meeting:october_09_2018

Saskatoon Techworks Meeting

— Time and Location —

Tuesday, Oct 9, 2018 7pm
Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
Previous meeting minutes

Minutes

Attendance: 11 (Quorum)
Regular Items
Equipment, Safety and the Space
- Check fire extinguishers
- Quick Clean
- Equipment check

Previous meeting minutes
- September 11, 2018
  - Accepted unanimously as read

New Membership
- no new members

Exiting Members
- Sheila
- Erin

Finances
- August
  - profit - $3548.30
  - expenses - $3279.19
  - Net Income - $268.98
- September
  - profit - $3653.09
  - expenses - $2862.91
  - net income - $790.21
- Could we cover our liabilities? Yes
- Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes
- We are in the black!

Social events / group projects
- Small talk / Show and Tell
  - Oct 23 - Taylor will talked about something interesting
- Future Workshops / events
  - Board Game night - Facebook announcement to come
  - Winter open house or social
    - Probably end of November, needing volunteers
  - Spectrum - January 10-13 - start projects now
    - Need a couple volunteers - list up on the whiteboard

Newsletter sign up - Send to Sheila
- workshops
- events
- projects
- upcoming info

Acknowledgements
- Al for equipment upgrades
  - New controller in small laser, will accept gcode when he is finished
  - Upgrades to Solidoodle coming to make it easier
- Lights upstairs + switches
- Scott for running the store

Old Business
- Mitre saw replacement - moving forward with purchase
- Upstairs is being rearranged and marked off so rental space is clearer. If interested in space email thespace
- James will be bringing a table saw

New business
- Space beautification/trendiness
  - If you have any ideas for making the space a nicer place to hang out and/or use, please email thespace with your ideas
- Open Floor
  - Taylor asked about VPN
    - There is now a list on the white board of who is interested in paying $20/yr for openvpn-as access
  - Scott mentioned a better CNC machine. Like Goliath
    - ~$2500 USD, Estimating $4000 CAD total to get it here
    - https://www.omiocnc.com/x6-2200l-usb-cnc-desktop-engraver.html
    - Does sktechworks pay for it all? Pay for half and fund raise the rest?
    - There is approximately $2500 currently available in the bank for something of this nature
    - Need to fund raise ~$2000
      - Bake sale?
      - Raffle?
      - Silent Auction?
      - Need volunteers
    - James motioned to go ahead with this contingent that 50% is raised
      - Scott seconded and members in attendance accepted unanimously
    - Taylor has made a matching offer up to $100, which James has committed to donate.
    - If wanting to donate in cash, please contact thespace
- Taylor has offered to organize working on the drywall
  - Contact him if you want to help

Next Meeting - Nov 13, 2018

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