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March 2, 2011 - 18:00 @ LO Pub

Members present: mike, fernando, jeff, andrew, jay, les, stef, burke, rich, alex, russ, mak, ron, dan, ben, glenn

Current tasks:

February 8, 2011 - 18:00 @ LO Pub

Members present: Andrew, Jay, Justin, Fernando, Dan, Mak, Mark, Glenn, Mike, Stef, Edwin, Burke, Rob, Dave, Russ, Brian, Ron

  • Upcoming events
    • Secret Handshake @ King's Head
    • RONx Manitoba
    • Winnipeg Code Camp
      • Free breakfast, lunch
      • Sign up at winnipegcodecamp.com
  • SkullSpace Hack-a-thon
    • February 12
    • Red River College
    • Free, donations are good
    • See events
  • Global 555 hack-a-thon
    • Saturday, February 19
    • No official SkullSpace entry
  • Hexbomber edits an online zine
    • If somebody writes an article, he'll publish it
    • hackthiszine
    • ACTION ITEM - Ron or Martin to write it
  • Memberships
    • Gonna have to start charging very soon
  • Space
    • Owned by mike's holding company
    • We would be required to sign a one-year lease
    • Next step - we need to raise $5000 or so
    • Group activities, etc
    • Make sure we're accountable
    • Flesh out the 'business plan' to potentially get grants
    • Make sure we can get insurance
    • Formalizing projects/etc will help justify government funding
    • Being associated with a good user base will inspire confidence
    • Suggestion: words under the logo ("knowledge - community - technology")
  • Protolab
    • Makerspace - woodworking, metalworking, etc
    • Beyond the scope of skullspace
    • Some desire amongst membership for this kind of stuff
    • Much higher startup cost - $65k - $100k
  • Lounge
    • Presentations, arcade, general meeting, sound equipment, etc
  • Meeting adjourned - 18:38


February 1, 2011 - 18:00 @ LO Pub

Members present: Andrew, Mike, Martin, Dan, Rob, David, Ryan, Russ, Glenn, Ron, Mak, Jay, Burke, Stef, Mark, Cheryl, Alex, Kyle

