Meeting Minutes
Time and Location
- Tuesday, February 13, 2018 7pm
- Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
- Previous meeting minutes (please read ahead of time)
Agenda
- Attendance: 13 members (Quorum)
- Regular items
- Equipment, Safety and the Space
- Check fire extinguishers
- Quick Clean
- Equipment check
- Al notes the vacuum cleaner needs to be emptied regularly and has not been recently.
- Previous meeting minutes
- Tabled till next meeting
- New Membership
- Graham Tilsley - no objections to membership
- Works at Dingwall, is a muscian
- Hoardes wood
- Finances
- James read a summary of the finances
- Profit of $3911.63
- Expenses of $3800.99
- Net Income of $110.64
- 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
- Feb 27 - James - Deck & patio renovation talk
- Mar 26 - Rylan - Something
- Future Workshops / events
- Feb 15 - Fusion 360 workshop - It's free, members only
- Feb 17 - Winter social
- May 26 - Makerfaire
- Still looking for volunteers to help run our booth
- June 2 - Open house
- BBQ
- Tours
- Plan talking points for tours: “elevator speech”
- “Usher tags”
- We need volunteers
- Anyone looking for workshops or interesting in hosting a workshop can look to the worksheets on the side of the vending machine with past workshops and workshop suggestions
- Acknowledgements
- Rachel and Rylan for sorting drill bits
- Bun-Bun for door system
- Scott for second server
- Members who are volunteering for MakerFaire and open house
- Old Business
- Nothing to revisit
- New business
- switching to new internet provider
- Shaw Buisness Plan - 75mbps down 15mbps up and a static ip
- ~$15/mo more than current plan
- Has been issues with current Sasktel consumer plan - 10mbps down 1mbps up
- Feb 21, makerfaire party at manabar
- Event is on FB
- attendance is limited to manabar's standing license
- Saskatoon Makerfaire
- sktechworks is allowed to sell items at makerfaire
- sign up on the makerfaire website and note in the description that you are with sktechworks, you can have your own booth but still sell items through sktechworks booth
- there will be outdoor space for booths
- there are commissioned projects; if anyone is interested in joining the makerfaire but doesn't have a project, contact Kurtis
- If members have something they want to sell in our store please contact the board to get it approved
- Free Admission Monday!
- Feb 19 2018
- Next Meeting - AGM March 13, 2018
- Returning Officer
- Roger Ford has volunteered for this position
- Board Nominations
- If interested in running for the board, submit your nomination, with a signature from another member, to Roger Ford or the board in writing or via email
- email blast will be going out soon with more info
- Our bylaws are available on the website for renewal
- If you have any proposed changes to the bylaws they must be submitted with 7 days advanced notice of the AGM for consideration
- Secretary will send out notice 7 days in advance of the AGM with the board nominations
- Purgatory box
- Motion to adjourn accepted unanimously
