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2012 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2012]]; 2011 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2011]]; 2010 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2010]]
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== March 5, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
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This page serves as the index for SkullSpace meeting minutes.
[Alex'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), Alex (taking notes [secretary's note: woot]), Courtney (membership, knee-breaker)
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== Minutes from previous years ==
# (Phoul) 28th (day before Good Friday) video game rave (Varioland)off of Henry starts at 10pm and ends at 6am. Savant is playing, tickets are approximately $35.
 
# Freeze Frame, going well, lots of kids playing with NESchuck,Skullotron. We need volunteers on Thursday. No kidnapping children.
 
# (Ian) CDC - Saturday, 15 kids from Sisler, 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. Right now it has to be held in trust (law firm maybe). Vision is to bring CDC to the national level. Merlin and Daemon Defense hooked us up.
 
# (Ron) Hackaton, march 16, Go Club will be here, Paper Airplane contest. Dan Gange and some IP Lawyer dude and maybe a guy from the copyright beareu (sp?) is going to come in and tell us Open Source sucks because you can't make money off of it.
 
# Regular hackathon is on march 20th.
 
# (Ron) BSides Winnipeg, November 16th to 17th at the Kingshead Pub. Would anybody like to speak? 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
 
# (Ian) Electrical - Sonoma Electrical (won the bid) will repair the kitchen. Cost is about $275. Will get us two GFI outlets, outlets will be moved, won't risk dying anymore.
 
# Don't leave the skillet power thing plugged in, risk of electric shock.
 
# AssentWorks got ~$467k for some kind of anti-child-pornography initiative [secretary's note: not sure of the name of the grant they received]. He asked if we wanted help applying for the Western Diversifivation grant, Mike Legary and Brittany will write up the grant. [secretary's note: I believe Courtney is taking point on this]
 
  
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[[Meeting_notes (2019)]]
  
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[[Meeting_notes (2018)]]
  
* (Ian) 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. Related, we are now Defcon group 204.
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[[Meeting_notes (2017)]]
* (Nate) Meme cookbook. Nate suggested we do it as a charity thing - - donate most of our profits to a charity. We might have a better chance getting rights for images and might get free work from artists/illustrators/publishers/etc
 
* (Jay) Yuri's Night. Sciencey dance party at the April 20th. We were invited to exhibit something. It's a party, so we need a cool hands-on electronics exhibit.
 
* (Brittany) We want to rent a table at RRC in the atrium, 11am to 1pm. Might be a good way to get membership up. 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.
 
* (Jay) Code camp is coming up. We have a presence there (and even a track). If we want to get enough people together (4 or 5 people), we can do a Skullspace track again.
 
* 3D printer - no indication it's not a scam, but payment was made. It should be shipping soon.
 
  
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[[Meeting_notes (2016)]]
  
== February 26, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2015)]]
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
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[[Meeting_notes (2014)]]
* 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
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[[Meeting_notes (2013)]]
* talk to the Yellow Dog
 
* finish the cook book
 
* fix the other arcade machine
 
  
Events
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[[Meeting_notes (2012)]]
* 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
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[[Meeting_notes (2011)]]
* Siu and Ian are creating a user guide to SkSp
 
* we have been focussing on opportunities and meetings rather than problems!
 
  
Finances
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[[Meeting_notes (2010)]]
* 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
 
  
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== September 2020 and beyond ==
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We ended up losing track of the notes that were left in Slack, and now Discord. If you'd like to find the notes for a specific month but you cannot access those platforms, let someone else (or the board) know and we'll try to copy those notes here.
  
