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+ | ==== Saskatoon Techworks Meeting Minutes ==== | ||
+ | --- Time and Location --- | ||
+ | * Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7pm | ||
+ | * Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E | ||
+ | * [[meeting: | ||
+ | == Minutes == | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Attendance: 21 | ||
+ | * AGM Items | ||
+ | * Chairman`s Address | ||
+ | * Our current chairman, John, spoke. | ||
+ | * Finances | ||
+ | * James presented a summary of our yearly finances | ||
+ | * Net income $6,732 (2018) vs $1,537 (2017) | ||
+ | * We are growing, and it's awesome. | ||
+ | * The 2019 budget was proposed to the membership | ||
+ | * Vote to approve the budget passed unanimously | ||
+ | * Vote to dispense with an audit passed unanimously | ||
+ | * Bylaw Change | ||
+ | * Remove the clause " | ||
+ | * Concern was raised about board members that do not attend board meetings potentially because they are out of province. This is already and agenda idea for the next board. | ||
+ | * Vote to make the proposed changed passed unanimously | ||
+ | * Board Election | ||
+ | * The Nominees | ||
+ | * James Cooper | ||
+ | * Rylan Grayston | ||
+ | * Torban Peterson | ||
+ | * Taylor Serson | ||
+ | * John Tumbach | ||
+ | * Scott Walde | ||
+ | * Andrew Wright | ||
+ | * All nominees passed with a vote of confidence | ||
+ | * Congratulations to the new board! | ||
+ | * Vote to destroy the ballots passed with 19 members for and 1 member against | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Regular Items | ||
+ | * Equipment, Safety and the Space | ||
+ | * Check fire extinguishers | ||
+ | * Quick Clean | ||
+ | * Equipment check | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Previous meeting minutes | ||
+ | * Febuary 13, 2019 | ||
+ | * Addendum Febuary 19, 2019 | ||
+ | |||
+ | * New Membership | ||
+ | * Rachel Bloomfield | ||
+ | * No objections | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Finances | ||
+ | * Gross profit: $4,624.24 | ||
+ | * Includes $1,000.00 of donations | ||
+ | * Ordinary expenses: $2,937.45 | ||
+ | * Includes 150.00 for bad debt write off. | ||
+ | * Net income: $1,686.81 | ||
+ | * Liabilities: | ||
+ | * Could we cover our liabilities? | ||
+ | * Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes | ||
+ | * We are in the black! | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Social events / group projects | ||
+ | * Small talk / Show and Tell | ||
+ | * Mar 26 - Need volunteer | ||
+ | * Future Workshops / events | ||
+ | * Reddit so far has proven to be the best advertising avenue | ||
+ | * Another suggested area to advertise is on meetup.com | ||
+ | * Free Admission day - Feb 18 | ||
+ | * how did it go? | ||
+ | * Well, gained a new member (Rachel) | ||
+ | * May 25 - Saskatoon Mini Maker Faire | ||
+ | * Volunteers | ||
+ | * Get your projects together | ||
+ | * We are a coppersmith sponsor | ||
+ | * We get 4 staff and 10 guest passes | ||
+ | * We are able to sell items at our booth, however, they must be approved by the board before hand. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Newsletter sign up - talk to Mena or email to newsletter@sktechworks.ca | ||
+ | * workshops | ||
+ | * events | ||
+ | * projects | ||
+ | * upcoming info | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Acknowledgements | ||
+ | * to the board for another great year | ||
+ | * Al for being on the board for many years | ||
+ | * Mena for being returning officer and handling the newsletter | ||
+ | * Thanks to Taylor, Torban and Mark for committing to donate to the fume hood | ||
+ | * Thanks to Taylor, Kevin, Mark and Tyler for helping with the forge night | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Old Business | ||
+ | * fundraising for metal CNC mill | ||
+ | * get stuff for a donation | ||
+ | * Installation of sinks | ||
+ | * upstairs to be completed soon | ||
+ | * Security | ||
+ | * Back door reminder | ||
+ | * Keep it locked. There is no excuse, there are two signs describing how to lock the door. | ||
+ | * front door reminder | ||
+ | * Do not prop the door open. This damages the door and costs us money to repair. | ||
+ | * converting back door to new card system 2.0 | ||
+ | * Space Inventory | ||
+ | * Taylor and John are committed. If you want to help please contact them. | ||
+ | * if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board | ||
+ | * thespace@sktechworks.ca | ||
+ | |||
+ | * New business | ||
+ | * G-wizard software purchase | ||
+ | * In the budget which has already been approved. | ||
+ | * Open Floor | ||
+ | * Rylan made improvements to the plastic storage. Made a clamp that has further revisions planned. | ||
+ | * Rylan purchased a sand blaster but recommends it not be used until the fume hood is complete | ||
+ | * Rylan with approval of the previous board is going to convert the table in the dirty room into a fume hood contraption | ||
+ | * Forge night has happened twice now that is interesting and attracting a decent amount of interest. Feel free to join. | ||
+ | * A vote was raised to change the plan to buy 1 camera for the front to 2 cameras. The approximate cost would be $320 USD. | ||
+ | * Andrew raised concerns over a single camera not having view of the entire front area and being sucesptible to theft/ | ||
+ | * Vote passed with 17 for and 1 against | ||
+ | * A preliminary discussion has been opened about taking over the front portion of the bay we are in. Michelle is looking to downsize. | ||
+ | * This idea is more feasible in the short term vs taking over back bay. | ||
+ | * Michelle would rent half of the space back from us. | ||
+ | * We could easily cover the additional cost with renting out the space. Even without we can afford it currently. | ||
+ | * Taylor has a contact that may be interested in teaching a F360 class at TW. If anyone is interested please let Taylor know. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Vote to adjourn the meeting passed unanimously. | ||
+ | | ||
+ | * Next Meeting - April 9, 2019 | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Purgatory box |