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2015 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2015]]
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[[Category:Meeting notes]]
  
2014 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2014]]
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This page serves as the index for SkullSpace meeting minutes.
  
2013 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2013]]
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== Minutes from previous years ==
  
2012 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2012]]
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[[Meeting_notes (2018)]]
  
2011 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2011]]
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[[Meeting_notes (2017)]]
  
2010 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2010]]
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[[Meeting_notes (2016)]]
  
== June 27, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2015)]]
  
* Intros
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[[Meeting_notes (2014)]]
* 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!
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[[Meeting_notes (2013)]]
* 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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[[Meeting_notes (2012)]]
  
== May 30, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2011)]]
  
*Intros
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[[Meeting_notes (2010)]]
*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 ==
 
  
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== August 27, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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* 6 members present
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* intros
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* Ratified minutes
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* Financials
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** Hydro bill was 50% bigger this month
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** We're at the end of the A/C weather, so we'll be back to normal right away.
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** Everything else was fairly steady.
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* Social planning
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** It's less than three weeks away!
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** We've got nearly all the pieces together, it's just a matter of getting that all into place
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* Brad is doing some LED lighting on a show with electronic artist Cyber Girl on August 31st
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* We signed up for another year of First Fridays
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== July 30, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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* 7 members, 5 guests
 
* Introductions
 
* Introductions
* We read the minutes from last week.
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* Ratified minutes
* Adrian had a suggestion for an Anti-Social space. 72 Princess, third floor, $450.
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* Financials
** Freight elevator if needed.
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** Thank you to Sean Penn for almost using our space as a filming location. They paid for the space, even if all they did was move out and move back in. We gained $2000 for that
* Financial Report:
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** Thank you to Helga for a donation after the successful launch of her Shimmer art exhibit. It was great seeing so many members working together on one project
** We had made some money from events, so we're holding steady.  
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* Ai-Kon was the previous weekend
** We have a couple new members.  
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** We had Brad's Skulltris with us, and it attracted many eyes
** The insurance payments in the summer are what usually do us in.
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** We had plenty of members to look after the booth
** Member dues essentially pay for rent. We rely on donations and event revenue to cover insurance and utilities.
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** We could do a presentation at Ai-Kon some year
* Plans for the floor? Getting ends of linoleum would be nice and cheap. We should be able to just roll it out without gluing.
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* If we wanted to do presentations, we could use the Millenium Library
* Chris's friend has some ideas on how to decorate the place.
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* We should look into Manitoba Arts Council can give us grants to work with different groups
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* We'll be making an internal list of members who would be interested in doing grant stuff, or running presentations or working with educational groups. At the moment, the best we can do is send it to announce@ to see if there's any interest
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* Sandbox is dead without a new (graphically powerful) computer. Sand was also annoying to deal with, so we'd need something different
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** If anyone would like to salvage some of the wood (2x4s, painted black), feel free
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** We still have the Kinect if anyone would like to use it for a project at the space
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* Les.net wants to hire someone to set up Raspberry Pi relays to monitor things. Email Chris for details
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* Val, a visitor, is trying to make a sculpture for the Forks. It's currently a model of a bull, but she is going to turn the model into a series of panels with the shapes of books in bas-relief. Then she'd like to 3D print the final proof-of-concept
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* Events
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** Missing Maps was on Wednesday
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*** There are new building footprint datasets released by Bing and NRCan for Southwest Manitoba
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** First Fridays this Friday. Chris will be here. We're thinking of renewing, but we haven't gotten any members from it in the past year and it's difficult to get members to staff it
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** Movie night August 23, Weird Science and My Science Project. Snacks!
  