== February 19, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
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If you have some time and want to help with that, please go through September 2020 and onward, compiling notes from each meeting and recording them here.
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
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== February 28th, 2023 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* has been ordered
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* We achieved quorum
* to be shipped March 4
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* Year in review:
* talk to Ben if you want to order filament
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** Finally back in force after being on break since 2020.
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** We got a whole whack of really old augmented-reality headsets. Most seem to be running an old version of Android. Neat!
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** There was a burglary into one of the higher floors, and our footage was able to confirm that someone left the building with another tenant's bike.
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** We ground the hinges off the door to regain entry after there were errors in the fob system. It may have been a case of loose wiring. The new fire-safetied door has a keyhole for emergencies.
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** We upgraded various computer system. The fob and camera management computer was toast, so we updated the hardware and the software platform. We also got our hands on a new server with many GBs of RAM.
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** We started meeting on Discord.
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** We started hosting events on the first Friday of each month again.
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** Finally got our occupancy permit, after more than ten years in the space. We can hold events now.
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* Voting for 2023 board.
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** We had 5 candidates, so the board was acclaimed:
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*** Edwin Amsler
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*** Michael Kozakewich
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*** Thor Robinson
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*** Mark Campbell
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*** Justin Labrie
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** We held a mock election for any two of Pirates, Clowns, and Ninjas. The winners were Pirates and Ninjas.
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* Financial report
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** We've climbed slowly from dangerous levels back up to an acceptable amount.
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** This was because we got a massive cut in rent, and we've been allowed to set our rent quarterly based on what we can handle.
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** At the moment, our trajectory is very flat, maybe trending downward slightly.
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** As we gain members, that'll increase. Then we'll increase our rent to flatten it again. That'll continue until we're back to our 2019 level of membership and our 2019 level of rent.
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** Everything else is pretty normal.
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* Other news
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** Movie nights are still happening. Next is March 17th.
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** HAX is coming up! We're announcing a list of presenters on Friday, and HAX itself is coming up on March 31st.
  
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== January 31st, 2023 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
  
Elections
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== December 27th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* 8 people running
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== November 29th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
*Rylaan
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== October 25th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Ron
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== September 27th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Jim
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== August 30th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Ian
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== July 26th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Alex
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== June 28th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Ben
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== May 31st, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Courtney
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== April 26th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Chris
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== March 29th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
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== February 22nd, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
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== January 25th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
  
Events
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== December 28th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Crypto Night on the 20th
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== November 30th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Technapalooza on the 21st
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== October 26th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Game dev night on the 23d
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== September 28th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* CDC on the 24th
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== August 31st, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** talk to Nate if you are interested in getting a training seminar to talk to schools and community groups
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== July 27th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* AGM on the 25th
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== June 29th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Freeze Frame is the week of March 4th
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== May 25th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** need volunteers
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== April 27th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Go tournament on March 16th
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== March 30th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* B sides on Nov 17th
 
  
== February 12, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
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== February 23rd, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
Members present: Ron, Grumpy, Mak, Ben, Alex, Stefan, Meako, Thor, Jason, Jay, Kenny, Britney, Jim, Ian, Rich, Colin 2, A Michael, Courtney
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* Got quorum.
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* Year in review:
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** This is our 12th online meeting.
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** We mourned Chris Johnson's passing in June.
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** Thank you to Thor for holding his movie nights.
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** Edwin bought us some new tools, third hands, and soldering irons.
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** We had the online Hax event in October.
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** About three pop-in hackathons.
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* Voting for 2021 board.
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** We had 5 candidates, so the board was acclaimed:
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** Edwin Amsler
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** Michael Kozakewich
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** Thor Robinson
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** Pietra Shirley
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** Kyle Martin
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* Discussions on whether we can set up a budget for our electricity bill. Either through Hydro our do it ourselves.
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** Not really necessary, really.
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* Snack donations haven't been accounted for, but we don't expect much given the lack of attendance.
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* Bitcoin endowment fund it's at 0.51687800 of a bitcoin.
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** https://blockchain.info/address/35RRPxpKJARa2SrLVpXieRQdQtv2947kMx
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* Question was asked when we would be out of money. The estimate is approximately 12 months.
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* Concerns were raised about abuse of membership signup process where a member could cancel/renew their membership based on the weather.
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** Putting one's membership on hold at a gym, for example, is usually limited to once per year
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* Raised that we'd like to have a new rave once vaccinations are in order and we're allowed to assemble.
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** Get occupancy permit
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*** Probably need railing on back steps up to fire escape.
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** Get licensed as a live music venue which allows us to run events when we'd want. (LGCA)
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** Expecting to try this around the end of the summer.
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** Ben has offered to run through this process.
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** There would be a license cost of $500-$1000 per year versus $150-$200 per event and adds the requirement of 4 weeks advance notice. Considered a reasonable investment.
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** The donation method of fundraising via livestreams has proven successful, provided a coordinated presentation and well marketed donation initiative
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** We're pending further information from the government before re-opening for usual events and gatherings.
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** Province sets the public health laws and guidelines
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* Meeting ended at 6:56 PM.
  
