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| | == Minutes from previous years == | | == Minutes from previous years == |
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| | [[Meeting_notes (2016)]] | | [[Meeting_notes (2016)]] |
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| − | == September 26, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald == | + | == January 29, 2019 - 18:17 @ 200-374 Donald == |
| − | * 9 members present | + | *Finances are going up at a steady rate. |
| − | * Recap of last meeting minutes
| + | *Proposal to have routine Dungeons and Dragons at the space, if interested contact Cameron. |
| − | * Financials:
| + | *Comedy workshop still happening every other Wednesday. |
| − | ** A little lower this month than last, but still about a month in the bank
| + | *This friday is First Friday |
| − | ** Big insurance payments are now done
| + | *Next month is the annual general meeting |
| − | ** Michael to add an account to average those insurance fees across a whole year for better budgeting / foresight
| + | **Anyone interested in becoming a Skullspace board member please make a post to discuss. |
| − | ** Drinks tend to sell better than food
| + | *Several members have noticed 555 days of up time is very noisy |
| − | ** Quite a bit more in membership dues compared to last year
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| − | * Unit upstairs (cheaper by $600/month) is becoming available soon - Michael to reach out to Bob Brown. Will look into it and report back.
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| − | * 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.
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| − | * Papers we love is at the space tomorrow. Some fancy text to speech stuff.
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| − | * Communications strikeforce has met. More coming soon.
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| − | * Meeting over 6:42pm
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| − | == August 29, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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| − | *Intros
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| − | *8 members including Michael, Stefan, Thor, Edwin, Keith...
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| − | *finacials
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| − | **we have 1 month rent as backup
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| − | **downward trend due to insurance will continue for antoher month.
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| − | **events made August somewhat profitable
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| − | *Lockpicking event happened - it went well
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| − | *Ingress event happened - it went well
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| − | *attendees at lockpicking event had trouble swiping in at front door, possibly due to to much use
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| − | *member reports getting lock in the space because motion sensor is flakey
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| − | **get a sign asap
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| − | **look into installing pushbar
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| − | *member suggests hold a "fixing the space" hakathon
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| − | *b-sides nov4-5, looking for speakers
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| − | *should get update photos for the computer for refugees soon
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| − | *member suggests creating strikeforce to update wiki, webpage, member intake process etc.
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| − | *motion to turn air cond. back on
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| − | == July 25, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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| − | *Members: 8
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| − | *3D Printing Workshop over here. IEEE might be sponsoring refreshments? 5 or 6 talks. Reverse engineering Tiko. Retrofitting the motors, etc.
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| − | *Ai-Kon went good. We had a lot of interest and there were no hiccups. It was like a mini comic-con.
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| − | *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.
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| − | **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.
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| − | *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.
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| − | == June 27, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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| − | * Intros
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| − | * 3D printing intro day - stay tuned for sometime this summer | |
| − | * X-Carl is now operational once again (thanks Edwin!)
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| − | * Finances appear to be stabilizing | |
| − | * New Keyfobs are in - rejoice!
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| − | * Mark Jenkins is presenting a talk at the space tomorrow - "Resisting the Surveillance State"
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| − | * SkullSpace fund2013 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2013]]
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| − | raising campaign is active - check out http://skull.space/summer - Donation matching!
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| − | * Michael K is still looking for volunteers for the AiKon table, hit him up if you are available! | |
| − | * Temporary water service is now in effect @ 374 Donald | |
| − | * Unix Epoch rollover to 1500000000 is happening on July 13 - stay tuned for an event announcement
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| − | == May 30, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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| − | *Intros
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| − | *April minutes read
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| − | *72 Princess location for social- Chris made preliminary contact.
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| − | *Free credit pinball today
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| − | *Two pinball events still to come - contact Manitoba Pinball Asc. or just show in interested
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| − | *Edwin asked developer for discount on KISS slicer. Developer gave gave us a free licence
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| − | *Edwin and Thor experimenting with mater control for 3d printer
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| − | *X-Carl may have a damaged arduino and/or X-axis stepper driver
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| − | *Edwin ordered replacement and upgrade parts for Carl
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| − | *Edwin looking for Windows Vista licence for some bizarre reason
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| − | *1st pinball event happened, it was fun
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| − | *Papers we love happened it wen well, apparently it's on YouTube
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| − | *Student films screening event being planned
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| − | *cyber-defense challenge happened, it went well
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| − | *Front street being torn up from June 8 - July 27, good luck parking.
