2020-05-10T19:54:04Z

AMichael:

[[Category:Meeting notes]]

== December 19, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

*The official monthly meeting was rescheduled to tonight because holiday.

*Finances
**Stable slight increase due to lower costs (hydro bill)
**Having food drives food donations
**Membership numbers good at 57
*New website
**Set to go live Friday Dec 22 possible launch party.
**Any members that can provide content would be good ie) project.
**Does any member own the Skullspace Instagram... we should ask on announce/discuss
**Website can post blog posts to social media but we need credentials for Skullspaces social media accounts.

*The Gary effect will be hosting a gift give way for low income families. If interested visit garyeffect.ca

*Carl's enclosure nearly complete just wire routing and dust management left.

== November 28, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

* 13 members present (no recap of last meeting minutes)
* Lively discussion of how to generate revenue and events for Skullspace
** Liquor licensing in the space
*** Have to get space up to code and investigate what blockers there are (fire inspection)
*** There should be past emails to investigate what is exactly needed
** Running weekly/monthly events at a bar
** Promote Skullspace as a coworking space
** If we can separate the classroom from the rest of the space, we can make the classroom nicer and then potentially host events there (small scale dance parties?)
** Running classes for things that our members are good at
*** programming/3d printer/CNC Router/Soldering, video games, art, designing things
** colocation services and/or vm services
** Hackathons at the space
** Discussed having a paid position for volunteer/event coordinator to run things
* Discussed how to make the space nicer
** Purchase good furniture and replace crappy furniture
** 'Recycling run' is needed to get rid of unused junk (MAME machine, etc.)
** Justin wants to make curtains to separate the classroom from the rest of the space

== October 31, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Projector kerfuffle w.r.t. pinball
* Financials
** Net worth a little lower, but we're still healthy.
** We had a large snacks/drinks expense, but we've paid nearly all of it off and we'll be seeing good returns next month.
** A. Michael made a pre-paying account for our summer insurance, so we'll never be hit by surprise by that.
** Our membership is paying our rent and a little extra; donations, snacks, events, and such pay for everything else.
* The 3D printer (which we bought in 2013!) is driving Edwin bonkers, and he'd like to buy a new printer. Is anyone willing to pitch in for a Prusa I3 Mk3?
* We will contact the landlord about putting up signs telling people not to park under the fire escape?
* Troy is taking pictures of the space for our website.

== 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!!!! - [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

Meeting notes (2019)

2020-05-10T19:53:23Z

AMichael:

[[Category:Meeting notes]]

== December 17, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Introductions
* Minutes
* Financial
** Everything is normal, memberships are still a bit low
** We're up this month because of a donation for the TEC by two different councillors from their Per Capita granting fund
* Our New Year's Eve event is announced
** eventbrite to be set up soon
** DJs have been contacted
** We could use some help decorating
** Same kind of social
** Please contact Mark C or Colin E to help with it. We'd like volunteers to watch the door for portions of the night.
* X-Carve
** We got the suckit dust boot, which we'll be able to use to clear away debris and cut things like soft metals.
* Movie night: Dec 20
** Fear of a Black Hat
** It's All Gone Pete Tong
* TEC
** Got 10 students for the last class of the year, at the end of November. They were using 7-segment displays to get the students to display their names.
Six of the old laptops have been activated with Windows, so they should be easy to use by students.

== November 26, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Upgrades to X-Carve:
** boot has arrived
** vacuum hose will be attached
** long term goal to box in the vacuum assembly
** increase sound damping.
* Edwin will put $400 to improve electronics department tools.
** soldering station(s)
** variable power suppl(ies/y)
* Financial Reports
** used funds from social toward improvements at front/class/office
** walls are partially built, Ben M. to continue building/painting
* Troy suggests possible loans from membership at low or no interest toward improvements to the space
** can we get tax receipts for donations? would we require a separate entity/charitable org?
* TEC Lab#3 - Advanced Arduino [ Lucky Number Generator ]
** Learn how to drive a seven-segment display with the arduino
* Movie Night
** Dec. 20th
** Fear of a Black Hat
** It's All Gone Pete Tong
* First Friday Next Week ( Dec.6 )
* Next Month-end meeting is to be held on Dec 17th