Cyber Defnse Challenge
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(We'll have to finally compile all the notes from Slack! Please let me know if you'd like to help with that from September onward.)
* Feb 14th 10am-2pm
 
* at RRC on Princess
 
* lots of media will be there (dress nice!)
 
* Ian is giving the closing remarks
 
  
Technapalooza
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== January 26th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Jay and Nate are volunteering
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== December 29th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* 400 people will be there
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== November 24th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
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== October 27th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
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== September 29th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
  
Red Team Meeting
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== August 25th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Feb 24th at SkSp
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* Financials
* 10am-5pm
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** We managed to get a rent reduction of 20% for the year.
* 11 students from Sisler HS
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** We finally got the new directors added to our bank account
** they placed 4th out of 100 in the Cyber Patriot Games
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** Hydro estimated an extra $100 for no reason. That just means the price will be lower in a later month.
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** We appreciate any extra donations!
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** Mark C is willing to fund volunteer work for SkullSpace. He has the money, but not the time. Are you interested in running online classes or live-streaming electronics stuff?
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** We discussed power usage. We're going through roughly $30-$40 per week, mostly because of our servers. It would be nice to lower that, but we're not pushing too hard.
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* We put an old Google Meet link on our sites and such, but apparently only Mark has access to it. We might need to make a different link.
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* Mark J is planning another Hax festival on October 17th.
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** Virtual event, live sessions, no pre-bake.
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** Payment offered for each half-hour session.
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* Edwin is now a director. Pirates won the mock vote against Ninjas.
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* September's movie stream: "Fantastic Voyage" and "Innerspace"
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** It was postponed from last month.
  
Cryptonight
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== July 28th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Feb 24th
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* Financials
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** June wasn't super bad. July is super bad.
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** We're losing members at about our usual rate, but we aren't replenishing them with new members.
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** We got a bonus from some old gift card funds. (Remember FundScrip?)
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** We also forgot about some of Nate's expenses, so I went back and lowered our NYE profits and took out some snack profits.
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** We're looking into the emergency rent reduction stuff
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** It seems like we're supposed to be surviving through our members' CERB payments.
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* We've had a couple people ask about getting tours, so we should start maintaining a presence at the space again.
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* Reminder: SkullSpace offers email addresses to members. If you'd like one, just send an email to admin@.
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* We should collect impact statements from all the participants of our TEC workshops.
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* We updated our website with more COVID-19 info.
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* The election for the new director is on Tuesday. No other candidates besides Edwin, yet. Mark J is our election official, and has plans for encrypted public-channel voting. If there are no other candidates announced, he'll hold a mock vote for Pirates vs Ninjas.
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* Events
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** Online board game night next Tuesday (Aug 4) at 6:00.
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** August's movie stream: "Fantastic Voyage" and "Innerspace".
  
CTF
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== June 30th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Friday at noon until Sunday at noon
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* Financials
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** It turns out Google Drive wasn't backing up Michael's copy of the books, and so a data-loss event ruined several months of records. No reports this month while he rebuilds it, but we expect that the downward ramp will continue.
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* Chris Johnson passed away at the very end of May. There's a notebook at the space for anyone who'd like to record some memories. The book will be given to his parents at some point in the future.
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** Because of the new opening on the board, we're going to call some new elections. Edwin has been cleared by his company, so he'll fill that spot if no-one else nominates themselves.
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** Some members wanted to work on a memorial project for Chris. There were some ideas on Slack, but a lot of us are probably waiting until we can gather safely.
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* Edwin had brought the Prusa printer home some months ago, and was thinking about bringing it back.
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* Colin E. had some leads on a donation of synth production gear.
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* Michael would like to try to keep up appearances online even when we go back to face-to-face meetings at the space.
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* Thor is streaming movie night. This month was "Blast from the Past" and "Bubble Boy". Next month is "Starship Troopers" and "Ender's Game".
  
