Meeting notes

2012 minutes are at Meeting_notes\2012; 2011 minutes are at Meeting_notes\2011; 2010 minutes are at Meeting_notes\2010

March 5, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald

[secretary's note: I did not record the members present. This was an oversight. Will not happen again.]

• New directors
  • Ron (President)
  • Ian (finances except member stuff, external liasing)
  • Ben (electronics workspace and generally making the space better)
  • A lex (taking notes [secretary's note: woot])
  • Courtney (membership, knee-breaker)

• Varioland
  • 28th (day before Good Friday)
  • Video game rave
  • Somewhere off of Henry.
  • starts at 10pm and ends at 6am.
  • Savant is playing.
  • Tickets are approximately $35.
  • Contact: Phoul

• Freeze Frame
  • Going well, lots of kids playing with NESchuck, Skullotron.
  • We need volunteers on Thursday.
  • No kidnapping children.
  • Contact: Nate

• CDC
  • This Saturday, 15 kids from Sisler are coming to demo again.
  • Networking/infrastructure stuff is worked out.
  • MTS gave us $18k of stuff.
  • Chris Kluka provided blades, SAN space, lots of memory/CPU.
  • May the 10th is the real CDC event.
    • Thursday is setup day.
    • Need everybody and friends @ Louis Riel Arts and Technology Center.
  • We could use help on Saturday.
  • Last night governance met, problem: we're not an org, but we have a ton of assets. Going to incorporate CDC group.
  • Contact: Ian

• March 16th Hackathon
  • Go Club will be here
  • Paper Airplane contest.
  • Dan Gange and some intellectual property lawyer and maybe a guy from the copyright bureau is going to come in and tell us Open Source sucks because you can't make money off of it.
  • Next regular hackathon is on April 20th.

• BSides Winnipeg
  • November 16th to 17th at the Kingshead Pub
  • Asked for speakers? Free drinks, etc. The event will be very big.
  • We need sponsors. Dash9, Tenable, Mozilla might sponsor.
  • We will need volunteers for teardown, we will ask for volunteers closer to the date, details forthcoming.

• Kitchen electrical fixup
  • Sonoma Electrical won the bid
  • Cost is about $275.
  • Will get us two GFI outlets, outlets will be moved, won't risk dying (from that particular outlet) anymore.
  • Contact: Ian

• Don't leave the skillet power thing plugged in, risk of electric shock and DIAF.

• Grants
  • AssentWorks got ~$467k for some kind of anti-child-pornography initiative [secretary's note: not sure of the name of the grant they received].
  • Mike Legary and Brittany will write up a grant application for the Western Diversification grant.
  • [secretary's note: I believe Courtney is taking point on this]

• Defcon plans
  • More talking will be had. Plan now is to rent a Winnebago and drive it to Vegas.
  • Week long journey to incorporate BSides and Defcon.
  • We are now Defcon group 204.
  • Contact: Ian

• Meme cookbook
  • Nate suggested we do it as a charity thing
    • Donate most of our profits to a charity.
    • Better chance getting rights for images
    • Might get free work from artists/illustrators/publishers/etc
  • Contact: Nate

• Yuri's Night.
  • Sciencey dance party at the April 20th at the Planetarium
  • We were invited to exhibit something. It's a party, so we need a cool hands-on electronics exhibit.
  • Contact: Jay

• Publicity / member counts
  • Brittany suggested renting table at RRC in the atrium, 11am to 1pm.
  • Jim was going to talk to U of W. it's about $50 for a table.
  • Mak delegated to talk to Jon-- about similar thing at U of M.

• Code camp
  • We have a presence there (and even had a track).
  • If we want to get enough people together (4 or 5 people), we can do a Skullspace track again.
  • Contact: Jay or Andrew

• 3D printer
  • no indication it's not a scam, but payment was made. It should be shipping soon.
  • Contact: Ron

February 26, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald

Members present: Courtney, Justin, Stef, Rylaan, Ben, Mak, Ron, Nate, Jeremy, Jason, Meako, Jim, Chris, Thor, Amelianus, Alex, A Michael, Grumpy, Phoul,, Jay, Ian, Andrew, Ric, Jenkins, Colin 0, Dmitijs, Britney, Kenny, Jeff, Siu

SkullSpace

• is 2 years and 3 months old!
• we have around a dozen student members
• we moved
• we held PegJam
• ordered a 3D printer
• had the meme dinner
• made Skullbrew (Rylaan drank most of it)
• 8 CTF challenges

Need to

• talk to the Yellow Dog
• finish the cook book
• fix the other arcade machine

Events

• Colin to do a presentation on installing security cameras
• Skullchat
  • community outreach
  • Base Lan
  • B-sides
  • Comic Con
  • Code camp
  • Keycon
  • Freeze frame
  • BJD
  • CIPS
• Skull Shield
  • Operation Sleepy Weasel
  • Talk to Nate or Ian if you're interested

Other

• Siu and Ian are creating a user guide to SkSp
• we have been focussing on opportunities and meetings rather than problems!

