==== Saskatoon Techworks General Meeting Minutes ====
--- Time and Location ---
  * Tuesday, August 11, 2020 7pm
  * Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E, and remote Zoom meeting
  * [[meeting:july_14_2020 | Previous meeting minutes]] (please read ahead of time)

== Minutes ==

  * Regular Items
  * Equipment, Safety and the Space
    * Check fire extinguishers
    * Quick Clean
    * Equipment check

    * Previous meeting minutes
      * July 14, 2020
        * Accepted unanimously

    * New Members
      * Amy Henrion
        * no objections
      * Laura (Ruixin) Lao
        * no objections
      * Mahir Choudhury
        * no objections, though has given notice of cancelling his membership

    * Finances - monthly
      * Gross profit: $4,710.94  
      * Ordinary expenses: $4,695.67
      * Net income: $15.29 
      * Liabilities: $2,641.24 
      * Could we cover our liabilities? Yes
      * Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes
      * Aaron Waselick - Motion to suspend his membership passed unanimously due to arrears
      * Shea Armstrong - Motion to suspend his membership passed unanimously due to arrears
      * Lance Greene - Motion to suspend his membership passed unanimously due to arrears


    * Social events / group projects    
      * Future Workshops / events
        * Workshops to start back up again soon - check website/facebook for updates

      * Newsletter sign up - talk to Mena
        * workshops
        * events
        * projects
        * upcoming info

  * Old Business
    * Equipment
      * Belt sander fixed but cover screws are missing
      * OMIO - working again - received extra collet nuts
      * New laser cutter - in progress
      * Solidoodle is down for maintenance/upgrades
    * Goals for the coming year
      * Upstairs
        * Location to store techworks stuff
        * Taping off areas 
      * Videos
        * video editing class/workshop (TBA)
        * looking for assistance with Techworks title/intro for official videos 
      * Community
        * group project committee - Rylan
          * Thermostats
            * Smart thermostat in the regular space needs to be installed
            * Newer thermostat in front bay so we can turn on the fan separately to help circulate air up front
          * Air filter mounting
            * Been moved/semi mounted. Needs better mounting preferably hiding part of it in the ceiling to cut down on noise.
        * bring back social gatherings - waiting for Phase 5
    * To Do List
      * Add/Remove/Assign to list
        * Nothing changed, no one offered to take on any of the items. 
    * if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
      * thespace@sktechworks.ca

  * New business
    * Last monthly virtual meeting
      * Scott will not renew Zoom after this month. We need to find a free/self hosted solution.
      * If you have any suggestions, send an email to thespace
    * Shower floor/wall is leaking - make sure that shower drains when performing any plumbing activity. The drain has been backing up due to ongoing sewer issues. 
      * It was reported that someone has been flushing paper towel in the upstairs toilet despite signage indicating not to do so. Do not flush paper towel, it plugs the sewer. 
      * Plan to patch the area by cleaning up and redoing the silicone
      * Ideas to fix the problem is rip out the shower wall and barrier and replace with a proper concrete barrier and some form of wash basin/mop sink. 
    * Open Floor
      * People have been commenting on the poor condition of the downstairs bathroom. Members are looking into replacing the floor and give it a fresh paint. 
      * Taylor brought up doing surveys to capture why people leave Techworks or don't sign up in the first place. 
        * It was indicated we do already do this, however we do not capture the data
        * Ultimately we are lacking a Marketing person. Taylor has volunteered to step up in this regard.

    * Acknowledgements
      * Thanks to everyone that moved out dirty room bench
      * Mena for the newsletter
      * Andrew for microphone and hangers
      * Torban for fixing the laser
      * Scott for laboriously restocking the store
        * Check out the store and sort by new!
      * Torban for fixing belt sander
      * Shane/biktrix for mounting the filter
        * For hanging the filter in dirty room
      * Torban for bringing the filter
      * Josh for fixing the lathe
      * Lance for cleaning up the milling machine

  * Next Meeting - September 8, 2020

  * Purgatory box
    * definitely going through this month
    * The free stuff area will be going into purgatory next month, it's being overloaded and abused.