Member Meeting Minutes for April 16th, 2023

Attendees

• Alisa Grishman
• Brian “Beebo” Esch
• Bryn Miller
• Chris Napolitano
• Dean Roth
• Kiefer Mansfield
• Kirk Hendricks
• Matt Dube
• Morgan Wable
• Peter Kaup

Call to Order

Meeting was called to order at 19:41 by Beebo

Announcements

Shop Clean

• April 30th at noon
• Pizza will be provided
• As always, if you want to do chores and can’t make the clean there’s a sign-up list posted on cubbies next to the Jumonville door
  • Be sure to date when you do the task so we don’t duplicate things that have been done recently

Trash Night

• Still need people to sign up for trash nights
  • Saturdays
  • Can be during the day
  • Goes against the wall in the parking area
• Link is posted in #general
• There’s a list of trash cans taped to the lockers in the kitchen
• Also need people every other Monday to gather up recycling and take it to Alisa’s house

Anonymous Reporting Stickers

• We will be putting stickers around the shop with a QR code to our anonymous reporting page
  • While we don’t punish people for reporting that tools are broken, we understand how some people might still be reluctant to come forward to say they broke something
• If you break a tool or discover that a tool is already broken, please report it so we can get it fixed!

Treasurer’s Report

• Bank: $5192.27
• PayPal: $464.54
• A bunch of stuff has gotten more expensive
  • Wild Apricot is now $75/month
  • Insurance went up
  • Consumables more expensive

Old Business

Tustin Update

• Alisa went to the Tot Lot
  • Wifi is down
  • Only 1 of the 16 USB ports is working
• Volunteers needed
  • Someone comfortable with ladders to turn on the wifi
    • There’s a video with instructions made by Adam Longwill that you can watch to learn what to do
  • Need to bring the solar charging stations back one at a time to refurbish them
    • Alisa needs someone to go upstairs and check to see how many more ports we have to install in the park
    • In the past Kris Kunihiro, Chris McCann, and Jim Keener have helped with doing this
    • There’s a video with instructions made by Adam Longwill that you can watch to learn what to do
  • Committee of people to redesign the artwork, as kids keep taking down our extant art
    • Morgan has some ideas
• Slack channel is called #tustin_playground
  • Please post any ideas you have for artistic improvements

Power Wheels

• There is interest in bringing this back
• Slack channel is called #powpowpowerwheels
• Alisa’s extended family member is renowned in Fox Kart racing and may be able to give us some insight
• Discussion was otherwise tabled as Geno was not in attendance

Garage Door Area / Wood Shop

• Needs cleaned
• Sean is working with wood shop peoples to update the wood shop and cleaning the garage will be a part of that process
• Pete filled people in on the wood shop meeting
  • Coming up with policies regarding longer-term storage
  • Redesign of the shop layout
  • Getting rid of garage door clutter
  • Laid the groundwork for future meetings
• Alisa reminded attendees that the Board gets a lot of complaints about there not being Parking Tickets on things, but we don’t know things need parking tickets if people don’t tell us
• One design idea is to calculate how much distance each tool needs to be safely operated and using CAD software to help design the layout
  • Can use this to have multiple tools using the same out-feed on the dust collector
• When people create their designs they need to take into account the new footprint that our bathroom will have after it’s made accessible
  • Alisa will share plans with people on Slack so they can see the updated dimensions

COVID Mandates

• It’s been a while since we last discussed our mask mandate
• Current policy: No one will be permitted inside with symptoms of a cough/fever/cold/chills. Anyone who is unvaccinated is required to wear a mask at all time. No exceptions.
• There’s been a proposal for classes and public events to allow unvaccinated people to do a COVID test the day of the event and, if negative, go unmasked at the shop
• The Board will make a final decision on this, but we want to hear what Members have to say about the policy
  • Anonymous survey will be sent out to all members to vote on whether they want to add this to our policy or leave things as they were
  • There will be a comments section for people to anonymously share their thoughts
  • Poll will be posted in a couple of days and will be up for a week
  • After that, the Board will make a final decision on what our policy will be and announce it at the next Members Meeting

Member Questions

• Chris N’s nephew is going to the FIRST Robotics Championship in Houston next week
  • Gateway High School in Monroeville
  • Congratulations!!
  • They will be posting a GoFundMe in #random to help his team defray costs
• Beebo got himself a new resin printer
  • Looking for advice on cutting 80/20 aluminum bars

Motion to Adjourn

Meeting was adjourned at 20:25

Minutes by A.Grishman (talk) 19:59, 28 April 2023 (PDT)