Saskatoon Techworks Meeting Minutes
— Time and Location —
Tuesday, June 11, 2019 7pm
Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
Previous meeting minutes
(please read ahead of time)
Minutes
Attendance: 8 (Not Quorum)
Regular Items
Equipment, Safety and the Space
Check fire extinguishers
Quick Clean
Equipment check
Previous meeting minutes
May 14, 2019
May 21, 2019 Addendum
No quorum, can't vote
returning Member
Emily Hitz
No objections
Michael Jack
No objections
Exiting Members
Michael Mitzel
Ryan Thompson
Drew Blakely
Finances
Gross profit: $4,120.60
Includes $58.80 of donations
Includes $500.00 donation from SaskPower
Ordinary expenses: $3,734.69
Includes $1000 write-off for Bitrix sponsorship
Includes $50.00 for bad debt write off.
Includes -$100.00 for previously written off debt collected.
Net income: $385.83
Liabilities: $3,277.23
Could we cover our liabilities? Yes
Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes
We are in the black!
Social events / group projects
Small talk / Show and Tell
June 25
Future Workshops / events
May 25 - Saskatoon Mini Maker Faire
how did it go?
Lot of fun
SKTechWorks booth was hard to find and facing the wrong way. Found out afterwards that we had more space we weren't utilizing
Rylan and John handed out lots of brochures and flyers
Positives?
Easier access and great better advertising this year
Negatives?
Kilobots was too loud
Plan for next year
June 8 - Post Maker faire Open house
how did it go
Scott made food all day
It went well ~6-8 came to visit
Nobody was ignored, got visitors involved in activities
Would have been nice to have more people
Be nice to have a sign at the end of the street to attract attention
reddit
Got a post stickied in r/saskatoon. Hopefully can do this again in the future.
May 30 - Soap Making
Went well
4 for next one already
June 13,20 - Electronics from Zero
sign up available online store
June 22 - Soap Making
July 6 - Tiny Die
July 11 - CNC Training
July 18,25 - Arduino 101
Newsletter sign up - talk to Mena
workshops
events
projects
upcoming info
Old Business
fundraising for metal CNC mill
get stuff for a donation
Chocolate bars are still available
$1,229
To Do List
remove from list
Add to list
assign from list
if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
thespace@sktechworks.ca
New business
Space lease expires this year
We are pursuing a 3 year lease with an a/c unit added to the space
Open Floor
Acknowledgements
Scott for getting a cash deal for shelves
Paul Chavady for getting the reddit post stickied
Next Meeting - July 9, 2019
Purgatory box