Saskatoon Techworks General Meeting Minutes
— Time and Location —
- Tuesday, November 10, 2020 7pm
- Location: Saskatoon TechWorks, 412 44th St E, and remote Zoom meeting
- Previous meeting minutes (please read ahead of time)
Minutes
- Attendance 9 (Technical Quorom)
- Due to weather, Motion suggested by board to postpone regular meeting to next Tuesday
- Lack of potential Antendees to technical-quorom meeting
- For - 4
- Against - 4
- Tie break - against - meeting continues
- Regular Items
- Previous meeting minutes
- September 8, 2020
- New Members
- Steven Tanner
- No objections
- Hugo Lanier
- No objections
- Exiting Members
- Emily Hiltz
- Beau Sutton
- Andrew Tremblay
- Finances - deferred - in progress
- Social events / group projects
- Future Workshops / events
- Workshops TBD due to Covid
- Newsletter sign up - talk to Mena
- workshops
- events
- projects
- upcoming info
- Old Business
- Equipment
- New laser cutter - in progress
- wood lathe bench - still needs to be done
- small vacuum for laser cutter - filter plugged - needs new filter
- lathe - small set crew for triangle insert tool missing - need to get new one
- Goals for the coming year
- Upstairs
- Location to store techworks stuff
- Taping off areas
- Videos
- video editing class/workshop (TBA)
- looking for assistance with Techworks title/intro for official videos
- Community
- Saskatoon Virtual Maker Faire -
- In the coming weeks maker faire is looking to takes video in techworks
- group project committee - Rylan
- Thermostats - Complete
- Air filter mounting - needs to be mounted in the false ceiling
- bring back social gatherings - waiting for Phase 5
- 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
- New Cleaning Person
- Wyatt Abotsway will be cleaning the space to replace Jim
- Front Lease Renewal
- Extending front lease to line up with the back lease (20 month term)
- Michelle renting 1/4 of front space, Expanding the soft space!
- Some ideas have been floated, moving all 3d printing and soldering to that spot
- Lack of outlets again
- Review and vote on new lease offer
- Slight discount from landlord
- motion to accept lease contingent on paying extra electricity cost from AC outright
- passed unanimously
- Covid Changes
- Tuesday nights - wear mask as we become public space
- Biktrix donated some masks
- Write entry in log book or swipe in every time (For exposure tracking)
- Non-Tuesday, Masks recommended
- Signs posted on door
- Open Floor
- Chad's friend has large format plotter/scanner - offer to donate
- the friend offered to fix minor repairs
- chad offered to purchase refillable cartridge
- condition of donation is that cannot be sold (profit from)
- Motion to accept plotter offer
- passed unanimously
- Acknowledgements
- Thanks to James for doing the books!
- Thanks to Scott for updating webpage with Covid stuff and store
- Thanks to Brent for updating doorbell chimes in new space
- Thanks to Michelle for donating some hand-made masks (3 Layer)
- Thanks to Torban for relocating thermostat in soft space (enables fan in summer)
- Thanks to Roshan and Biktrix for masks
- Thanks to everyone providing newsletter content
- Thanks to Brent for vacuum pump for vac chamber
- Thanks to Biktrix for fixing compressor
- Next Meeting - December 8, 2020
- Purgatory box
- where is it?
