Plenum

The Plenum is a regular meeting of all people involved with the space to talk about things and decide stuff. If you have any topics to add, go right ahead! Please sign your points with your name (by adding a "--~~~~" after your text).

After the Plenum, please follow the tasks outlined in Cycling the Plenum to archive the discussion.

Preamble

• The Plenum is an institution to decide what the space should look like, physically and in other ways, such as virtually.
• Things concerning the space should be discussed at a plenum.
• Everyone on-site can participate in that process, member or otherwise.
• Everyone can lead a plenum; no need for board members to do that.
• Topics should ideally be announced on the Plenum wiki page beforehand.
• The Plenum should be held in a language that everyone participating understands.
• Scheduling: Second Thursday of the month at 8 pm and the last Saturday after the cleanup (which starts at 4 PM)
• Plenums should be no longer than 90 minutes.

Next Plenum: Thursday, 12.02.2026 at time 8PM

Topics for the Plenum

Projects & Groups update

This is a quick update from group meetings at our space, other long-term space projects (e.g., Lasercutter, CNC, etc.) or of the lab internal projects.

Slack main channels:

Just some general information: Our main slack channels have been updated over time and also the default channels have been adjusted to reflect our current communication. Double check the list, if you have been a member since a longer time and want to be up to date with our channel infrastructure.

• #_general – Open discussions, announcements and anything space-related.
• #random – Off-topic chat, memes and general banter.
• #newsfeed – Automated feed with updates from our Mastodon account.
• #projects – Share and discuss your personal or lab projects.
• #3d_printing – All about 3D printing, materials and our printers.
• #lasercutter – Talk about laser cutting techniques, materials and settings.
• #workshop – For everything happening in the (dusty) metal and wood workshop.
• #cnc-router – Discuss CNC machines and projects.
• #electronics-lab – Electronics topics and our electronics workspace.
• #woodworking – Dedicated to all things woodworking.
• #wohnzimmer – Chat about our living room area and related improvements.
• #kitchen – Cooking, cleanup, and kitchen project coordination.
• #textiles – Textile crafts, sewing, and embroidery projects.
• #infrastructure – Discussions about our internal IT and space infrastructure.
• #spacestatus – Automatically shows when the space is open or closed.
• #garage-sale: Second hand and free2take offerings

Special:

• #socialmedia: Planning of our socialmedia activities
• #laser-cutter-maintenance: Maintenance of our laser cutter
• #pinball: fans of the pinball machine
• #drinks: coordination of our drink supplies
• #mumafood: Adrians channel for his cooking projects
• #future-of-the-kreativlabor: Updates about news around the Kreativlabor area Of course there are even more channel, just check out the channel browser.

-- Milian

Vorstand updates

Insurance update - "Unfallversicherung"

We are curerntly updating our club insurances. We have already a "Haftpflichtversicherung" and an "Inventar-Versicherung". I think it makes sense to add also a small "Unfallversicherung", since if someone ran into a bigger incident, which will hopeuflly nevery happen, they have much better covered costs for long term issues.

It's only about 90€/per year for the whole club and it's via the "Verbund Offener Werkstätten" so suitable for an open workshop.

Request: Getting a Unfallversicherung for the club as well.

-- Milian

Get Involved

If you want to be mentioned at the previous section as well, one of the easiest ways is to take one of our MiniJobs or to get involved in one of our Lab Projects.

This is a great way to participate in the Munich Maker Lab and contributing time helps to keep our space in a good shape.

Current key topics looking for additional support:

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Stuff from the past

What was discussed at the last Plenum? What's the current status of those things? 2023???? Plenum

• Status sorted out stuff
• Status storage boxes

Things to Buy

• For the Kreativlabor Open I want to test if we could make drawable circuits for the people/kids. Therefore I want to order some conductive pens and some 5050 SMD LEDs (if we don't have these already in the Lab). 22,-€ --Phiert
• When greasing the 3D printer lead screws, it seems like there are not so many grease packets left, it would be worth buying some more lubricant (also for the workshop) Grease 40 euros for two tubes (also happy if someone wants to suggest an alternative brand/formula - Alex

Request for online participation

If necessary, you can request to participate remotely (via jitsi). Please briefly describe why you want to participate remotely and what topic you want to discuss. (additionally to adding the topic on top!)