meeting:september_12

Meeting minutes: September 12, 2017

Attendance: 13 members (Quorum)
Motion to accept meeting minutes from July 11, 2017 as corrected accepted unanimously
Motion to accept meeting minutes from August 08, 2017 as corrected accepted unanimously
New Members
- Dennis Beck
- Sheila Maithel
- Nathan Grayston
Finances
- James read a summary of July finances, noted he has not yet finished the finances for August.
- We are break even! $+30/month
- $6000 in the bank
Social events
- 16-17 September 2017, Kilobots Canadian National Championship
- 26 September 2017, Al - Maker Faire
- 24 October 2017, need volunteer for presentation
- 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.
- Christmas Workshops
  - soap making
  - tree decorations
  - looking for volunteers
- 18 November 2017, Leah lasering workshop for ornaments
- Rylan offered to do a workshop on Kilns
  - Our neighbor, Michelle, wants to become a member and has a couple kilns in her garage that could come to techworks
  - Rylan is going to talk to the land lord to clear putting in provisions in the yard for having a kiln
Acknowledgements
- Taylor for working dry-wall
- Everyone who helped and came out to the summer social
- Rylan for hte new table top and moving lathe
- Scott for new chairs
- James for doing an awesome job of the books
Equipment maintenance schedule
- Laser cutter currently experiencing ghosting and reduced cutting performance
  - Been adjusted and is working good now
  - Reminder to raise the head when done with the machine so that the head doesn't collide with the table and make sure head will not impact material and weights
  - Also check the head before turning on the laser to make sure it is up
  - Couple things to check is feel the head, if it is warm the laser is out of alignment. Also check the chiller to make sure it is actually cooling
  - Ghosting is bad, if the cutter is ghosting discontinue use and contact to board to get the machine fixed.
- laser cutters need flow sensors
- Rylan says thank you to whoever returned his drill
New Business
- Material Storage - Do not leave your stuff at the space (unless you have permission/renting space)
- Suggestion to put a formal limit to allowance for leaving WIP projects at the space
- Make sure to clean up material and the space in general after working on a project
- James updated insurance to note we run workshops, so we are now covered on that front however address still needs to be updated
  - Insurance recommends waivers for workshops
Next Meeting - 10 October 2017
Material Policy
- Purgatory Box
Motion to adjourn accepted unanimously