== March 28, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
  
* Meeting called
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== June 25, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Approved previous minutes
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* Introductions
* 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.
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* Financials
* Why is the door always locked now?
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** Net value is even with last month
** The architects lock it at 5:00?
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** We gained some members recently after we lost a few a couple months ago
* A lot of members had applied lately, and we're contacting them one by one.
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** All the numbers this month were pretty average
* Hackaday is hiring contract writers! Writing about projects and such, so apply today.
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** It's getting into air-conditioning season, so Hydro bills will be higher in the coming months
** (P.S. we should document all the neat stuff we do here.)
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* Using a larger bit in the CNC machine causes loose material to gum up the rails, so steps will be skipped
* Was there money in our fund to purchase upholstery?
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** Edwin is dabbling with designs to get the vacuum connected
** So Chris had the idea to get furniture to make our space better.
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* Helga's rippling tile project is nearly complete! The debut is this Friday, June 28th at 7:00pm at Video Pool (2nd floor at the cinematheque).
** More flooring! Stuff like that.
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* Video Pool would be interested in partnering with SkullSpace to offer member's rates to SkullSpace members if they work with Video Pool members to work on and showcase prototypes
** We need lockers, too. Costco has a sale.
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** SkullSpace members could help unlock the full potential of their more technical equipment
*** We can probably get old ones from Habitat for Humanity, too.
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** We'll try to go over there on Tuesday, July 30th after the meeting
** We took a vote. The people who didn't show up will never know.
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* Planning for Anti-Social 2019 is in full swing
* Flickr is full of pictures from other events, but never anything in our space. We should take more photos in the space.
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** You can join the channel on Slack, and you can ask for an invite if you're not in Slack
* Edwin talked about pinball and such. Virtual pinball, etc.
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** We're planning for an afternoon game day as a pre-event. More info later
* We've got an orange (the construction type) SkullSpace toque for sale.
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** We're aiming for late August or early September
* 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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* Next Movie night will be July 23rd, with 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' and 'Mystery Men'
* Upcoming events:
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* The Long Con has opened their call for talks
** Ron's CTF event this Saturday
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** Have some ideas, but want to collaborate? Talk to Troy
** Manitoba Comic Con this Saturday and Sunday. We have a table.
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** Also, get your employers to give some sponsorship money
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* A movie called Flag Day will have a scene filmed from within SkullSpace on Wednesday, July 10th. The space will be closed to all members, so let us know if you planned to use the space and we'll make some alternate arrangements for you.
  
== February - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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== May 28, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
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* Introductions
* Whoops, these minutes are missing! email [mailto:admin@skullspace.ca admin@] if you have them.
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* Ratified last-month's minutes
** Actuall is probably Edwin.
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*Financial report:
 
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** Still losing money. After pruning some members last month, we haven't replaced them for this month. More funds will come in next month and the month after, so it should even out
== January 31, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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** Snacks are pretty low this month
 
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** Everything else is pretty average
* Meeting called 6:00pm
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* Events
* FPV update
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** OSM night in June will probably be on the third week. It'll be on a Wednesday
** FPV Wing build moved to Feb 23rd
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** First Friday not this Friday! It'll be on June 7th
** discontinuing the regular FPV extravaganza until further notice, lack of interest
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** Cookies & Community today. Come talk about business plans or something while eating cookies
* Members: Read the Bylaws and propose any changes
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* Other
** announce proposed changes to bylaws on Feb 7th (still waiting for members to submit proposed changes)
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** We discussed getting a ladder at some point. 8 feet high, grade 1A, it could be either aluminum or fibreglass. Colin 0 will probably pick one up when there's a sale
* Synthesizer petting zoo is gaining momentum
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** New Ubiquity APs! These ones support the 5 GHz band and 802.11ac
* Bylaw amendment ideas
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*** Maybe in five more years we'll upgrade again to 802.11ax or something
** 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
 
 
 
== December 27, 2016 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
404 meeting not found (fix plz)
 
 
 
 
 
== November 29, 2016 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
* Ron is returning!
 
** He has an event running this friday (DC204)
 
** There _are_ details on this event (6:30pm - 10pm) - OPEN CHAOS NIGHT
 
* Retro Computing Event via Justin Lacko!!
 
** Follow up with Justin on date particulars / check mailing list
 
* Recruitment efforts!
 
** Justin keeps threatening to make us a poster
 
* Synthesizer event?
 
** Let's follow up with Colin; Troy corresponded with Jordan for contact info's, forward along
 
* Quadcopter event this thursday!
 
** Let's start keeping track of # attendees for events!
 
** Might move to mondays, whatever suits the community
 
* Financial update
 
** March is our trajectory for dying!!
 
* KiCAD workshop was successful!
 
