Meeting Minutes

Time and Location

  • Tuesday, February 13, 2018 7pm
  • Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E
  • Previous meeting minutes (please read ahead of time)
Agenda
  • Attendance: 13 members (Quorum)
  • Regular items
  • Equipment, Safety and the Space
    • Check fire extinguishers
    • Quick Clean
    • Equipment check
      • Al notes the vacuum cleaner needs to be emptied regularly and has not been recently.
  • Previous meeting minutes
    • Tabled till next meeting
  • New Membership
    • Graham Tilsley - no objections to membership
      • Works at Dingwall, is a muscian
      • Hoardes wood
  • Finances
    • James read a summary of the finances
    • Profit of $3911.63
    • Expenses of $3800.99
    • Net Income of $110.64
    • 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
      • Feb 27 - James - Deck & patio renovation talk
      • Mar 26 - Rylan - Something
    • Future Workshops / events
      • Feb 15 - Fusion 360 workshop - It's free, members only
      • Feb 17 - Winter social
      • May 26 - Makerfaire
        • Still looking for volunteers to help run our booth
      • June 2 - Open house
        • BBQ
        • Tours
        • Plan talking points for tours: “elevator speech”
        • “Usher tags”
        • We need volunteers
      • Anyone looking for workshops or interesting in hosting a workshop can look to the worksheets on the side of the vending machine with past workshops and workshop suggestions
  • Acknowledgements
    • Rachel and Rylan for sorting drill bits
    • Bun-Bun for door system
    • Scott for second server
    • Members who are volunteering for MakerFaire and open house
  • Old Business
    • Nothing to revisit
  • New business
    • switching to new internet provider
      • Shaw Buisness Plan - 75mbps down 15mbps up and a static ip
      • ~$15/mo more than current plan
      • Has been issues with current Sasktel consumer plan - 10mbps down 1mbps up
    • Feb 21, makerfaire party at manabar
      • Event is on FB
      • attendance is limited to manabar's standing license
    • Saskatoon Makerfaire
      • sktechworks is allowed to sell items at makerfaire
        • sign up on the makerfaire website and note in the description that you are with sktechworks, you can have your own booth but still sell items through sktechworks booth
      • there will be outdoor space for booths
      • there are commissioned projects; if anyone is interested in joining the makerfaire but doesn't have a project, contact Kurtis
    • If members have something they want to sell in our store please contact the board to get it approved
    • Free Admission Monday!
      • Feb 19 2018
  • Next Meeting - AGM March 13, 2018
  • Returning Officer
    • Roger Ford has volunteered for this position
  • Board Nominations
    • If interested in running for the board, submit your nomination, with a signature from another member, to Roger Ford or the board in writing or via email
  • email blast will be going out soon with more info
  • Our bylaws are available on the website for renewal
    • If you have any proposed changes to the bylaws they must be submitted with 7 days advanced notice of the AGM for consideration
  • Secretary will send out notice 7 days in advance of the AGM with the board nominations
  • Purgatory box
    • Motion to adjourn accepted unanimously
meeting/february_13_2018.txt · Last modified: 2018/02/14 03:12 by andrew
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