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2013 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2013]]
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[[Category:Meeting notes]]
  
2012 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2012]]
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This page serves as the index for SkullSpace meeting minutes.
  
2011 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2011]]
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== Minutes from previous years ==
  
2010 minutes are at [[Meeting_notes\2010]]
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[[Meeting_notes (2019)]]
  
== October 28th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2018)]]
  
== October 21st, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2017)]]
  
== October 14th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2016)]]
* Call to order 18:00: 26 members in attendance
 
* Minutes were reviewed and approved without modification
 
* Food Hackathon
 
** Food Hackathon will be this Saturday at Ralph Brown Community Centre
 
** There will be awesome presentations and hands-on demonstrations
 
* Financial update
 
** We are in the black!  We currently have about one month's expenses in the bank.
 
** Membership numbers still rising steadily.  The number of new members has already offset the departure of revenue
 
* Hacker Jeopardy
 
** Jay is working on making actual buzzers
 
** Ron is developing a suite of questions
 
** Brittany will be our host
 
* Hackloween: There will be another all-night hacking sessions
 
** Costumes are optional.  Clothing is not.
 
* Crypto Party: evening of Saturday October 25th
 
** Testing some of the new Tor curriculum
 
* New DNS Server
 
* The green box on the back shelf is our new DNS server!
 
* Thanks to Sean for the machine and to Theo and Mark for the cloud backup.
 
* New ideas
 
** Jay would like to resurrect blog.skullspace.ca.  It has not been updated since 2012.
 
** We have a lot of events and social media so it should be possible to build up some content for this.
 
* Adjourned: 18:17
 
  
== October 7th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2015)]]
* Call to order 18:00: 22 members in attendance
 
* Minutes were reviewed and approved without modification
 
* Anti-Social
 
** A lot of new people attended, but overall attendance was down.
 
** Hacker Jeopardy was a raging success, so much so that it drew the crowd away from the DJs/social.
 
** There was discussion about doing HJ and Social events separately in future so that we can focus efforts on activities appropriate to each event.
 
** Silent auction was far better than expected.  Major thanks to Amy and Ali for soliciting all the amazing donations!
 
* Food hackathon
 
** October hackathon theme is FOOD!
 
** Food strikeforce will be meeting after this meeting.  Expect exciting news shortly!
 
* Financial update
 
** see attached
 
* Hacker Jeopardy Event
 
** Brittany suggested we do another hacker jeopardy event in partnership with UofM
 
** Looking at late January with Ralph Brown as a possible venue
 
* Hackloween!
 
** There will be an all night hacking session on October 31st!
 
** Costumes optional
 
* Zewy has a PC with Windows 10 preview installed on it.
 
** Feel free to have a look!
 
  
== September 30th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2014)]]
* Call to order: 18:00
 
* Minutes from previous meeting were reviewed and approved without amendment
 
* News
 
** Nuit Blanche was awesome.  Many members attended the Bike Jam and various other events.  Adrian's exhibit was great and went all night long.
 
* October hackathon: Food!
 
** Sarah is looking for people to speak
 
** Potluck! Bring whatever you can!
 
** Talk to Nate for further details
 
** Sarah will send email regarding gear list
 
* Anti-Social: This Saturday!
 
** Buy tickets from Jay / Brittany / Richard / Nate / other people
 
** Be a less horrible person, buy a ticket
 
** Mark has been working on Hacker Jeopardy and needs questions
 
** If you want to volunteer for writing questions, talk to Richard / Mark.
 
** We still need more prizes for the silent auction.  Please talk to people about donations!
 
* Ian's announcement
 
** Octopi has signed a lease for their own space
 
** Octopi will be departing over the next few weeks, but Ian has encouraged employees to retain membership
 
** Ian has received a consulting engagement in the UK. Leaving November 2nd, but will be back every 4-5 weeks for 6 months.
 
  
== September 23rd, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2013)]]
* Call to order: 18:00
 
* Drink machine
 
** We still have a drink machine! Why!?
 
** Courtney was not able to find a buyer for the drink machine.
 
** If anyone knows someone who would like to take this machine off our hands, please ask them to contact admin@
 
* SkullCamp
 
** Scheduling did not work our for the last planned event.  It has been postponed, likely until spring.
 
* Game AI hackathon
 
** Hats off to Mak for putting in a huge amount of effort and getting the gameai.skullspace.ca site and a whole bunch of sample bots done.  Presentation was excellent and everything worked perfectly, save a few complaints about the speed.
 
** Ben did a genetic algorithm, which didn't really work
 
** Despite all odds (and logic), 5bot and 6bot did relatively well
 
** All in all the event was a success and paved the way for future more exciting game events (Battleship, Carcasonne, etc.)
 
* The October hackathon topic will be FOOD!
 
