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− | + | This page serves as the index for SkullSpace meeting minutes. | |
− | + | == Minutes from previous years == | |
+ | [[Meeting_notes (2016)]] | ||
− | + | [[Meeting_notes (2015)]] | |
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− | == | + | == September 26, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald == |
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− | * | + | * Recap of last meeting minutes |
− | * | + | * Financials: |
− | + | ** A little lower this month than last, but still about a month in the bank | |
− | ** | + | ** Big insurance payments are now done |
− | ** | + | ** Michael to add an account to average those insurance fees across a whole year for better budgeting / foresight |
− | * | + | ** Drinks tend to sell better than food |
− | * | + | ** Quite a bit more in membership dues compared to last year |
− | ** | + | * Unit upstairs (cheaper by $600/month) is becoming available soon - Michael to reach out to Bob Brown. Will look into it and report back. |
− | ** | + | * Anti-social: Michael won't be running it, but Wayne sounded like he might want to. Best not to rush it to ensure a better turnout. Michael will talk to Wayne to make plans. |
− | * | + | ** Michael wants to eventually plan a smaller, quieter, more geeky night targeted towards members of SkullSpace and their friends. |
− | + | * Papers we love is at the space tomorrow. Some fancy text to speech stuff. | |
− | * | + | * Communications strikeforce has met. More coming soon. |
− | * | + | * Meeting over 6:42pm |
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− | == | + | == August 29, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald == |
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− | + | *Intros | |
− | * | + | *8 members including Michael, Stefan, Thor, Edwin, Keith... |
− | + | *financials | |
− | + | **we have 1 month rent as backup | |
− | + | **downward trend due to insurance will continue for another month. | |
− | + | **events made August somewhat profitable | |
− | + | *Lockpicking event happened - it went well | |
− | + | *Ingress event happened - it went well | |
− | + | *attendees at lockpicking event had trouble swiping in at front door, possibly due to to much use | |
− | * | + | *member reports getting lock in the space because motion sensor is flakey |
− | ** | + | **get a sign asap |
− | ** | + | **look into installing pushbar |
− | ** | + | *member suggests hold a "fixing the space" hackathon |
− | * | + | *b-sides nov4-5, looking for speakers |
− | * | + | *should get update photos for the computer for refugees soon |
− | * | + | *member suggests creating strikeforce to update wiki, webpage, member intake process etc. |
− | * | + | *motion to turn air cond. back on |
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− | == | + | == July 25, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald == |
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− | + | *Members: 8 | |
− | * | + | *3D Printing Workshop over here. IEEE might be sponsoring refreshments? 5 or 6 talks. Reverse engineering Tiko. Retrofitting the motors, etc. |
− | * | + | *Ai-Kon went good. We had a lot of interest and there were no hiccups. It was like a mini comic-con. |
− | + | *Financial news: | |
− | + | **We're seeing a spike in members after all last month's memberships started coming through. We won't be relying quite as hard on event funds, but those will still be necessary for now. | |
− | * | + | **We're still in that four-month period every summer where we're paying for insurance. We're continuing a downward trent, but we shouldn't fall below where we were in February. |
− | + | *Our air conditioner might have problems. It seems to be working now, but we'll keep an eye on it. Someone predicted a few years ago that it was on its last legs. | |
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− | == | + | == June 27, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald == |
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− | + | * Intros | |
− | * | + | * 3D printing intro day - stay tuned for sometime this summer |
− | + | * X-Carl is now operational once again (thanks Edwin!) | |
− | + | * Finances appear to be stabilizing | |
− | + | * New Keyfobs are in - rejoice! | |
− | + | * Mark Jenkins is presenting a talk at the space tomorrow - "Resisting the Surveillance State" | |
− | * | + | * SkullSpace fund2013 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2013]] |
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− | + | raising campaign is active - check out http://skull.space/summer - Donation matching! | |
