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== Attendance ==
== Attendance ==
* Board Members
* Board Members
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**James
**Nick
**Peter
**Lindsay
**Donzell
**Uwe


* Other Members
* Other Members
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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 complex legal reasons that Nick will document at some point.
**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.
**Status?
**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?
*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


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