** Hacking food...  Yum.
 
** Topics may include (but are DEFINITELY not limited to) Cheesemaking, winemaking, and/or beer brewing
 
*** Members in attenance were interested in cheese and beer, but not wine.
 
** The hackathon will also include some sort of (likely potluck) HACKSGIVING DINNER.
 
* Antisocial: OCTOBER 4th
 
** We need more prizes if our silent auction is going to be a success.  Brittany has a pre-made begging letter, please contact her for a copy if you are able to help get donations.
 
** Projector doesn't work well at out venue because of lighting, so we need a big TV.
 
** Tickets are here today! Only $10 from SkullSpace board members and select members!
 
* Mega super ultra meetup!
 
** RampUp Manitoba held a supermeetup.  Many SkullSpace members attended along with folks from Secret handshake, AssentWorks, PHP-UG, Ruby-UG, etc.
 
** We have *a lot* of tech groups, and no central hub for them
 
** Jay would like to throw an event that gets all these things together
 
* Random things
 
** SkipTheDishes and Bold Innovation Group are hiring!
 
** National Microbiology Group is having an open-house group
 
  
== September 16th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2012)]]
  
== September 9th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2011)]]
  
== September 2nd, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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[[Meeting_notes (2010)]]
  
== August 26th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
* Call to order 18:00 - 13 members present
 
* Minutes from August 19th were reviewed and approved
 
* Bike Hackathon was held this Saturday.  By all accounts it was a great success.  Many people attended and everyone had a great time.
 
** Nate and Gorgeous-Mike built a stand for our loaner bike fleet.
 
** Jordan, Nate and Stef procured and repaired three bikes to compose our initial fleet.
 
** Bike Winnipeg Donated front and rear lights for each of these loaner bikes.  We need someone to buy or donate three good quality locks.
 
** Richard and Ben built SpokePOV kits.  They were awesome!  Richard has more kits available for sale, contact him if you are interested.
 
** Contact Nathan or the board if you wish to make a donation to help offset some of the personal costs incurred on this project.
 
** Next project will be to assemble a repair stand / tools.  Natural Cycle will be donating something towards this cause!  Nathan will keep on MEC and local shops in hopes of getting further donations of tools/parts.
 
* Jay confirmed that we will not have a table at Comic Con this year, as all available spots have been filled.
 
* Financial update: Things are looking up!
 
* Recruitment of new members
 
** Students
 
*** Gerri (in charge of coop for XXXXX) wants to give second year students a tour.  XXXXX is coordinating this.
 
*** Zoe looked in to getting a table at RRC, but they are expensive.
 
** Other community groups
 
*** At the start of SkullSpace, we recruited from lots of other community groups.  We should do that more!
 
*** We should also make an effort just hang out with other groups (Secret Handshake, Winnipeg Skeptics, HAM Radio group, etc.) and be recognized.
 
* Events
 
** We had lots of events earlier this year and should definitely do more
 
** SkullCamp is planned for Sept 12-14.  date was changed due to a conflict with Nuit Blanche. Contact Ian (or see the mailing list) for details.
 
* Freezer is now pretty much a drink fridge.  thanks to Edwin for taking on this project!
 
** It may still be running a little cold, so please don't put anything in there that you don't want freezing.
 
** A log sheet will be going up for recording temperatures so we can get an idea of how it is working.  Please log temps if you can.
 
* Adjourned: 18:12
 
 
== August 19th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
* Call to order: 18:00 - 17 Members present
 
* Minutes from August 12th were reviewed and approved.
 
* School is resuming.  We need to recruit more students!
 
** Ashira will look in to seeing if we can set up tables at orientation week events at U of M, U of W and RRC.
 
** Sarah will assist.
 
* Financial update
 
** We are currently running with a small operating surplus (not counting donations).
 
** Octopi will be leaving shortly which will remove approximately $160 in monthly revenue.  This will leave us with a small shortfall each month.
 
* Comic Con exhibitor tables are all booked.  Jay will check with Ariel at AssentWorks to see if he has co-booked us a space.
 
* Bike Hackathon: NEXT SATURDAY
 
** Bike Hackathon is coming up next Saturday.  It will run from 10am to ???
 
** Current plan is to have an open discussion/brainstorming session starting at 10:00.  Guests will include Mark Cohoe (Bike Winnipeg) and Anders Swanson (Active Transportation Consultant).  Topics will include software and hardware-based bike/route tracking applications.
 
** 12:30 to 14:30: Jordan will deliver some workshops on basic bike maintenance and tire/tube maintenance.
 
** 14:#0 to whenever: Jordan and Nate will help people fix their bikes.
 
** 12:30 to whenever: Richard and Ben will work on building bike-themed electronics, SpokePOV kits, etc.  (NOTE: Richard has these available for sale!)
 
** We will also be working on the three SkullSpace fleet bikes, and their stand.
 
* SkullCamp: Nate suggested that we look at moving the projected date for the SkullCamp event.  The date we had originally picked conflicts with Nuit Blanche, which a lot of members plan to attend.
 