− | * | + | * Michael K is still looking for volunteers for the AiKon table, hit him up if you are available! |
− | + | * Temporary water service is now in effect @ 374 Donald | |
− | + | * Unix Epoch rollover to 1500000000 is happening on July 13 - stay tuned for an event announcement | |
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− | == | + | == May 30, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald == |
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− | + | *Intros | |
− | * | + | *April minutes read |
− | * | + | *72 Princess location for social- Chris made preliminary contact. |
− | * | + | *Free credit pinball today |
− | * | + | *Two pinball events still to come - contact Manitoba Pinball Asc. or just show in interested |
− | * | + | *Edwin asked developer for discount on KISS slicer. Developer gave gave us a free licence |
− | * | + | *Edwin and Thor experimenting with mater control for 3d printer |
− | * | + | *X-Carl may have a damaged arduino and/or X-axis stepper driver |
− | + | *Edwin ordered replacement and upgrade parts for Carl | |
− | + | *Edwin looking for Windows Vista licence for some bizarre reason | |
− | * | + | *1st pinball event happened, it was fun |
− | + | *Papers we love happened it wen well, apparently it's on YouTube | |
− | + | *Student films screening event being planned | |
− | + | *cyber-defense challenge happened, it went well | |
− | + | *Front street being torn up from June 8 - July 27, good luck parking. | |
− | + | *sandbox table still incomplete and broken | |
− | + | *abridged financial report because scripts were configured for USD not CAD. Micheal may email complete report after meeting | |
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− | == | + | == April 25, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald == |
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− | + | * Introductions | |
− | + | * We read the minutes from last week. | |
− | + | * Adrian had a suggestion for an Anti-Social space. 72 Princess, third floor, $450. | |
− | + | ** Freight elevator if needed. | |
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− | * | + | ** We had made some money from events, so we're holding steady. |
− | + | ** We have a couple new members. | |
− | + | ** The insurance payments in the summer are what usually do us in. | |
− | + | ** Member dues essentially pay for rent. We rely on donations and event revenue to cover insurance and utilities. | |
− | + | * Plans for the floor? Getting ends of linoleum would be nice and cheap. We should be able to just roll it out without gluing. | |
− | + | * Chris's friend has some ideas on how to decorate the place. | |
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− | + | == April 11, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald - Special Meeting == | |
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− | * | + | * Meeting held to vote on proposed amendments that were not voted on during 2017 AGM due to procedural error. |
− | ** | + | ** Due to not meeting a quorum, the bylaw amendments were not voted on. |
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− | * | + | * Approved previous minutes |
− | * | + | * Financial report: Looks okay. We had a good event with the synth meetup, so we probably aren't losing anything this month. Michael doesn't have the bank records at the moment. |
− | + | * Why is the door always locked now? | |
− | + | ** The architects lock it at 5:00? | |
− | + | * A lot of members had applied lately, and we're contacting them one by one. | |
− | + | * Hackaday is hiring contract writers! Writing about projects and such, so apply today. | |
− | + | ** (P.S. we should document all the neat stuff we do here.) | |
− | + | * Was there money in our fund to purchase upholstery? | |
− | + | ** So Chris had the idea to get furniture to make our space better. | |
− | + | ** More flooring! Stuff like that. | |
− | + | ** We need lockers, too. Costco has a sale. | |
− | + | *** We can probably get old ones from Habitat for Humanity, too. | |
− | + | ** We took a vote. The people who didn't show up will never know. | |
− | + | * Flickr is full of pictures from other events, but never anything in our space. We should take more photos in the space. | |
− | + | * Edwin talked about pinball and such. Virtual pinball, etc. | |
− | + | * We've got an orange (the construction type) SkullSpace toque for sale. | |
− | + | * Marcel is looking for a video camera (camcorder?) for an upcoming trip. He was looking for something "a step up from an iPhone." | |