== October 29, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Introductions
** 14 members present
* Ratified previous minutes
* Financials
** We still have fewer members (down from our high in April), so we're on a slow downward trend. I was wrong about being mostly even in the last couple months, since we had those big spikes in net worth. We tend to get an extra 1 or 2 members each month or two, but we also tend to lose 1 or 2 members each month or two.
** Most of our lost members are newer members who realized they were just never coming by. The rest were longer-time members who also were never coming by, and who wanted to redirect their funds elsewhere in their lives.
* Making announcements
** The board hasn't been properly announcing discussions (and their results) to those members who weren't present at meetings. We're going to try to fix how we report things like that. We've also had a few issues over the years with people misreading ambiguous statements in the minutes, so we'll try to get these proofread. Overall, our goal is to enable every member to join discussions online and be represented in the board's final decision (or membership votes).
* About minutes
** We haven't been keeping proper actual minutes. What we have here is more like Meeting Notes, which is what this page on the wiki is called. We should be gathering the meeting's topics, thought out and written down, before the meeting happens, and then using our time at the meetings to come to agreement together. We're going to try collecting those kinds of ideas during regular Tuesday show-and-tell, or whenever a discussion comes up, and submit those to the email list for discussion before the monthly meeting. That way we can enter the meeting informed by the experiences of all members.
* Coworking
** Mark C started talking ‌in August with some of the other members who frequently used the space during the daytime, and compiled a list of needs and wishes. The classroom, with its hand-me-down furniture, was barely acceptable as a place to sit and work every day. They then introduced the idea of having the next AntiSocial as a way to raise funds for the renovation of the front space. Chris J and Colin E put it all together and ran it in September with the help of many members. The board used a portion of the funds last week to buy two adjustable standing desks with some accessories and two high-resolution monitors.
** Mark has a list of plans when it comes to coworking, but that will require more discussion. At this time, all members present accepted that Mark C and Alex can use the desks during the day. Mark's goal is to receive funding from members' workplaces to improve the space, in exchange for weekday priority use for those members. Plans include new flooring, better furniture, and movable false walls.
** Please note that this does not mean we'll be opening up a general co-working business. Only members could sign up to be co-workers. There's some debate about whether we'll accept new members who are there specifically for co-working, or if we'll offer members the possibility only after they become members.
** There's a thread on Discuss where we're debating whether or not we should introduce any fees at all, whether we can be allowed to place priority on some furniture, and about how we should communicate with members to decide on purchases or policy updates. We discussed the possibility of holding a vote for next month's meeting.
*** A few members are afraid that requiring a fee for access to specific furniture would be seen as an increased membership tier.
*** Members who helped fundraise don't want to be disallowed from using things bought with that money.
* Policies, in general
** We haven't touched our policies in a long time. The directors can legally set policy themselves, but we should have a(nother) policy of running any changes past the membership first. We should have a discussion in the next little while about what we should do when someone (whether a director or other member) identifies an issue with the way we go things. For example: The directors could announce their initial thoughts to the mailing list, then we can discuss, and the members can choose if holding a vote is necessary.
* Purpose, mission
** A couple weeks ago, Edwin and some members were talking about how SkullSpace has never really (in the last several years, anyway) had a mission statement, or clear goals for the purpose of the space. Edwin proposed that our purpose should be to help people make rad things, and that we should take some time at each monthly meeting to decide on a new project to help with that month.
** Ben M made a list of possible rules. It should:
*** not be for profit,
*** benefit the space,
*** take no longer than three weeks to complete, and
*** require the skills of four or five SkullSpace members
** Talk to Ben M about his ideas. We'll post it to Discuss at some point.
* Avant
** Chris J is interested in switching our insurance to Avant, since it's nearby and they handled us well for the social. Chris will take a look and see how they compare to our current insurance, to see if it's even worthwhile.
* Tech Club
** We've applied for a per-capita grant from Winnipeg, and we'll probably be getting a grant of $500 for the tech club.
** Brad T wants to work with members of the space to hammer out some lesson plans so we can have something to run with when the time comes.
** Thor was talking about making TinkerCAD logins and preloading a bunch of laptops with software and models so they're ready for lessons.
* Interior
** Chris brought an interior designer. She recommended that we clean the place up and move forward with our goals, of course. She also recommends info near the door and more projects on display.
* Improvements
** There was some interest in updating the 3D printer's computer. Some members pointed out that the current computer performs strangely in some circumstances. Someone wanted to have a computer for some 3D modelling, and pointed out that the lounge computer might be needed by others at the same time. It was pointed out that the current 3D printer computer is fairly dumb, and is used to slice models and send them to the printers. We might want to get a small, low-powered computer for that and a medium-powered computer for 3D modelling elsewhere. We can discuss it more online to figure out what would be best.
** Someone had mentioned that we should get new soldering iron tips, or even newer soldering stations. We never got around to it, and that's something we should discuss. What are our member's requirements for soldering? We'll make a poll on Discuss.
** We pay members back for a purchase that was needed. If we run out of paper towels or pop, or if we have an open request (like for a new 8-foot 1A step ladder for around $150), you can bring something to the space and send us a copy of the receipt, and we'll get a cheque to you. At this point in time, we're trying to get access to new banking tools that would allow two directors to sign an eTransfer to allow immediate payback. Until then, we'll have to meet with you.
* Events
** First Fridays this Friday, November 1st.
** Scott from Extra Life is one of our new members. He's hosting a game day this Saturday, November 2nd.
** November 2nd is The Long Con, Winnipeg's best security conference.
** New-Year's social potentially being planned. We've gotten some attention from our previous social, and people want to know when we're holding our next one. Talk to Colin E for some initial plans. Nothing is really set in stone yet.

