meeting:may_8

Meeting minutes: May 8, 2018

Attendance: 7 members
No quorum, but no quorum from last meeting either, so continuing with official meeting with present members.
Reading of the meeting minutes from March 13 and April 10. Vote to accept both passed unanimously.
New members:
- Mark Lepitzki
- Brent Evjen
- Cory Ingram
- Don Cameron: Planned to be member for one month. Already completed.
Exiting members:
- Keeley Haftner: moved away as planned.
- Andrew Doolittle
- Don Cameron: Completed his single month as planned.
Finances:
- Last month:
  - Profit: 3,213.17
  - Expenses: 2,619.67
  - Net income: 593.49
- Forecast next month:
  - Profit: 2,953.33
  - Expenses: 2,690.73
  - Net income: 262.60
Outreach:
- May 26: Saskatoon Mini Makerfaire. We would like more volunteers to help represent us at the tables.
- May 29: 15 minute presentation: James Cooper's deck.
- June 2: Open house 10AM-5PM. Need a few volunteers: James, John, Scott. Plan to give tool demos, introductions, tours, sign-ups. Snacks will be provided.
  - Tasha volun-told to make invite for open house.
- First newsletter went out today. Looks great. Thanks Sheila!
  - Scott suggests adding a sign-up link to the website, Facebook.
  - Is there a way to link to it from outside? Sheila couldn't find it, but will look for it.
  - If you have a project you were working on or have other things you would like to contribute, send it to thespace@sktechworks.ca and Sheila will add it to the next one.
  - Sheila will ask Al and Kurtis for stuff from RoboGames.
- Acknowledgements:
  - Peter made us some shelves.
  - John mounted the projector.
  - Scott added a “switch” to the lights above the projector screen.
  - Quentin and Scott for working on the brochure and invite.
  - Sheila for making the newsletter.
  - Continuity Resources Group for the color laser printer/scanner/copier.
- Reminder: food waste has to be taken out to the dumpster; do not leave food waste in the indoor garbage cans.
- We had a fire inspection this past month. Everything clear. They requested we clear out the pathway upstairs to ensure a safe escape. The board will follow up to make sure this is cleaned up.
- There was a power outage recently. Our emergency lighting worked well.
- New tools:
  - We decided it wasn't worth buying a used table saw. Looking for a new one.
  - James has some tools to lend. Belt sander, palm sander, drum sander, table saw.
- New printer: free to use for a few pages, but please pay if printing substantial amounts.
- Went through purgatory box.
- Inspected fire extinguishers and first aid kit.
- Next meeting: June 12, 7:00PM, at 412 44th Street, Saskatoon, SK.