* Adjourned: 18:50
 
  
== August 12th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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== September 2020 and beyond ==
* Call to order: 18:00
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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.
* Minutes from August 5th were reviewed and approved
 
* Please contact Edwin if interested in helping out with the freezer-to-fridge conversion project
 
* Justin looking for a decent PC for Hyperspin project
 
* Bike hackathon August 23rd: See Facebook or contact Nathan for details
 
* Adjourned: 18:06
 
  
== August 5th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 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.
  
== July 29th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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== February 28th, 2023 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
* Call to order: 18:00 - 14 Members present
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* We achieved quorum
* Previous minutes were reviewed and approved
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* Year in review:
* August 23 - Bike Hackathon
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** Finally back in force after being on break since 2020.
* Defcon planning
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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!
** Defcon is coming up. A number of members are attending. Put your name on wiki page if you can
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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.
** Precautions if you are paranoid:
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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.
*** Don't bring any electronics you care about not getting pwned
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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.
* Social
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** We started meeting on Discord.
** Coming up in September-ish
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** We started hosting events on the first Friday of each month again.
** Waiting on confirmation of venue. If you have suggestions, please talk to Brittany.
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** Finally got our occupancy permit, after more than ten years in the space. We can hold events now.
* Central Canadian Comic Con is coming up in OCtober.
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* Voting for 2023 board.
** Ashria is interested in coordinating our presence there
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** We had 5 candidates, so the board was acclaimed:
* Drink machine
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*** Edwin Amsler
** We could convert the drink machine into a parts dispenser.
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*** Michael Kozakewich
** The issue is not just power use, but also how much space it takes up.
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*** Thor Robinson
** Most members are in favour of selling it
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*** Mark Campbell
* Baby changing station
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*** Justin Labrie
** We are still waiting on landlord's permission to undertake this project
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** We held a mock election for any two of Pirates, Clowns, and Ninjas. The winners were Pirates and Ninjas.
* Fire alarm and occupancy permit status
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* Financial report
** We are still waiting on Colin Stanners
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** We've climbed slowly from dangerous levels back up to an acceptable amount.
** Things may progress faster if we could find someone else to take over at least part of his duties
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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.
** Next week after the regular meeting we will have a short meeting to discuss what is left to do
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** At the moment, our trajectory is very flat, maybe trending downward slightly.
* Meetup
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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.
** We currently have a Meetup group that Brittany has been paying for.
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** Everything else is pretty normal.
** We need to change credit card on this account off of Brittany's
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* Other news
* Octopi
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** Movie nights are still happening. Next is March 17th.
** Octopi will be leaving the space sometime after September
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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.
** This will cause roughly $160/month loss per month of income
 
* Show and Tell
 
** Edwin has an Apple Newton at the space for a few weeks that people can play with (he will recycle it at the end of that time)
 
  
== July 22nd, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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== January 31st, 2023 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Call to order: 18:00
 
* Project Euler Hackathon
 
** Out July hackathon was all about math and programming.
 
** In true Mak fashion, Mak managed to solve his big problem (the hexagonal orchard) the night before.
 
** Several people worked as a group worked on a problem to find infected sheep within a flock
 
** Topic was well received.  We may do another math-themed event, possibly tying in speakers, activities with a broader reach.
 
* Mailing lists are now all back up!
 
** Lists are now hosted on google servers and should be fully operational.
 
** Major thanks to Jay for getting this critical piece of our infrastructure back online!
 
* Financial update
 
** Current membership (~60 full members and ~20 students) provides income that is roughly equal to our current operating expenses
 
** Good job everyone! Keep up the good work.
 
** All members/friends/family are encouraged to buy gift cards.  They end up costing you nothing and SkullSpace makes a percentage.  Contact Courtney for details.
 
* State of the space
 
** Please make an effort to clean up after yourselves.  There were a lot of fruit flies in the space this weekend due to open garbage containers and food waste left lying around.
 
** Garbage can be emptied in the bin in the alley between our building and the Yellow Dog.
 
** We do not have commercial recycling pick-up.  Please consider bagging the recycling and taking it home to deposit in your bin at home if you are able.
 
* August Hackathon
 
** The August Bike hackathon has been moved back to August 23 (which also happens to be Jay's 30th birthday!)
 
** There will be workshops on bike repair, tire patching, EL wire decorations
 
** We will be hosting some discussion / workshops surrounding the development of GPS-enabled electronics and smart-phone apps for bikes
 
** We will be building up a storage rack and up to three bikes to keep at SkullSpace as loaners for members and friends to use.
 
** NOTE: Due to the amount of workshop content, we will be starting at 10am instead of the usual noon.
 
* Drink machine - can we get rid of it?
 
** The drink machine has a huge energy cost to operate and takes up a large amount of space.
 
** we can replace it with a higher efficiency fridge
 
** No one opposed removal of the drink machine provided we had a suitable replacement
 
** We could also get rid of the upright freezer.  It is usually mostly empty and we could make due with the smaller freezer in our existing refrigerator.
 