Finances

• most of our income is membership
  • second is donations
• we spent more on renos than on rent
• Assent Works will not be paying us the rent they owe us
• We are losing money each month
• 55 full members will make us even

Election results

• Ron
• Courtney
• Ian
• Ben
• Alex

February 19, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald

Members present: Courtney, Ron, Jay, Colin 2, Jason, Justin, Ian, Aemilianus, Nate, Grumpy, Mak, Dave, A. Michael, Ric, Thor, Britney, Chris K, Colin 0, Mark J

3D Printer

• has been ordered
• to be shipped March 4
• talk to Ben if you want to order filament

Elections

• 8 people running
• Rylaan
• Ron
• Jim
• Ian
• Alex
• Ben
• Courtney
• Chris

Events

• Crypto Night on the 20th
• Technapalooza on the 21st
• Game dev night on the 23d
• CDC on the 24th
  • talk to Nate if you are interested in getting a training seminar to talk to schools and community groups
• AGM on the 25th
• Freeze Frame is the week of March 4th
  • need volunteers
• Go tournament on March 16th
• B sides on Nov 17th

February 12, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald

Members present: Ron, Grumpy, Mak, Ben, Alex, Stefan, Meako, Thor, Jason, Jay, Kenny, Britney, Jim, Ian, Rich, Colin 2, A Michael, Courtney

Cyber Defnse Challenge

• Feb 14th 10am-2pm
• at RRC on Princess
• lots of media will be there (dress nice!)
• Ian is giving the closing remarks

Technapalooza

• Jay and Nate are volunteering
• 400 people will be there

Red Team Meeting

• Feb 24th at SkSp
• 10am-5pm
• 11 students from Sisler HS
  • they placed 4th out of 100 in the Cyber Patriot Games

Cryptonight

• Feb 24th

CTF

• Friday at noon until Sunday at noon

Electrical

• waiting for the 3rd quote
• need a fundraiser to pay for it

Other

• brochures are finished
• need floor plans
• fees are due in 3 days!

February 5, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald

Members present: Ron, Mak, David, Jason, Meako, Grumpy, Ian,Justin, Stef, Jim, Courtney, A Mike, Colin 2, Thor, Aemilianus, Britney, Siu

Tour

• Kevin brought in a few new members

Technapalooza

• at Mcphillips casino
• we have a table
• Nate, Ian, Jay are volunteers

Cyber Defense

• Feb 14
• at RRC on Princess

Cryptoparty

• You're doing it wrong
• Ron, Mak, Phoul and Alex giving talks
• Feb 20

Game Dev Night

• Feb 23

Hackathon

• Feb 16
• Go lessons

3d Printer

• Medel Bot $1490 shipped
• its big and fast!
• in beta but any changes are free

Plants

• anyone interested in starting up again?
• talk to Siu

January 29, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Dolan

3D printer (stef and ben present)

• We have raised $1000
• Ultimaker is $1600, best option, most expensive (no filiment)
• Will probably be able to raise that.
• Ben and Stef have formed a strike force, will have decision by next week

CIPS Meeting

• Lots of people asked about student memberships.

First Fridays

LeagionCon

February 14th Free Cyber Security Training

• Train the Trainer

Crypto Talks

• Colin, Mak, Alex, Ron will be doing talks.

Game Dev

• Four people showed up, one who was not a Sksp member

Go Workshop

• March 16

CTF

• Louis Riel weekend, not all going to be here for the weekend.

Ham Radio Course

Last Meeting in February

• Annual General Meeting
• Election
• Bylaw changing

January 22, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald

Cancelled

January 15, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald

Members present: Courtney, A Michael, Colin 0, Colin 2, Jay, Marcel, Grumpy, Ron, Thor, Ian, Justin, Jeremy, Jim, Ric, Amelianus, Siu

Doors/Key fobs Should be finished next week

• Do not unplug the box in the bathroom!

Bathroom

• toilet out of order
  • float and flipper are broken
• Ian will bring the parts
• Jim will fix it

Fire safety

• We are going to have a pretend fire inspection
• do no obstruct the exits
• don't store stuff where people may trip and fall
• Justin needs to make a plan that shows the exits
• need fire extinguishers

Other

• items will be disposed of in 15 days
• we have 47 members
  • if we get 50 we will be self sustaining
  • 55 will cover electrical too
• Linux user group wants to use our space

Jan 22

• meeting cancelled
• CIPS is coming
  • they are bringing food
• need volunteers for cyber defense

January 8, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald

Members present: Adrian, Chris, Stef, Dave, Ian, Jim, Courtney, Justin, Ron, Alex. Grumpy, Jay, Thor, Jason, Dave, Siu, Colin 0, Ben, Colin 2, Adam

Hydro

• still no bill
• need cheque
• ABCO quoted 600 for dedicated circuit for drink machine and circuit on pole
• getting a second quote
• use as little power as possible
• turn off lights when you leave
• Dave2 is bringing in a power meter

Pegjam

• 40 people attended
• we are getting money from them

Cryptoparty

• 14 people

Virology Lab tour

• end of Feb or beginning of March

Recycling

• need volunteers to take it home

SkSp guidebook

• by Ian and Siu
• to be circulated upon its completion

January 1, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald

Cancelled