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, 31.01.2026 at 17:30

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.

Kreativlabor Open Festival is this year on 19.-21. Juni 2026

We need someone who takes over the organization. There will be not much to do in the beginning, just staying in the loop with the organizer team from the Kreativlabor area. Milian organized our program last year and can assist if necessary.

Channel for the event: #kreativlaboropen

Corso Leopold

In the past the Munich Maker Lab also partipicated on the Corso Leopold

This year it's on two weekends:

• 20./21. Juni 2026
• 12./13. September 2026

Unfortunately, the first date overlaps with the Kreativlabor Open, but maybe we could participate on the second date?

Energy saving project - Lights

Since we're now paying per kWh for the electricity we should consider saving some energy. One main consumer are the old halogen lamps. Should we start a project of replacing them with LED?

Can they easily replaced with LED tubes? My last info was that it's not that easy because of the electronics (starter) before the lamps!?

If we decide to change them we should also consider to make "areas" which are separately switchable. Community-, living room-, kitchen+electronics - area (no more lights above workshop and laser lounge).

Do we want motion sensors for the areas in addition to ordinary light switches? --Phier

Vorstand updates

Regarding the new rental contracts and increased rent costs:

• We are now part of the group represented by the lawyer.
• So far, we haven’t received a revised version of a potential rental contract.
• We’re essentially in limbo right now without a fixed contract.
• As recommended, we continue to pay the old rent to MGH.
• It’s currently completely unclear what will happen next.

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? 20260108 Plenum

Anything you don't feel comfortable with within the space? What would you like to change or to be changed?

As far as I know Kinky-DIY has ia free storage box since 2018 as they were doing workshops which is some kind of marketing for us and we got some donations from them. There are no workshops anymore and they opened their own Makerspace last year. As it's not actively being used, there is no longer a good cause and no benefit for us I'm voting that the storage box should be emptied out. --Nico

Things to Buy

• Our Fire extinguishers have exprired. We looked into recertification and subscription models and sadly they cost the same or more than buying new ones. I'd like to have a reoccuring budget for Fire extinguishers that renews every 2 years and allows for up to 20% of inflation. The ones I found are:
  • 4x Co2 so that we don't kill our electronics
    • Workshop
    • Community Area
    • Electronics Corner
    • Lasercube
  • 1x Foam for the kitchen
  • Total cost for this round would be 233.55€

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!)