** Edwin suggested we might be able to convert the upright freezer into a drink fridge.  Molly may be able to offer guidance.
 
* Baby change station
 
** Colin C. is meeting with the landlord to ask if we can mount a baby changing table to one of the bathroom walls.  He will report back.
 
* Adrian is doing a street art demonstration August 1
 
** It will be in the alley behind the Frame Arts gallery on Ross.  Bring your own teacup!
 
* Movie night this Friday
 
** We will be watching a timeless classic for the ages called "The Prodigy".  It promises to induce genuine eye bleeding.
 
* Adjourned: 18:35
 
  
== July 15th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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== December 27th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Call to order: 18:00 - 17 members in attendance
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== November 29th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Previous minutes were reviewed and approved.
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== October 25th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* July Hackathon (Project Euler!)
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== September 27th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** Set of hundreds of math problems which should be solved using small programs.
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== August 30th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** The event will be eight hours 8 hours of collaborative programming!
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== July 26th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** Still no consensus on how to properly pronounce Euler.
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== June 28th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Butterfly labs auction update
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== May 31st, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** Nobody bought the BTC miner for the $30 asking price.  The device will be going to eBay.
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== April 26th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* August Hackathon (Bikes!)
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== March 29th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** We will be doing bike fixing and bike pimping
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== February 22nd, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** We hope to establish a functional bike workshop here at the space!
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== January 25th, 2022 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** Nate put together a donation request letter, will be distributing it to local bike shops
 
** The date has changed a few times - it will be firmly the 23rd!
 
** Talk to Nate or Jordan for details.
 
* Library meeting
 
** We sat down with the library and reviewed what we had collected in Trello
 
** We settled on a couple of things that they liked and will be exploring them further.
 
** We have yet to start on the actual projects
 
* Mailing list update
 
** Discuss is up! Send an email to skullspace-discuss+subscribe@googlegroups.com
 
** Admin is up! Email us as skullspace-admin@googlegroups.com
 
** Announce is coming soon.
 
* Fringe Fest is coming up!
 
** We are going to try and attend some shows as a group
 
** Talk to Courtney for details
 
* VM Server
 
** In August, Mark will be doing some upgrades
 
** Mark is interested in doing a presentation on either:
 
*** What the features are and how to use the VM server
 
*** What technology is used and how it's leveraged
 
* Adjourned: 18:16
 
  
== July 8th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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== December 28th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Call to order: 18:00 - 18 members present
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== November 30th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Mailing lists are now on hosted on Google Groups
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== October 26th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** addresses are skullspace-discuss@googlegroups.com, skullspace-admin@googlegroups.com, skullspace-announce@googlegroups.com
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== September 28th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** Discuss and Admin lists are functional.  Announce list will be up soon
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== August 31st, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** Please contact Alex W. if you are not back up yet or require assistance.
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== July 27th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Group orders
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== June 29th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** We are eligible for a hackerpsace discount at sparkfun.com.  This works out to about 20% off of most of their products.
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== May 25th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** Richard did a group order recently and another order will be done soon - talk to Richard R. if you did not get a confirmation in the last one
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== April 27th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** There will be an Adafruit order soon too!
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== March 30th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
*** they sell SpokePOV kits, which we might put together in a workshop at the bike hackathon.
 
* July Hackathon: Project Euler - math problems + programming
 
** Scheduled for Saturday, July 19th.  Please see Facebook/Meetup for details.
 
* August Hackathon: Bikes!
 
** Natural date of the August hackathon would be August 16th.  Nathan proposed that we move it ahead to August 2 instead of third Saturday so that it will coincide with the Rainbow Trout Bike Jam
 
** Hackathon topics will include:
 
*** Bike repair
 
*** Building loaner bikes for shared use at the space.
 
*** Building a bike repair stand at the space.
 
*** Building electronics for lighting up your bike, speedometers, etc.
 
*** Keep an eye on the mailing list / Facebook / Meetup if you want to get in on a group order for parts
 
* Bitcoin miners
 
** Alex, Mark, and Ian (via a 2 out of 3 scheme) hold about 0.5 BTC on behalf of SkullSpace
 
** An older 5Gh/s unit will be on sale - talk to Mark if you want to place a bid (starting bid of $30, which Mark says is over priced).  Proceeds from the sale will go into the BTC fund for SkullSpace
 
* Public library partnership meeting will be held immediately after member meeting.
 
** Please attend if you are interested in participating.
 
* Molly has an A/C unit that SkSp can use, if we are interested
 
** Molly is also able to weld a bike rack for hackathon and/or just to sit outside for parking!
 
* Projects
 
** We should discuss projects more, perhaps having regular "show and tell" at member meetings?
 
** Another project could be a web interface/database with member photos, interest, and availability status (ie. are you at the space) (opt-in)
 
** We could have a computer cycling images and interests so we can get to know the community better and to foster collaboration
 
** Edwin has projects he would like to work on with people
 
*** LLVM target for C64
 
*** Mini rail gun
 
  
== July 1st, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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== February 23rd, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* No meeting due to Canada Day holiday.
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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.
  
