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Saskatoon Techworks Annual General Meeting Minutes
— 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.
Agenda
- 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