— Time and Location —

• Tuesday, May 14, 2019 7pm
• Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
• Previous meeting minutes

• Attendance: 8 (Not Quorum)
• Regular Items
• Equipment, Safety and the Space
  • Check fire extinguishers
  • Quick Clean
  • Equipment check

• Previous meeting minutes
  • April 9, 2019
• 57 Current members (55 full, 2 associate)
• returning Member
  • Peter Frederiksen
  • Lance Greene

• Finances
  • Gross profit: $3,662.94
    • Includes $99.00 of donations
  • Ordinary expenses: $2,923.59
    • Includes $50.00 for bad debt write off.
    • Includes -$100.00 for previously written off debt collected.
  • Net income: $739.37
  • Liabilities: $2,251.12
  • 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
    • May 28
  • Future Workshops / events
    • May 25 - Saskatoon Mini Maker Faire
      • Prairieland Park (Hall D)
      • 2 weeks away
      • Volunteers
      • T-Shirts - Motion for purchasing - Andrew has details
        • Andrew has purchased shirts for promotion. 72 shirts totalling $1306.71
          • Due to time constraints this was done ahead of membership approval
        • Give away to members who represent Techworks at Makerfaire
        • On sale for attendees of maker faire and later in our store
        • Meeting will be scheduled for the following week to vote on purchasing these shirts
      • Get your projects together
      • postcards for open house June 8
      • signs for affiliate booths
      • donation box for CNC
    • June 8 - Post Maker faire Open house
      • Need Volunteers
      • 10 to 5?
    • May 30 - Soap Making
      • sign up available online store
    • June 13,20 - Electronics from Zero
      • sign up available online store

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

• Old Business
  • fundraising for metal CNC mill
    • get stuff for a donation
    • Chocolate bars are back
  • Installation of sinks
    • really complete
  • if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
    • thespace@sktechworks.ca
  • New shop vac for space
    • purchased and in dirty room
    • James is taking his back home
    • Make sure to clean the filter!
  • Shelves for upstairs
    • shelf design has changed (new shelves don't fit two bins side by side anymore)
    • need to purchase and swap with existing shelves
  • Storage of Material
    • Taylor making sign and rules
    • use for free for all material
    • continue using purgatory box for tools and the like
  • To Do List
    • remove from list
      • Purchased tape
    • Add to list
      • Nothing
    • assign from list
      • Network Terminations - Bun-Bun
      • Soft Soap - Scott

• New business
  • Space lease expires this year
    • currently exploring options
    • considering expansion if it is possible
    • negotiations concerning staying and taking over Michelle's space
    • Consensus is we do not want to move, but still need to negotiate
    • Big perk we are pushing for in the new lease is add air conditioning to the space
  • Open Floor
    • if a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
      • thespace@sktechworks.ca
    • Would anyone be interested in attending a rag quilt workshop? Contact Mena

• Acknowledgements
  • Many hours are going into looking into options once lease expires
    • recognizing Herculean effort to maximize benefit to members
  • John for making great agendas
  • James for making awesome financial summaries

• Next Meeting - May 21, 2019

• Purgatory box

— Time and Location —

• Tuesday, May 21, 2019 7pm
• Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E

• Attendance: 8 (Technical quorum)
• Motion to move previous minutes to next meeting
  • seconded and accepted unanimously

• Previous meeting minutes
  • April 9, 2019
  • Accepted unanimously as read
• Purpose of this special meeting is to vote on paying Bun-Bun back for buying t-shirts with SKTechworks logo to sell at makerfaire and in our store (as discussed last week)
  • Motion made, seconded and accepted unanimously
  • Price for shirts at makerfaire will be: $20 for white, $25 for white 2XL/3XL, $25 for true navy, $30 for true navy 2XL/3XL
  • Motion made to budget 10 shirts to give away to members who are helping with sktechworks booth or their own booth at makerfaire.
• Open house
  • No objections to Scott serving burgers/hotdogs
  • Volunteers
    • John - lathe
    • James - laser
    • Mena
    • Torban - goliath
    • Rylan
    • Scott - food
    • Taylor

• Next Meeting - June 11, 2019

• Motion to adjourn, seconded and accepted unanimously