  • Destination Winnipeg
    • Ed loves helping out with this type of project
    • Two suggestions:
      • 1) Destination Winnipeg - needs a defined business plan (Ed)
      • 2) STEM - community development initiatives (Dave)
      • ACTION ITEM: Ron to meet with Mike, Ed, and Dave to find out more
  • Info about how other hackerspaces are run
    • ACTION ITEM: mark - find out how other hackerspaces deal with theft, vandalism, etc
    • ACTION ITEM: ron - talk to ultramegaman and see what they've done
    • Thought: a legal agreement with memberships might solve our problems
    • Other thought: separating out the expensive stuff into a more tightly controlled area ("prototyping lab")
  • Members
    • ACTION ITEM - andrew to create a list of potential members
    • stef - keeping a list of founding members to encourage people to do it
    • others - that leads to a somewhat elitist attitude that we want to avoid
    • mike - suggested collecting money up front, but that's a chicken/egg problem that's come up before
    • somebody else - suggest prorating the fees paid up front against the actual membership fee
  • Upcoming community events
    • Thursday, February 3, 19:00 @ LO Pub - iPhone developers meetup
    • Saturday, February 5, 10:00 - 13:00 @ Legislature - Freedom of Information Rally
    • Saturday, February 5, 21:00 @ LO Pub - Data Dance ($5)
    • ACTION ITEM: ron - create a list of future/past events
  • Past events
    • Cupcake challenge
      • Videos are up on youtube.com/skullspacewpg
      • Winners haven't been announced yet, but after the mess we made on their floor we probably didn't win
    • Charlie Brown Christmas Challenge
      • We won first place!
    • Room Jam
  • Logo
    • "Skullo" is a problem (due to the shape of the key
    • ACTION ITEM - somebody to create a page for logos
    • Everybody likes the "Cutesy" skull
    • Nobody likes the peso/doillar
    • The font needs work on Tish's
    • The key is awesome
    • "double colour" is good (I don't remember who said that or know what they meant)
    • the "redbull" font looks best
  • Branding
    • "people love to look at things" --Dan
    • ACTION ITEM - ron to install countperday on wiki
    • ACTION ITEM - ron to fix wiki logo
  • Hack-a-thon event!
    • A general event on February 12 @ noon
    • ACTION ITEM - stef to check for unused office sace
    • ACTION ITEM - mark to check for room at Red River
    • If both locations fall through, it'll be at mak's. Definitely location to be announced next meeting.
  • Winnipeg Code Camp
    • Happening February 26
    • Red River College on Princess
    • We have our own branded room!
    • We'll be doing free giveaways
  • Bannatyne location
    • Mike was there, spoke on it...
    • Has to be rezoned, then occupency permit, then insurance - then good to go!
    • $600/month + insurance + utilities
    • There's another location on Gertie as a backup
      • Similar size, layout, etc
    • Waiting on governemnt
    • Prototype space
      • Area for more expensive material
      • Huge cash outlay
      • "decapitation clause" - ie, members take care of stuff
      • Access for small business
      • Community access
      • Reciprocal access for SkullSpace
      • ACTION ITEM - Ron to write this up for mailing list for comments (so we have it in writing)
  • ACTION ITEM - Ron to look into mail list archival
  • Ideas for member projects (requested by Mike)
    • Password cracking
      • ACTION ITEM - Ron to email Mike about legalities
    • arduino
    • indoor plant growing with arduino
    • talks/tutorials/workshops (arduino, lockpicking, ethical hacking, etc)
    • b-sides conference
    • nmap scripts
    • etc. (from wiki page projects)
    • EM stuff
    • Faraday cage
    • First aid
    • Suggestion: get bins for everybody
    • Suggestion: look at ways to encourage people to finish projects
  • Meeting adjourned: 19:06

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

Members present: Corey, Russ, Ron, Jay, Clark, Mark, Andrew, Fernando, Tim

  • Meeting called to order: 18:03
  • Last week's actions items
    • ACTION ITEM - Ron to follow up with stef on his items
    • ACTION ITEM - Ron to follow up with logo designers (Hexbomber, Aaron, Tish, jon, Stef's girlfriend)
  • Upcoming events
    • Wednesday, january 26 - .net user group
    • Thursday, January 27 - Ruby meetup
    • Thursday, January 27 - "tweet up"
    • Friday, January 28 - co-op event @ King's Head or Tavern United
    • Saturday, January 29 - Sunday, January 30 - Room Jam
  • Articles of Incorporation
    • They've been approved, we'll have them back soon
    • ACTION ITEM: Andrew to look at opening the bank account/paypal donation/etc
  • Possible grants
    • Mike is meeting w/ Ed from Destination Winnipeg tomorrow, will get us some information
      • ACTION ITEM: Ron to find out what the deal is and talk about it next meeting
    • Having a lower ratio of males would help with some grants that require equality
      • ACTION ITEM: Andrew (or Molly) to talk to female geeks to raise interest
  • Discussion about power structure going forward
    • Proposal: People who *do* stuff (bank account, etc) don't get a say in what's done
    • ACTION ITEM: Mark will look at how other hackerspaces are run and get back to us
  • Space
    • We may have access to enter next week (in a limited way, controlled by Mike)
    • We should be able to get the lease signed in 2-3 weeks, depending on the city/other factors we can't control
    • We'll have to work together to clean up and sort out a reasonable grand opening date
  • Members
    • We need to get a list of people who will commit to paid memberships once we have a space
    • ACTION ITEM: (assign next week) to start talking to people and finding out who will pay)
  • Meeting adjourned: 18:41

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
  • 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

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