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| == Meeting minutes: July 12, 2016 == | == Meeting minutes: July 12, 2016 == | ||
| + | * Regular items | ||
| + | * Attendance: 8 members in attendance, +1 by proxy | ||
| + | * Reading of previous minutes. Presented. Since we didn't have quorum, no motion to accept. | ||
| + | * Financials | ||
| + | * $153.36 profit last month | ||
| + | * $2339.42 in liquid assets, $910.0 A/R, $17.92 A/P as of June 30th. Has since been collected and paid. | ||
| + | * A few payments that James didn't know about that had been due in June. Will be updated later. | ||
| + | * Membership committee: | ||
| + | * Membership: 31 full members, 3 associates | ||
| + | * Lost members: Patrick Ridley and Janie Rae Gaudet | ||
| + | * New members: Randy Day, June 28; Karl Niedzielski, | ||
| + | * Jack Vu upgraded from associate to full member | ||
| + | * Tool committee: | ||
| + | * John brought in a new metal blade for the small band saw. | ||
| + | * Al has not spoken to Rob Phillips since last meeting about the laser cutter deal with Peachy Printer. | ||
| + | * Al's laser cutter has arrived. He will leave it packaged until we move. | ||
| + | * Randy diagnosed the problem with the function generator. It's an ASIC for which we cannot find a replacement. | ||
| + | * Space search: | ||
| + | * We have found a promising space at 412 44th St E. The board is negotiating the final details on the new space. | ||
| + | * Andrew is concerned about sharing the front entrance with the other tenant. He believes is it " | ||
| + | * Bylaw changes: | ||
| + | * No changes to the bylaws yet. The board has been focused on financials and finding a new space. | ||
| + | * Corporate sponsorships: | ||
| + | * The board agreed to a framework for corporate sponsorship offerings. Each level includes a paid membership, which would be the same as any other member. Lowest level is designed to allow some of our existing members to provide a bit more if they wish in trade for some marketing. | ||
| + | * In regards to getting " | ||
| + | * Do we need a single point of contact? Negotiations should eventually go through the board. We will handle it as needed. | ||
| + | * We should put together a list of tools that are available for naming. | ||
| + | * Randy forwarded the form from PCS for sponsorship to Scott. Scott thinks we will need to position ourselves more as a group that promotes maker culture in the public. Andrew Wright also knows somebody at PCS. | ||
| + | * Fundraising: | ||
| + | * We had discussed a referral program. We would like to offer a free month membership to an existing member who refers a new member. They will receive the bonus when the new member has paid their third month. This isn't official yet; we will vote on it in the future. | ||
| + | * We would like to add a store to our website for selling merchandise. We can use this to sell T-shirts, Arduinos, consumables for the tools, and other things that we might have on hand. Scott is starting to integrate this into our website. In order to do this, we will need a PST number, which James will be applying for. Send any suggestions for items to sell to the board. | ||
| + | * Events | ||
| + | * Retro video game day this Saturday, July 16, at TechWorks. Open to the public. Starts at noon, goes until we get too tired to play. | ||
| + | * Soldering workshop to be hosted by John. Will be some time in August. Al will promote at the next ETC event. | ||
| + | * Rylan had offered to do host a kiln workshop. No plans yet. | ||
| + | * Al is going to wait on the CNC training workshop until after we move. | ||
| + | * Scott will host another soap workshop after we move. | ||
| + | * Al is also willing to hold a combat robot workshop that includes building a FingerTech Robotics Viper Kit. Al will promote it at the next ETC event. | ||
| + | * Andrew Wright is still willing to hold a CAD workshop. | ||
| + | * Albert will be giving a CAD workshop at ETC in October. | ||
| + | * James will be giving a talk in September at Sask Polytechnic on drones and quadcopters, | ||
| + | * Promotions: | ||
| + | * John has put up a Kijiji ad for TechWorks. He plans to repost it weekly a couple of days in advance of our build nights. | ||
| + | * Newspaper classifieds? | ||
| + | * If we put together a group project that includes some sort of public work, we could get a grant towards it, and that work could lead to visibility. Need to discuss it further with JS. | ||
| + | * Our website is out of date and doesn' | ||