Electrical
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== May 26th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* waiting for the 3rd quote
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* Financials
* need a fundraiser to pay for it
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** Starting to see that drop. Memberships down $60 from last month, which will continue.
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** We tend to get a member or two leaving every month or two, so we rely on incoming members.
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** Everything else is roughly the same
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* 16 virus cases in total in MB, so things will either get better and better, or worse and worse.
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* Thor has been streaming movie night. This month was 'Ready or Not' and 'The Cabin in the Woods'. Next month is 'Blast from the Past' and 'Bubble Boy'.
  
Other
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== April 28th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* brochures are finished
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* 6:03: Ratified last-month's minutes
* need floor plans
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* 6:06: Financials
* fees are due in 3 days!
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** The net worth is steady, but we will be losing over the next little bit due to member loss.
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** Expenses are pretty flat. Income had quite a bit of food and drink.
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** We earned $40.00 from the coffee machine, this month.
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** Membership slightly down - have not been chasing for dues, though we also haven't heard that anyone is unable to pay.
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** Michael removed members who didn't respond since February and March.
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** Michael will pay a coworking fee for using the fancy desks during April.
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** Our average monthly cost is $2400 ($1890 rent + $210 insurance + $200 utilities + 70 bank)
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** A few scenarios:
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*** If literally all money stopped coming in, we'd last about three months.
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*** If only our PAD amounts were still coming in, we'd last about six months.
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*** If we continued on as usual, but we lost about three or four of our members, we'd be on a sixteen-month slope unless we held fundraisers.
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* 6:31: 3D Printer was making the PETG face mask straps, but clogged. Largely its been operating fine but Edwin will be ordering a replacement bed as the previous one was damaged slightly
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* 6:39: Province to announce opening up again soon in a limited fashion and we will keep people up to date
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**  No events, yet, and use space sparingly.
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* 6:40: Need for an IRC bot set up for slack.
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* 6:48: If anyone is having trouble paying dues for April/ May, let Michael know in case we can get reimbursed.
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** Due to the pandemic, we have lost a few hundred dollars and it would be nice if we could get some of that.
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** We might need our members to pay with money from their own government subsidies. That might be how we're supposed to get help from the government for this.
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* 6:56: Thor streamed his movie night. The same might happen next month.
  
== February 5, 2013 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
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== March 31st, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
Members present: Ron, Mak, David, Jason, Meako, Grumpy, Ian,Justin, Stef, Jim, Courtney, A Mike, Colin 2, Thor, Aemilianus, Britney, Siu
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* Introductions
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* Last minutes
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* Financials
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** I forgot to arrange some server space with Mark, so instead I made a really long web link for the financial results
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** http://rhombitruncated.icosidodecahedron.com/skullspace_financial_reports_as_of_2020-03-31/
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** Net worth is holding pretty steady, all things considered.
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** We outlaid some expenses to get groceries and the like.
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** Our drink and snack income were fairly high, so thank you to Nate for restocking that.
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** Membership is holding steady for now.
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** I didn't collect enough over-dues.
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* Stuff
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** 3D Printer had problems again. It looked overheated. Edwin will take it home to look at it.
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** The half-taken-apart TV is Edwin's.
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** The whole place has pretty much been in stasis
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* COVID-19
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** We're trying to reduce the number of people in the space. So far there have never been more than about six.
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** We just reached 100 cases of the disease in Manitoba.
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** At the time, it could have started doubling every few days, but that's the exact point where the curve-flattening started working.
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** “I can’t go out, I’m washing my hands tonight”
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** We're not locking the space down, but we are urging members to stay home.
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** The ‘modular petting zoo’ is cancelled until further notice.
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** Gatherings of up to 10 people should still be fine.
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** We updated the front page of the website with a message.
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** We'll need to keep on top of lost funds due to cancelled memberships and non-payment. Please talk to Michael K if you need to make arrangements.
  
