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== Attendance == | == Attendance == | ||
* Board Members | * Board Members | ||
** | **James | ||
**Nick | |||
**Peter | |||
**Lindsay | |||
**Donzell | |||
**Uwe | |||
**Ian | |||
* Other Members | * Other Members | ||
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=== Financial Report === | === Financial Report === | ||
* '''Chase Checking:''' | * '''Chase Checking: 83,860.04 ''' | ||
* '''Chase Savings:''' | * '''Chase Savings: 100,004.34 ''' | ||
* '''PEX:''' | * '''PEX: 15,863.06 ''' | ||
* '''PayPal:''' | * '''PayPal: 5,243.73 ''' | ||
=== Membership Report === | === Membership Report === | ||
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=== New Business === | === New Business === | ||
*Morris: $3700 estimate for high dusting of woodshop and hot metals | |||
**They will vacuum the beams, the fixtures, the tops of fixtures, and the walls | |||
**Someone has to pay for it with their budget, no one knows exactly who. | |||
**Morris will figure out budget and we will revisit next meeting. | |||
**Much other genops work has been done which is excellent. | |||
*The state has denied our sales tax exemption application. | *The state has denied our sales tax exemption application. | ||
**This is due to some | **This is due to some legal reasons that Nick will forward to anyone who cares | ||
**It probably will not be resolved, meaning we will continue having to pay sales tax, and we will also have to pay property tax once we buy the building. | |||
*Ian was working on getting quotes for the roof and other items from the inspection. | *Ian was working on getting quotes for the roof and other items from the inspection. | ||
** | **No one has gotten back to him with anything affirmative, still working. | ||
*Uwe wants an update on scholarships / MMT | |||
**He asks for a list of recipients, Claire will send it to him | |||
**He suggests a welcome event for the recipients, where they could meet each other, feel more connected to the space, and we could collect data on them. | |||
**Lindsay suggests overlapping with the 5th tuesday potluck this month, to improve turnout | |||
**It would be great if we had every tuesday member meetings again | |||
*Uwe has questions about the treasury | |||
**We have a credit card, what is it used for? | |||
***Matt Keith says we use it for reoccurring things like software purchases | |||
***James gives a brief history of the business amazon account and why we don't use it much anymore (booo amazon) | |||
***A bunch of people agree that financial reports are confusing | |||
***Uwe wants credit cards statements | |||
***Carl says that they are in the google drive somewhere | |||
**We are 6 months into the building fund vote, so we should have $90k saved. Where is it? | |||
***The weekly 'Statement of Financial Position' email disagrees with the chase balance that Joe has on his phone. That's interesting. | |||
*This quickly devolved into 4 separate side conversations about where all the money is. | |||
**We voted on some stuff and closed the meeting | |||
=== Old Business === | === Old Business === | ||
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== Votes == | == Votes == | ||
*The Pumping Station: One Board of Directors votes to appoint Ben Meisburger to a W.I.L.D. volunteer position in the woodshop | *The Pumping Station: One Board of Directors votes to appoint Ben Meisburger to a W.I.L.D. volunteer position in the woodshop | ||
**For: | **For: 6 | ||
**Abstain: | **Abstain: 0 | ||
**Against: | **Against: 0 | ||
*the Pumping Station: One Board of Directors votes to let Nick Hawley use the outdoor cameras to watch for a delivery tomorrow (4/2). | |||
**For: 6 | |||
**Abstain: 0 | |||
**Against: 0 | |||
[[Category:Board_Meetings]] | [[Category:Board_Meetings]] | ||
[[Category:2025 Board Meetings]] | [[Category:2025 Board Meetings]] | ||
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Meeting Start:
Attendance
- Board Members
- James
- Nick
- Peter
- Lindsay
- Donzell
- Uwe
- Ian
- Other Members
Agenda
- Consent Agenda
- Committee Reports
- Read mail
- Financial/membership report
- Review the PayPal and banking transactions
- Member leaving reason reports
- Check Freshdesk queue
- New business
- Old business
Minutes
Discussion on previous minutes
Consent Agenda
Committee Reports
Reports from Committees
Financial Report
- Chase Checking: 83,860.04
- Chase Savings: 100,004.34
- PEX: 15,863.06
- PayPal: 5,243.73
Membership Report
- Number of Members:
- Quorum:
Review the PayPal and banking transactions
Member Leaving Reason Reports
Freshdesk
Login link: https://pumpingstationone.freshdesk.com
New Business
- Morris: $3700 estimate for high dusting of woodshop and hot metals
- They will vacuum the beams, the fixtures, the tops of fixtures, and the walls
- Someone has to pay for it with their budget, no one knows exactly who.
- Morris will figure out budget and we will revisit next meeting.
- Much other genops work has been done which is excellent.
- The state has denied our sales tax exemption application.
- This is due to some legal reasons that Nick will forward to anyone who cares
- It probably will not be resolved, meaning we will continue having to pay sales tax, and we will also have to pay property tax once we buy the building.
- Ian was working on getting quotes for the roof and other items from the inspection.
- No one has gotten back to him with anything affirmative, still working.
- Uwe wants an update on scholarships / MMT
- He asks for a list of recipients, Claire will send it to him
- He suggests a welcome event for the recipients, where they could meet each other, feel more connected to the space, and we could collect data on them.
- Lindsay suggests overlapping with the 5th tuesday potluck this month, to improve turnout
- It would be great if we had every tuesday member meetings again
- Uwe has questions about the treasury
- We have a credit card, what is it used for?
- Matt Keith says we use it for reoccurring things like software purchases
- James gives a brief history of the business amazon account and why we don't use it much anymore (booo amazon)
- A bunch of people agree that financial reports are confusing
- Uwe wants credit cards statements
- Carl says that they are in the google drive somewhere
- We are 6 months into the building fund vote, so we should have $90k saved. Where is it?
- The weekly 'Statement of Financial Position' email disagrees with the chase balance that Joe has on his phone. That's interesting.
- We have a credit card, what is it used for?
- This quickly devolved into 4 separate side conversations about where all the money is.
- We voted on some stuff and closed the meeting
Old Business
Votes
- The Pumping Station: One Board of Directors votes to appoint Ben Meisburger to a W.I.L.D. volunteer position in the woodshop
- For: 6
- Abstain: 0
- Against: 0
- the Pumping Station: One Board of Directors votes to let Nick Hawley use the outdoor cameras to watch for a delivery tomorrow (4/2).
- For: 6
- Abstain: 0
- Against: 0
