— Time and Location —

• Tuesday, March 8, 2022 7pm
• Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E, and remote Zoom meeting
• Previous meeting minutes (please read ahead of time)

Called to order 1916h, 7 in person, 6 on zoom.

• Annual General Meeting Items
  • Chairman's Address
    • John not running again. Tough year. Hope to bring ourselves back.

• Yearly Financials
  • Finances not done
  • Budget
    • Cash on hand: 4300.
    • 55 active members, down from 80?
    • Anticipating 1 new member a month.
    • Rent estimated to go up $20/mo in July.
    • It's tight, but we should be able to pull through.
    • Refer to document.
    • John moves to accept the 2022 budget as presented.
    • Karl seconds.
      • carried 10 for no against 1 abstain
• Bylaw changes
  • Change #1:
    • as in announcement (include here later)
    • John moves to accept the change as announced.
    • Karl seconded
    • carried 13 for, zero against.
  • Change #2:
    • as in announcement (include here later)
    • John moves to accept the change as announced.
    • Torban seconded
    • carried 14 for, zero against
  • Change #3
    • as in announcement (include here later)
    • John moves to accept the change as announced.
    • Taylor seconded
    • carried 16 for, zero against
• Elections
  • emails sent to zoom participants
  • Speeches
  • 7 online, 9 in person
    • All seven candidates are elected.
  • Karl motioned to destroy ballots
  • Fransisco seconded
  • Carried

• Regular Items
  • Previous meeting minutes
    • February 8, 2022
      • John moves to accept minutes as written
      • torban seconds
      • Carried

• New Members
  • Emily Hitz (returning)
    • no objections

• Exiting members
  • Janicka Grayston
  • Sakineh Ahfandan
  • Kim Revoy
  • Kevin Hanson

• Finances
  • (above)

• Social events / group projects
  • Future Workshops / events
    • Un-workshops - unstructured opportunities to learn about different tools at Techworks
    • outdoor school group on next three Thursday afternoons

• Newsletter sign up - Newsletter
  • workshops, events, projects, upcoming info - newsletter@sktechworks.ca

• Old Business
  • Equipment
    • OMIO - still in same state
    • engraving portion of laser is having several issues - missing second lens so focal length is different
      • one of the mirrors shifts out of alignment very easily, requires re-alignment often
        • Please remember to lift tubes when done.
        • Drew asked about new honeycomb/bed for laser. Someone needs to take this on. No cash available right now.
    • Mill is working again but still needs more work. Power feed needs new belt to function
      • Dan (micromachine) fixed it. Shayne put it back together.
      • Rylan: If you break a tool, you're not in trouble, but please let us know so we can fix it asap.
    • Jigsaw missing.

• To Do List
  • Add/Remove/Assign to list

• If a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
  • thespace@sktechworks.ca

• New business
  • Open Floor

• Acknowledgements
  • Past board for their service to the TechWorks community
    • John for being Chair for the past several years.
  • Taylor for being returning officer
  • Dan (Micro Machine) for repairing the gears on the mill
  • Scott for online voting
  • Torban and Scott - financials / budget
  • Tyler Franson - organising school tour.
  • James, Scott, Kevin, Jim, others for helping out school tour.
  • Shane for putting the mill back together.
  • Kevin for cleaning the mill
  • Kevin for cleaning the dirty space again

• Next Meeting - April 12, 2022

Meeting adjourned at 2108h

• Purgatory box