Meeting Minutes: July 8, 2014
* Attendance: 11 members, 1 guest
- Regular Items
- Financials update
- $3633 in the bank, but rent hasn't been deposited yet (-$1450).
- Spent $600 last month on a new computer for the space
- 32 full members, 2 associates
- Reports on Committees
- Workshop Committee
- Class requests? PCB mfg, soldering, Solidworks, casting and molding, Arduino
- Solidworks class, Andrew says he will get to it. Peetros also offered.
- Albert - casting/molding (multiple classes)
- T-shirt - July 31, Albert to present, T-shirts available. Cost $10.
- Soap making - August 21, Scott to present. Bring your own oil and container.
- Robot Workshop - Need orders by July 19th. Workshops in September.
- Bike Workshop postponed - Still need to hear back from them.
- Quadcopter workshop - Maybe 3 or 4 interested. Probably in October.
- Sheila would be willing to do 3D modelling workshop at some point.
- Rylan would do a welding workshop.
- Rylan will also do a lathe workshop once we get a lathe.
- Scott will do OpenCola workshop once he gets it working.
- Tools
- Need new blade for band saw
- James bought replacement taps and knife blades
- Need acetone
- 3D printer back
- Working
- The temperature point is resetting for some reason
- Have to watch when printing
- Open house July 19
- Rylan will get us a sign to advertise
- Robot arena coming
- Scott has a Google Doc for planning timed demonstrations
- Start at 10AM
- New Business
- Periodic workshops on using tools
- Calgary Makerfaire 2014
- Leah and Al registered. Al taking small laser cutter. Call for projects. Event is Sept 6-7.
- Stuff from ENTS - Still waiting to hear back.
- Rent may go up as a result of landlord paving parking lot as part of expanding the building.