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Meeting minutes: December 13, 2016
- 10 full members in attendance
- Reviewed minutes from November 8, 2016. Accepted unanimously.
- Members:
- 31 full members and 2 associate members
- Patrick Ridley announced that he will no longer be a member. We have written-off his dues owing.
- Jeremy Rans has resigned from the board due to not having time to attend to his duties. He may also be cancelling his membership soon.
- Devin Bradburn has also cancelled his membership because he is moving away.
- Adam Unger and Regan MacMurchy applied for membership and were accepted by the membership committee. Vote accepted unanimously.
- Finances:
- November 2016:
- Accounts Receivable at End of Last Month: $170.00
- Cash on Hand at End of Last Month: $4022.11
- Inventory at End of Last Month: $76.14
- Total Equity at End of Last Month: $16795.15
- Profit/Loss Last Month: $12.80
- Recognized Profit/Loss Last Month: $279.67
- Forecast for December 2016:
- Profit/Loss: -$187.20
- Recognized Profit/Loss: $79.47
- Acknowledgements:
- Thanks to Andrew Wright for hard-wiring our door access system (whose wi-fi was unreliable).
- Thanks to Scott, Albert, James, Randy, Erik for helping out with the open house, and everyone who brought projects and demonstrations.
- Open house:
- Lots of past members showed up. Also several non-members.
- Got one new member. Find out about the open house through Reddit.
- John would like to put on a semiannual showcase of the projects our members have made here and elsewhere.
- What else could we do to make ourselves known? Local makerfaires?
- Get ourselves into the local free papers, like Planet S, Tourism Saskatoon.
- Regan offered to put up posters at Sask Polytechnic.
- Bylaws and Policies:
- John has been putting together several already. Tried to get help from Square One, but they don't work on those. Continuing to contact others for guidance.
- Also put together a new policy and form for requesting a key card. Still iterating on the rest of the policy.
- Equipment:
- Laser cutter will have a new circuit installed that will switch both the laser cutter and the ventilation fan.
- Social events and workshops:
- 30 March 2017, Saskatoon Public Library is hosting a viewing of a documentary about makerspaces. We have been invited to attend and to host a booth.
- Kilobots 35 will be hosted in Warman, 21 January 2017. TV crew will be present.
- New lock on the back gate. If you don't have the combination, ask another member.
- We have more lights in the clean room!
- Be sure not to block the overhead door of our neighbours. They use them at all hours.
- New business:
- Our landlord has asked us to mount our sign up on the wall instead of sitting on a pallet. Albert La and Andrew Wright have volunteered to take care of it.