meeting:august_08

Meeting minutes: August 08, 2017

Attendance: 8 members (Non Quorum)
Motion to accept meeting minutes from July 11, 2017 not possible due to non quorum. There are a couple corrections noted.
New Members
- No new members
- John encourages current members to refer family and friends to Techworks and think of other ways we can attract new members
Finances
- James didn't have finances updated for meeting
- We were break even before rent increase and loss of member
Social events
- 12 August 2017, 11AM, Techworks summer social, bring your own steak for sous vide and laser grilling, bring board games if you wish
- 22 August 2017, Scott “Silicon - Three way” presentation
- 26 September 2017, looking for presentation volunteer
- 27-29 October 2017, Calgary Maker Faire
- 28-29 October 2017, pet expo at Market Mall in old zellers building. Will be a table setup if anyone is interested.
Acknowledgements
- Albert for his presentation on battle bots
- Mystery person for cleaning/organizing the dirty room
Equipment maintenance schedule
- Laser cutter currently experiencing ghosting and reduced cutting performance
  - re-alignment most likely required
  - when using the laser cutter make sure the head does not ram into objects
  - make sure head is up before turning on my machine (raise up when done as well) as the head can hit the honeycomb base during the startup homing procedure
- laser cutters need flow sensors
- remember to clean up when done with equipment and/or the space
- remember to put away tooling when done with and/or when changing ex. drill bills and keep parts of equipment with the equipment so they don't get misplaced/thrown out.
New Business
- Front door - do not wedge open it will damage the hinges
- Taylor volunteers to finish all the drywall
  - Feel free to help him
- Making techworks more trendy - improve first impressions of the space
  - If anyone has any ideas for projects or improvements to the space, feel free to go ahead and do them
  - Permanent fixtures will need board approval, submit requests to thespace@sktechworks.ca
- Storage issues
  - No storage of anything in the dirty room
  - If you need to longer term storage for projects we have space for rent on shelves and upstairs: $10/shelf or $10/15sqft per month.
  - Scrap bin is by back door for items that fit in it only, larger items are to be taken home or thrown out
Next Meeting - 12 September 2017
Material Policy
- Purgatory Box
Motion to adjourn can not be accepted (non quorum)