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Meeting Minutes: October 11, 2016
- 10 full members in attendance
- Reviewed minutes from August 9, 2016 and September 13, 2016. Accepted unanimously.
- Members:
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- Finances:
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- Social activities:
- John is unavailable to hold the soldering workshop this month (busy). Hoping to hold it in November.
- No news on Rylan's kilk workshop.
- Albert still planning to do the CNC machining and milling workshops.
- Scott still planning to eventually hold a soap making workshop.
- Albert's combat robot workshop went very well. Two people attended, one each day. Both went well.
- Albert's talk at ETC went well. Talked about Tinker CAD and 123D Design. 10-12 people attended, primarily educators who wanted to learn about it to teach at their schools. People were interested in Techworks.
- Open house planned for November 19. Albert volunteered to coordinate. James, Scott volunteered to assist.
- Remedial movie night is Friday, October 14th. We will be watching The 13th Floor. Doors at 7pm.
- Acknowledgments:
- Thanks to everyone who helped get the laser cutter ventilation in!
- Thanks to Scott and James for helping organize the bins and shelves in the dirty room!
- Thanks to everyone who helped get the door access working!
- Thanks to Albert for holding the combat robot workshop!
- Thanks to everyone who helped clean up the space!
- Bylaws: Still planning to prepare first draft of new Bylaws.
- Renovations:
- Furnace in and working.
- Scott will talk to Rob about the lighting above the table in the clean room.
- Emergency signs are now in place.
- Wire run for emergency lighting. John hoping to get some lights soon.
- Still need to do some planning for the remaining space upstairs. Could use for storage, cubicles. Looking for suggestions. Contact John or another board member.
- Equipment maintenance: Reminder that Albert will had up maintenance committee; Scott, Erik, and Peter will help.
- Remind on new rules for this space:
- Leave front door locked, except if attended or having an open house
- Make sure to lock the back door if it becomes unlocked.
- Lock the back gate when you leave and after hours.
- Leave the lights for the main room on; it is shared with our neighbour. It should be repaired soon.
- Make sure not to overfill the Loraas bin, since it is shared with our neighbours.
- Safety: Make sure to use eye, ear, and hand protection when operating tools. If you see somebody using a tool in an unsafe manner, stop them and remind them.
- New business:
- We need a mailbox. If somebody has one lying around, please bring it in.
- med.hack(+) is on this weekend at the Concourse building in Innovation Place.
