October 19th Member’s Town Hall
- Lightning Talks
- Member Onboarding
- Dissolving Coalitions
- Short-Term Storage
- Waste management
- Culture Crawl Update and Info
- Fire Safety
- Shipping and Receiving
- Tool Maintenance
- Q & A with Derek
- MakerLabs Manual
- Presenter: Hanna
- Introduce concept guide on how to use MakerLabs
- Manuals are for existing and new members and will be handed out imminently.
- Policy now on wiki
- We will need all members to sign the agreement
- Digital copy will be at front desk
- Sign by: Nov. 2
- Dissolving Coalitions
- Presenter: Hanna
- What does this mean for current coalition members?
- Your access will NOT change: if you currently have 24-hour access you will maintain this until your membership is cancelled
- Note: if you cancel your membership and restart it, your membership will restart on the new rules (i.e.: you will lose your 24-hour access)
- Contract Signed
- Closing procedure embedded in the contract
- Fobs will be turned off on Nov. if not signed. Once contract signed fobs will be reactivated.
- We need all members who are paying another member for their space to come see us to set up an account
- You will be paying the same amount just directly to MakerLabs
- What does this mean moving forward?
- 24-Hour Access will only be available to a sole renter of 250 sqft (one fob)
- 24-Hour Access can be purchased for $250/month
- Sharing 24-Hour Access fobs is not permitted
- Extended hours 9am - 9pm $50 a month
- Short-Term Storage
- Presenter: Katie
- How does this work?
- Overnight is on us!
- $1 per sqft/week
- 1 week minimum
- $10 minimum
- Must be stored in designated areas
- Anything not labeled will be disposed of after one week
- Disposal charge: $10 - $100
- No hazardous waste
- Waste management
- No excessive use of waste facilities.
- No dumping.
- We are will to get rid of things for you. Please just come by the front desk and arrange and we will invoice accordingly.
- Culture Crawl Update and Info
- 16th - 19th November
- Events planned, call to get involved.
- Question raised about security. Members should put valuables away during the crawl.
- Fire Safety
- Presenter: Katie
- Storytime: shop on Main and Second
- Reminder about
- Oily rags
- Overloaded electrical circuits
- If a circuit is tripped don’t just go back to what you were doing
- Fire cabinet
- All fuel combustibles must be stored here
- Undersized extension cords
- Don’t move fire equipment and/or signage
- Blocking fire escapes with work benches
- Everyone help with maintaining signage (if it falls down please put back up)
- Shipping and Receiving
- Presenter: Katie
- While you are welcome to have items picked up and delivered here we do not take any responsibility for troubleshooting
- For best results, communicate with a Community Manager via email or be present during these shipments or deliveries
- Tool Maintenance
- Presenter: Derek
- Review/description of our policy
- Tools will be fixed within 30 days of MakerLabs being notified of tools being down via email to hello@makerlabs.com
- We will endeavor to get the tool fixed asap
- Review fees and fines (i.e.: sawstop)
- We will be following up of outstanding fines. See fee schedule for rates
- Q & A with Derek
- Members question period
- Ban saw blades now rentable - $5
- Video to be created by Fabricator to show how to replace blade
- Metal vice broken. Size #4 needed
- Trello to be put somewhere more accessible