meeting:july_13_2021 [Saskatoon Techworks]

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==== Saskatoon Techworks General Meeting Minutes ====
--- Time and Location ---
  * Tuesday, July 13, 2021 7pm
  * Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E, and remote Zoom meeting
  * [[meeting:june_08_2021| Previous meeting minutes]]

== Minutes ==
  * Regular Items
  * Attendance: 8 in person 1 on zoom (non quorum)

    * Previous meeting minutes
      * June 8, 2021

    * New Members
      * Parth Dalwadi
        * No objections
    * Exiting members

    * Finances
      * Gross profit: $4,372.36  
      * Ordinary expenses: $4,291.21 (Other: $0.00)
      * Net income: -$81.15
      * Liabilities: $1,974.10 
      * Could we cover our liabilities? Yes
      * Are our accounts being taken care of promptly? Yes

    * Social events / group projects    
      * Future Workshops / events
        * Burgers and Board games - Friday July 16 
          * $10 for burgers, chip and pop at 6pm, games at 7pm
          * info on Techworks website, email Scott so he has count of how many burgers 
        * Amy is hosting several workshops
        * Maker Camp for ages 9-12 - July 12-16, Aug. 9-13, Aug, 23-27 - 12-4 pm/day
        * Make a bird feeder - July 17 - 6-9 pm
        * Vinyl Cut, build and paint a sign - August 27 & 28 - 6-9 pm
        * -
        * Rylan is putting on some workshops 
        * Milling training - July 14 - 6-9 pm
        * Lathe training - July 19 - 6-9 pm
        * Blacksmithing - July 24 6-9 pm

      * Newsletter sign up - [[https://sktechworks.us2.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=03c13b19a0035c0ee0118e5f2&id=5f20d65bfa|Newsletter]]
        * workshops, events, projects, upcoming info - newsletter@sktechworks.ca

  * Old Business
    * Equipment
      * New laser cutter - in slow progress
      * Space reorganization - in progress
      * laser filter box - installed clogged within a few days, looking into a cyclonic or equivalent 
      * Mitre saw dust port - port repaired - Torban will install tonight
      * air distribution and vac piping - air distribution is almost complete, vac piping to occur later 
      * belt sander - motor looks like it over heated, investigating repair/replacement
      * OMIO - test indicate VFD is not functioning, looking into replacement part
      * little bandsaw needs new blade
        * Earl bought a new blade and installed it
      * reminder - if you use a tool,  put it back after you are done
    * Weavers guild - we had a meeting
      * they are looking for permanent location so they can set up loom and hold workshops/meetings
      * amount of space and access was discussed
      * The most likely proposed idea is rent the 1/4 of the soft space for their dedicated use and they would need to have some members be techworks members which would also give them access to the softspace for holding events. 
    * the front lot was pressure washed. now we can paint the parking lines

    * Covid 
      * As of July 11, the Sask Government has lifted all restrictions related to the public health order
        * masks are no longer required at the space, however if you want to wear one feel free
        * if you are feeling sick, it would be best to not to come to the space and spread it around 

    * To Do List
      * Add/Remove/Assign to list

    * If a problem is found with the facilities please contact the board
      * thespace@sktechworks.ca

  * New business
    * equipment maintenance
      * work towards having a person responsible of 1 tool
      * James volunteers to take care of the laser
      * Mena offers to take care of the lathe
      * Taylor does not want to look after the belt grinder anymore
    * Laser cutter has a new 40w tube for doing fine engraving. There are new instructions sitting on the laser cutter, please read them. 

    * Open Floor
      * All the sktw VPSes and DNS have been successfully moved to Andrew's house. 

    * Acknowledgements
      * Kevin for adjusting the front door closer
      * James for the laser upgrade, Amy, Rylan, and John for donating to project
      * Torban for cleaning fume hood
      * Scott for setting up capture computer
      * Thanks Andrew for the amazing job of moving the vps's, website and DNS to internally hosted services

  * Next Meeting - August 10, 2021

  * Purgatory box
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