== September 24, 2019 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Introductions
* Ratified last-month's minutes
* Financials
** The social gave us quite a lot
** Everything else is fairly normal
* We're using the money from the social to purchase a couple co-working desks. These will be for people paying for a co-working package.
* If the tools at the space aren't good enough for your needs, please let the board know. We have a fund for improving the space.
* We should upgrade the 3D printer computer. It doesn't run Windows and is hard to reboot. We should get a small one with 16 GB of RAM or such and enough power to do some 3D modelling.
* Brad T presented about an Electronics & Technology Club he wants to start
** A workshop for youth to learn electronics skills
** Instructors will engage one-on-one with students
** Ideally, it'll end up running in the afternoon each weekday. It would probably start only on Saturdays
** Students would choose projects, and the teachers would break it down.
** Teach them microcontrollers and such
** Add components like LEDs and motors
** Teach the production of circuit boards
** Also cover programming, 3D printing, bike tinkering, CBC, and cybersecurity
** We'd have to keep up with social media
** We could try to get Tip Top Electronics to sponsor
** We'd need to get some grants
** We should have some basic tools
*** A couple Raspberry Pi
*** Blue Pill Arduinos
*** Jumper wires
*** Breadboards
** If we market to parents, it's possible to get $300/month.
** We would need people to get background checks before they start helping

== 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

2019-11-09T22:38:35Z

2019-02-27T06:48:33Z

AMichael:

(Back to [http://skullspace.ca Skullspace.ca])

'''''EDITING''''' - if you want to edit this wiki, you'll need an account to be created by the [[Wikigods]]

==What is [http://www.skullspace.ca SkullSpace]?==
SkullSpace is a [http://hackerspaces.org hackerspace] in Winnipeg. It is a place for hackers, builders, programmers, artists and anybody interested in how stuff works to gather in a common place and help focus and share their knowledge and creativity. Whether members are interested in individual or group projects, and whether they're tackling hardware, software, mathematical, design or any other problems, it's our goal to provide the space, tools, freedom, and education to make it happen.

Our physical presence is 2500 sq. ft. of space on the 2nd floor of 374 Donald Street, right across from the Burton Cummings Theatre in the heart of the Exchange District.

Our legal entity is a non-profit corporation within the province of Manitoba. We have a member-elected Board of Directors who also act as Officers consisting of:

* Michael Kozakewich
* Chris Johnson
* Ben Moulden
* Thor Robinson
* Brad Masiowski

All Directors can be reached by email at firstname.lastname @ skullspace.ca.
Actually, Thor can be reached without his last name, because his first is just that powerful.

In practice our membership operates as a collective, with members being as involved as much as they want to be in the decision making process. See our [[Bylaws]] for more information.

Also see our [[Press]] coverage.

If you're still unsure what SkullSpace is about, KQED has published a great [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wamwklXWK4M short video] on what hackerspaces offer to the community.

==Visiting SkullSpace==

We are located on the second floor of 374 Donald Street in Winnipeg. ([https://www.google.com/maps/place/374+Donald+St/@49.8960111,-97.144483,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x52ea715dcf0040b3:0x83cc84d524e1bcfb Google Maps link])

Meetings, which are open to the public, happen every Tuesday at 6pm. You can browse our previous [[Meeting notes]] archive to stay updated on what we discuss. '''Non-members are welcome to drop in'''!