== June 24th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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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.)
* Call to order 18:00 - 17 members present
 
* Minutes from June 17th meeting were reviewed and approved.
 
* June Hackathon: Music!
 
** The hackathon went very well, lots of people, lots of talks on various topics from hardware to music on youtube to the history or classical music
 
** Thanks to Jordan, Ric, Richard, Robert, Sarah and everyone else who brought instruments for people to share.  The hackathon ended with a jam session that went late into the night (with no complaints from neighbours!)
 
** Good job to everyone for advertising: keep up the good work!
 
* Library partnership
 
** Jay is working on it again.  Anyone who is interested should see the Trello board, and contact Jay.
 
* Social planning
 
** Sir John Franklin Community Centre (same place as last time) is under renovations and isn't taking bookings until last minute for us.  This may rule it out as a venue.
 
** Most other venues don't have split spaces for Hacker Jeopardy and dancing
 
** Please contact Brittany if you have any venue suggestions
 
* July Hackathon: Project Euler
 
** Come on down and hack on some mathy code and eat some snacks!
 
** Bring your mathy friends, and your programming skills
 
** combine your skills and work together to solve challenges.
 
* Alarm testing
 
** The fire alarm on our floor does not work.  Colin is looking into getting it fixed
 
** The signal to trigger doors in the event of a fire or power loss is also not working
 
** We may need to contact alarm company to do a fix, hopefully can be the same person coming to fix the alarm bell.
 
** When plugging things in, try not to chain a bunch of extension cords
 
* August Hackathon: Bikes!
 
** Nate couldn't be here, but has suggested that we make the August Hackathon theme Bikes.
 
** We could build a bike repair stand for the space and put together 2-3 loaner bikes to keep at the space for people to share.
 
* Winnipeg Urbanists are meeting at library this Thursday
 
* United Way coworking space talk
 
** Courtney and Jay went to hear what there was to say, but it was not very relevant
 
* Music jamming after hackathon inspired some to propose a monthly jam session with recordings
 
** could also get "the midnight choir" to come down
 
** they teach people how to sing some songs and then do some recordings
 
* Eating bugs
 
** Someone will be giving a presentation about insect-based foods Saturday at 7pm at the space (with samples!)
 
  
== June 17th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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== January 26th, 2021 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Call to Order
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== December 29th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** Jay chairing. Daniel taking notes.
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== November 24th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** 16 or so people here - so quorum met.
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== October 27th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Introductions
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== September 29th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Reading Last Week's Minutes
 
** Minutes approved form last wek.
 
* Event Strikeforce
 
** meeting after this meeting to discuss what done so far, to see what coming up next
 
** Hackathon to be discussed - a Saturday, noonish...all we have so far...email going out tomorrow?
 
* Fundscript - pay Courtney..she'll break your kneecaps
 
* Finances
 
** no spreadsheet this month. Looking roughly the same, Hacker jeopardy got us $550. It covered two months worth of deficit.
 
** Board members are still owed $2000 or so...it is being reduced monthly by their regular donation
 
** thank you to the board members who participated in that
 
** other prepaid dues are helpful
 
** get involved - community building - active people bring more active people
 
* Doors not closing
 
** remind people that the door need to be carefully closed
 
* Event Strikeforce
 
** meeting after this meeting
 
* Co-working spaces
 
** discussion put on by united way - different co-working spaces spoke about the idea  - Courtney can discuss it better
 
** added to next week's agenda
 
* Cool stuff working on
 
** working on old stereo amps -- speakers and dj equipment are here for the hackathon
 
** Thermin+Guitar! the SkullStrat
 
** discussion of the 14-year-olds who used the default password on the Bank of Mtl ATM
 
* Adjournment
 
  
== June 10th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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== August 25th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Call to order: 20 members in attendance
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* Financials
* Minutes read / accepted
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** We managed to get a rent reduction of 20% for the year.
* Hacker Jeopardy was great, 50+ people attended.
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** We finally got the new directors added to our bank account
** Might need a bigger venue next year
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** Hydro estimated an extra $100 for no reason. That just means the price will be lower in a later month.
** We made $558.45
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** We appreciate any extra donations!
* Fundscript update
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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?
** If you ordered cards, Courtney will find you
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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.
* Next hackathon (21st) is a Music hackathon
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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.
** People are organizing things
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* Mark J is planning another Hax festival on October 17th.
* IDGA gamejam coming up
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** Virtual event, live sessions, no pre-bake.
* Ron is doing a talk on pentesting and DNS (today, after meeting)
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** Payment offered for each half-hour session.
* End of meeting!
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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.
  
