Agenda for 2025-11-25

Meeting Location

Meeting was Called to Order At: XXXXXXXXX

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

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Hybrid Meeting Etiquette

Be excellent.
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Introductions

What does being excellent at i3 mean

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

Experienced Members

n/a

New Members & Guests

n/a

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

25 Nov 2025 Member Meeting N/A

27 Nov 2025 Kicad PCB Workshop 29 Nov 2025 Buildout

12 Dec Stop the bleed 5:30PM-7:00PM

12 Dec 2025 Stop the Bleed 7:00PM-8:00PM- Requires the stop the bleed online course to be complete https://www.stopthebleed.org/get-trained/onlinecourse/

13 Dec 2025 Potluck/maintenance 11AM-5PM.

13 Dec 2025 Potluck/ social hour 5:00PM-8:00PM- For fun if people want: Festivus traditions include displaying an unadorned aluminum pole, holding a Festivus dinner, and participating in the "airing of grievances" where people express their frustrations with each other

Role Updates

As of last board meeting, Aj is now the Commons Zone coordinator, and Alex Zurowski is officially named Glass Zone Coordinator and Laser Co-Coordinator... and Jeremy is our new President! Congrats, Jeremy!! 🎉

Ideation Night Results

View the summary and ideas list here (link). You must be part of the i3Detroit google group to view.

Overall went well! People had fun and we had a lot of interesting ideas come up. We'll definitely be using these as we decide what to focus on and what our vision for next year is.

The points that stood out to me were an overall desire for more social interaction (10), more organization / cleanliness / comfort for the physical space (17), and more Zone interaction (workshops, classes, how to become proficient in a Zone) (10). The idea for merit badges or something adjacent came up multiple times as well (4), as did purchasing a building (5).

Other ideas can be submitted via this form (link)

Zone updates

Automotive Zone

Volunteers sought to help design notice board - seeking inputs on a color scheme and zone logo - can be painted/vinyl/layered/cnc'd/plasmacut
Also seeking assistance in making it happen - buying/transporting materials to i3 (purchases will be reimbursed)
Proposed design is 4x8 Fire-Resistant plywood sheets, with magnetic whiteboard/bulletin board

Bicycle Shop

n/a

Ceramics Zone

n/a

Classroom

Report: Hans C., Classroom Zone Coordinator
- Heat Not Working: The A-Side Office's heat is not working (blower is not working). Thank you to @mtfurlan for pointing it out (https://i3detroit.slack.com/archives/C06J2UXHS/p1762998042179289). Any help in fixing it is welcome.

CNC Zone

n/a

Commons Area

Aj is now the Zone Coordinator for Commons
Jeff, Paul, and I have started working on designs for new tables for Commons. We're going to be proposing it as part of next year's budget
- We'll be looking for additional people to get involved and help once we've decided on the design -- this could be a chance to get some experience with Machine Shop equipment
Also: thoughts on pub-height / standing tables? (In general, not to replace Commons tables)

Craft Room

n/a

Electronics Lab

n/a

Fab Lab

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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

n/a

Storage Zone

We are quickly approaching December. Any storage plot that still has a yellow tag will be given a red tag and have 7 days to either adequately explain why they need a plot they haven't touched in ~90 days, or vacate their storage plot. There are a lot of plots that still have yellow tags. Remove your plot's yellow tag.
Nate got us some black/yellow storage totes! Thank-you, Nate!
- I'm planning on building a storage tote shelf unit to test a new storage option. I will be putting the material costs together to propose as part of next year's budget