EMSBoDMeetingMinutes040722

Eugene Maker Space Board of Directors meeting April 7th, 2022

Note: These minutes have not been approved by the BoD yet, this is a draft

Call to order

7:27PM

Attending: Karen, Ben, Michael, Beata Also present: Dick, Saskia

Approve this agenda

Motion: Ben moved that the Eugene Makerspace Board of Directors approve the agenda as presented.

The motion was seconded by Beata.

Motion passes, the vote was Unanimous.

Approve previous minutes

Motion: Karen moved that the Eugene Makerspace Board of Directors approve the minutes from the March BoD meeting as submitted.

The motion was seconded by Michael.

Motion passes, the vote was Unanimous.

Reports

President's report

Nothing to report.

Secretary's report

Nothing to report.

Treasurer's report

March 19, Karen deposited dues from Dick Penny and Sam Rainey

Shop status

Beata attended a Friday even and met Bee and Bees friends and had a great time.

Karen suggested we create a standing event review item to the agenda.

Michael suggested considering possible Open Hack events on other days than Tuesday/Friday such as Thursday.

ACTION: Ben will create a standing event in the agenda going forward to review upcoming events.

Old Business/Action Item Review

COVID-19 status review - Open Hack closure status

The WHO is speaking about a pair of variants they are watching with concern and are monitoring the Eastern Seaboard of the US. Oregon case counts and charts are showing a very slight uptick but overall active cases are trending downwards. The NY numbers are showing a more pronounced uptick but things still look quite moderate.

Karen does not advocate any changes at this time but suggests we keep our eye on the situation. Our current policy seems to be working, no conflicts reported.

The web page has been updated to reflect the current situation/policy.

Karen will remove open hacks for the next month (barring volunteers) and put something together asking for volunteers

Done! And after removing the existing open hacks, volunteers were found to host a few open hacks. The system works!

Ben wrote a bot to help manage scheduling open hacks from the Discord, continuing testing and revision in progress.

Piotr will enable the Discord connector in Patreon

Done.

Karen will swap out Slack invites with Patreon invites on the website and social media

Done.

Ben will activate new laser

Partially done, remaining tasks is hooking up ventilation and plumbing cooling.

Karen will request a door replacement

Done, awaiting reply from Bennett.

Adjournment

Motion: Karen moved that the Eugene Makerspace Board of Directors adjourn.

The motion was seconded by Ben.

Motion passes, the vote was {{{4}}}.

The meeting was adjourned at 7:48PM.