== June 3rd, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
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== July 28th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
* Call to order: 19:00 (28 members in attendance)
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* Financials
* Review of previous meeting minutes: approved without correction
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** June wasn't super bad. July is super bad.
* Old business
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** We're losing members at about our usual rate, but we aren't replenishing them with new members.
** Hacker jeopardy (Ron): tickets are still available. Please contact Jay, Alex, Richard or Nate if you need some.  This is an important fundraiser and will be a great time. Please come  join us!
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** We got a bonus from some old gift card funds. (Remember FundScrip?)
** Library partnership update (Jay): Partnership with the library is progressing.  They would like us to work on programming that can be delivered to youth.  This is an important outreach opportunity.  If anyone is interested in participating, please contact Jay.  Jay will be meeting with library on Friday to review potential project options.
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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.
** Newark/Element14 update (Ben): We still have the option of taking advantage of Element14's offer to provide free gear in exchange for a blog post.
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** We're looking into the emergency rent reduction stuff
** Schwag strikeforce update (Nate): Nathan, Colin C. and Ian are coordinating an order for T-shirts and good quality stickers.  Ian has agreed to finance this so there is minimal risk to SkullSpace.  Please contact Nathan ASAP if you are interested in getting a shirt so that we have an idea how many to order.  He needs to know size and style (logo or text).
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** It seems like we're supposed to be surviving through our members' CERB payments.
** Wiki/web hackathon (Alex): We had our first wiki/website hackathon this Sunday.  It was attended by seven members.  Tasks have been broken out onto a dedicated board in the SkullSpace Trello
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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.
* New business
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* Reminder: SkullSpace offers email addresses to members. If you'd like one, just send an email to admin@.
** June hackathon - Music (Nate): The planning strikeforce for the June hackathon will be meeting immediately after the member meeting.  Please attend if you would like to participate!  Collaboration will be done via a dedicated list in Trello.
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* We should collect impact statements from all the participants of our TEC workshops.
** July hackathon - Project Euler (Jay): The July hackathon will be Project Euler.  It will include talks on how some problems were solved as well as opportunities for people to work on them collaboratively.  There will also b a lively debate on the proper pronunciation of “Euler”.  Please contact Jay or Mak for more info, or stay tuned to the Trello.
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* We updated our website with more COVID-19 info.
** Comic Con (Ben): C4 is last weekend in October and we will once again have a presence there.  Please think of possible projects to showcase and consider setting aside time to volunteer to man our booth.
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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.
** Winnipeg JS User Group (Jeremy): The Winnipeg JS user group will be meeting at SkullSpace on June 18.  If you are interested in JavaScript, please try to attend.
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* Events
** Partnership with IEEE Young Professionals (Troy): IEEE YP is a group catering to engineering / technology grads.  Troy is interested fostering a partnership to deliver some workshops.  The  group was generally in favour of this.
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** Online board game night next Tuesday (Aug 4) at 6:00.
** Doors (Colin S.): Our doors are confusing and like to trap people inside (or outside) the space.  Please do not touch the ambiguously labeled switch unless you understand what it does as leaving it in the wrong position can overload the power supply and lock the doors.
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** August's movie stream: "Fantastic Voyage" and "Innerspace".
** Graphic design course (Rylaan): Rylaan would like feedback on what applications to use for the  graphic design course that he is planning.  General concensus was that open soure applications would be prefered.
 
** DNS Talk (Ron): Ron is doing a talk at B-Sides Montreal and will be doing a dry run at the space.  The topic will be Pentesting with DNS and it will likely be held next Tuesday.  An email notification will be sent out.  Everyone should come and provide Ron with “constructive criticism”.
 
** Ron and Mak are working on a web service based replacement for Ida.  If anyone has experience with front end web development and is interested in working on this project. Please contact them.
 
** Adrian is looking for a food dehydrator the process old vtr t tapes
 
* Adjournment: 18:35
 
 
 
== May 27th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
* Call to order: 19:00
 
* Upcoming events:
 
** June 1 wiki/web hackathon: a group of members are getting together to work on revamping our online presence. All members of all skill levels are encouraged to hello out.
 
** June 6 Work from SkullSpace day: our monthly "Work From SkullSpace Day" is June 6th.  Please come telecommute from the space if you are able!
 
** June 6 Hacker Jeopardy: Ron's Hacker Jeopardy event is coming up on the night of June 6th.  It is going to be a great time.  Tickets are limited, contact Jay, Ron, Alex, Richard or Nate if you would like one.
 
** June 7 Cryptoparty: Join us for our next Cryptoparty.  Daniel will be talking about one-time pads and RSA.  Colin will be presenting on liberation technology (Tor, OTR, etc.). 
 
