Meeting minutes: September 12, 2017
Attendance: 13 members (Quorum)
Motion to accept meeting minutes from July 11, 2017 as corrected accepted unanimously
Motion to accept meeting minutes from August 08, 2017 as corrected accepted unanimously
New Members
Dennis Beck
Sheila Maithel
Nathan Grayston
Finances
James read a summary of July finances, noted he has not yet finished the finances for August.
We are break even! $+30/month
$6000 in the bank
Social events
16-17 September 2017, Kilobots Canadian National Championship
26 September 2017, Al - Maker Faire
24 October 2017, need volunteer for presentation
27-29 October 2017, Calgary Maker Faire
28-29 October 2017, pet expo at Market Mall in old zellers building. Will be a table setup if anyone is interested.
Christmas Workshops
soap making
tree decorations
looking for volunteers
18 November 2017, Leah lasering workshop for ornaments
Rylan offered to do a workshop on Kilns
Our neighbor, Michelle, wants to become a member and has a couple kilns in her garage that could come to techworks
Rylan is going to talk to the land lord to clear putting in provisions in the yard for having a kiln
Acknowledgements
Taylor for working dry-wall
Everyone who helped and came out to the summer social
Rylan for hte new table top and moving lathe
Scott for new chairs
James for doing an awesome job of the books
Equipment maintenance schedule
Laser cutter currently experiencing ghosting and reduced cutting performance
Been adjusted and is working good now
Reminder to raise the head when done with the machine so that the head doesn't collide with the table and make sure head will not impact material and weights
Also check the head before turning on the laser to make sure it is up
Couple things to check is feel the head, if it is warm the laser is out of alignment. Also check the chiller to make sure it is actually cooling
Ghosting is bad, if the cutter is ghosting discontinue use and contact to board to get the machine fixed.
laser cutters need flow sensors
Rylan says thank you to whoever returned his drill
New Business
Material Storage - Do not leave your stuff at the space (unless you have permission/renting space)
Suggestion to put a formal limit to allowance for leaving WIP projects at the space
Make sure to clean up material and the space in general after working on a project
James updated insurance to note we run workshops, so we are now covered on that front however address still needs to be updated
Next Meeting - 10 October 2017
Material Policy
Motion to adjourn accepted unanimously
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