* Community outreach
 
** Can we get reddit integration on the go?
 
** local hack event this weekend
 
** get a sign-up sheet!!
 
** can we go to the yellow dog and put up a poster tonight??
 
** A couple different ads - benefits to career, hobbies, etc
 
* Local Hack Event
 
** 130 sign-ups so far
 
** 12 hour event
 
** Engineering Building at the UoM
 
** Held all over the world - but, internationally there are simultaneous events
 
** Lets put an announce method out for mentors!!
 
** This saturday, starts at 9am, through to 9pm
 
** Hack Central - February - Bigger event
 
** Stef and Thor can anchor the 3d printing
 
** People can bring some dev boards
 
** Major League Hacking - UMDev Club
 
* Bike dump holding a meeting here - unsure of the date or commitment, but perhaps!!!!!!?????
 
* Next Friday is going to be a movie night!! ( Dec 9 )
 
** Double feature - "Clock & Dagger", and "the last starfighter"
 
* A workshop that takes you through a process
 
** To make a schematic of something and then to actually fabricate it
 
 
 
 
 
== October 25, 2016 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
* BELL RUNG @ 6:02PM
 
* FINANCIAL UPDATE
 
** our long-term viability is improving due to donations, good to go until marchish
 
** social profits: 700 bucks, got 300 donation based on performance @ social
 
** membership is going back to plateau instead of nosedive...
 
** recruiting is starting to work, "cautious optimism"
 
* HOLIDAY EVENT
 
** retro computing hackathon? reach out to Justin Lacko
 
* DINNER THING
 
** first week of december, tentatively
 
* SYNTHESIZER THING - AGAIN?? 
 
** the last one was feb 28
 
** guy from roland needs a heads up
 
** solicit jordan justice for particulars - roland dude etc
 
** colin e, adrian might be interested in heading the event? 
 
** james paskaruk interested as well
 
** Colin E is interested in hosting
 
** Early January seems like a good timeframe
 
** CKUW attended as well
 
*** Brian will solicit the CKUW crowd
 
* We should go get snacks sometime soon
 
** Edwin, Michael, Stefan to do snacks
 
** Giant tiger gift card so that ppl can get snacks eaiser??
 
* Payment stuffs: BrainTree is the best-looking
 
** PAD - $65/mo
 
** Tiered fee, 10/15 ppl chunks
 
** Edwin to investigate further
 
* Grants - we are open to signing off on applications, if someone wants to head the charge
 
* CNC update
 
** it's working, need to go out and buy some wood to build a box
 
** need policies
 
** user logins, training video?
 
** fire extinguisher is underneath the x-carve, safety training will happen
 
* C4
 
** Troy to follow up with contact to secure # tickets and payment date
 
** Power - $150ish?
 
** people gather sksp 6:00 thursday
 
** opens to the public @ 2pm on friday
 
* Brian to shoot a scene for a sci-fi movie @ the space
 
** BoD able to sign off on any space usage agreements
 
** Movies are cool - one condition for using the space is to provide a showing of the film
 
* Do we see the return of bad movie night???? Thor interested in bringin it back
 
* QuadCopter night was cool - semiregular basis potential
 
* MEETING ADJOURNED 6:46PM
 
 
 
 
 
== September 27, 2016 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
* Posters, advertising
 
** Troy to contact Millennium Library re general poster distribution
 
** Poke Justin to see if he's able to design a new poster
 
* Transition from PAD
 
** Ask Ben to look into transitioning out of PAD, what is involved
 
** Edwin to investigate paypal and/or "MoneyTree" or whatever its called
 
* Wordpress initiative
 
** Brock is busy lately
 
** Edwin will lead this in general
 
* CNC Machine
 
** Small mechanical adjustments and firmware flashing remain
 
* Social
 
** Alcohol
 
*** We are amenable to halfpints beer
 
*** We adverised drinks @ $3.50, must adhere to this
 
*** For beer (et al.) pickup, Troy, Edwin, and James all have vehicles
 
** Game systems and TVs:
 
*** Edwin: Wii, NES,SNES
 
*** Troy: Wii U + smash bros, small CRT
 
*** Stef: 32" TV
 
*** James: TV
 
*** Brad: N64
 
** Music
 
*** We are using our PA system.  James is able to set it up.
 
 
 
== August 30, 2016 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
TODO: populate this
 
 
 
== July 26, 2016 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
Meeting:
 
 
* 6:00:
 
** Intros
 
** Camera parts roll call. Bring back items if you took one
 
** Still not at a good space with the infrastructure if Colin gets hit by a bus
 
* 6:05:
 