** June 8 game day: Our next card/board/tabletop gaming day is in two weeks.
 
** June hackathon: The June hackathon is MUSIC HACKING.  Please see the trello / Web site for details.
 
** July hackathon: The July hackathon will be PROJECT EULER Please see the trello / Web site for details.
 
* Strava: SkullSpace now has a group on Strava.com, a running / walking / cycling social media site.  Everyone who runs, walks, hikes or bikes should join up.  http://www.strava.com/clubs/skullspace
 
* Trello: The event strikeforce has established a Trello board to track and plan events for the space.  All members are encouraged to check it out and contribute as much as possible.  For access, please contact Brittany, Ben or Nathan.
 
* Courtney will be doing regular gift-card orders on the 15th and last day of every month. The gift-card fundraiser is an excellent way to raise money for the space without incurring any personal cost.  See www.fundscrip.com for a list of gift cards that are available and order lots of them.
 
* Element 14/Newark is offering to sponsor us with parts (Arduino, Raspberry Pi, etc.) in exchange for writing a blog about the projects we use them for.  This is a great potential source for parts and supplies and may help stimulate some projects.
 
* Museum devices: Robert, Richard, Alex[1] and Nathan met with David from Typha Communications.  This company works with community museums to develop interactive exhibits.  We are going to explore making some of these devices for educational purposes and possibly to generate some revenue.  Anyone interested in helping with a museum strikeforce is encouraged to meet in the classroom after this meeting.
 
* Library partnership.  Jay will be reaching out to members to help develop programming we can deliver at the library.  This will put us in front of a large audience.  See the Trello board, or contact Jay for information.
 
* Please contact Nathan if you would like to order shirts with the Skully logo, or the white and organge text.  We are assessing demand for sizez/styles before getting shirts ordered.
 
* CIPS is looking for a volunteer to assist with their upcoming charity golf tournament.  If anyone is interested in helping out, please contact Robert.
 
* The 3D printer is working great!  Jason did a 13 hour print job and it came out perfectly.
 
* Minutes were reviewed / approved by concensus.
 
* Adjourned: 18:30
 
 
 
== May 20th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
Minutes
 
* Call to order: 18:00
 
* Review of minutes
 
* Updates
 
** Finance (Ben)
 
*** Ben presented update financial projections.  New projections have been done excluding potential fundraising as none of this income has been guaranteed.
 
*** The board has loaned approximately one month's expenses to the organization.  This is intended to buy time to do fundraising and not to prolong it's demise.
 
*** We will be in the red in two months time without new members and/or fundraising.
 
*** Shortfall is such that if every member donated $4 per month we would be in the black.
 
** Occupancy permit (Jay)
 
*** We have all of the required hardware for the automatic fire alarm door-release.  Colin will schedule a fire alarm test.  This will need to be done in conjunction with the alarm company, landlord and other tenants.
 
*** Colin is awesome.  Please don't die.
 
** Network infrastructure (Ian T.)
 
*** SkullSpace now has a dedicated IPv6 network, wired and wireless!
 
** Newark/Element14
 
*** Newark/Element14 approached us to establish a sponsorship / partnership.  They would provide us with parts, kits, etc. In exchange for us writing a blog post about their use.
 
*** If anyone has a project that they would like to do, please contact Ben.
 
** Strikeforces
 
*** Wiki / Website Hackathon: will be meeting shortly.  Colin C. is coordinating this project.
 
*** Event planning strikeforce will be meeting immediately after the member meeting.  Great things in-store!
 
*** Anti-Social 2.0 is progressing.  We are awaiting confirmation on the availability of the venue before picking a date.
 
*** Library partnership: The Winnipeg Public Library has approached us to develop programming.  At this point they are interested in having us deliver SkullSpace-themed programming
 
*** Jay will be meeting with them on Friday to explore options.
 
*** Hacker Jeopardy: Ron is organizing a one-night Hacker Jeopardy event on June 6th. Everyone buy tickets and come have fun!  Tickets are available from Ron, Nathan, Richard and Jay.
 
* Popcorn machine: discussion deferred until existing popcorn machine departs.  Nate will be restocking it (and snacks) on FRI.
 
* Bread machine: we have one, please feel free to use it.  Siu has not been able to get it to make anything resembling bread, and would love it if someone else would see if they have better luck.
 
* Cryptoparty
 
** The next Cryptoparty will be on June 7th!
 
** Colin C. will be presenting on Liberation Technology (Tor, PGP, OTR, etc.)
 
** Daniel will be presenting on one time pads / RSA
 
* New printer installed!  It is on the network at 172.30.6.46.  Thanks to Russ for getting this set up.
 
* Donor 'membership' level.
 
** We discussed the idea of adding a non-voting “friend of SkullSpace” membership tier.
 
** This would be a way for remote members and casual users of the space to make regular contributions via PAD.
 
** This was unanimously approved.
 
* Son-of-Skullotron project is progressing.  Hopefully there will be a model to review shortly.
 
* Office dividers: Brittany suggested a few office dividers would be a good addition to the classroom, both to help funnel traffic into the space when there are events in the classroom, and to serve as a notice board.
 