Tour
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== February 25th, 2020 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Kevin brought in a few new members
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* Started 6:00pm
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* Attendance was taken
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* We have quorum. 15 people in attendance, two proxy
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* 6:04: Year in review
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** Movie team paid for the Space and didn't use it. We made $2,000 and they cleaned the windows for us.
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** Two very well received and attended socials. A good mix of a traditional social and our gaming/hangout space.
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** Earned $1,500 for the first and $1,700 on the second.
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** Year-over-year we're doing quite well as far as earnings
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** Presented cashflow, income and expenses from the past 12 months
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** Donations for the tech club $500
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** Helga's donation for our help
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* 6:10: Membership count is currently at 58. Down from 60 last AGM.
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* 6:15: Discussing net worth, how we track what people owe us
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* 6:15: Rent was not sustainable at one point and we re-negotiated. How are we with the landlord.
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** We checked the property value and it was under $400,000. Could we buy the building?
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** We should offer to renew early?
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* 6:20: Revisiting year in review:
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** Tech club occurred in October and November which taught electronics on three separate events.
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*** Arduino session, intro to 3D printing, Arduino 7 segment display
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*** 15 kids aged ten to sixteen came out.
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*** Funding from the city
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*** Super success!
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** MGUG events held at least five evenings.
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** YIMBY events held ten meetings.
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** First Fridays have happened.
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** Movie nights have been a grand success.
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** Helped local artist realize their "Shimmer" exhibit
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** Carl (CNC machine can cut metal things now and is much quieter)
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** Began building out an office-like space with the earnings from the first social
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*** Two 4K monitors and desks
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*** Built a wall
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* 6:30: Discussions about wall building
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* 6:33: Final notes
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** Thor: Participation is important, letting other members have a try
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** Brad: It was a good experience. Recommend it to build a higher profile
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* 6:36: New board decided without a vote.
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** Chris Johnson
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** Kyle Martin
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** Mark Campbell
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** Michael Kozakewich
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** Nate Wild
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* Action item:
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** 3D print something for the tech club contributors
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** Wall builders strike force. Help come build more wall. Next Tuesday March 3rd.
  
Technapalooza
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== January 28, 2020 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* at Mcphillips casino
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* No introductions needed
* we have a table
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* Previous minutes
* Nate, Ian, Jay are volunteers
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* Financial
 
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** NYE Social boosted it a bunch
Cyber Defense
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** We still haven't gotten back up to peak members, so we'd be on a slight downward slope without these fundraisers
* Feb 14
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** Everything else is similar. It seems it mostly boils down to membership levels and fundraisers.
* at RRC on Princess
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* NYE Social:
 
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** Got too much alcohol
Cryptoparty
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** Managed to return most of that
* You're doing it wrong
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** In the end we made about $1400, so it was a success
* Ron, Mak, Phoul and Alex giving talks
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** More than half our guests used EventBrite
* Feb 20
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** We keep on underpricing drinks
 
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** The downstairs has been leased, so we can't throw any more of this type of social
Game Dev Night
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*** Or can we? It seems the second floor of the adjoining building is still open, so that's an avenue of discussion
* Feb 23
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* AGM soon
 
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** Any bylaws or such need to be in by February 4th.
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
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 05:29, 3 March 2023


This page serves as the index for SkullSpace meeting minutes.

Contents

Minutes from previous years

Meeting_notes (2019)

Meeting_notes (2018)

Meeting_notes (2017)

Meeting_notes (2016)

Meeting_notes (2015)

Meeting_notes (2014)

Meeting_notes (2013)

Meeting_notes (2012)

Meeting_notes (2011)

Meeting_notes (2010)


September 2020 and beyond

We ended up losing track of the notes that were left in Slack, and now Discord. If you'd like to find the notes for a specific month but you cannot access those platforms, let someone else (or the board) know and we'll try to copy those notes here.

If you have some time and want to help with that, please go through September 2020 and onward, compiling notes from each meeting and recording them here.