We also have a variety of events during the week and weekends - see our [[Community_Events|Calendar]] for a complete listing!

==Contact us/Connect with SkullSpace==
We have lots of ways to get in touch us!

The best way to stay informed is by joining our [[Mailing List|mailing lists]]. We have two primary lists - announce@ and discuss@. All members and people interested should join announce@ - it's low traffic, with only a couple emails a week about our important events. If you're more interested in the community, join discuss@, which is high volume. Instructions are on the [[Mailing List]] wiki page.

Our primary social media outlet is our [https://twitter.com/SkullSpaceWpg/ Twitter] page. You can also find SkullSpace on [https://www.facebook.com/SkullSpaceWpg Facebook].

The other online place where you can find us is in our [irc://irc.freenode.net/#SkullSpace irc channel], #SkullSpace on irc.freenode.net. You'll find constant traffic/discussion there. Freenode also offers a webchat client [https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23skullspace&uio=d4 here].

SkullSpace also has a [http://www.meetup.com/Skullspace-Winnipegs-hackerspace/ Meetup] page and a [https://secure.flickr.com/photos/skullspace Flickr] page.

==How do I join?==
Easy! First you should show some interest showing up either online or physically as discussed above. If you like what you see, browse the [[:Category:Required Reading]] category on the wiki, which is the information that every member should know.

Once you've done that, you can apply to become a member! Our membership dues are pay-what-you-can, with a minimum cost of $40/month ($20/month if you're a student). This gets you 24/7 access to the space along with everything else listed on the [[Member Benefits]] page. To apply, fill out the [[Media:Membership Agreement.doc|membership agreement]] and, if you choose, [[Media:SkullSpace PAD.pdf|pre-authorized debit form]]. Bring those forms (and a void cheque if you'd like to use pre-authorized debit) to a Tuesday meeting, if you can; otherwise, email info at skullspace.ca to make other arrangements.

Your name will be emailed to the announce@ mailing list, and if nobody objects to your membership after two weeks you'll be handed a key.

==Can I host events at your space?==
The short answer: Absolutely!

If you're hosting an event at the space, you'll need to coordinate with at least one SkullSpace member, for access. We generally don't give keys to non-members. Of course, becoming a member is easy, so you can simply become a member and have full access! See above for info!

As early as possible, the event needs to be put in the [[Community Events|calendar]] and emailed to the discuss@ mailing list (discuss at skullspace.ca). If it's open to the public, you may also advertise it on the announce@ mailing list, both when it's planned and again shortly before the event as a reminder.

We request that all events at the space be open to SkullSpace members, as the space belongs to us. We also request that you solicit donations for non-members who use our space. We currently don't charge to use our space, but if it becomes popular, and we don't make enough donations to be worth our while, we may start charging non-members.

==Important Links==
===Community===
* [http://www.skullspace.ca/blog/ Blog]
* [[Mailing List]]
* [irc://irc.freenode.net/#SkullSpace #SkullSpace on irc.freenode.net] (or visit [http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=SkullSpace Freenode Webchat])
* [[Community_Events|Community events Calendar]]
* [[Members]]

===Social networking===
* [https://www.facebook.com/pages/SkullSpace/127670240630811 SkullSpace] (Facebook)
* [https://twitter.com/SkullSpaceWpg/ @SkullSpaceWpg] (Twitter)
* [http://vimeo.com/skullspace Videos] (Vimeo)
* [http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Flickr Photos] (Flickr)
* [https://github.com/skullspace Code] (GitHub)
* [http://www.meetup.com/Skullspace-Winnipegs-hackerspace/ Events Calendar] (Meetup)
* [http://www.strava.com/clubs/skullSpace Trip/Fitness Tracking] (Strava)
* [http://plug.dj/skullspace/ Web Radio] (Plug.DJ)
* [https://www.fundscrip.com/ Giftcard Fundraising] (Invitation code: SS5BMZ)
* [https://trello.com/b/YhudmLje/eventstrikeforce Event Planning and Organization] (Trello; Invite required)
* [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/skullspace Gaming] (Steam)

===Projects===
* [[Wishlist]]
* [[:category:Renovations|Renovations]] - (currently none are planned)
* [[Parts Database]]
* [[Game Collection]]
* [[:Category:Projects|More...]]

