VOTE: Machining upgrades $3000

General
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This is a vote for improvements for the machining area:
DRO and touch probe for the big green mill. $2300
X-axis power feed for the big green mill. 160
ER40 collet chuck for lathe 150
Tips for the height gauges 180

This will upgrade our gear and enable easier use of the big green mill for people. There is some other stuff but I think this is a nice chunk.

Link to the Google spreadsheet with a lot of the stuff:

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I vote YES

3

I vote yes

4

Yes please

5

I vote yes

6

Vote == yes.

7

I vote yes

8

I vote yes

9

I vote yes

10

I vote yes

11

Yes vote

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I am a new member and a part-time CFO. Voting on this matter is great, but what is the financial standing of the Hive? Again, I am new, but have not seen any financial statements or projected future requests for new equipment or changes (needed or requested) to the physical plant? Should a financial standing report be provided when requesting new equipment.

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Thanks for asking. Yes, we have public disclosure of all our financials. Here’s a website with a good summary.

https://finance.hive13.org/

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Hello Heywardkid:

Welcome to Hive13 and thank you for your good questions.

I am JimD and serve as the Hive treasurer. I also have a connection to this green mill and that is a longer story.

Most of the financial info you seek is captured in the treasurer report section of our monthly board meetings. Board Meeting minutes are listed with links on our wiki home page.

I would like to get to know you and hear more about your part-time CFO experience. We are always looking for continuous improvement inputs to up our game. Lets find a time to chat offline?

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I vote yes.

16

I also vote YES.

17

I vote yes for the mill

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The vote for the machining upgrades has passed!

Vote totals:
Yes:     20
No:       0
Abstain:  3