meeting:december_12_2017 [Saskatoon Techworks]

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==== Time and Location ====
  * Tuesday, December 12, 7pm
  * Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E 
  * [[meeting:November_14_2017 | Previous meeting minutes]] (please read ahead of time)

== Agenda ==
  * Attendance: 13 members (Quorum)
  * Regular items
  * Quick cleanup before meeting
    * Previous meeting minutes
      * Accepted as read unanimously

    * New Membership
      * Keeley Haftner
        * Hoards broken umbrellas
        * When asked if she does knife making and hydroponics she answered "probably knife making"
    * Returning Members
    * Exiting
      * Colleen McCaw confirms end of membership but wants to come back in the future
      * Colleen Miller confirms end of membership

    * Finances 
      * James read a summary of the finances
      * Profit of $2,763.83
      * Expenses of $2,639.87
      * Net Income of $123.39
      * 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 
        * Dec 19 - James Cooper Deck Presentation
        * Jan 23 - Albert La Tinkercad
      * Christmas workshops
      * Future Workshops
        * Jan 13 or 27 Soap Making
        * Feb 15 - Fusion 360
        * Electronics/Arduino 

    * Acknowledgements
      * Kurtis Claus for Color Printer and Vinyl cutter
      * Chevez for cleaning Filament Bin
      * Scott for editing last presentation video and expanding the store (seconded by Rylan) and taking care of the Fire Extinguishers and the contact board
      * Jeff for the thickness planer, Rylan found it useful
      * John for replacing the the blade on the big band saw (note it is only for wood)
      * Scott for the green screen area upstairs
      * Nathan for lighting for the green screen area

    * Equipment maintenance
      * laser cutters need flow sensors, John is working on this
      * No other issues known

  * New business
    * Guest book
      * Guests to sign on the way in as an acceptance as our waiver
    * Fire Extinguishers
      * Have been maintained or replaced
      * One in the dirty room, one near the big laser and one upstairs on the landing
      * All are powder extinguishers
      * If you notice anything wrong or amiss with them please notify any board member
    * New lounge area
      * Both Rob (our landlord) and Michelle (our neighbor) are onboard
      * Wide area of the front hallway is a open social area
    * Volunteers for SPL drop-in hack night
      * if anyone is interested contact Al
    * Collab projects for Maker Faire
      * Al is proposing two projects and is looking for helpers
        * Large robot platform
        * Combat robot demonstration kit
      * No expectation to go to maker faire
      * If interested, contact Al or thespace@sktechworks.ca
    * Mentorship
      * The board is organizing a program to help new members get aclimated with the space
      * If interesting in helping out or have any ideas, contact thespace@sktechworks.ca
    * Proposal to the board to consider the space lending of tools to the membership
      * idea given is to create a "tool library" of tools willing to leave the space and a checkout system of some sort
    * Rylan brought tools/did stuff
      * Potters wheel and some clay. Also has a small kiln upstairs. Larger kiln on its way and will live in the back corner. 
      * Air nailer and nails
      * Air tin snips
      * Small band saw while ours is getting fixed
      * Makita cordless drill
      * Chop saw
      * Storage bins near goliath, plans to install drop cloth to keep from filling with dust
      * with Taylor, bought parts for a ball mill for the lathe
      * Reorganized table with grinder wheels
        * Brought to our attention that it is a safety hazard to have grinders not bolted down
        * Suggested bolting them down with wing nuts so can still change/move them
      * Reorganized cordless tools
      * with Bob, fixed the big drill press
      * 3ft power bar for dirty room and some extension cords
      * with Jeff, dust collection for the thickness planer
        * Al notes to be proactive in emptying the vacuum used for dust collection 
      * Moved his stuff to back upstairs
      * Moved some peoples stuff into the community greenwall space
      * drywalled Scotts room
    * Rylan is missing a couple Makita batteries
    * Rylan has noted that people have been breaking the rule of staying by the laser cutter when it is operating
      * The laser cutter is prone to starting material on fire
      * Rylan razzed Keeley for breaking the rule during the meeting
      * Rylan suggested to build fire detection that could sound an alarm
      * The instruction book should be updated to clarify this rule
      * To reiterate, stay by the laser cutter when you are cutting
    * To further the unattended operation rule, it applies to all major equipment in the space
      * 3D Printers, unattended can destroy the print head and/or cause a fire
      * Goliath, unexpected tool paths can do serious damage to you or the machine. ex. the spindle was recently replaced due to such an issue and cost $300
  
  * Next Meeting - January 9, 2018 

  * Material policy
    * Tool clean up in dirty room
    * Purgatory box
  * Motion to adjourn accepted unanimously
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