===Miscellaneous Resources===
* [[MemberAgreement|Member Agreement]]
* [[Member Benefits]]
* [[Cleaning]]
* [[Equipment]]
* [[:Category:Required Reading|Required Reading]]
* [[Networking]]
* [[Too cool for Skullspace]]
* [[:Category:Archives|Archived Wiki Documents]]

===Pages for Members===
* [[Meeting notes]]
* [[Strikeforces]]
* [[Wiki_Tips_and_Tricks]]

== Recent Changes==

{{Special:RecentChanges}}

==Sandbox==
Want to play with wiki markup? Play in the [[sandbox]].

[[Category: Required Reading]]
[[Category: Wiki]]

Meeting notes

2019-02-27T06:43:49Z

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

Meeting notes

2019-02-27T06:43:16Z

AMichael:

Meeting notes (2018)

2019-01-30T00:14:10Z

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== December 18, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
*Christmas package from the Brown family, thank you.
*Michael bought new fob and cooked the books to amortize the expense over future income.
*Net worth and memberships continue to grow slowly
*First Friday on January 4 and there will be cleaning Hackathon then.
*Movie night this Friday Dec 21. featuring Runaway and iRobot.
*Coming soon music hack-a-track and/or circuit bending likely in Jan. TBA
*One more official meeting before AGM.
*Show and tell

== November 27, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

*Financial update:
**Membership still climbing slowly
**Income up slightly and continuing to grow slowly
*Pinball tournament happened, it was good.
*Cookies and Community (Entrepreneurial Workshop) coming up this Friday
*New visitor maintains list of co-working communities coworkingwinnipeg.ca (makerspaces, hakerspaces, etc.)
*AGM in three months
*Elevator now fixed.

== October 30, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
*6:02
* Financials:
** Holding even. We're gaining more members. The money being made from memberships is now more than the cost of rent
* Thor will try to stock the snack table, but anyone who finds deals on snacks should buy some. Let a director know or email admin@skullspace.ca with the receipt to get reimbursed. We can get all the discount Hallowe'en chip boxes! Canned dinner food is also a good idea.
* Upcoming events:
** First Fridays is this Friday! Come on down 5:00 to 9:00 to make the space lively and talk to new people if they come up. This will be a good opportunity to set up our snazzy new vertical banner.
** November 5th, the Manitoba Pinball League will have a knockout tournament. Tables have already started arriving at the space.
** Ryan wants to do a circuit-bending night in January.

== September 25, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* 6:18 start
* Introductions
* Financials:
** about even, this month
** still chipping away at owed dues
* Upcoming events:
** cookie potluck this Saturday
** Nuit Blanche this Saturday
** First Fridays at the end of next week
** cleanup on the first Friday, as well. Come for cleaning and pizza

== August 28, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

== July 31, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
*Financial update
** Holding steady
** Michael is tracking Hydro usage weekly as of one month ago
** Some correction regarding insurance payment upcoming
* Ai-Kon happened
** Some interest in SkullSpace from Ai-Kon attendees
** Edwin met Winnipeg chapter of Twitch streamer, might stream event from SkullSpace
** People liked the 3D pens. Good idea for future away missions
* Need more SkullSpace business cards
* irc.skullspace.ca is now a thing
* Our official first First Friday is this weekend 5pm till whenever
* Movie night Aug 24 featuring Ralph Bakshi's ''Wizards'' and ''Heavy Traffic''

== June 26, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Financial update
** Huge expense for Hydro, due to a recent meter reading
** We recently bought a pushbar for work on the front door, so that's an additional expense
** Everything else is pretty normal. We have about 60 members
* Cleaning day next Tuesday with free pizza to those who help
* First Fridays next Friday. We're technically part of it now, but too late to get on the brochure

== May 29, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Financial update
* 2017 year in review that should have happened at AGM
* Getting involved with First Fridays are still a good idea

== April 24, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

* discussions about back parking lot
* financial report: good, still floating even, month-to-month
* movie night on the 27th; Wayne's World and then Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure
* We're ordering a panic bar for our front door
* meeting suddenly ended when Edwin arrived with a burrito

== March 27, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

* discussing metadata from texts / Facebook
* the 3D printer is in Minnesota, should be here soon
* Edwin made some strides with his driver programming in Rust (he was participating in a "one driver a week" thing)
** Edwin plans to make a driver for a PlayStation controller
* Chris constructing his arcade cabinet on Sunday; Pizza and light refreshments
* financial reports: slight increase. Treading water
* Colin E. is having a synth event (Mi Casa FB Live recording) on Saturday.
* Friday the 30th is movies: SpaceBalls and then "Star War the Third Gathers: The Backstroke of the West"
* MGUG is having an OpenStreetMap night on Wednesday the 28th.

