Minutes for January 9, 2012
10 members, 1 guest
treasurer's report - $1238 in bank, $600 coming in, $900 going out. $300 shortfall means 4 months left.
accepting donations to make up shortfall (none received)
JRans added as signatory. Needs to coordinate transfer of duties with Bergo (cheques, receipt book, account books)
Reports on Committees
Door Security
Workshop Committee
Updates from last meeting
Website status
Transfer domain name; backup forum, wiki, website - Jeremy Rans
Paul has attempted contacting Adam. Will look into what it takes to transfer domain.
Ryan to put bylaws and stuff on google docs, port other google docs,
Paul is backing up Wordpress. Use our dropbox for automation? (ask JRans about dropbox)
guppy's server is ours, software has been set up (JRans), just waiting for domain. Will list as sponsor.
Membership Drive
Leah has signified Siast. Can do 5 posters every 2 weeks.
Paul will bring many posters tomorrow. Some for Leah, some for downtown (Paul, Lisa, James, Kyle will go Thursday), some for HobbyWorld, OTV, and B&E (Kurtis will take these)
Open House - Jan 17th
Bridges came for interviews and pictures. Should be in next issue. ask Charles for preview.
Press Release - finish after meeting - not-for-profit, accepting donations
Event space booked. Doorman- winging it. Paul's wireless doorbell? If not, Leah.
Coldcuts from Paul. Albert will bring plates, napkins, chips, pretzels. James will bring pop. Pop will sell for $1, keep rest in fridge.
Get TwoTwenty to advertise (retweet, ect) - Kurtis
Paul will make template for displays - name, material, tools used, for sale
how early can Al get into the den? - Kurtis will email
New Business
Hold sponsor inventory for sale
Hobbyworld (smooth-on, glues, plastics, woods, aluminum, hardware), leave SKTW bcards at checkout
FingerTech (motors, servos, etc).
Kyle can bring Fastenal (LEDs, resistors, fasteners, etc) - needs list of what we want
Get t-shirts made, sell for $20, cost $10-12 (Paul will head up)
Dust collector - Albert will pick up P.Auto one after confirming with Ryan. Albert has Paul's $200.
Ryan will still look at renting out CNC time
Monday meetings from now on.
Saw blade - safety! Always check teeth before use.
SKTW computer for
IRC (flash something when receive message), Solidworks, MeshCAM, etc. Paul's mobo, James will build.
All projects should be documented when taken from the space (post your pics in the forum, use sktechworks flicker acct). Hopefully we can get weekly website posts to show we're alive.
Tim taking couch, Al will haul tomorrow.
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