2019 Yearly Meeting

Boominglabs 2019 Yearly Meeting Agenda

Annual Meeting Preface

• Welcome, new members since last annual meeting!
• What is Consensus? - no STRONG opposition to a decision, doesn't mean everybody has to be 100% on board.
• What is membership, and how does that happen?
• What are donuts, and how do they magically appear?

Members Attending

• Dan H.
• Steve C.
• Laura H.
• Alex V.
• Pete K.
• Rebeca S.
• Kevin R.
• Tobias M.
• Heath R.
• Jenett T.
• Matt H.
• dosman
• Jimmy L.
• Sarah W-D.
• Josh C.
• Josh 'Mr.' G.

• Gavin W. (via Google Hangout)

Financial Preamble

Electric: 1924.26
Freshbooks: 139.65
Garbage: 677.04
Gas*: 109.19
Insurance: 871.25
Internet: 897
Makevention: 277.66
Lowes/Menards: 1619.05
Metal Shop: 2363.91
Misc: 292.43
Parade: 41.78
Rent: 14968.25
Rent Deposit: 1000
Water*: 88.96
Government filings: 22
Workshop expenses: 135

Total expenses: 25427.43
Total income: 27775.10
Net change: 2139.64

Savings account
Initial balance: 2376.83
Ending balance: 2603.56
Net change: 226.73


Monthly Expenses

Rent: 1360.75
Electric: 200
Freshbooks: 20
Gas*: 40
Garbage: 48
Insurance: 73
Internet: 70
Water*: 50
Total: 1861.75

Full member rate / month: 46.5

• started paying in October
  

Financial Postamble

2019 Expected Expenses
Rent: 1594.08 - Starting February
Electric: 200
Freshbooks: 32.5 ???
Gas: 40
Garbage: 48
Insurance: 73
Internet: 70
Water: 50
Total: 2107.58
Full member rate / month: 52.6895

2018 year in review

• Member survey results
• Member exit survey results
  • Need to send out exit surveys to members who left
• Who have we collaborated with?
  • Community Foundation (STEM Lunches)
  • MCPL
  • Wonderlab
• What workshops did we have?
  • Blender
  • Needle felting (attempted)
  • Soldering (x2)
  • Laser cutting and engraving
  • Arduino
  • Micropython and IoT
  • Build an IoT Switch (Jay Sissom)
  • Welding Day
  • Machining (x2)
  • Makevention onsite workshops:
    • Lockpicking
    • Soldering
  • Needle felting (actual)
  • #badgelife (with special guest hosts mzbat and 'Frank the Tank')
  • Essential Oils
  • Rain barrel / plant tower

• Makevention
  • 2018 (Year 6!) - how did it go?
    • Financial Report
  • 2019
• Trebuchet.
• Fundraising, donations, and attempts
• The Move Pt2: The Move In
  • Remodeling
  • Space definition
  • Continuing work

Officer elections

• Prospective Nominees:
  • President: LaserDan
  • Treasurer: Heath
  • Secretary: Sarah
  • At-large: Laura, Pete, Alex, Jimmy

2019 Pressing issues, goals, and things to discuss

• 2019 bylaw change proposals - broken out to a separate page to keep discussion clearer
• The Space!
  • How happy are we? Do we want to talk with Mark now about a long-term lease?
  • How much do we need the kitchen?
• Members!
  • Better onboarding needed, but how?
  • Better access to spaces, but how? /s
  • Member photo wall
• Software infrastructure
  • FreshBooks price increase
    • Alternatives matrix
    • How do you pronounce "Apricot"?
  • Actually getting other systems off Dosman's Linode instance
• Security infrastructure
  • Additional RFID equipment
  • New door?
  • Cameras
  • Reflective film for glass doors
• Cleanliness and excellence
  • "Is this the best use of this space?"
  • "What if someone parked their stuff in space I wanted to work in?"
  • "What if someone put a parking sticker on my project?"

• Other space needs
  • Fume hood exhaust hole
  • Enhance dust collection w/filter & cyclone/baffle
  • Good shop-vac to replace Gavin's

• Membership goals
• Workshops, Workshops, Workshops!
  • Machine knitting (already on the schedule)
  • Laser cutting
  • Soldering
  • Book binding
  • Sustainabarrels
  • Essential Oils
  • Welding?
  • Arduino
  • Fun with LEDs
  • Needle felting
  • How not to be on fire/Avoiding being called "Stumpy" (workshop safety)
  • Resin casting
  • Recording your work (photo/video)?
  • Tool overview?
    • Do we want to upgrade our laser? (90W, 120W, etc)
    • Do we want to fundraise for a new big tool? (CNC table router, Wazer/water jet, CNC metal mill, etc)
    • Still intend to sell 3rd lathe which can help raise funds (dosman)
• Non-workshop event days
  • Open houses
  • Rummage sales
  • DANGER DAYS!
  • Show and Yell
  • FIY days
• Space workdays
  • Recycling runs (req. commandeering a truck)
  • Cleaning
  • Maintenance
  • Junk teardown
  • Repair
• We have a wind turbine generator in storage at dosmans that belongs to the space
  • And two power inverters in the electronics room for battery charging
  • And a large solar cell in the members room which Will left behind
• Laboratory fume hood vent hookup
• Makevention
  • Volunteers vs Exhibitors
  • Bloominglabs booth
    • Dedicated runner who is not the booth organizer
    • Members who have booths should not double-dip on Bloominglabs vending space
  • Committee members? JOIN US!
• Anything else?