== AGM, February 27, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

* bell rung 6:00pm
* 16 members present
* nominees for election to the board of directors:
** Michael Kozakewich
** Ryan Wall
** Stefan Asmundsson
** Chris Johnson
** Ben Moulden
* ELECTION - As there are only five nominees, the board is elected by default
* DO WE HAVE QUORUM? -- YES
* FINANCES
** year-over-year, we're up a small amount
** finances are steady due to frequent small events e.g. recent synth event
** we have a fair amount of unrealized dues i.e. members who owe a few months
** we need to be more aggressive about handling late dues collections
** we are at approximately 60 members
*** out of the 60, 7 are in arrears on their dues
** we have enough members that we are no longer sliding in a downward trajectory
** current financial synopsis: "treading water"
** goal: grow enough reserve capital to cover 3 months of expenses
* general banter:
** we should market to students more
** "do we need to name actual officers as per our incorporation??? right now we just have directors."
*** we don't need to have officers, and SkullSpace has none at the moment.
** Synth Petting Zoo was a success, and netted us about $100
* bylaw changes - ALL PROPOSALS PASSED!!!!!!
** amendment 1: ''Under the section "Application for membership"'': "If two or more members object to the granting of membership to an applicant, the board must not approve the application for membership." changed to "If two or more members object to the granting of membership to an applicant, the board must reach a unanimous decision if they are to approve the application for membership."
** amendment 2: ''Under the section "Membership rights and privileges"'': "The privilege of bringing one guest at a time to the Hackerspace (other than the workshop within the Hackerspace), as long as they assume responsibility for the conduct and actions of their guest." changed to "The privilege of bringing guests to the Hackerspace in accordance with SkullSpace policies, on condition that they assume responsibility for the conduct and actions of their guests."
** amendment 3: ''Under the section "Ceasing to be a member"'': "Such a membership may be reinstated upon application for reinstatement, which is to processed in the same manner as an application for membership [...]" changed to "Such a membership may be reinstated upon application for reinstatement, which is to be processed in the same manner as an application for membership [...]"
** amendment 4: ''Under the section "Filling vacancy"'': "[...] the vacancy is to be filled at a regular or special meeting of members to be held within one month after the vacancy arose." changed to "[...] the vacancy is to be filled by election at a special meeting of members to be held within one month after the vacancy arose. The election shall operate as described in the "Election of directors" section."
** amendment 5: ''Under the section "Application for Membership"'': "A membership application must be given to a director." changed to "A membership application must be delivered to a director."
** amendment 6: ''Under the section "Application for Membership" under the subsection "Other membership obligations"'': "Every member must subscribe to the SkullSpace announcements email list." changed to "Every member will be subscribed to the SkullSpace announcements email list. A member may only unsubscribe from the list if he or she agrees that any notice sent thereafter to the announcements email list in accordance with this by-law is considered to have been delivered to him or her as well."
* Recap of 2017
** A lot happened in 2017!
** We thought about using our space-improvement funds, and ended up getting some lockers.
** There was street construction all summer.
** Manitoba Comic Con in March, Ai-Kon in July.
** Events all over the place: A small-scale CTF, a lockpicking workshop, Ingress, Papers We Love, another Synth petting zoo. Many nights of Pinball. Summer of SkullSpace with a Bitcoin donation matching system.
** The space has seen more use during the day, and some other activities like Thor's Friday movie nights.
** We attempted to hold a special meeting in April to amend our bylaws, but we didn't achieve quorum.
** We finally got some new keyfobs as we got a large influx of members. Membership reached recent highs of 60, compared to the all-time high of 70. The combination of high member count and reduced rent meant that we were finally breaking even.
** Michael added an account to amortize those summer insurance fees across the whole year, so that will no longer cause any surprises.
** Edwin asked the KISS slicer developer for a discount, and they gave us a free licence. We also ordered a new Prusa printer, so our 3D prints have never looked so smooth.
** Keith built an AR sandbox water table using a Kinect and a projector.
** Edwin fixed up X-Carl and completed the enclosure, so it's finally ready!
** Our content strikeforce updated our website to run the X theme on Wordpress, so now we've got a customizable webpage with a blog. Troy took some pictures of the space, and Justin made some page headers out of older photos.
** Random stuff:
*** Unix time rolled over to 1500000000
***Lady-with-dog moved out of the unit upstairs
* MEETING ADJOURNED 7:02PM

== January 30, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

* Financial update.
** Base income roughly equals base expenses, so basically breaking even.
** Bitcoin donation address is on the website. Mark Jenkins will look into adding shapeshift.io and changely.com so we can accept other cryptos.
* Overview of proposed by-law amendments, which will be attached to the AGM announcement email.