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+ | * Announced bylaw meeting which will come up after the AGM. | ||
+ | ** Give us suggestions if you missed them | ||
+ | ** We will announce the meeting for voting three weeks in advance | ||
+ | * Financial update for the year | ||
+ | ** This month's projection still shows downward slope, two months left | ||
+ | ** We're losing ~$300 per month until the major expense of insurance kills us | ||
+ | ** Balance seems high at $13,000 but liabilites are at ~$10,000 | ||
+ | ** Yearly figures show earnings of $30,000 and $24,000 expenses | ||
+ | ** High donation amount, power's been a consistent expense | ||
+ | ** Expenses were surprisingly even with earnings | ||
* Year in review | * Year in review | ||
− | ** | + | ** Members who have come and gone |
− | ** Events | + | ** Events we ran this year |
− | + | *** Months electronics workshops in the beginning | |
− | + | *** 3D Printing Events | |
− | + | *** Comic Con | |
− | + | *** Jimcon | |
− | + | *** Aikon's Winterfest | |
− | + | *** GIS Event | |
− | + | *** Weekly drone events | |
− | + | *** Computer Refurb | |
− | + | ** Space change | |
− | + | *** Great purge of 2017 | |
− | + | *** Adrian rekagiggered the server rack | |
− | + | *** Sean improved our Wifi | |
− | + | *** We no longer have VOI as a provider internet | |
− | + | *** Winnitron is now updated with new games | |
− | + | ** Projects of the year | |
− | + | *** Pong game with Troy and Edwin | |
− | + | *** PDP-8 restoration by Adrian | |
− | + | *** Arcade Joystick | |
− | + | *** Bluetooth hacking with Troy and Edwin | |
− | + | *** Ben's ball-o-buttons | |
− | + | *** Synthesizer modules created by Jordan Justice | |
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− | * | + | * Meeting called 6:00pm |
− | ** | + | * FPV update |
+ | ** FPV Wing build moved to Feb 23rd | ||
+ | ** discontinuing the regular FPV extravaganza until further notice, lack of interest | ||
+ | * Members: Read the Bylaws and propose any changes | ||
+ | ** announce proposed changes to bylaws on Feb 7th (still waiting for members to submit proposed changes) | ||
+ | * Synthesizer petting zoo is gaining momentum | ||
+ | * Bylaw amendment ideas | ||
+ | ** requiring invitation to apply for membership seems outdated as per our recent practices | ||
+ | ** one guest per member in the space rule | ||
+ | ** need to update wiki as per meeting requirements | ||
+ | * Finances!!!! - [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aYGwbmIYlze4-M6j6GtLXJzbj61HPsWAjZ5vzSV7qug/edit?usp=sharing see report here] | ||
+ | ** forecast: early April is when we die should we not grow our membership | ||
+ | ** next big upfront payment - july?? need to confirm | ||
+ | * Membership strategies: we need to throw more events to gain more members! Our efforts reflect membership growth, need to keep up the good work | ||
+ | ** Government Grants - paying for events, supplies | ||
+ | ** IEEE wpg section? | ||
+ | * Malware analysis was well attended | ||
+ | * Teddy Ruxpin > Furby | ||
+ | * POS terminals working - for snacks!?!?!? | ||
+ | * KeyFOBs should be hear by Feb 3rd | ||
+ | * Meeting adjourned @ 18:41 |
Revision as of 16:38, 12 October 2017
This page serves as the index for SkullSpace meeting minutes.
Contents
- 1 Minutes from previous years
- 2 September 26, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- 3 August 29, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- 4 July 25, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- 5 June 27, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- 6 May 30, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- 7 April 25, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- 8 April 11, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald - Special Meeting
- 9 March 28, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- 10 February 28, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald - Annual General Meeting
- 11 January 31, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
Minutes from previous years
September 26, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- 9 members present
- Recap of last meeting minutes
- Financials:
- A little lower this month than last, but still about a month in the bank
- Big insurance payments are now done
- Michael to add an account to average those insurance fees across a whole year for better budgeting / foresight
- Drinks tend to sell better than food
- Quite a bit more in membership dues compared to last year
- Unit upstairs (cheaper by $600/month) is becoming available soon - Michael to reach out to Bob Brown. Will look into it and report back.
