Saskatoon Techworks Meeting Minutes

— Time and Location —

  • Tuesday, July 9, 2019 7pm
  • Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
  • Previous meeting minutes (please read ahead of time)
Minutes
  • Attendance: 9 (Non-Quorum)
  • Regular Items
  • Equipment, Safety and the Space
    • Check fire extinguishers
    • Quick Clean
    • Equipment check
  • Previous meeting minutes
    • Non-Quorum, can't vote on previous minutes. Deferred till next meeting.
    • June 11, 2019
    • June 25, 2019
  • returning Member
    • Fransisco Oltra
      • No Objections
  • Exiting Member
    • Joshua Poetker
  • Finances
    • Gross profit: $3,787.72
      • Includes $125.00 of donations
    • Ordinary expenses: $2,843.52
    • Net income: $944.21
    • Liabilities: $1,765.60
    • Could we cover our liabilities? Yes
    • Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes
    • We are in the black!
    • Omio fund is at $1,354
  • Social events / group projects
    • Small talk / Show and Tell
      • July 23 - Need a volunteer
      • Mena asked if anyone can just bring a project and talk for 5 minutes. Absolutely!
    • Future Workshops / events
      • July 11 - CNC Training
      • July 18,25 - Arduino 101
      • Soap will announced soon as there is interest
      • A soldering workshop is also being planned
      • Scott would like to make a survey to send out to people who attend workshops as a feedback mechanism and reestablishing contact
        • James has a contact he is going to approach in helping with this
  • Newsletter sign up - talk to Mena
    • workshops
    • events
    • projects
    • upcoming info
  • Old Business
    • fundraising for metal CNC mill
      • get stuff for a donation
        • What can we do to push to the finish?
        • Only ~$400 left
      • last of available Chocolate bars
        • No longer available for the good price
    • Lease Signed
      • We will be getting AC
      • AC is amortized over 10 years at 5% interest. Final amount TBD.
      • No other changes to the lease other than occupancy went down $10/mo
    • To Do List
      • remove from list
      • Add to list
      • assign from list
        • Torban will look into the first aid kit
        • Scott will look into getting hookup wire to sell in the store
        • Torban will look into getting a couple wrench kits (look for deals)
        • James will organize the screw drivers to find what we need if any
    • if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
      • thespace@sktechworks.ca
      • The timing belt on the small belt sander broke. John replaced it and order more.
  • New business
    • Utilizing existing space - who is going to volunteer
      • how can we increase usable space in clean room
        • Could make shelves for 3D printers instead of separate table for each
        • Fix up arcade and move to shared space as a interest generator
        • Area by laser cutter (Where Als was) is not being utilized
        • re-arrange back door area
          • already started. Orange bin storage and others moved around to make more room
        • purge
        • vendinator was voted off the island (to scott's garage until further notice)
        • if we move 3d printers to where laser cutter was we can move/rotate the table
      • Dirty room
        • electrical audit
          • looking into how we are powering our tools and look for improvements
          • rotate the table so there is more room to work around it
          • No tools on table/bench tops. Those are work spaces.
          • Torban will draw up a floor plan we can play around with
          • If we need more seating James suggested we get folding chairs instead of more office chairs
          • If any other suggestions please email them to thespace
      • Shared space
        • Rylan to bring some couches
    • Open Floor
      • James is working on dust collection
        • Scott raised concerns based on maker space fire with their dust collection. He would prefer the dust collection not be a permanent installation but rather a roll around unit you hook up to the tool you are using.
        • After some discussion James suggested we have a permanent fixture for Goliath and then another receptacle that you hook up the smaller tools to
        • Everyone is okay with James continuing with looking into this plan
      • It was brought up that people are opening the laser cutter too quickly after cutting ABS. It needs to be vented more before opening it. The ABS cutting fumes are toxic.
      • The laser knob allows to tube to be overdriven. Torban will look into limiting the knob.
  • Acknowledgements
    • Scott for negotiating and taking care of the Lease
    • Scott for running workshops
    • Mena for doing the newsletter
    • John and Torban for moving things around in the back
    • Everyone who has been using thespace
    • Everyone who attended tonights meeting
  • Next Meeting - August 13, 2019
  • Purgatory box
meeting/july_09_2019.txt · Last modified: 2019/07/10 02:59 by andrew
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