==== Saskatoon Techworks General Meeting Minutes ==== --- Time and Location --- * Tuesday, July 13, 2021 7pm * Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E, and remote Zoom meeting * [[meeting:june_08_2021| Previous meeting minutes]] == Minutes == * Regular Items * Attendance: 8 in person 1 on zoom (non quorum) * Previous meeting minutes * June 8, 2021 * New Members * Parth Dalwadi * No objections * Exiting members * Finances * Gross profit: $4,372.36 * Ordinary expenses: $4,291.21 (Other: $0.00) * Net income: -$81.15 * Liabilities: $1,974.10 * Could we cover our liabilities? Yes * Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes * Social events / group projects * Future Workshops / events * Burgers and Board games - Friday July 16 * $10 for burgers, chip and pop at 6pm, games at 7pm * info on Techworks website, email Scott so he has count of how many burgers * Amy is hosting several workshops * Maker Camp for ages 9-12 - July 12-16, Aug. 9-13, Aug, 23-27 - 12-4 pm/day * Make a bird feeder - July 17 - 6-9 pm * Vinyl Cut, build and paint a sign - August 27 & 28 - 6-9 pm * - * Rylan is putting on some workshops * Milling training - July 14 - 6-9 pm * Lathe training - July 19 - 6-9 pm * Blacksmithing - July 24 6-9 pm * Newsletter sign up - [[https://sktechworks.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=03c13b19a0035c0ee0118e5f2&id=5f20d65bfa|Newsletter]] * workshops, events, projects, upcoming info - newsletter@sktechworks.ca * Old Business * Equipment * New laser cutter - in slow progress * Space reorganization - in progress * laser filter box - installed clogged within a few days, looking into a cyclonic or equivalent * Mitre saw dust port - port repaired - Torban will install tonight * air distribution and vac piping - air distribution is almost complete, vac piping to occur later * belt sander - motor looks like it over heated, investigating repair/replacement * OMIO - test indicate VFD is not functioning, looking into replacement part * little bandsaw needs new blade * Earl bought a new blade and installed it * reminder - if you use a tool, put it back after you are done * Weavers guild - we had a meeting * they are looking for permanent location so they can set up loom and hold workshops/meetings * amount of space and access was discussed * The most likely proposed idea is rent the 1/4 of the soft space for their dedicated use and they would need to have some members be techworks members which would also give them access to the softspace for holding events. * the front lot was pressure washed. now we can paint the parking lines * Covid * As of July 11, the Sask Government has lifted all restrictions related to the public health order * masks are no longer required at the space, however if you want to wear one feel free * if you are feeling sick, it would be best to not to come to the space and spread it around * To Do List * Add/Remove/Assign to list * If a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board * thespace@sktechworks.ca * New business * equipment maintenance * work towards having a person responsible of 1 tool * James volunteers to take care of the laser * Mena offers to take care of the lathe * Taylor does not want to look after the belt grinder anymore * Laser cutter has a new 40w tube for doing fine engraving. There are new instructions sitting on the laser cutter, please read them. * Open Floor * All the sktw VPSes and DNS have been successfully moved to Andrew's house. * Acknowledgements * Kevin for adjusting the front door closer * James for the laser upgrade, Amy, Rylan, and John for donating to project * Torban for cleaning fume hood * Scott for setting up capture computer * Thanks Andrew for the amazing job of moving the vps's, website and DNS to internally hosted services * Next Meeting - August 10, 2021 * Purgatory box