meeting:august_10

Saskatoon Techworks General Meeting Minutes

— Time and Location —

Tuesday, August 10, 2021 7:30pm
Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E, and remote Zoom meeting
Previous meeting minutes (please read ahead of time)

Minutes

Regular Items
Attendance : 7 onsite, 3 offsite

Previous meeting minutes
- July 13, 2021 (Non quorom)
- June 8, 2021
- Seconded by Taylor
  - Accepted unanimously as read with corrections

New Members
- Casey McMahon
  - 2nd year Comp Eng Student
  - No objections to having as a member
- Jason Baert
  - Interested in larger forge design
  - No objections to having as a member
Exiting Members?

Finances
- James not here, currently finishing, nothing unique to report

Social events / group projects
- Future Workshops / events
  - Burgers and Board games - Friday August 13
    - $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 - Aug. 9-13, Aug, 23-27 - 12-4 pm/day
  - Vinyl Cut, build and paint a sign - August 27 & 28 - 6-9 pm
  - Rylan hosted a few workshops (welding, blacksmithing lathe)
    - Concrete pad w/ log was installed to hold anvil
    - Forge was left in the middle of yard for a few days

Newsletter sign up - Newsletter
- workshops, events, projects, upcoming info - newsletter@sktechworks.ca

Old Business
- Equipment
  - New laser cutter - in slow progress
  - laser engraving lens broken - parts order - most likely caused by over tightening the housing
    - Housing for the lense stack was overtightened? adding some o-rings to prevent overtingtened. parts scheduled to arrive any day
  - air distribution and vac piping - air distribution is almost complete, vac piping to occur later
    - James Chamberlain working on it. About 90% complete. Cost+Scope increased a bit. Was going to get back with a price.
  - belt sander - investigating repair/replacement
    - Rylan was looking into this. May have purchased a replacement.
  - OMIO - looking into replacement part
    - Torban looking into it
  - reminder - if you use a tool, put it back after you are done
  - photon up and running - training required to use
    - James looked into it, new FEP screen, Aluminum plate?
    - Hadn't been cleaned properly, bed was gouged, suggest better training
  - Fire extinguisher for laser cutter is expired
    - Scott suggested it should be CO2 style, one there was some sort of slime and not ideal
- Weavers guild
  - they are looking for permanent location so they can set up loom and hold workshops/meetings
  - possible solution is offering the back quarter of the soft room
  - need to approve a policy for affiliated clubs and adjust the keycard policy
    - John read and explained the club policy
    - John motioned to accept the policy as written
      - Roger seconded
      - Motion carries unanimously
- Keycard Access Policy
  - No record of a motion and acceptance in records
  - Added an amendment for affiliate club regarding the ability to revoke a keycard for said affiliate club
    - Some concern with line 1. Removed “for any reason” from line
    - Minor grammar corrections
    - John motions to accept keycard access policy as amended
      - Taylor seconded
      - Motion carries unanimously
      - Printed to be signed

To Do List
- Add/Remove/Assign to list
- Organize dirtyroom
- James mostly finished solidoodle upgrades

If a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
- thespace@sktechworks.ca

New business
- Notice that the front door can have trouble closing. Please ensure that the door closes when you leave
- new tool - reciprocating saw
  - new consumables - thanks snacks cash
- new workspace - anvil stand in back yard for when blacksmithing/forge use

Open Floor
- Scott mentioned idea of a large cork board in the entrance.
- Expressed interest in finding cheap cork underlayment from end of the roll
- Torban will investigate 4x8ft sheet at windsor

Acknowledgements
- James Cooper for fixing the Anycubic Photon printer and training people on it.
- James Cooper for work on the laser filter.
- James Cooper for editing and publishing videos.
- Rylan and Kevin for the “anvil stump”.
- Jeff Fisher for donating the reciprocating tool.
- Shane for oiling the manual mill.
- Attendees to the Burger and Boardgames night, the proceeds of which allowed us to purchase upgraded software for the Silhouette.
- Rylan, Amy, Scott, Kevin, Taylor, Brendan, and David, for running workshops and events.
- Torban for gluing mitre saw dust bag together

Next Meeting - September 14, 2021
Chair Adjourned Meeting at 9:16

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