EMSBoDMeetingMinutes010725

Eugene Maker Space Board of Directors meeting January 7th, 2025

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

Call to order

XX PM

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

Approve this agenda

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

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 December BoD meeting as submitted.

The motion was seconded by XX.

Motion passes, the vote was Unanimous.

Reports

President's report

Nothing new to add.

Secretary's report

Nothing new to add.

Treasurer's report

Money Accounts as of 01/07/2025

Bank     $ 8245.93
PayPal   $ 6984.61 At This Time
Patreon  $   46.40
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Sum      $15276.94 (diff since December of +1238.40)
We have 32 active paid Patreon memberships bringing in $1,246 / month. 28 of them are paying monthly, 4 of them annually.

Old Business/Action Item Review

Terminate the lease for the space with Bennett

We will formalize the termination the lease once our belongings are removed.

Authorize Tom to talk to the abatement company regarding possible recovery of some heavy equipment such as the CNC table, Drill press, mill at an expense separate to EMS

Sam spoke to Tom and met up at the space with him. We don't know what Tom wishes to claim from the space and then separate that out from the abatement bill.

We will reach out to anyone we can regarding final updates on whether or not their items could be recovered.

Andrew to deactivate Wiki account creation

In progress.

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

In Progress (on hold indefinitely until a new space is available)

Open PO Box

Sam will open a PO Box for the maker space.

Duplicate mailbox key

Ben and Sam will meet, Ben will give him a key to the current mailbox.

Adjournment

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

The motion was seconded by xx.

Motion passes, the vote was unanimous.

The meeting was adjourned at XX PM.