About PPM

Pikes Peak Makerspace (PPM) is dedicated to supporting our maker community in their creative process by providing shared space, shared tools, materials and a knowledge base to turn their ideas into reality.

Contact Info

		Link	Date
	(This) Wiki	https://wiki.pikespeakmakerspace.org	November 2021
	website	https://pikespeakmakerspace.org
	phone	719-445-MAKE (6253)
	location	735 East Pikes Peak Avenue Colorado Springs, CO 80903
	email	m at pikespeakmakerspace.org

About Pikes Peak Makerspace

• We are a membership composed of Builders, Tinkerers, Engineers, Artists, Entrepreneurs, Designers, and Educators all mashed up and revolutionizing creativity in the Pikes Peak Region. We provide a facility with space and equipment for people to create physical items for fun and for education. PPM also is a place to gather interested people for all manner of classes and instruction.

• We are tapped into and support the Colorado Springs startup community.

• Pikes Peak Makerspace is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

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  2022 PPM Membership
  Fees and Benefits

The famous inventor Nikola Tesla has some local history in Colorado Springs.

In the 1890s, Tesla conducted high-voltage, high-frequency power experiments here. A small plaque on Pikes Peak Avenue just west of downtown Colorado Springs (and only a minute or so by car from our Makerspace) recognizes his accomplishments. These days you might catch a member's Tesla car, other electric car or electric bicycle in our parking lot.

Social Media Links

		Link	Date Joined
50x50px	Facebook	https://www.facebook.com/ppmakerspace	September 2014
50x50px	Instagram	https://www.instagram.com/pikespeakmakerspace/	October 23rd, 2017
50x50px	Twitter	https://twitter.com/PikesPeakMakers	April 4, 2015
75x75px	YouTube	https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeIsImKtiNm7D_BxfG4n7zg	Sep 4, 2014
		Link	Date Joined

PPM Admin Links

Services we use at Pikes Peak Makerspace:

	Description	Link	Date Joined
ANVEO	VOIP phone service
Google Calendar	Time-management and scheduling calendar service.
Google Forms	An app that allows users to create and edit surveys online while collaborating with other users in real-time.
Google Maps	Provides route planning, street images and aerial photography	Map of stores that provide PPM member discounts	February 24, 2022
Google Maps	Provides route planning, street images and aerial photography	Map of helpful local resources curated by our makers	June 20, 2022
Join It	Used to manage our memberships	https://www.joinit.org/o/pikes-peak-makerspace
Jotform	Online form builder, online survey tool	https://pikespeakmakerspace.org/reserve-equipment
MailChimp	Create email marketing campaigns to send to customers
Meetup	Used to schedule classes and collect payments for tickets (via PayPal)	https://www.meetup.com/pikespeakmakerspace/
PayPal	Donations and reimbursement for consumables, payment for classes on Meetup	https://www.paypal.com/donate/?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=T4LACP7P6BJ58
Slack	The official communication channel of PPM	https://app.slack.com/client/T9WJLU7TK/C01CST3E0LA
Stripe	Collects the recurring payments set up in Join It
Trello	Provides team collaboration, project management, task management	https://trello.com/b/ZUoaoJYJ/ppm-projects
WaiverForever	For small business owners to electronically handle waiver forms
Wild Apricot	Cloud software to automate and simplify membership tasks and host the PPM website
	Description	Link	Date Joined

For more details, see Managing your Membership

Other Links

		Link	Date Joined
100x100px	Amazon Smile	https://smile.amazon.com/ch/81-0876257
	eBay	https://www.ebay.com/usr/pikespeakmakerspace	09/22/16
50x50px	Etsy	https://www.etsy.com/shop/PikesPeakMakerspace	2020
50x50px	GitHub	https://github.com/rjanke/PikesPeakMakerspace
85x85px	LibraryThing	https://www.librarything.com/catalog/PikesPeakMakerspace https://www.librarything.com/home	January 2022
50x50px	Thingiverse	https://www.thingiverse.com/
		Link	Date Joined

• Pikes Peak Makerspace participates in the AmazonSmile program.

Sign up at https://smile.amazon.com/ch/81-0876257 and Amazon will donate

0.5% of the price of eligible purchases to PPM, at no cost to you.

PPM Area Captains

Area	Area Captain	Picture	Date
3D Printing	Trevor Banks
3D Scanning	Trevor Banks
Arduino	Volunteers needed
CNC	Trevor Banks
Computers	Volunteers needed
Electronics	Steve Leininger
Large Format Printing	Volunteers needed
Laser (Epilog Laser)	Jonathan Wommack		06/08/22
Laser (BOSSLASER)	Lisa MacNicol	100x100px	03/31/22
Metal Shop	Trevor Banks
Powder Coating	Trevor Banks
Raspberry Pi	Volunteers needed
Vinyl Cutter	"Eman" Spencer		06/22/22
Welding Area	Trevor Banks
Wood Shop	Mike Kentta Rodney Roy Henry Doheny
Area	Area Captain	Picture	Date

Contact our Area Captains via Slack.

PPM Directors and Coordinators

Picture	Member	Title	Date
	Drew Johnson	Executive Director
	Trevor Banks	Operations Director
	Gabriela Lisboa	Membership Director
100x100px	Neil DiSylvester	Social Media Coordinator	03/13/22
Picture	Member	Title	Date

Contact our Directors and Coordinators via Slack.

PPM Bylaws and Board Minutes

Bylaws of PIKES PEAK MAKERSPACE

Meeting Minutes 2018 through 2022

PPM Board of Directors

Newly Elected November 2021

Picture	Member	Title
	John Norton	BOD President
	Nina Ellis-Frischmann	BOD Treasurer
	Jason Taylor	BOD Secretary
	Les Frischmann	BOD Member at Large
Picture	Member	Title

Contact our BOD Members via Slack.

November 2020

Picture	Member	Title
	John Norton	BOD President
	Nina Ellis-Frischmann	BOD Treasurer
	John Marshall	BOD Secretary
	Trevor Banks	BOD Member at Large
	Les Frischmann	BOD Member at Large
Picture	Member	Title

PPM Founder

Picture	Member	Title	Date
	Chris Vestal	PPM Founder

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