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| − | *sandbox table still incomplete and broken
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| − | *abridged financial report because scripts were configured for USD not CAD. Micheal may email complete report after meeting
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| − | == April 25, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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| − | * Introductions
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| − | * We read the minutes from last week.
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| − | * Adrian had a suggestion for an Anti-Social space. 72 Princess, third floor, $450.
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| − | ** Freight elevator if needed.
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| − | * Financial Report:
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| − | ** We had made some money from events, so we're holding steady.
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| − | ** We have a couple new members. | |
| − | ** The insurance payments in the summer are what usually do us in.
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| − | ** Member dues essentially pay for rent. We rely on donations and event revenue to cover insurance and utilities.
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| − | * Plans for the floor? Getting ends of linoleum would be nice and cheap. We should be able to just roll it out without gluing.
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| − | * Chris's friend has some ideas on how to decorate the place.
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| − | == April 11, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald - Special Meeting ==
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| − | * Meeting held to vote on proposed amendments that were not voted on during 2017 AGM due to procedural error.
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| − | == March 28, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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| − | * Meeting called
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| − | * Approved previous minutes
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| − | * Financial report: Looks okay. We had a good event with the synth meetup, so we probably aren't losing anything this month. Michael doesn't have the bank records at the moment.
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| − | * Why is the door always locked now?
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| − | ** The architects lock it at 5:00?
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| − | * A lot of members had applied lately, and we're contacting them one by one.
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| − | * Hackaday is hiring contract writers! Writing about projects and such, so apply today.
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| − | ** (P.S. we should document all the neat stuff we do here.)
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| − | * Was there money in our fund to purchase upholstery?
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| − | ** So Chris had the idea to get furniture to make our space better.
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| − | ** More flooring! Stuff like that.
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| − | ** We need lockers, too. Costco has a sale.
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| − | *** We can probably get old ones from Habitat for Humanity, too.
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| − | ** We took a vote. The people who didn't show up will never know.
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| − | * Flickr is full of pictures from other events, but never anything in our space. We should take more photos in the space.
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| − | * Edwin talked about pinball and such. Virtual pinball, etc.
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| − | * We've got an orange (the construction type) SkullSpace toque for sale.
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| − | * Marcel is looking for a video camera (camcorder?) for an upcoming trip. He was looking for something "a step up from an iPhone."
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| − | * Upcoming events:
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| − | ** Ron's CTF event this Saturday
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| − | ** Manitoba Comic Con this Saturday and Sunday. We have a table.
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| − | == February - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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| − | * Whoops, these minutes are missing! email [mailto:admin@skullspace.ca admin@] if you have them.
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| − | ** Actuall is probably Edwin.
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| − | == January 31, 2017 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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| − | * Meeting called 6:00pm
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| − | * FPV update
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| − | ** FPV Wing build moved to Feb 23rd
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| − | ** discontinuing the regular FPV extravaganza until further notice, lack of interest
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| − | * Members: Read the Bylaws and propose any changes
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| − | ** announce proposed changes to bylaws on Feb 7th (still waiting for members to submit proposed changes)
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| − | * Synthesizer petting zoo is gaining momentum
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| − | * Bylaw amendment ideas
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| − | ** requiring invitation to apply for membership seems outdated as per our recent practices
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| − | ** one guest per member in the space rule
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| − | ** need to update wiki as per meeting requirements
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| − | * Finances!!!! - [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aYGwbmIYlze4-M6j6GtLXJzbj61HPsWAjZ5vzSV7qug/edit?usp=sharing see report here]
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| − | ** forecast: early April is when we die should we not grow our membership
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| − | ** next big upfront payment - july?? need to confirm
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| − | * Membership strategies: we need to throw more events to gain more members! Our efforts reflect membership growth, need to keep up the good work
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| − | ** Government Grants - paying for events, supplies
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| − | ** IEEE wpg section?
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| − | * Malware analysis was well attended
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| − | * Teddy Ruxpin > Furby
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| − | * POS terminals working - for snacks!?!?!?
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| − | * KeyFOBs should be hear by Feb 3rd
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| − | * Meeting adjourned @ 18:41
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