2018-05-29T11:47:57Z

AMichael:

Meeting notes (2017)

2018-05-24T00:54:49Z

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== December 19, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

*The official monthly meeting was rescheduled to tonight because holiday.

*Finances
**Stable slight increase due to lower costs (hydro bill)
**Having food drives food donations
**Membership numbers good at 57
*New website
**Set to go live Friday Dec 22 possible launch party.
**Any members that can provide content would be good ie) project.
**Does any member own the Skullspace Instagram... we should ask on announce/discuss
**Website can post blog posts to social media but we need credentials for Skullspaces social media accounts.

*The Gary effect will be hosting a gift give way for low income families. If interested visit garyeffect.ca

*Carl's enclosure nearly complete just wire routing and dust management left.

== November 28, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

* 13 members present (no recap of last meeting minutes)
* Lively discussion of how to generate revenue and events for Skullspace
** Liquor licensing in the space
*** Have to get space up to code and investigate what blockers there are (fire inspection)
*** There should be past emails to investigate what is exactly needed
** Running weekly/monthly events at a bar
** Promote Skullspace as a coworking space
** If we can separate the classroom from the rest of the space, we can make the classroom nicer and then potentially host events there (small scale dance parties?)
** Running classes for things that our members are good at
*** programming/3d printer/CNC Router/Soldering, video games, art, designing things
** colocation services and/or vm services
** Hackathons at the space
** Discussed having a paid position for volunteer/event coordinator to run things
* Discussed how to make the space nicer
** Purchase good furniture and replace crappy furniture
** 'Recycling run' is needed to get rid of unused junk (MAME machine, etc.)
** Justin wants to make curtains to separate the classroom from the rest of the space

== October 31, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Projector kerfuffle w.r.t. pinball
* Financials
** Net worth a little lower, but we're still healthy.
** We had a large snacks/drinks expense, but we've paid nearly all of it off and we'll be seeing good returns next month.
** A. Michael made a pre-paying account for our summer insurance, so we'll never be hit by surprise by that.
** Our membership is paying our rent and a little extra; donations, snacks, events, and such pay for everything else.
* The 3D printer (which we bought in 2013!) is driving Edwin bonkers, and he'd like to buy a new printer. Is anyone willing to pitch in for a Prusa I3 Mk3?
* We will contact the landlord about putting up signs telling people not to park under the fire escape?
* Troy is taking pictures of the space for our website.

== 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!!!! - [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

Meeting notes

2018-05-24T00:54:03Z

AMichael: edits; moved 2017 minutes

Meeting notes

2018-03-07T17:57:51Z

AMichael: /* AGM, February 27, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald */

[[Category:Meeting notes]]

This page serves as the index for SkullSpace meeting minutes.

== Minutes from previous years ==
[[Meeting_notes (2016)]]

[[Meeting_notes (2015)]]

[[Meeting_notes (2014)]]

[[Meeting_notes (2013)]]

[[Meeting_notes (2012)]]

[[Meeting_notes (2011)]]

[[Meeting_notes (2010)]]