** Shirts: We have a printed catalog, so we can print a logo on anything in there
 
** Michael should be able to set you up
 
** Much discussion was had over capes with our logo for Stefan
 
* 6:10:
 
** New printer is ready to go
 
** X-Carve is waiting for monies, nearly there
 
** Corportate sponsorship is ready to recieve
 
** Magellan may be willing to donate funds towards infrastructure
 
* 6:15:
 
** Social planning. Curious if Shab will help organize things
 
** Sysadmin workshops - We're planning on doing more of those
 
* 6:20
 
** Would ladies learning to code want to present here?
 
** Paper towel too expensive. Need cheap crap for drying hands
 
 
 
== June 28, 2016 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
9 members present
 
last week
 
Reminders:
 
  -Talk to A. Michael for skullspace t-shirts or polos. Size / colour / etc.
 
  -Talk to Courtney to get giftcards. SkullSpace gets a little kickback from it.
 
  -Talk to Ben or Edwin or Troy to donate to the CNC fund. We're at a little over $1000
 
Thinkbox has decided to sponsor us $2400/year quarterly, explicitly for increasing value in the space. Tools, fixing, etc. Many of our existing tools are whatever members have donated.
 
We should prepare for the CNC by getting things like the filters, safety glasses, and stuff like that.
 
Troy made business cards. They'll be in the office cabinet.
 
The 3D Printer workshop at the library went really well. It sold out, and all the reviews were excellent. Mark donated his presentation material so we can repeat the presentation here.
 
We're planning for the social. Shab was going to help plan. We're planning more than a month in advance this time.
 
- We should probably focus on a social that's fun for us, without the huge and noisy dancefloor and with more board games. Still loads of booze, of course. If we want to do a loud-music real social, it's not an 'anti-social', and we should focus on the crowds who actually fill up that kind of venue.
 
The MGUG are going to have a show-and-tell on Thursday. Come talk about open maps and stuff like that.
 
Ben did financial stuff. We lost a lot of members recently, as we usually do before the summer.
 
 
 
== May 31st, 2016 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
* t-shirts, hats, polos, etc with embroidered logo, $20-30 depending on quality and fundraising
 
** contact Michael K if you are interested
 
* gift cards
 
** if you are interested, contact Courtney
 
* financial update
 
** https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rS4xaadpGEAJZKGb5Q3wF_9tPx81h-Z9YgHVEEdl5Sw/edit?usp=sharing
 
** We should plan a fundraiser or two (social?)
 
** Volunteers to coordinate wanted
 
* CNC machine
 
** We want to get an X-Carve
 
** So far we have about $1000 and we want to get closer to $2000 before we pull the trigger
 
** Photos of CNC machine made stuff in the next email
 
* social medias
 
** we should make a point of posting pics of events on the twitters and facebooks
 
* concensus was to relocate the bikes to the back of the space where they are less in the way since they are not used very frequently
 
 
 
 
 
== April 26th, 2016 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
* financial update
 
** https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_avhBc2FaLmT1izK7vg6CkGAVV_CgZr7Jycwg6dZV2Y/edit?usp=sharing
 
* x-carve - talk to Ben if you want to chip in for a CNC machine
 
* shelf at back is being cleaned out
 
* which area will get cleared out next? beige cabinet! (move and label your stuff / important stuff)
 
* fob system is fixed!
 
* can we get the front door to open on a button press for when the doorbell rings?
 
* key access battery backup will need replacing at some point
 
* key access system will need to be documented soon - Edwin will take this on, Mark will help with imaging the VM
 
* Stuff in the space
 
** available for members to use and borrow short term (note when it will return)
 
** donations/long term loans should be agreed upon as useful - announce before bringing in large items and make sure at least a couple other members
 
** when you borrow stuff, email the list, even small things - lets people know if stuff is available and ensures it comes back
 
** anything that looks good here is probably either destined for someone's project or sksp infrastructure
 
 
 
 
 
== March 29th, 2016 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
* financial update
 
** https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FCqY9Disez0f3Sf-cC0FJAPYFvf3THf53jQ4onN7lv4/edit?usp=sharing
 
