Membership Life

• Guests, Family Members and Pets
• Making Things to Sell
• Getting Reimbursed for Shop Purchases
• Pausing or Leaving Your Membership

Guests, Family Members and Pets

You are welcome to bring people (and animals) to the space, within a few rules that keep everyone safe.

Guests

• Guests may tour the space, but may not use any equipment under any circumstances. Only active members who have completed the proper training may operate tools and machines.
• You are responsible for your guests while they are in the space.
• The WMI Participant Release Form covers participants and their guests. Ask a board member if your guest needs to sign one.
• Guests at conference room events must stay in the conference room and restrooms and be accompanied by their host at all times. Guests may use tools at a hosted event only if that use is part of the event and the board has approved it in advance. See the Conference Room Policy.

To be confirmed: whether every guest must sign a release form before entering, or only in certain cases.

Minors

• No one under 18 is allowed in the shop, except during special events or with board approval.
• The board adopted a Minor Safety Policy on 2026-07-21 that covers minors in hazardous work areas. See Minors in the Shop in Shop Safety, and the full policy in the Policies book.

Family members

WMI offers family memberships. Current options and rates are on waukeshamakers.com.

To be confirmed: who a family membership covers, whether each family member must attend orientation, and how training applies to each family member.

Pets

• Pets must be leashed or under your full control at all times.

To be confirmed: whether any areas of the shop are off-limits to pets.

Making Things to Sell

This page will explain the rules for commercial use of the shop: making items to sell, which materials you may use for that work, and what WMI asks in return.

Until the board adopts a rule, the guidance given at orientation is: use your own materials for anything you sell, and it is good form (optional) to contribute 5 to 10 percent of your sales back to the space.

This page is being written. The board owns the commercial use rule and will publish it here once it is adopted.

Getting Reimbursed for Shop Purchases

This page will explain how to get approval before buying something for the shop, and how to submit receipts to be reimbursed. It will follow the Expense Reimbursement and Financial Controls policy, which is planned but not yet adopted (see the Policy Register).

This page is being written. Until it is published, ask the treasurer (treasurer@waukeshamakers.com) before you spend money on behalf of WMI.

Pausing or Leaving Your Membership

This page will cover what to do when you pause or end your membership: returning or deactivating your key fob, clearing out anything you have in storage, and what happens to your Discord access.

What we know today: if a membership is not renewed, access is paused after a 7-day grace period and the account becomes dormant. You can reactivate it later with a paid membership. Manage your membership in your profile at waukeshamakers.com, or email info@waukeshamakers.com for help.

This page is being written. Until it is published, email info@waukeshamakers.com before you leave so your fob and storage can be sorted out.