meeting:may_12

Saskatoon Techworks General Meeting Minutes

— Time and Location —

Tuesday, May 12, 2020 7pm
Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E, and remote Zoom meeting
Previous meeting minutes (please read ahead of time)

Minutes

Attendance 1 (Onsite), 6 (Zoom) (Technical Quorum)
Regular Items
Equipment, Safety and the Space
- Check fire extinguishers
- Quick Clean
- Equipment check

Previous meeting minutes
- April 14, 2020
- March 10, 2020 (AGM)
- Both accepted unanimously as written

New Members
- James Chamberlain
- Shane John
- No objections to either
Exiting Members
- Fatemeh Ebrahimnejadnamini cancelled paypal. She will start paying again after COVID-19 calms down.

Finances - monthly
- Not ready for the meeting

Social events / group projects
- Future Workshops / events
  - Virtual Hack Nights to continue for the Month

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

Old Business
- Equipment
  - Belt sander timing belt broken again
    - reminder - let the belt sander do the work. pushing hard and bogging down the machine will only break it
  - Air compressor not compressing
    - currently investigating fix
  - Hot glue gun is broken, looking for a replacement
    - Someone stuck a popsicle stick in to get the last bit of glue out and left it in there while it cooled. Many attempts have been made to clean it up, it's not worth anymore effort.
  - Omio collet nut was put on without cleaning and buggered the threads, and likely over torqued it.
    - Scott has ordered new nuts, spindle threads might be able to be cleaned up
    - If not a new spindle is $280USD
- To Do List
  - Add/Remove/Assign to list
  - What is FWB written on the whiteboard?
- if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
  - thespace@sktechworks.ca

New business
- Goals for the coming year
  - Upstairs
    - make upstairs more accessible
    - more shelves for rent
      - organization and advertising of available spots for rent
  - Videos
    - would like to have more video content and activities
    - video editing class/workshop
    - looking for assistance with techworks title/intro for official videos
      - Can be simple
      - quick shot of a few different pieces of equipment operating making theme music together
      - animated logo
    - looking for lighting options for videos
      - James has some syncable bulbs that he can donate
      - Still need fixtures
      - Rylan recommends 5500K for video
      - preferably high CRI bulbs
      - Scott found a kit on aliexpress that has hoods, stands and bulbs for a good price. We're not ready for it yet but this is an affordable option
    - setup days for capturing demonstrations of equipment
    - James is going to try out Adobe Elements. We can purchase a perpetual license through techsoup for $40
    - Can use OBS to share desktop for tutorial videos
  - Community
    - group project committee
    - bring back gatherings ( when we can)
      - remedial movies, Analog game, retro game, lan party, others
      - could possibly be virtual
    - MOAR workshops
    - Looking for a volunteer to revitalize the sktw forums
      - A place for members to share/discuss projects and communicate with fellow members
      - If you are interested please email the board.
- Air filters for softspace
  - $200 total
  - $120 for fan and filter 3D printers
  - 2x $40 for soldering station filters
  - cans last about 6 months in a grow tent. Should last longer for us. $65 for replacement that we might be able to refresh ourselves
  - James motioned to budget $250 for the purchase of the above, seconded and accepted unanimously
- Looking at purchasing paper towel dispensers for the bathrooms to be more hygienic
  - 2x dispensers for $23 each
  - box of 6 rolls is $74
  - James motioned to budget $130 for the above, seconded and accepted unanimously

Open Floor

Acknowledgements
- Everyone for keeping the COVID at bay
- Torban for building the Electronics benches
- Scott for keeping the Zoom going
- Torban for mounting the projector
- Torban for cleaning up the space
- John (mena's partner) for the writeup on Alberts band in the newsletter
- Mena for doing the newsletter

Next Meeting - June 9, 2020

Purgatory box