Typical Open House questions - New members wanting open classes,
Tour Outline hardcopy for the spaces
QR codes for tools (usage checklists)
Peat and Jen. Keith Sampson are backups, Mark willing to pitch in.
Jody Smith and Anthony Lesink and Diane Painter as emergency subs
Scott will make announcements for additional volunteers
New Member Orientation
August dates
August 7 and 21 online Mark is covering.
September dates
Next regular schedule is September 4 and 18 online, but pushing out to September 11 and 25 due to Labor Day holiday - who can cover these dates?
Additional Volunteers wanted
Please consider helping out with this important task.
We have a regular instructors, but sometimes need backup/relief.
If you are interested, please sign up for and attend the regularly scheduled New Member Orientations.
Can WA signup auto-schedule NMO and add Slack invite and August access? Cause new members to land at a page of instructions.
In-person vs. Online
Vice-Chair Position
Please consider helping out with this important task.
I am looking for someone to help share the load of the Membership Chair.
Requires the ability to commit to some amount of time on an almost daily (or every other day) basis to learn and help manage the operations of this committee
No experience necessary, I am willing to train the right candidate
New Member Liaison Program
Report from Liaison lead: Not present
Onboarding/Offboarding process
Current process?
Jen C onboards
sends Slack invite
Sends welcome email
Adds to spreadsheet to make sure multiple people know status
Offboard - Scott N.
Process as documented in Membership SOP
Email monitoring
Who is handling which duties?
New member onboarding - Jen C
Prospective new members - STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS HERE
Hire a maker - STILL NEED VOLUNTEERS HERE
Brainstorm on possible approaches...
Form based inquiries from the website (Google forms, email subject tags, etc...)
Assign volunteers in lanes (multiple per lane, with mentorship) I think this makes the most sense as a starting point for current conditions, thoughts?
Scheduled duty?
Nate Jaenichen and Cody Johnson offered to help. Scott N. will reach out to coordinate details
Who has access to this? Mark Millsap and Michael James.
How is it presently used? Not presently used. (confirm)
Open to any ideas for its use. (See Mark's document here)
Templates
Collaborative vs. Shared
Aliases
Website gift card linkage status
Pending Scott's documentation
NMO Slides
Updates: Jen Chu has safety slide ideas. Mark has ideas too, meetings attempted but not successful.
Prospective Member In-Person Meeting Requirement
Per #board_agenda_talk post on 2023-08-04:
"5:24 PM Something that@Jennifer Chupointed out to me while we were chatting last night . . . Someone may join Makersmiths, take the New Member Orientation on-line and never turn on their camera, then send an email toAugustAccess@makersmiths.orgto get an invitation to door controls, and then have unfettered access to both locations without ever having to actually meet a fellow member.We'd like to suggest that there is something inherently dangerous with this process. Further we'd suggest adding something to the process of becoming a member that involves at least meeting prospective members in-person and getting to know them a little bit."
Schedule Next Meeting
Normal schedule would be: September 13, 2023 at 7PM.