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Saskatoon Techworks Meeting Minutes

— Time and Location —

  • Tuesday, June 11, 2019 7pm
  • Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
  • Previous meeting minutes (please read ahead of time)
Minutes
  • Attendance: 8 (Not Quorum)
  • Regular Items
  • Equipment, Safety and the Space
    • Check fire extinguishers
    • Quick Clean
    • Equipment check
  • Previous meeting minutes
    • May 14, 2019
    • May 21, 2019 Addendum
    • No quorum, can't vote
  • returning Member
    • Emily Hitz
      • No objections
    • Michael Jack
      • No objections
  • Exiting Members
    • Michael Mitzel
    • Ryan Thompson
    • Drew Blakely
  • Finances
    • Gross profit: $4,120.60
      • Includes $58.80.00 of donations
      • Includes $500.00 donation from SaskPower
    • Ordinary expenses: $3,734.69
      • Includes $1000 writeoff for bitrix sponship
      • Includes $50.00 for bad debt write off.
      • Includes -$100.00 for previously written off debt collected.
    • Net income: $385.83
    • Liabilities: $3,277.23
    • 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
      • June 25
    • Future Workshops / events
      • May 25 - Saskatoon Mini Maker Faire
        • how did it go?
          • Lot of fun
          • SKTechWorks booth was hard to find and facing the wrong way. Found out afterwards that we had more space we weren't utilizing
          • Rylan and John handed out lots of brochures and flyers
        • Positives?
          • Easier access and great better advertising this year
        • Negatives?
          • Kilobots was too loud
        • Plan for next year
      • June 8 - Post Maker faire Open house
        • how did it go
          • Scott made food all day
          • It went well ~6-8 came to visit
          • Nobody was ignored, got visitors involved in activites
          • Would have been nice to have more people
          • Be nice to have a sign at the end of the street to attrack attention
        • reddit
          • Got a post stickied in r/saskatoon. Hopefully can do this again in the future.
      • May 30 - Soap Making
        • Went well
        • 4 for next one already
      • June 13,20 - Electronics from Zero
        • sign up available online store
      • June 22 - Soap Making
      • July 6 - Tiny Die
      • July 11 - CNC Training
      • July 18,25 - Arduino 101
  • Newsletter sign up - talk to Mena
    • workshops
    • events
    • projects
    • upcoming info
  • Old Business
    • fundraising for metal CNC mill
      • get stuff for a donation
      • Chocolate bars are still available
      • $1,229
    • To Do List
      • remove from list
      • Add to list
      • assign from list
    • if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
      • thespace@sktechworks.ca
  • New business
    • Space lease expires this year
      • We are persueing a 3 year lease with an a/c unit added to the space
    • Open Floor
  • Acknowledgements
    • Scott for getting a cash deal for shelves
    • Pual Chavady for getting the reddit post stickied
  • Next Meeting - July 9, 2019
  • Purgatory box
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