February 28th, 2023 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald

  • We achieved quorum
  • Year in review:
    • Finally back in force after being on break since 2020.
    • We got a whole whack of really old augmented-reality headsets. Most seem to be running an old version of Android. Neat!
    • There was a burglary into one of the higher floors, and our footage was able to confirm that someone left the building with another tenant's bike.
    • We ground the hinges off the door to regain entry after there were errors in the fob system. It may have been a case of loose wiring. The new fire-safetied door has a keyhole for emergencies.
    • We upgraded various computer system. The fob and camera management computer was toast, so we updated the hardware and the software platform. We also got our hands on a new server with many GBs of RAM.
    • We started meeting on Discord.
    • We started hosting events on the first Friday of each month again.
    • Finally got our occupancy permit, after more than ten years in the space. We can hold events now.
  • Voting for 2023 board.
    • We had 5 candidates, so the board was acclaimed:
      • Edwin Amsler
      • Michael Kozakewich
      • Thor Robinson
      • Mark Campbell
      • Justin Labrie
    • We held a mock election for any two of Pirates, Clowns, and Ninjas. The winners were Pirates and Ninjas.
  • Financial report
    • We've climbed slowly from dangerous levels back up to an acceptable amount.
    • This was because we got a massive cut in rent, and we've been allowed to set our rent quarterly based on what we can handle.
    • At the moment, our trajectory is very flat, maybe trending downward slightly.
    • As we gain members, that'll increase. Then we'll increase our rent to flatten it again. That'll continue until we're back to our 2019 level of membership and our 2019 level of rent.
    • Everything else is pretty normal.
  • Other news
    • Movie nights are still happening. Next is March 17th.
    • HAX is coming up! We're announcing a list of presenters on Friday, and HAX itself is coming up on March 31st.

January 31st, 2023 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

December 27th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

November 29th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

October 25th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

September 27th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

August 30th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

July 26th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

June 28th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

May 31st, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

April 26th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

March 29th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

February 22nd, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

January 25th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

December 28th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

November 30th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

October 26th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

September 28th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

August 31st, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

July 27th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

June 29th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

May 25th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

April 27th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

March 30th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

February 23rd, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

  • Got quorum.
  • Year in review:
    • This is our 12th online meeting.
    • We mourned Chris Johnson's passing in June.
    • Thank you to Thor for holding his movie nights.
    • Edwin bought us some new tools, third hands, and soldering irons.
    • We had the online Hax event in October.
    • About three pop-in hackathons.
  • Voting for 2021 board.
    • We had 5 candidates, so the board was acclaimed:
    • Edwin Amsler
    • Michael Kozakewich
    • Thor Robinson
    • Pietra Shirley
    • Kyle Martin
  • Discussions on whether we can set up a budget for our electricity bill. Either through Hydro our do it ourselves.
    • Not really necessary, really.
  • Snack donations haven't been accounted for, but we don't expect much given the lack of attendance.
  • Bitcoin endowment fund it's at 0.51687800 of a bitcoin.
  • Question was asked when we would be out of money. The estimate is approximately 12 months.
  • Concerns were raised about abuse of membership signup process where a member could cancel/renew their membership based on the weather.
    • Putting one's membership on hold at a gym, for example, is usually limited to once per year
  • Raised that we'd like to have a new rave once vaccinations are in order and we're allowed to assemble.
    • Get occupancy permit
      • Probably need railing on back steps up to fire escape.
    • Get licensed as a live music venue which allows us to run events when we'd want. (LGCA)
    • Expecting to try this around the end of the summer.
    • Ben has offered to run through this process.
    • There would be a license cost of $500-$1000 per year versus $150-$200 per event and adds the requirement of 4 weeks advance notice. Considered a reasonable investment.
    • The donation method of fundraising via livestreams has proven successful, provided a coordinated presentation and well marketed donation initiative
    • We're pending further information from the government before re-opening for usual events and gatherings.
    • Province sets the public health laws and guidelines
  • Meeting ended at 6:56 PM.

(We'll have to finally compile all the notes from Slack! Please let me know if you'd like to help with that from September onward.)

January 26th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

December 29th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

November 24th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

October 27th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

September 29th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

August 25th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

  • Financials
    • We managed to get a rent reduction of 20% for the year.
    • We finally got the new directors added to our bank account
    • Hydro estimated an extra $100 for no reason. That just means the price will be lower in a later month.
    • We appreciate any extra donations!
    • Mark C is willing to fund volunteer work for SkullSpace. He has the money, but not the time. Are you interested in running online classes or live-streaming electronics stuff?
    • We discussed power usage. We're going through roughly $30-$40 per week, mostly because of our servers. It would be nice to lower that, but we're not pushing too hard.
  • We put an old Google Meet link on our sites and such, but apparently only Mark has access to it. We might need to make a different link.
  • Mark J is planning another Hax festival on October 17th.
    • Virtual event, live sessions, no pre-bake.
    • Payment offered for each half-hour session.
  • Edwin is now a director. Pirates won the mock vote against Ninjas.
  • September's movie stream: "Fantastic Voyage" and "Innerspace"
    • It was postponed from last month.