- Anti-social: Michael won't be running it, but Wayne sounded like he might want to. Best not to rush it to ensure a better turnout. Michael will talk to Wayne to make plans.
- Michael wants to eventually plan a smaller, quieter, more geeky night targeted towards members of SkullSpace and their friends.
- Papers we love is at the space tomorrow. Some fancy text to speech stuff.
- Communications strikeforce has met. More coming soon.
- Meeting over 6:42pm
August 29, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- Intros
- 8 members including Michael, Stefan, Thor, Edwin, Keith...
- financials
- we have 1 month rent as backup
- downward trend due to insurance will continue for another month.
- events made August somewhat profitable
- Lockpicking event happened - it went well
- Ingress event happened - it went well
- attendees at lockpicking event had trouble swiping in at front door, possibly due to to much use
- member reports getting lock in the space because motion sensor is flakey
- get a sign asap
- look into installing pushbar
- member suggests hold a "fixing the space" hackathon
- b-sides nov4-5, looking for speakers
- should get update photos for the computer for refugees soon
- member suggests creating strikeforce to update wiki, webpage, member intake process etc.
- motion to turn air cond. back on
July 25, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- Members: 8
- 3D Printing Workshop over here. IEEE might be sponsoring refreshments? 5 or 6 talks. Reverse engineering Tiko. Retrofitting the motors, etc.
- Ai-Kon went good. We had a lot of interest and there were no hiccups. It was like a mini comic-con.
- Financial news:
- We're seeing a spike in members after all last month's memberships started coming through. We won't be relying quite as hard on event funds, but those will still be necessary for now.
- We're still in that four-month period every summer where we're paying for insurance. We're continuing a downward trent, but we shouldn't fall below where we were in February.
- Our air conditioner might have problems. It seems to be working now, but we'll keep an eye on it. Someone predicted a few years ago that it was on its last legs.
June 27, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- Intros
- 3D printing intro day - stay tuned for sometime this summer
- X-Carl is now operational once again (thanks Edwin!)
- Finances appear to be stabilizing
- New Keyfobs are in - rejoice!
- Mark Jenkins is presenting a talk at the space tomorrow - "Resisting the Surveillance State"
- SkullSpace fund2013 minutes are at Meeting_notes\2013
raising campaign is active - check out http://skull.space/summer - Donation matching!
- Michael K is still looking for volunteers for the AiKon table, hit him up if you are available!
- Temporary water service is now in effect @ 374 Donald
- Unix Epoch rollover to 1500000000 is happening on July 13 - stay tuned for an event announcement
May 30, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- Intros
- April minutes read
- 72 Princess location for social- Chris made preliminary contact.
- Free credit pinball today
- Two pinball events still to come - contact Manitoba Pinball Asc. or just show in interested
- Edwin asked developer for discount on KISS slicer. Developer gave gave us a free licence
- Edwin and Thor experimenting with mater control for 3d printer
- X-Carl may have a damaged arduino and/or X-axis stepper driver
- Edwin ordered replacement and upgrade parts for Carl
- Edwin looking for Windows Vista licence for some bizarre reason
- 1st pinball event happened, it was fun
- Papers we love happened it wen well, apparently it's on YouTube
- Student films screening event being planned
- cyber-defense challenge happened, it went well
- Front street being torn up from June 8 - July 27, good luck parking.
- sandbox table still incomplete and broken
- abridged financial report because scripts were configured for USD not CAD. Micheal may email complete report after meeting
April 25, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- Introductions
- We read the minutes from last week.
- Adrian had a suggestion for an Anti-Social space. 72 Princess, third floor, $450.
- Freight elevator if needed.
- Financial Report:
- We had made some money from events, so we're holding steady.
- We have a couple new members.
- The insurance payments in the summer are what usually do us in.
- Member dues essentially pay for rent. We rely on donations and event revenue to cover insurance and utilities.
