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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. | ||
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| + | * Vote to adjourn the meeting passed unanimously. | ||
| + | | ||
| + | * Next Meeting - April 9, 2019 | ||
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| + | * Purgatory box | ||
