EMSBoDMeetingMinutes100324

Eugene Maker Space Board of Directors meeting October 3rd, 2024

Note: This is a draft of the minutes until accepted at the next BoD meeting

Call to order

XX PM

Attending: Karen, Ben, Sam, Piotr, Beata Also present:

Approve this agenda

Motion: XX moved that the Eugene Makerspace Board of Directors approve the agenda as amended .

The motion was seconded by XX.

Motion passes, the vote was Unanimous.

Approve previous minutes

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

The motion was seconded by XX.

Motion passes, the vote was Unanimous.

Reports

Treasurer's report

Money accounts as of 10/03/2024

Bank    $3191.18
PayPal   $658.23
Patreon $1615.95 (will be paid out to our bank account on October 5th)
OnHand    $96.00 (undepositted cash and check)
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Sum     $5561.36
Rent   -$1575.94 (outstanding October 1st rent, as we are not sure if we actually owe it all to the landlord or not)
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        $3985.42 (diff since Feb +$2299.58 - $400.00 = +$1899.58)
Note: $400.00 loan from Piotr to pay rent in September, see diff calculation.
Note: We have currently $6500 in GoFundMe. This is not included in the above calculation. Not sure how much 

Shop status

Early in the morning of September 15th, the Eugene Maker Space shop was destroyed by fire. The Eugene Fire Department investigated and determined that the source of the fire was inconclusive but regardless, the EMS is currently without a shop. We have not yet received permission to begin attempting to salvage equipment/tools pending a sign-off from the building owner's engineer.

Old Business/Action Item Review

Piotr to coordinate with Andrew on Paperless-NG instance

In progress (successful test install, pending AWS deployment)

Sam and Andrew will coordinate on next steps for the tool tracking and link shortening projects

In Progress

New Business

Finding a new permanent location

- Reaching out to the community for help

Adjournment

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

The motion was seconded by Ben.

Motion passes, the vote was unanimous.

The meeting was adjourned at XX PM.