  
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== April 30, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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* Introductions
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* Ratified last-month's minutes
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* Financial report:
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** Lower membership from new members dropping out after a couple months
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*** We sometimes have to trim newer members who lose interest after a few months, but sometimes Michael gets lazy and leaves it for a month or two. Then it piles up
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** Everything else is fairly normal. On the whole, a small loss for this month
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* Events:
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** Ai-Kon is coming up, July 26-28. We get two passes per day, so let me know if you'd like to watch the table for one or more days. There are events throughout the night if you want to enjoy yourself after the dealer's hall closes
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** First Friday of the month coming up:
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*** Work-from-Skullspace Day during the workday
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*** Potential plans for Lunch-from-Skullspace Day if you work nearby but can't telecommute
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*** First Fridays that evening, starting at 6:00
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* 3D printer got some extra care. Ordered new print surface using a coupon
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* Cookies and Community is held after each monthly meeting. We snacked on cinnamon rolls during the meeting. You should have been here!
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* Ended 18:17
  
== February 23rd 2016 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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== March 26, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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* Oops, the meeting minutes weren't uploaded. They should be on the lounge computer, so they should be uploaded sometime in May.
  
* Bell was rung at 6:01pm.
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== February 27, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Introductions
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* 14 members present; 3 represented by proxy. These 17 members constituted a quorum
* Motion to end the Nominations for candidacy; That was passed as a
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* We decided to wait until more members arrived before we closed candidacy for directors
resolution by the members.
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* Finances
* Candidates for the board introductions were made.
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** Net worth is on the up-and-up (currently at about $2617.44 above expenses)
* Bylaw amendment #11 vote:
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** Last year 2770
  * Too many meetings focused on administrative issues.
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** There was a downward spike last year from a large Hydro bill. Michael has been reading the meter weekly since then.
  * Meeting only once a month instead of every week.
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** Hydro fees are a bit of a guess, we would need to retrieve our login information to find out how much we're charged per kilowatt hour.
  * Edwin mentions that the space might not get used as much, as people
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** We're using about 300 kWh/week without the air conditioner
come to the weekly meetings.
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** Uncollected dues is at its lowest since 2017
  * Mark thinks that the amendment is a good idea because the bylaws are
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** Some questions were asked
fairly tight. That being said, he wants to make sure that meetings still
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*** Might there be a seasonal trend of membership turn-around? At this point we don't know, but Michael will run some numbers some day
happen.
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*** Are there any common reasons members suspend their membership? Nost who cancelled recently cancelled for the sake of their own time or finances
  * More points back and forth.
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* Looking back at 2018
  * Freedom! ( Fists in the air ).
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** Got Prusa 3D Printer
* Ballets were cast.
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** Got a new door and got the push-bar installed
* Ben financial report.
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** Started participating in First Friday
* Jay did a quick recap and thanks around for the board for this year.
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** Went to Ai-Kon
* Votes are being counted
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** Got a new vertical Banner
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** Hosted Manitoba Pinball League
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** Gained enough members to cover expense
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** Thor threw several movie nights
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* Discussion of what SkullSpace ''is'' came up, a community of technically minded people that are available to help each other out on their projects.
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* 360 tour of the space suggested
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* Suggestion of an advertising campaign. Idea to run more events for post-secondary students.
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* The fob management system's power supply had 'technical' "issues" about a month ago. A newer system was constructed, and will be installed soon.
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* AR Sandbox table has become just a table, Keith will be contacted to figure out what to do with it.
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* Events
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** Ai-Kon's one-day Winterfest was interesting. We got some interest in our space. One of the 3D pens glitched out
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** First Friday is coming up this Friday, March 1st
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*** More members at the space would be helpful
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** Petting Zoo upcoming; date needs to be finalized
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* Candidacy for board was re-visited
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** Only five members announced candidacy, so no vote was needed.
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** Directors for 2019:
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*** Michael
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*** Chris
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*** Brad M
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*** Thor
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*** Ben M
  
* New board is:
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== January 29, 2019 - 18:17 @ 200-374 Donald ==
  * Ben
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* Finances are going up at a steady rate.
  * Troy
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* Proposal to have routine Dungeons and Dragons at the space, if interested contact Cameron.
  * Courtney
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* Comedy workshop still happening every other Wednesday.
  * Edwin
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* This friday is First Friday
  * Chris
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* Next month is the annual general meeting
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** Anyone interested in becoming a Skullspace board member please make a post to discuss.
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* Several members have noticed 555 days of up time is very noisy

Revision as of 00:35, 28 August 2019


This page serves as the index for SkullSpace meeting minutes.

