Board Meeting Notes 2012-10-02

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Meeting start: 7:25 pm

Attendance

• Tim Saylor
• Patrick Callahan
• Shawn Blaszak

Agenda

Old Business

• Ishmael
  • Status of gas being billed to us before the 28th.

• Tim
  • inventory and ownership status of old landlord's stuff left on our side.
  • Status of money owed by the old landlord? (Steve's letter formally asking for the deposit back)
  • Bill-of-materials for the workshop build-out
  • Quote from Tony to separate the shop air systems
  • Status of e-mail to the membership regarding electronics lab area host selection

• Patrick
  • Cleaning service status

• Dan
  • Install shop air valve between our area and Tony's and attach our compressor to the system.
  • Donation of oxyacetylene torch setup and tanks (welding and cutting)?

• Steve
  • Status of replacement part for the laser cutter. (a belt, auto-focus spring, board)
  • Status of new mill bearings
  • Donation of oxyacetylene torch setup and tanks (welding and cutting)?

• Shawn

• Unassigned
  • Change address update.
  • We need to verify the code status of the fire door in the metal shop
  • We need to improve our implementation of the tool certification process.

New Business

• Financial/membership report
• Dust management in the shop
• bar tap expenditure proposal
• Tim White IRS receipt

Minutes

• Ishmael
  • Ishmael sent in the financial report and membership report by e-mail since he can't be here tonight.
    • Membership -
      • Full Members: 70
      • Starving Hacker: 86
      • Friends of PS1: 2
      • Total: 156
  • He needs the meter number tohandlethe gas bill

• Tim
  • Inventory of landlord's stuff not inventoried
  • No response yet from old landlord about money
  • Discussing separating the shop air system with Tony has not happened

• Patrick
  • Patrick discussed the cleaning service with Tim at this meeting.

• Dan
  • not present

• Steve
  • The parts have come in for the laser cutter.
  • The new mill bearings are installed but not seated properly

• Shawn

• Unassigned
  • The new gas welder has been donated

• New business
  • Steve suggested requiring yearly re-certification with the more complex tools as well as an additional class of certification for "teachers" for that equipment.
  • Dust management in the shop will be discussed later.

Meeting End: 07:50 pm