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: Saturday, 25.07.2026 at 18 PM

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.

Vorstand updates

Current stats: 180 Member

Future of the Lab:

We now reached 180 members. From financial perspective this is really great even if we get more member, but from operational perspective we get more and more into an unbalance of amount of people who contribute actively to the physical space and member who use it.

On the one hand our system is super open and without much fixed comittment, but this won't work long time. We need more people who support and especially more people who say they want to take over specific tasks or areas to maintain and take of burden of the Vorstand.

We should discuss how we can approach this more effectively. In a recent conversation, the idea came up to assign specific people as points of contact for defined areas. These individuals could help coordinate responsibilities, encourage participation in smaller maintenance tasks, and ensure that upkeep, resupply, and safety standards are consistently met. One possible model is inspired by the CCC: we could introduce time-bound angel “shifts” or responsibility periods (for example, six months), during which people commit to overseeing a particular area. If someone no longer has the capacity or leaves the space, that is not a problem, as long as it is communicated clearly so a replcement can be found. This approach could also lower the barrier for newer members to take on responsibility, as expectations and time commitments are more transparent and structured.

-- Milian

Things to Buy

(Per-plenum spending limit for purchases that belong together: 250€. Larger amounts go through a loomio poll.
To get back your paid money send the invoice(s) to finance@munichmakerlab.de within 3 month. Extension of this time-frame needs to be approve by the Plenum beforehand. Make sure to have a separated invoice for Lab purchases)

Stuff from the past

What was discussed at the last Plenum? What's the current status of those things? 20260709 Plenum

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:

• Social Media
• Workshop Improvement project
  

Introduce Loomio poll

(Loomio Poll Explanation)

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!)