control
* Updating mission statement, **policies** and other about-us and how-we-roll documents
** Weekly working sessions planned.
* Suzi has been added to the board of directors page.
* Andrew has given permissions to Sam to admin the wordpress instance
* Sam and Suzi have been reviewing of our operating documents to start updating them (code of conducts, membership details etc.)
* {{action|Andrew,|we need a staging server so we can experiment and have work-in-progress for these website changes without messing up the live site}}
* EMS Revitalization Plan - outline specifics of how we operate, how the makerspace works, our plan to re-open. This should help us clarify our goals and strategies, communicate our intentions to landlords & members
* {{action|Suzi|make first pass on Google Sheets checklist of To-Do items.}}
* Zeffy: we need to start moving in.
** {{action|Andrew,|ensure at least the board members have working accounts.}}
** {{action|Andrew,|confirm board members have access to Zeffy to make updates.}}
** How to migrate people over to Zeffy
*** If integration into keyholder software, make that a requirement

==Adjournment==

* {{Motion|Sam motions we adjourn||Suzi|approved unanimously}}
* Adjourned 19:37pm

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Sfosteriam: Port of agenda/minutes from google doc