July 28th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

  • Financials
    • June wasn't super bad. July is super bad.
    • We're losing members at about our usual rate, but we aren't replenishing them with new members.
    • We got a bonus from some old gift card funds. (Remember FundScrip?)
    • We also forgot about some of Nate's expenses, so I went back and lowered our NYE profits and took out some snack profits.
    • We're looking into the emergency rent reduction stuff
    • It seems like we're supposed to be surviving through our members' CERB payments.
  • We've had a couple people ask about getting tours, so we should start maintaining a presence at the space again.
  • Reminder: SkullSpace offers email addresses to members. If you'd like one, just send an email to admin@.
  • We should collect impact statements from all the participants of our TEC workshops.
  • We updated our website with more COVID-19 info.
  • The election for the new director is on Tuesday. No other candidates besides Edwin, yet. Mark J is our election official, and has plans for encrypted public-channel voting. If there are no other candidates announced, he'll hold a mock vote for Pirates vs Ninjas.
  • Events
    • Online board game night next Tuesday (Aug 4) at 6:00.
    • August's movie stream: "Fantastic Voyage" and "Innerspace".

June 30th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

  • Financials
    • It turns out Google Drive wasn't backing up Michael's copy of the books, and so a data-loss event ruined several months of records. No reports this month while he rebuilds it, but we expect that the downward ramp will continue.
  • Chris Johnson passed away at the very end of May. There's a notebook at the space for anyone who'd like to record some memories. The book will be given to his parents at some point in the future.
    • Because of the new opening on the board, we're going to call some new elections. Edwin has been cleared by his company, so he'll fill that spot if no-one else nominates themselves.
    • Some members wanted to work on a memorial project for Chris. There were some ideas on Slack, but a lot of us are probably waiting until we can gather safely.
  • Edwin had brought the Prusa printer home some months ago, and was thinking about bringing it back.
  • Colin E. had some leads on a donation of synth production gear.
  • Michael would like to try to keep up appearances online even when we go back to face-to-face meetings at the space.
  • Thor is streaming movie night. This month was "Blast from the Past" and "Bubble Boy". Next month is "Starship Troopers" and "Ender's Game".

May 26th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

  • Financials
    • Starting to see that drop. Memberships down $60 from last month, which will continue.
    • We tend to get a member or two leaving every month or two, so we rely on incoming members.
    • Everything else is roughly the same
  • 16 virus cases in total in MB, so things will either get better and better, or worse and worse.
  • Thor has been streaming movie night. This month was 'Ready or Not' and 'The Cabin in the Woods'. Next month is 'Blast from the Past' and 'Bubble Boy'.

April 28th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

  • 6:03: Ratified last-month's minutes
  • 6:06: Financials
    • The net worth is steady, but we will be losing over the next little bit due to member loss.
    • Expenses are pretty flat. Income had quite a bit of food and drink.
    • We earned $40.00 from the coffee machine, this month.
    • Membership slightly down - have not been chasing for dues, though we also haven't heard that anyone is unable to pay.
    • Michael removed members who didn't respond since February and March.
    • Michael will pay a coworking fee for using the fancy desks during April.
    • Our average monthly cost is $2400 ($1890 rent + $210 insurance + $200 utilities + 70 bank)
    • A few scenarios:
      • If literally all money stopped coming in, we'd last about three months.
      • If only our PAD amounts were still coming in, we'd last about six months.
      • If we continued on as usual, but we lost about three or four of our members, we'd be on a sixteen-month slope unless we held fundraisers.
  • 6:31: 3D Printer was making the PETG face mask straps, but clogged. Largely its been operating fine but Edwin will be ordering a replacement bed as the previous one was damaged slightly
  • 6:39: Province to announce opening up again soon in a limited fashion and we will keep people up to date
    • No events, yet, and use space sparingly.
  • 6:40: Need for an IRC bot set up for slack.
  • 6:48: If anyone is having trouble paying dues for April/ May, let Michael know in case we can get reimbursed.
    • Due to the pandemic, we have lost a few hundred dollars and it would be nice if we could get some of that.
    • We might need our members to pay with money from their own government subsidies. That might be how we're supposed to get help from the government for this.
  • 6:56: Thor streamed his movie night. The same might happen next month.

