meeting:february_12

Minutes: February 12, 2013

Regular Items
- Treasurer's report
  - $1600 currently in account
  - Still more membership dues to come in
  - About $100/mo surplus
- Reports on Committees
  - Door security
    - Rans made it look pretty
    - Kurtis made it close properly
  - Workshop Committee
    - Al suggested SolidWorks (Andrew Wright was suggested)
    - Electronics class
- T-shirts! Buy yours right now! NOW NOW NOW.
- Spectrum recap
  - Awesome. Very busy. No new members, but lots of interest.
  - Raffle raised $522.
- CSSS career fair recap
  - Good target audience. Lots of interest.
  - Suggest participating in U of S career fair
  - Other ways to advertise?
  - May be a career fair at SIAST
- Marketing (Rylan's video)
  - Rylan has already been recording scenes. Fair amount of material.
  - Will film more as he visits
- Facebook advertising ($max?)
  - Start with $10; motion passed
- New wireless router, max $150; motion passed
- 3D Printer Pledge Drive (official vote on which to buy)
  - Solidoodle won the vote
  - $800 + $83 shipping + $43/spool of filament
  - Voxelfactory.com has $109 for 3 spools
  - Motion to purchase Solidoodle and spool of black, white, and green glow-in-the-dark passed
- CNC vacuum shoe
  - Ryan will design a shoe tonight, will try to make one tonight
- AGM planning
  - Need to review and fix bylaws.
  - Decided to hold it on March 12.
New business
- Next tool?
  - Suggested a new CNC for the TouchCNC demo
    - Al offered a plotter that he has to spare
  - If we are missing a tool you need, note it on the whiteboard
  - Air compressor
    - James says he should be getting one eventually