- Plans for the floor? Getting ends of linoleum would be nice and cheap. We should be able to just roll it out without gluing.
- Chris's friend has some ideas on how to decorate the place.
April 11, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald - Special Meeting
- Meeting held to vote on proposed amendments that were not voted on during 2017 AGM due to procedural error.
- Due to not meeting a quorum, the bylaw amendments were not voted on.
March 28, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- Meeting called
- Approved previous minutes
- Financial report: Looks okay. We had a good event with the synth meetup, so we probably aren't losing anything this month. Michael doesn't have the bank records at the moment.
- Why is the door always locked now?
- The architects lock it at 5:00?
- A lot of members had applied lately, and we're contacting them one by one.
- Hackaday is hiring contract writers! Writing about projects and such, so apply today.
- (P.S. we should document all the neat stuff we do here.)
- Was there money in our fund to purchase upholstery?
- So Chris had the idea to get furniture to make our space better.
- More flooring! Stuff like that.
- We need lockers, too. Costco has a sale.
- We can probably get old ones from Habitat for Humanity, too.
- We took a vote. The people who didn't show up will never know.
- Flickr is full of pictures from other events, but never anything in our space. We should take more photos in the space.
- Edwin talked about pinball and such. Virtual pinball, etc.
- We've got an orange (the construction type) SkullSpace toque for sale.
- Marcel is looking for a video camera (camcorder?) for an upcoming trip. He was looking for something "a step up from an iPhone."
- Upcoming events:
- Ron's CTF event this Saturday
- Manitoba Comic Con this Saturday and Sunday. We have a table.
February 28, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald - Annual General Meeting
- Introduction
- Announced bylaw meeting which will come up after the AGM.
- Give us suggestions if you missed them
- We will announce the meeting for voting three weeks in advance
- Financial update for the year
- This month's projection still shows downward slope, two months left
- We're losing ~$300 per month until the major expense of insurance kills us
- Balance seems high at $13,000 but liabilites are at ~$10,000
- Yearly figures show earnings of $30,000 and $24,000 expenses
- High donation amount, power's been a consistent expense
- Expenses were surprisingly even with earnings
- Year in review
- Members who have come and gone
- Events we ran this year
- Months electronics workshops in the beginning
- 3D Printing Events
- Comic Con
- Jimcon
- Aikon's Winterfest
- GIS Event
- Weekly drone events
- Computer Refurb
- Space change
- Great purge of 2017
- Adrian rekagiggered the server rack
- Sean improved our Wifi
- We no longer have VOI as a provider internet
- Winnitron is now updated with new games
- Projects of the year
- Pong game with Troy and Edwin
- PDP-8 restoration by Adrian
- Arcade Joystick
- Bluetooth hacking with Troy and Edwin
- Ben's ball-o-buttons
- Synthesizer modules created by Jordan Justice
- RAM dumping by programming
- Netbright signs with Jay
January 31, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald
- Meeting called 6:00pm
- FPV update
- FPV Wing build moved to Feb 23rd
- discontinuing the regular FPV extravaganza until further notice, lack of interest
- Members: Read the Bylaws and propose any changes
- announce proposed changes to bylaws on Feb 7th (still waiting for members to submit proposed changes)
- Synthesizer petting zoo is gaining momentum
- Bylaw amendment ideas
- requiring invitation to apply for membership seems outdated as per our recent practices
- one guest per member in the space rule
- need to update wiki as per meeting requirements
- Finances!!!! - see report here
- forecast: early April is when we die should we not grow our membership
- next big upfront payment - july?? need to confirm
- Membership strategies: we need to throw more events to gain more members! Our efforts reflect membership growth, need to keep up the good work
- Government Grants - paying for events, supplies
- IEEE wpg section?
- Malware analysis was well attended
- Teddy Ruxpin > Furby
- POS terminals working - for snacks!?!?!?
- KeyFOBs should be hear by Feb 3rd
- Meeting adjourned @ 18:41