Minutes from previous years

Meeting_notes (2018)

Meeting_notes (2017)

Meeting_notes (2016)

Meeting_notes (2015)

Meeting_notes (2014)

Meeting_notes (2013)

Meeting_notes (2012)

Meeting_notes (2011)

Meeting_notes (2010)


August 27, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald

  • 6 members present
  • intros
  • Ratified minutes
  • Financials
    • Hydro bill was 50% bigger this month
    • We're at the end of the A/C weather, so we'll be back to normal right away.
    • Everything else was fairly steady.
  • Social planning
    • It's less than three weeks away!
    • We've got nearly all the pieces together, it's just a matter of getting that all into place
  • Brad is doing some LED lighting on a show with electronic artist Cyber Girl on August 31st
  • We signed up for another year of First Fridays

July 30, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald

  • 7 members, 5 guests
  • Introductions
  • Ratified minutes
  • Financials
    • Thank you to Sean Penn for almost using our space as a filming location. They paid for the space, even if all they did was move out and move back in. We gained $2000 for that
    • Thank you to Helga for a donation after the successful launch of her Shimmer art exhibit. It was great seeing so many members working together on one project
  • Ai-Kon was the previous weekend
    • We had Brad's Skulltris with us, and it attracted many eyes
    • We had plenty of members to look after the booth
    • We could do a presentation at Ai-Kon some year
  • If we wanted to do presentations, we could use the Millenium Library
  • We should look into Manitoba Arts Council can give us grants to work with different groups
  • We'll be making an internal list of members who would be interested in doing grant stuff, or running presentations or working with educational groups. At the moment, the best we can do is send it to announce@ to see if there's any interest
  • Sandbox is dead without a new (graphically powerful) computer. Sand was also annoying to deal with, so we'd need something different
    • If anyone would like to salvage some of the wood (2x4s, painted black), feel free
    • We still have the Kinect if anyone would like to use it for a project at the space
  • Les.net wants to hire someone to set up Raspberry Pi relays to monitor things. Email Chris for details
  • Val, a visitor, is trying to make a sculpture for the Forks. It's currently a model of a bull, but she is going to turn the model into a series of panels with the shapes of books in bas-relief. Then she'd like to 3D print the final proof-of-concept
  • Events
    • Missing Maps was on Wednesday
      • There are new building footprint datasets released by Bing and NRCan for Southwest Manitoba
    • First Fridays this Friday. Chris will be here. We're thinking of renewing, but we haven't gotten any members from it in the past year and it's difficult to get members to staff it
    • Movie night August 23, Weird Science and My Science Project. Snacks!


June 25, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald

  • Introductions
  • Financials
    • Net value is even with last month
    • We gained some members recently after we lost a few a couple months ago
    • All the numbers this month were pretty average
    • It's getting into air-conditioning season, so Hydro bills will be higher in the coming months
  • Using a larger bit in the CNC machine causes loose material to gum up the rails, so steps will be skipped
    • Edwin is dabbling with designs to get the vacuum connected
  • Helga's rippling tile project is nearly complete! The debut is this Friday, June 28th at 7:00pm at Video Pool (2nd floor at the cinematheque).
  • Video Pool would be interested in partnering with SkullSpace to offer member's rates to SkullSpace members if they work with Video Pool members to work on and showcase prototypes
    • SkullSpace members could help unlock the full potential of their more technical equipment
    • We'll try to go over there on Tuesday, July 30th after the meeting
  • Planning for Anti-Social 2019 is in full swing
    • You can join the channel on Slack, and you can ask for an invite if you're not in Slack
    • We're planning for an afternoon game day as a pre-event. More info later
    • We're aiming for late August or early September
  • Next Movie night will be July 23rd, with 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen' and 'Mystery Men'
  • The Long Con has opened their call for talks
    • Have some ideas, but want to collaborate? Talk to Troy
    • Also, get your employers to give some sponsorship money
  • A movie called Flag Day will have a scene filmed from within SkullSpace on Wednesday, July 10th. The space will be closed to all members, so let us know if you planned to use the space and we'll make some alternate arrangements for you.

