Meeting minutes: May 09, 2017
  • Attendance: 10 members
  • Motion to accept meeting minutes from April 11, 2017 accepted unanimously.
  • New Members
    • Colleen McCaw joined 18 April 2017
    • Adelsola olufade joined 19 April 2017
    • Chevez Ezaneh-Paul joined 24 April 2017
    • Colleen Miller joined 2 May 2017
  • Social events
    • 27 April 2017, Soap Making
      • Soap making now very routine, went well and getting very popular
    • 29 April 2017, Electronics from zero (Scott)
      • Good experience, too much material for the time
    • 23 May 2017, Puppet Fist (Jeff)
    • 27 May 2017, Arduino 102 “You got blink going, now what?” (Scott)
    • 8 June 2017, Soap Making
    • 17-18 June 2017, Kilobots registration closes on 3 June
    • 23 May 2017, Puppet Fist (Jefficus)
    • 24 June 2017, Robot building workshop
    • 27-29 October 2017, Calgary Maker Faire
  • Acknowledgements
    • Chevez for taking out the garbage without being asked
    • Scott for holding great workshops and making us more visible in the community
    • Jeff M Koop for reporting issues with the large bandsaw
    • Jefficus for helping Colleen on the computer
  • Equipment maintenance schedule/plan still in development, reminder to take care of equipment and report any issues and/or concerns (ie. bandsaw blade needs replacing). email: thespace@sktechworks.ca
    • The large bandsaw is for wood and plastic only. It runs too fast for doing metal even with a metal blade
  • Finances
    • Income: $2,490, Expenses: $2,010, Net income for month: $-355.20 (loss), Recognized net income for month: $-188.53 (loss)
    • $933.95 for the front door modifications, only $150 has been donated thus far.
    • Projected Net Income for May: $478.00
    • We received a $100 donation from John from proceeds from his soldering workshop.
    • We received $26.28 in profit from Scott's Electronics from Zero workshop.
    • Currently break even come September, though some membership and rental space expected to be discontinuing in near future, ~$200/mo estimated not long term
    • We are currently $220 (about 5 members) short of the extra $500 per month we need in order to break even when our additional rent comes in to effect in September.
  • New Business
    • Strike installed on front door, had to be installed professionally due to front tenant
      • Call for voluntary donations to help cover the costs, have only received $150 in donations thus far
    • Al is looking for volunteers to run a button making workshop at the Stonebridge Library
      • 27 May 2017 1-3 PM
    • Peter suggested building a new spray booth in the corner under the stairs by the back door
      • Could be tied into the existing ventilation system
      • Volunteers can talk to Peter (peetros)
    • Al is needing help to finish drywall
      • 13 May 10AM
      • Scott, Al, John, Jefficus, Ardy (with scotch)
  • Purgatory
  • Motion to adjourn accepted unanimously.
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