Saskatoon Techworks Meeting Minutes
— Time and Location —
- Tuesday, February 12, 2019 7pm
- Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
Minutes
- Attendance: 8 (non quorum)
- Regular Items
- Equipment, Safety and the Space
- Check fire extinguishers
- Quick Clean
- Equipment check
- Previous meeting minues
- Non quorum, unable to vote on previous minutes.
- Members
- 56 current (54 full, 2 associate)
- New members:
- Matthew Toews
- No objections
- Jay Schmidt
- No objections
- Exiting Member
- Lance Green
- Finances
- Gross profit: $3,913.33
- Includes $100.00 of donations towards new mill
- Ordinary expenses: $3,131.42
- Includes 100.00 for bad debt write off.
- Net income: $781.92
- Liabilities: $2,249.69
- 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
- Jan 22 - John will take it if no one else wants to
- Future Workshops / events
- Spectrum - review
- Good turn out, lots of fun
- Thanks to all our volunteers
- Got some donations in the donation box!
- Robot building workshop - review
- Went good. Parents loved it, kids loved it. 3 in attendance.
- Soap making workshop - review
- Went good, person who asked for it didn't show up but there was a couple other people.
- Free Admission day - Feb 18
- Volunteers
- John
- Scott
- ???
- Have some roles for people meet attendees and show people around the space. No big activities though should have some things going to show off.
- Cake day! - Feb 14
- Techworks is now 8 years old!
- Mini Maker Faire - May 25
- Will have a couple tables again
- If you have any projects you would like to showcase, get them ready!
- Need volenteers. Last year we had 6.
- Newsletter sign up - talk to Mena
- workshops
- events
- projects
- upcoming info
- Acknowledgements
- James for procuring and installing laser blower
- All volenteers who came out to spectrum
- Torban, Mena, John, Scott, Rachel
- Old Business
- fundraising for metal CNC mill
- chocolate bars still available
- Installation of sinks
- upstairs to be completed soon
- It is upstairs now!
- metal mitre saw - who owns it
- No one has taken ownership or notified us of whose it is.
- It is now Techworks
- if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
- thespace@sktechworks.ca
- New business
- Security
- Back door needs to be closed properly and not left in an unlocked state
- There are many signs showing how to lock the door. There is no excuse.
- If it continues to happen we will be forced to change the handle to one that can not be unlocked
- back door to be changed to new door system
- Saskatoon Mini Maker Faire 2019
- May 25, 2019
- Proposal to become Coppersmith sponsors
- Same promotion as last year
- John proposes we use the rest of our marketing budget plus pay out the difference instead of fundraising for this
- James asked if we want to add this to the yearly budget as Maker Faire is an annual event
- It was discussed and agreed upon to schedule a meeting for Feb 19, 2019 to discuss the sponsorship and budget.
- AGM prep
- We need a returning officer
- Mena has offered
- Nominations for board to close 7 days before AGM
- Email announcement to come shortly
- Voting will be by secret ballot at the meeting
- Proposal for change to bylaws
- Remove membership requirement: resides in Saskatchewan
- If you have any proposed changes they must be brought to the the boards attention 7 days before the AGM
- Open Floor
- There is a sandblasting machine in the dirty room now. Be careful of the abrasive, it is a hazard if spilled on the floor (lots of tiny balls, like ice on the floor).
- Torban suggested we get a water cooler.
- Scott suggested we get a bigger fridge.
- Next Meeting (AGM) - March 12, 2019
- Purgatory box
Saskatoon Techworks Meeting Minutes Addendum
— Time and Location —
- Tuesday, February 19, 2019 7pm
- Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
Minutes
- Attendance: 8 (Technical quorum)
- Motion to move previous minutes to next meeting
- seconded and accepted unanimously
- Purpose of this meeting is to vote on SKTW to increase the marketing budget to cover the cost of sponsorship at 2019 Mini Maker Faire outright.
- Coppersmith sponsorship level ($1000)
- Logo on printed advertisements
- Logo on banner
- Logo on email blasts
- Logo recognition on website and social media (facebook, twitter, etc)
- Logo on staff tickets, 4
- Complementary guest tickets, 10
- Motion made, seconded and accepted unanimously
- Motion to adjourn, seconded and accepted unanimously