March 31st, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel

  • Introductions
  • Last minutes
  • Financials
    • I forgot to arrange some server space with Mark, so instead I made a really long web link for the financial results
    • http://rhombitruncated.icosidodecahedron.com/skullspace_financial_reports_as_of_2020-03-31/
    • Net worth is holding pretty steady, all things considered.
    • We outlaid some expenses to get groceries and the like.
    • Our drink and snack income were fairly high, so thank you to Nate for restocking that.
    • Membership is holding steady for now.
    • I didn't collect enough over-dues.
  • Stuff
    • 3D Printer had problems again. It looked overheated. Edwin will take it home to look at it.
    • The half-taken-apart TV is Edwin's.
    • The whole place has pretty much been in stasis
  • COVID-19
    • We're trying to reduce the number of people in the space. So far there have never been more than about six.
    • We just reached 100 cases of the disease in Manitoba.
    • At the time, it could have started doubling every few days, but that's the exact point where the curve-flattening started working.
    • “I can’t go out, I’m washing my hands tonight”
    • We're not locking the space down, but we are urging members to stay home.
    • The ‘modular petting zoo’ is cancelled until further notice.
    • Gatherings of up to 10 people should still be fine.
    • We updated the front page of the website with a message.
    • We'll need to keep on top of lost funds due to cancelled memberships and non-payment. Please talk to Michael K if you need to make arrangements.

February 25th, 2020 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald

  • Started 6:00pm
  • Attendance was taken
  • We have quorum. 15 people in attendance, two proxy
  • 6:04: Year in review
    • Movie team paid for the Space and didn't use it. We made $2,000 and they cleaned the windows for us.
    • Two very well received and attended socials. A good mix of a traditional social and our gaming/hangout space.
    • Earned $1,500 for the first and $1,700 on the second.
    • Year-over-year we're doing quite well as far as earnings
    • Presented cashflow, income and expenses from the past 12 months
    • Donations for the tech club $500
    • Helga's donation for our help
  • 6:10: Membership count is currently at 58. Down from 60 last AGM.
  • 6:15: Discussing net worth, how we track what people owe us
  • 6:15: Rent was not sustainable at one point and we re-negotiated. How are we with the landlord.
    • We checked the property value and it was under $400,000. Could we buy the building?
    • We should offer to renew early?
  • 6:20: Revisiting year in review:
    • Tech club occurred in October and November which taught electronics on three separate events.
      • Arduino session, intro to 3D printing, Arduino 7 segment display
      • 15 kids aged ten to sixteen came out.
      • Funding from the city
      • Super success!
    • MGUG events held at least five evenings.
    • YIMBY events held ten meetings.
    • First Fridays have happened.
    • Movie nights have been a grand success.
    • Helped local artist realize their "Shimmer" exhibit
    • Carl (CNC machine can cut metal things now and is much quieter)
    • Began building out an office-like space with the earnings from the first social
      • Two 4K monitors and desks
      • Built a wall
  • 6:30: Discussions about wall building
  • 6:33: Final notes
    • Thor: Participation is important, letting other members have a try
    • Brad: It was a good experience. Recommend it to build a higher profile
  • 6:36: New board decided without a vote.
    • Chris Johnson
    • Kyle Martin
    • Mark Campbell
    • Michael Kozakewich
    • Nate Wild
  • Action item:
    • 3D print something for the tech club contributors
    • Wall builders strike force. Help come build more wall. Next Tuesday March 3rd.

January 28, 2020 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald

  • No introductions needed
  • Previous minutes
  • Financial
    • NYE Social boosted it a bunch
    • We still haven't gotten back up to peak members, so we'd be on a slight downward slope without these fundraisers
    • Everything else is similar. It seems it mostly boils down to membership levels and fundraisers.
  • NYE Social:
    • Got too much alcohol
    • Managed to return most of that
    • In the end we made about $1400, so it was a success
    • More than half our guests used EventBrite
    • We keep on underpricing drinks
    • The downstairs has been leased, so we can't throw any more of this type of social
      • Or can we? It seems the second floor of the adjoining building is still open, so that's an avenue of discussion
  • AGM soon
    • Any bylaws or such need to be in by February 4th.