May 28, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald

  • Introductions
  • Ratified last-month's minutes
  • Financial report:
    • Still losing money. After pruning some members last month, we haven't replaced them for this month. More funds will come in next month and the month after, so it should even out
    • Snacks are pretty low this month
    • Everything else is pretty average
  • Events
    • OSM night in June will probably be on the third week. It'll be on a Wednesday
    • First Friday not this Friday! It'll be on June 7th
    • Cookies & Community today. Come talk about business plans or something while eating cookies
  • Other
    • We discussed getting a ladder at some point. 8 feet high, grade 1A, it could be either aluminum or fibreglass. Colin 0 will probably pick one up when there's a sale
    • New Ubiquity APs! These ones support the 5 GHz band and 802.11ac
      • Maybe in five more years we'll upgrade again to 802.11ax or something

April 30, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald

  • Introductions
  • Ratified last-month's minutes
  • Financial report:
    • Lower membership from new members dropping out after a couple months
      • We sometimes have to trim newer members who lose interest after a few months, but sometimes Michael gets lazy and leaves it for a month or two. Then it piles up
    • Everything else is fairly normal. On the whole, a small loss for this month
  • Events:
    • Ai-Kon is coming up, July 26-28. We get two passes per day, so let me know if you'd like to watch the table for one or more days. There are events throughout the night if you want to enjoy yourself after the dealer's hall closes
    • First Friday of the month coming up:
      • Work-from-Skullspace Day during the workday
      • Potential plans for Lunch-from-Skullspace Day if you work nearby but can't telecommute
      • First Fridays that evening, starting at 6:00
  • 3D printer got some extra care. Ordered new print surface using a coupon
  • Cookies and Community is held after each monthly meeting. We snacked on cinnamon rolls during the meeting. You should have been here!
  • Ended 18:17

March 26, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald

  • Oops, the meeting minutes weren't uploaded. They should be on the lounge computer, so they should be uploaded sometime in May.

February 27, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald

  • 14 members present; 3 represented by proxy. These 17 members constituted a quorum
  • We decided to wait until more members arrived before we closed candidacy for directors
  • Finances
    • Net worth is on the up-and-up (currently at about $2617.44 above expenses)
    • Last year 2770
    • There was a downward spike last year from a large Hydro bill. Michael has been reading the meter weekly since then.
    • Hydro fees are a bit of a guess, we would need to retrieve our login information to find out how much we're charged per kilowatt hour.
    • We're using about 300 kWh/week without the air conditioner
    • Uncollected dues is at its lowest since 2017
    • Some questions were asked
      • Might there be a seasonal trend of membership turn-around? At this point we don't know, but Michael will run some numbers some day
      • Are there any common reasons members suspend their membership? Nost who cancelled recently cancelled for the sake of their own time or finances
  • Looking back at 2018
    • Got Prusa 3D Printer
    • Got a new door and got the push-bar installed
    • Started participating in First Friday
    • Went to Ai-Kon
    • Got a new vertical Banner
    • Hosted Manitoba Pinball League
    • Gained enough members to cover expense
    • Thor threw several movie nights
  • Discussion of what SkullSpace is came up, a community of technically minded people that are available to help each other out on their projects.
  • 360 tour of the space suggested
  • Suggestion of an advertising campaign. Idea to run more events for post-secondary students.
  • The fob management system's power supply had 'technical' "issues" about a month ago. A newer system was constructed, and will be installed soon.
  • AR Sandbox table has become just a table, Keith will be contacted to figure out what to do with it.
  • Events
    • Ai-Kon's one-day Winterfest was interesting. We got some interest in our space. One of the 3D pens glitched out
    • First Friday is coming up this Friday, March 1st
      • More members at the space would be helpful
    • Petting Zoo upcoming; date needs to be finalized
  • Candidacy for board was re-visited
    • Only five members announced candidacy, so no vote was needed.
    • Directors for 2019:
      • Michael
      • Chris
      • Brad M
      • Thor
      • Ben M

January 29, 2019 - 18:17 @ 200-374 Donald

  • Finances are going up at a steady rate.
  • Proposal to have routine Dungeons and Dragons at the space, if interested contact Cameron.
  • Comedy workshop still happening every other Wednesday.
  • This friday is First Friday
  • Next month is the annual general meeting
    • Anyone interested in becoming a Skullspace board member please make a post to discuss.
  • Several members have noticed 555 days of up time is very noisy