Agenda for 2025-09-23

Meeting Location

Meeting was Called to Order At: 19:31

https://i3detroit.org/hangout and at i3Detroit

If you'd like to be added to the attendance list, please message your name in the thread in #meetings on Slack

Hybrid Meeting Etiquette

Be excellent.
Attendance and voting can be found in the #meetings slack channel.
Please show up early if you are concerned about your audio.
If there is no one waiting to speak feel free to do so at the next opportunity.
If there is someone waiting to speak, please say that you are raising your hand in the google call chat. (This will be demonstrated)
Please refrain from other side conversations, these can be distracting for the rest of the meeting and make it difficult for the chair to keep track of what's going on.
If you're in the space remember that having a single person speaking at a time is helpful for those attending online.

Introductions

What does being excellent at i3 mean

An experienced member explains what being excellent at i3 means to them

AJ: Being willing to help out when somebody needs it. Sid volunteered to take the mic and hand it to people during the meeting!

Experienced Members

Sid: Auto ZC. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out!

New Members & Guests

Hunter: Aspiring new member. Just finished Phase 1. Came to check out meeting. Engineer graduated in May. Looking for a place to work on projects. Most excited about the weld area and machine shop!

Show and Tell

n/a

Old Business

n/a

Outstanding Action Items

New Business

Upcoming Events

Volunteers to host upcoming Friday tours?
Up coming Events Calendar
Board/Leadership meet and greet + How to be Board - Monday, September 29

 * 6:30pm group order of food - whomever wants to eat, contribute funds to cost. Order is based on who shows up
 * all members included -- casual social setting for i3 idea sharing, leadership questions
 * bring drinks to share if you want
 * we'll also verify if there's any board process to review, do you have the needed access, wiki How to Be Board

Halloween party?

 * we need to pick a date -- currently we have Saturday October 25, Friday October 31 or Saturday November 1 suggested
 * we need to pick a theme -- Jersey suggested Demon Hunters (purple and blue)
 * we might need a party organizer -- Jersey is lining up volunteers and making suggestions but I don't know if he's doing the organizing
 * see Halloween party channel in slack
 * No organizer yet - usually the leader/organizer has final say on theme
 * There's a suggestion for lego halloween or Minecraft halloween

Interest in a monthly "hang out" meeting?

(added by Aj as a discussion topic)

We added extra meetings to facilitate getting things done and because it seemed like there was a need for them -- but some of the discussion around doing it was also related to a desire to have more community time at i3 as well

We have very little on the schedule for this meeting (as of me typing this, ~4pm day-of)
Instead of having full extra member meetings, would there be interest in having our normal member meetings, and adding a more chill socializing 'meeting'?
- Intention of discussing the space and things we'd like to see get done, and whatever ideas we come up with can go on the next 'true' meeting's agenda
- Can still do show-and-tell + broom party
- Could consider doing it on a Friday -- we'd have more people around during tours and more going on + if anyone can't attend Tuesday night meetings, now there's a Friday meeting too

Zone Funds

Board hasn't allocated funds by zones
Most funds was allocated for build out which got messy
This last year we nixed funds to zones to get funds in order and new CRM system. Many people were not paying.
This next calendar year may be the year that we allocate funds by zones
We are getting better with our finances!
Huge thank you to our treasurer who has done a lot for the space! It was a massive lift to do all of this.

Zone updates

Automotive Zone

Have added some nicer disposable gloves than were available previously . Ones generally used for the maker space are not robust enough - users tend to go through multiple pairs in a short time.
Magnetic sweeper has been procured and is parked along the wall by the b-side garage door. There maybe needs to be some instruction/how-to to tell people that it's a good idea to sweep the area outside the auto zone because people can get flats.
Have prepared a survey/questionnaire that Sid would appreciate if everybody at i3 could fill. Not just aimed at regular auto zone users, it's for all members. It's anonymous and takes 5 mins to do it. Gives us direction for how to improve. Link to survey: https://tinyurl.com/i3autosurvey
Carlos Cuartas added reflective film to the windows overlooking the desk in the zone - thank you!!

Bicycle Shop

n/a

Ceramics Zone

n/a

Classroom

THE CLASSROOM NEEDS MONEY FOR REPAIRS!
(Hans C., Classroom Zone Coordinator)

Current Classroom Repair Needs
- Ceiling Damage / Light Fixture: Back in June, the Classroom's ceiling suffered water damage due to leaks from above. During that time, a light fixture had to be removed. We waited before reattaching to ensure that the leak issue had stopped. Unfortunately, we're unable to re-attach the light, since the original mounting surface was discovered to be sheet rock, so another mounting solution is required. We also have replace the damaged tiles as they are wet.
  - Original Incident: [ https://i3detroit.slack.com/archives/C0C0RBCKX/p1751317265315319 | https://i3detroit.slack.com/archives/C0C0RBCKX/p1751317265315319 ]
  - Fixes Required [ https://i3detroit.slack.com/archives/C0C0RBCKX/p1757880406749439 | https://i3detroit.slack.com/archives/C0C0RBCKX/p1757880406749439 ]
- Door: The top-most hinge is loose and needs repair, so the door can close properly.
  - Fixes Required [ https://i3detroit.slack.com/archives/C0C0RBCKX/p1758223332442219 | https://i3detroit.slack.com/archives/C0C0RBCKX/p1758223332442219 ]

The Board should approve my proposal for $200 for Classroom Zone Funds.
- Proposal Link [ https://i3detroit.slack.com/archives/CHT4UPKV3/p1758224405868829 | https://i3detroit.slack.com/archives/CHT4UPKV3/p1758224405868829 ]
- The Classroom has $0 in Zone Funds at the beginning of this year.
- The Board hasn't re-established its traditional budget process, Classroom has received zero additional funds this year.
- The Classroom has been frugal in its spending and focused on the most pressing priorities.
- Please show your support for the Classroom by endorsing this proposal, so that the Classroom has money to promptly perform repairs.

CNC Zone

n/a

Commons Area

n/a

Craft Room

n/a

Electronics Lab

n/a

Fab Lab

n/a

Glass Zone

n/a

Infrastructure

n/a

Injection Molding

n/a

Jewelry Zone

n/a

Kitchen Zone

n/a

Laser Zone

n/a

Leather Zone

n/a

Machine Shop

n/a

Media Lab

n/a

Sewing Zone

Table bases are ready for the tops to be assembled
Buildout of "furniture" and fixtures continues on Saturday September 27 during potlock
Task list is on a spreadsheet

Storage Zone

Had a meeting on September 12th

Talked about potential changes to storage and the parking permit / ticket system
- Looking into options for keeping a history on parking permits / tickets
- Also looking into Parking Tickets; overall consensus was that the space has outgrown the way parking tickets currently work, and we're not doing ourselves any favors by using the "announce" group for parking tickets. Still working out an alternative.