== AGM, February 27, 2018 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

* bell rung 6:00pm
* nominees for election to the board of directors:
** Michael kozakewich
** Ryan Wall
** Stefan Asmundsson
** Chris Johnson
** Ben Moulden
* ELECTION - As there are only five nominees, the board is elected by default
* DO WE HAVE QUORUM? -- YES
* FINANCES
** over the entire year, we're up a small amount
** finances are steady due to frequent small events e.g. recent synth event
** we have a fair amount of unrealized dues i.e. members who owe a few months
** we need to be more aggressive about handling late dues collections
** we are at approximately 60 members
*** out of the 60, 7 are in arrears on their dues
** we have enough members that we are no longer sliding in a downward trajectory
** current financial synopsis: "treading water"
** goal: grow enough reserve capital to cover 3 months of expenses
* general banter:
** we should market to students more
** do we need to name actual officers as per our incorporation??? right now we just have directors.
*** we don't need to have officers, and SkullSpace has none at the moment.
** Synth Petting Zoo was a success, and netted us about $100
* bylaw changes - ALL PROPOSALS PASSED!!!!!!
** amendment 1: ''Under the section "Application for membership"'': "If two or more members object to the granting of membership to an applicant, the board must not approve the application for membership." changed to "If two or more members object to the granting of membership to an applicant, the board must reach a unanimous decision if they are to approve the application for membership."
** amendment 2: ''Under the section "Membership rights and privileges"'': "The privilege of bringing one guest at a time to the Hackerspace (other than the workshop within the Hackerspace), as long as they assume responsibility for the conduct and actions of their guest." changed to "The privilege of bringing guests to the Hackerspace in accordance with SkullSpace policies, on condition that they assume responsibility for the conduct and actions of their guests."
** amendment 3: ''Under the section "Ceasing to be a member"'': "Such a membership may be reinstated upon application for reinstatement, which is to processed in the same manner as an application for membership [...]" changed to "Such a membership may be reinstated upon application for reinstatement, which is to be processed in the same manner as an application for membership [...]"
** amendment 4: ''Under the section "Filling vacancy"'': "[...] the vacancy is to be filled at a regular or special meeting of members to be held within one month after the vacancy arose." changed to "[...] the vacancy is to be filled by election at a special meeting of members to be held within one month after the vacancy arose. The election shall operate as described in the "Election of directors" section."
** amendment 5: ''Under the section "Application for Membership"'': "A membership application must be given to a director." changed to "A membership application must be delivered to a director."
** amendment 6: ''Under the section "Application for Membership" under the subsection "Other membership obligations"'': "Every member must subscribe to the SkullSpace announcements email list." changed to "Every member will be subscribed to the SkullSpace announcements email list. A member may only unsubscribe from the list if he or she agrees that any notice sent thereafter to the announcements email list in accordance with this by-law is considered to have been delivered to him or her as well."

* MEETING ADJOURNED 7:02PM

== December 19, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

*The official monthly meeting was rescheduled to tonight because holiday.

*Finances
**Stable slight increase due to lower costs (hydro bill)
**Having food drives food donations
**Membership numbers good at 57
*New website
**Set to go live Friday Dec 22 possible launch party.
**Any members that can provide content would be good ie) project.
**Does any member own the Skullspace Instagram... we should ask on announce/discuss
**Website can post blog posts to social media but we need credentials for Skullspaces social media accounts.

*The Gary effect will be hosting a gift give way for low income families. If interested visit garyeffect.ca

*Carl's enclosure nearly complete just wire routing and dust management left.

== November 28, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==

* 13 members present (no recap of last meeting minutes)
* Lively discussion of how to generate revenue and events for Skullspace
** Liquor licensing in the space
*** Have to get space up to code and investigate what blockers there are (fire inspection)
*** There should be past emails to investigate what is exactly needed
** Running weekly/monthly events at a bar
** Promote Skullspace as a coworking space
** If we can separate the classroom from the rest of the space, we can make the classroom nicer and then potentially host events there (small scale dance parties?)
** Running classes for things that our members are good at
*** programming/3d printer/CNC Router/Soldering, video games, art, designing things
** colocation services and/or vm services
** Hackathons at the space
** Discussed having a paid position for volunteer/event coordinator to run things
* Discussed how to make the space nicer
** Purchase good furniture and replace crappy furniture
** 'Recycling run' is needed to get rid of unused junk (MAME machine, etc.)
** Justin wants to make curtains to separate the classroom from the rest of the space

== October 31, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Projector kerfuffle w.r.t. pinball
* Financials
** Net worth a little lower, but we're still healthy.
** We had a large snacks/drinks expense, but we've paid nearly all of it off and we'll be seeing good returns next month.
** A. Michael made a pre-paying account for our summer insurance, so we'll never be hit by surprise by that.
** Our membership is paying our rent and a little extra; donations, snacks, events, and such pay for everything else.
* The 3D printer (which we bought in 2013!) is driving Edwin bonkers, and he'd like to buy a new printer. Is anyone willing to pitch in for a Prusa I3 Mk3?
* We will contact the landlord about putting up signs telling people not to park under the fire escape?
* Troy is taking pictures of the space for our website.

== 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!!!! - [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