— Time and Location —

• Tuesday, February 9, 2021 7pm
• Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E, and remote Zoom meeting
• Previous meeting minutes

• Regular Items

• Attendance 10

• Previous meeting minutes
  • January 12, 2021
  • Accepted unanimously as corrected

• New Members
  • Dylan Markwart
    • No objections
  • Daniel Dombowsky
    • No objections

• Returning Members
  • Dale Wiebe
    • No objections

• Exiting Members
  • James Gordon
  • Brandon Wiebe

• Finances - monthly
  • Gross profit: $4,406.96
  • Ordinary expenses: $4,278.15 (Other: 110.02)
  • Net income: $18.79
  • Liabilities: $3,655.83
  • Could we cover our liabilities? Yes
  • Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes

• Social events / group projects
  • Future Workshops / events
    • Workshops TBD due to Covid

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

• Old Business
  • Equipment
    • New laser cutter - in slow progress
      • working on quote for hardware for venting (Thanks James!)
    • more light in bathroom - in progress
      • A light fixture was brought. Waiting to be installed.

• Covid
  • no changes since last update

• Goals for the coming year
  • Videos
    • video editing class/workshop (TBA)
    • looking for assistance with Techworks title/intro for official videos
  • Community
    • bring back social gatherings - waiting for Phase 5

• To Do List
  • Add/Remove/Assign to list

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

• New business
  • AGM coming up
    • AGM Date is March 16th 7:00pm - One week later than the regular meeting date, there will not be a meeting on the regular date. This is to give more time to get finances ready for the AGM.
    • Elections for the board will be taking place at that time
      • Zoom voting works if we have less than 8 nominees
      • Election buddy works for more but costs money
      • If we have less than 8 use Zoom, otherwise use Election buddy
      • Nominations to be closed on March 2nd
        • If there's someone you know that you feel should be a part of the board, Nominate them! Must be in writing signed by both nominee and nominator.
        • They must be members
        • Send your nominations to sktechworksagmvoting@gmail.com, leave in the bin by the silhouette or talk to Mena
      • The nominees and voting method will be announced no later than March 9th.

• Space Cleanliness
  • Expectations if you leave projects or material unattended
  • WIP quick forms on tack-board have been made to easily leave your information on when you will be returning to your project if you need to leave it unattended for a short time.

• Space Reorganization
  • Working on plan to reorganize workspace given new space
    • 3D printers moving to soft space
    • Metal Stuff (most) moving to clean space

• Budget request
  • Air line upgrades to provide air outlets in dirty space for tools
    • EST 192.60 for parts
    • Torban motions to go ahead with these upgrades with a max budget of $250
      • Seconded by James
      • Accepted unanimously
  • Vac pipe for vacuum in dirty space (paint and sanding booth dust)
    • EST 147.06 for parts
    • Torban motions to go ahead with this ventilation plan with a budget of $200
      • Seconded by James
      • Accepted unanimously

• ISP Changes
  • Moving to Sasktel, cheaper, more bandwidth, 80/40Mbps w/ 1 Static IP
  • Will migrate away from Shaw once we have Sasktel up and running for limited loss of service

• Open Floor
  • Biktrix has been using the space heavily over the past while as their R&D was operating out of Techworks. This is changing as Biktrix is moving to a new facility. At this time it is not expected to be many if any lost memberships as a result.

• Acknowledgements
  • Mena for agreeing to be Returning Officer again this year
  • Scott for fixing the front light
  • James Chamberlain for making a plan for shop reorganization
  • Brent for vacuum pump
  • Biktrix/James Chamberlain for space improvements (Tables, rolling boxes, milling machine mounts)
  • Scott for running the store

• Next Meeting (AGM) - March 16, 2021

• Purgatory box