Meeting notes

January 25th, 2011 - 18:00 @ LO Pub

Agenda:

• Approval of Minutes
• Old Business
  • Review of outstanding action items
  • Finances update
• New Business

January 18th, 2011 - 18:00 @ LO Pub

Members present: Andrew, Ron, Mak, Darcy, Fernando, Jay, Aaron, Molly, Paul, Mark, Martin, Russ, Stef, Burke

• Meeting called to order: 18:00
• Logo ideas
  • Current idea: "SKULL" on top of "SPACE", where the 'E' is the teeth of a key (sketch http://i.imgur.com/5dB4w.jpg)
  • Leanne (from Manitoban) will work on it
  • Tish is also working on it
  • Stef asked Jon to try something as well
• Financial status
  • Approximately $43 in the red
  • Main loss this week was from muffins
  • Main gain this week was donations from members
• Re-cap of the Cupcake Challenge hack-a-thon
  • Events: cupcake baking, coding, lockpick village, introductions, waffles
  • Mak needs to live closer
  • We need to find a space so we don't have to go to Mak's
  • A dozen cupcakes were mailed to Brighton and one (smushed) to Redmond
  • Pictures are posted to Flickr (http://flickr.com/photos/skullspace)
  • ACTION ITEM: Andrew to write blog on the muffin challenge
  • Andrew posted a Youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_2b1iUvpss)
• Bannatyne location
  • Initial review of the terms seems reasonable
  • May potentially lead to shared office space
  • We should have emergency contacts who live/work downtown (Stef)
  • Security of equipment - business insurance
  • Cleanliness will be *very* important
  • Eye wash station, etc will be needed
    • To be discussed when we actually have a space
• Meetings
  • We're moving to weekly meetings
  • Next meeting is Tuesday, January 25, 18:00 @ LO Pub
• Winnipeg Code Camp
  • Free conference at the end of February
  • 4 tracks, 20 sessions
  • Ron and Mak are speaking for sure, and likely Andrew
  • ACTION ITEM: Stef to submit a talk
  • ACTION ITEM: Ron to send abstract of his and Mak's talks
• Other events
  • Secret Handshake - Thursday, January 20, 2011
  • Ruby User Meetup - Thursday, January 27, 2011
  • Flash in the Peg - Wednesday, January 19, 2011
  • ACTION ITEM: Andrew (etc) to infiltrate all local groups
• Public Relations
  • Martin is taking over public relations
  • Youtube, Twitter, Facebook, flickr, etc
  • ACTION ITEM: Everybody to infiltrate Reddit Winnipeg
  • Suggestion for/from Martin: bi-weekly blog update with our current status
  • Idea from Martin: a small paper slip with a QR code
• Finances
  • If it comes to the point where we can no longer go on, any money (if any) in excess of expenses will not be used for personal profit
  • None of the founders, nor anybody else in the organization, will personally profit from SkullSpace's income
  • Re-embursement is not the same as being paid
• Events that we host
  • Free for members, small fee for non-members (ultimately to encourage them to become members)
  • Once/month, maybe more
• Startup funding
  • ACTION ITEM: Martin to look into startup funding
  • ACTION ITEM: Ron to find out about Destination Winnipeg (Ed Suzuki)
  • ACTION ITEM: Stef to find out about Yes Winnipeg
  • Note: Assiniboine Credit Union might be a potential source for B-sides Winnipeg
• Meeting adjourned: 19:04

January 4th, 2011 - 17:30 @ LO Pub

Members Present: Andrew, Dan, Dave, Mak, Ron, Russ

• Logo
  • no bones
  • minimal detail
  • ability to render as one colour
  • "SkullSpace" in the logo
  • not scary
  • cartoony/cute/anime
  • skull as one of the letters perhaps (the skull is not the focus of the logo)
  • one of the S's should have a white fedora on it
  • book
  • lock and key
  • ACTION ITEM: Andrew to get this info into logo designers' hands

• A-zone space
  • ACTION ITEM : Mak to ask Mark about the space and get response

• Cupcake challenge
  • January 15th, Saturday
  • Mak's place

• breachdb
  • Ron wants to make a statistics site about password breaches
  • searchable and whatnot
  • db schema was refined

• Stuff Wishlist
  • Projector
    • ACTION ITEM: Ron to be in charge of projector
  • Chairs
  • Networking equipment

• Finances
  • Still ~$200 in debt.

• Members
  • ACTION ITEM: Ron to make member benefits page
  • Dues
    • $40/month
    • $20/students or low income

December 21st, 2010 - 17:30 @ Lo Pub

Members present: Andrew, Mak, Ron, Russ

• Signed the articles of incorporation
• Discussion on Event ideas
• Discussion on next event
  • December 27th, Ron's place, ethicalhacker xmas challenge
• Discussion on first official event
  • March 1st, millennium library
  • One 30 minute talk on what SkullSpace is all about
  • Break with snacks
  • Another 30 minute talk on open source tools
• Discussion on Finances
• Discussion on maintaining a presence at other groups
  • asterisk user group
  • ruby meetup
  • MUUG
  • secrethandshake
  • .Net meetup
  • 2600 meetup
• Action Items:
  • Andrew
    • Talk to tish re: logo design
    • File articles of incorporation
  • Ron
    • Set up mailing list
    • Find out when next ruby meetup is
    • Reserve and book 40 person room at library for March 1st if possible
  • Mak
    • Get pricing on business cards
    • Create facebook account

December 7th, 2010 - 17:30 @ Lo Pub

Members present: Andrew, Mak, Stef, Ron, Russ

• Discussion on Physical space requirements
• Discussion on Event ideas
• Discussion on stuff Wishlist
• Discussion on Finances