— Time and Location —

• Tuesday, July 9, 2019 7pm
• Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
• Previous meeting minutes (please read ahead of time)

• Attendance: 9 (Non-Quorum)
• Regular Items
• Equipment, Safety and the Space
  • Check fire extinguishers
  • Quick Clean
  • Equipment check

• Previous meeting minutes
  • Non-Quorum, can't vote on previous minutes. Deferred till next meeting.
  • June 11, 2019
  • June 25, 2019

• returning Member
  • Fransisco Oltra
    • No Objections
• Exiting Member
  • Joshua Poetker

• Finances
  • Gross profit: $3,787.72
    • Includes $125.00 of donations
  • Ordinary expenses: $2,843.52
  • Net income: $944.21
  • Liabilities: $1,765.60
  • Could we cover our liabilities? Yes
  • Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes
  • We are in the black!
  • Omio fund is at $1,354

• Social events / group projects
  • Small talk / Show and Tell
    • July 23 - Need a volunteer
    • Mena asked if anyone can just bring a project and talk for 5 minutes. Absolutely!
  • Future Workshops / events
    • July 11 - CNC Training
    • July 18,25 - Arduino 101
    • Soap will announced soon as there is interest
    • A soldering workshop is also being planned
    • Scott would like to make a survey to send out to people who attend workshops as a feedback mechanism and reestablishing contact
      • James has a contact he is going to approach in helping with this

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

• Old Business
  • fundraising for metal CNC mill
    • get stuff for a donation
      • What can we do to push to the finish?
      • Only ~$400 left
    • last of available Chocolate bars
      • No longer available for the good price
  • Lease Signed
    • We will be getting AC
    • AC is amortized over 10 years at 5% interest. Final amount TBD.
    • No other changes to the lease other than occupancy went down $10/mo
  • To Do List
    • remove from list
    • Add to list
    • assign from list
      • Torban will look into the first aid kit
      • Scott will look into getting hookup wire to sell in the store
      • Torban will look into getting a couple wrench kits (look for deals)
      • James will organize the screw drivers to find what we need if any
  • if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
    • thespace@sktechworks.ca
    • The timing belt on the small belt sander broke. John replaced it and order more.

• New business
  • Utilizing existing space - who is going to volunteer
    • how can we increase usable space in clean room
      • Could make shelves for 3D printers instead of separate table for each
      • Fix up arcade and move to shared space as a interest generator
      • Area by laser cutter (Where Als was) is not being utilized
      • re-arrange back door area
        • already started. Orange bin storage and others moved around to make more room
      • purge
      • vendinator was voted off the island (to scott's garage until further notice)
      • if we move 3d printers to where laser cutter was we can move/rotate the table
    • Dirty room
      • electrical audit
        • looking into how we are powering our tools and look for improvements
        • rotate the table so there is more room to work around it
        • No tools on table/bench tops. Those are work spaces.
        • Torban will draw up a floor plan we can play around with
        • If we need more seating James suggested we get folding chairs instead of more office chairs
        • If any other suggestions please email them to thespace
    • Shared space
      • Rylan to bring some couches
  • Open Floor
    • James is working on dust collection
      • Scott raised concerns based on maker space fire with their dust collection. He would prefer the dust collection not be a permanent installation but rather a roll around unit you hook up to the tool you are using.
      • After some discussion James suggested we have a permanent fixture for Goliath and then another receptacle that you hook up the smaller tools to
      • Everyone is okay with James continuing with looking into this plan
    • It was brought up that people are opening the laser cutter too quickly after cutting ABS. It needs to be vented more before opening it. The ABS cutting fumes are toxic.
    • The laser knob allows to tube to be overdriven. Torban will look into limiting the knob.

• Acknowledgements
  • Scott for negotiating and taking care of the Lease
  • Scott for running workshops
  • Mena for doing the newsletter
  • John and Torban for moving things around in the back
  • Everyone who has been using thespace
  • Everyone who attended tonights meeting

• Next Meeting - August 13, 2019

• Purgatory box