— Time and Location —

• Tuesday, February 11, 2020 7pm
• Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
• Previous meeting minutes (please read ahead of time)

• Attendance: 8 (Technical Quorum)
• Regular Items
• Equipment, Safety and the Space
  • Check fire extinguishers
  • Quick Clean
  • Equipment check

• Previous meeting minutes
  • December 10, 2019
  • January 14, 2020
  • Accepted unamiously

• Exiting Members
  • Eylon Mogilner

• Finances
  • December
  • Gross profit: $3,631.65
  • Ordinary expenses: $2,988.40
  • Net income: $643.22
  • Liabilities: $-774.57
  • Could we cover our liabilities? Yes
  • Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes
  • January
  • Gross profit: $4,244.18
  • Ordinary expenses: $4,714.88
  • Net income: $-470.71
  • Liabilities: $1,848.85
  • Could we cover our liabilities? Yes
  • Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes
  • 56 full and 2 associate members
  • Motion to suspend Vernon Kiss membership, seconded and accepted unanimously
  • We are registering for GST to become in effect as of March 1, 2020.

• Social events / group projects
  • Small talk / Show and Tell
    • February 25 - Sola will be presenting
  • Future Workshops / events
    • Feb 15 - Grand opening of new space
    • May 30 - Saskatoon Maker Faire
      • There was some concerns from last year that have been potentially addressed via conversations with Kurtis
      • Scott will be signing us up with $1000 sponsorship level.

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

• Old Business
  • Equipment
    • Planer needs a tune-up to cut evenly
    • reminder to only use for thickness planing of real wood. DO NOT use on other materials including finishes such as paint, laquer, varnish etc
  • To Do List
    • remove from list
    • Add to list
      • Fire extinguisher for the expansion
      • Move projector from old clean room to expansion (who volunteered to do this?)
    • assign from list
  • if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
    • thespace@sktechworks.ca

• New business
  • Grand opening of new area - Feb 15
    • Techworks 9 years of operation
    • volunteers needed
  • AGM - Mar 10
    • Returning officer
      • Mena offered
    • nominations
      • Nominations need to be in writing and given to the returning officer
    • Special items
      • Motion to only allow in person voting was seconded and passed unanimously
  • Open Floor
    • Torban talked to his electrical buddy to add outlets into the expansion space
      • Budget of $900 max, potentially cheaper
      • Need to figure out a more concrete plan of what we want
      • Motion to add $1000 to our budget for the purposes of adding electrical to the expansion space seconded and accepted unanimously

• Acknowledgements
  • Everyone who helped get the soft room setup
  • Scott for video computer and equipment
  • Mena for newsletter
  • Michelle for sewing machine and cutting mat
  • Carl for donating UV table

• Next Meeting - AGM March 10, 2020

• Purgatory box

• Motion to end the meeting. Motion accepted unanimously.