— Time and Location —

• Tuesday, July 13, 2021 7pm
• Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E, and remote Zoom meeting
• Previous meeting 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 - 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
    • 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
    • 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 front lot was pressure washed. now we can put 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

• Open Floor

• Acknowledgements
  • Kevin for adjusting the front door closer
  • James for the laser upgrade, Amy, Rylan, and John for donating to project
  • Torban for being for cleaning fume hood
  • Scott for setting up capture computer

• Next Meeting - August 10, 2021

• Purgatory box