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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 pau...

New Member Orientation is your first step into the community. It is required for all new members before you use the shop or take part in community activities. It is led by a member volunteer. Signing up Orientation sessions are listed as events on waukeshamake...

What this is This is the Waukesha Makerspace (WMI) Knowledge Base: the place for how the space actually works. It holds finished reference material: safety rules, shop rules, how to use equipment, how the facility runs, and the policies the board has adopted. ...

Waukesha Makerspace is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit run entirely by volunteers. There is no staff cleaning up after people or fixing things behind the scenes. The space works because members look after it and each other. This page sums up what that means for you. Our...

WMI runs on a handful of online tools. Here is what each one is for. Discord: talk to people Discord is the main place members talk, ask for help and get updates. #general: introduce yourself here when you join. It is also where you let people know you are in ...

This chapter will hold a public summary of each Board of Directors meeting, one page per meeting. A summary is published after the board approves that meeting's minutes, usually at the following quarterly meeting. Each summary covers the decisions made, the mo...

Waukesha Makerspace Inc. is a volunteer-run nonprofit. A Board of Directors sets policy, strategic direction and financial oversight. Day-to-day operations are handled by the Executive Director. Volunteers, Area Champions and committees do much of the work tha...

These are the standing rules for how many seats the board has, what designations are, and how officer succession works. They come from Project Continuum, a board capacity and succession framework the board approved 5-0 at its January 6, 2026 meeting. Board siz...

Any member in good standing can nominate someone, including themselves, for a Member-at-Large seat on the Board of Directors. This process comes from Project Groundswell, the member nomination framework the board approved at its January 6, 2026 meeting, when i...

Interested in serving on the Board of Directors? This page explains how a candidate is considered and includes the candidate questionnaire the board uses. To put someone else's name forward (or your own), see How to Nominate a Board Candidate. The process Expr...

Big changes at WMI (a new policy, a new committee, a change to board structure or membership, a significant purchase) go to the Board of Directors as a written proposal. A proposal lays out the problem, the specific change, its cost and risks, and the exact mo...

The Space Improvement Committee coordinates the work that keeps the shop in good shape: shelves, storage, repairs, preventive maintenance, inventory and cleanup. It does that mainly through Barnraising Days, regular community work days where members tackle a p...

The Bylaws let the board create standing or ad hoc committees as needed. Committees spread the work, give volunteers a clear place to help, and bring focus to one area. This page lists the committees the board has set up and how new ones are formed. How a comm...

The recurring legal and organizational deadlines WMI has to meet each year, in calendar order. WMI's fiscal year is the calendar year (January 1 to December 31). The board owns this calendar; the Treasurer and Secretary handle most of the filings. Only items w...

Waukesha Makerspace Inc. is a Wisconsin nonstock (nonprofit) corporation. Its Articles of Incorporation were executed by the incorporator, Casey Kerr, on October 11, 2022. This page summarizes what the articles establish. The current copy (with an amendments a...

This is the full text of the Bylaws of Waukesha Makerspace Inc., adopted November 22, 2024. The official copy is the signed PDF dated 2024-11-22 in the WMI Drive (Formation Documents). If this page and the signed PDF ever differ, the signed PDF governs. An ame...

Waukesha Makerspace Inc. is a federally tax-exempt public charity. Donations to WMI are tax-deductible to the extent the law allows. Key facts Legal name Waukesha Makerspace Inc Employer Identification Number (EIN) 92-0650206 Tax status Exempt under Internal R...

To stay in good standing, WMI files two things every year: an annual return with the IRS and an annual report with the State of Wisconsin. This page says what each one is and who handles it. Dates for the whole year are on the Compliance Calendar. IRS annual r...