** Sean offered to pay for them.
 
** Jon and Nate offered to pick them up.
 
* Adjournment: 18:45
 
 
 
== May 13th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
== May 6th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
== Apr 29th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
== Apr 22nd, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
== Apr 15th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
* Reading of minutes
 
** Hydro reading submitted
 
** Tabletop day was a great success
 
** Yuri's night happened
 
** Donation boxes for snacks and drinks are in place. They are separate so that we can track them individually.
 
** The Skullotron - some folks were talking about a miniaturized version. Talk to Nate
 
** Nate is going to try to get some art for the space. If you're interested in helping with that, talk to Nate.
 
** Budget meeting will be happening on the 22nd, after the regular meeting. Talk to Ben
 
** Pile o' doom: You have 1 day to get stuff from the pile
 
 
 
* Special meeting
 
** 6th of May.
 
** Brittany stepped down, so we need to elect another member
 
** Everybody should run
 
 
 
* Financial stuff
 
** Financial situation details are available upon email request
 
** If anybody would like to do some fundraising events, big or small, please don't hesitate to ask for help
 
** Brittany is hoping to do a social sometime in August
 
 
 
* Yuri's Night
 
** It went great, according to Ian
 
** Lots of booze was consumed
 
 
 
* PlaidCTF!
 
** We kind of sucked this year
 
** But it was a good time
 
** We ended up in 37th place, of ~530 scoring teams
 
 
 
== Mar 18th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
Members present: not recorded
 
 
 
* Reading of minutes
 
**  Wiki updates
 
**  Electrical updates
 
**  Fire extinguisher
 
**  Donation tracking/lockboxes
 
**  Meme cookbook
 
**  Yuri's night
 
**  Brewery tour
 
**  Jordan Justice became a member
 
 
 
* Fire extinguishers
 
** Alex purchased at a cost of ~$102, slightly more expensive than expected
 
** Nobody objected to repaying Alex
 
** Two fire extinguishers
 
*** 2A-10B-C located near the front (main) door
 
*** 1A-10B-C located near the rear (fire escape) door
 
** They are not mounted yet
 
 
 
* Plexiglass box for donations
 
** Jeremy brought it down
 
** Requires some modifications
 
*** Slot to be added
 
*** Lock to be added
 
 
 
* Server electrical
 
** Upgrade was funded by Ian
 
** Two new 20 amp circuits have been installed
 
** Load has been split between the two circuits
 
** Before installing more servers, please seek approval
 
 
 
* Netops mailing list
 
** The list has fallen victim to endless amounts of spam
 
** New list will be created and not archived
 
** The board will discuss with members of this list regarding power usage for non-critical machines
 
 
 
* Wiki updating
 
** AMichael began revising some pages
 
** AMichael added dates to some events
 
** Nothing else significant to report
 
 
 
* Yuri's Night
 
** Party at the museum!
 
** We can get /very/ creative with our presence
 
** A member asked "What is the goal/purpose of us having a presence?"
 
** Answer: "Not to sell anything. Just to raise awareness and hopefully make the event more fun."
 
** April 12th - contact Jay for more information
 
* Brief financial update
 
** More complete financial update for the previous calendar will be next week
 
** We are "uncomfortable" with less than three months of rent in our bank account at all times
 
** We currently have ~$2400 in our bank account
 
** Our expenses per month are ~$2500
 
** Cian asked (paraphrased) "At the AGM, our balance was much higher. Why the discrepancy?"
 
** Alex responded: "The last date on graph was 3 months ago, in December."
 
** Our membership dues (not including donations) are $2200, so we are not losing much per month but we need to be careful
 
** Cian asked (paraphrased) "Why did we drop from $5000 to $2000?"
 
** Ben explained that the graph was likely generated between collecting member dues and paying rent
 
** The board's thorough report next week will provide a much clearer picture
 
** Cian suggested that the board include cash flow projections in the report
 
** A member asked about the hydro bill. The board said they will be doing meter readings in the future to prevent wild swings in bills.
 
 
 
* Bathroom maintenance
 
** Sean replaced the paper towel holder in the men's washroom
 
** He will replace the one in the women's washroom, but would like to reimbursed. ($30)
 
** The repayment was approved
 
 
 
* Half Pints
 
** The tour is a go
 
** March 22nd at 1pm
 
** First come, first serve. Contact Jeremy[1] for more details
 
 
 
* Tabletop day
 
** GameKnight and Imagine have been approached for sponsorship
 
** Planning for the event is underway
 
** Having some SkullSpace ambassadors would be nice
 
** April 5th - contact Nate for more information
 
 
 
== Mar 11th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
 
 
 
Members present: Cian, Brittany, Courtney, Nate, Jay, Alex, Colin, AMichael, Zoe,
 
Stef, Ben, Alex, Brian, Robert K, Edwin, Sean
 
 
 
* Agenda and minutes
 
** Ideally, the board sends the minutes out on Saturday/Sunday
 
** They were late last week
 
** Aside: once minutes are posted, they become "official" and cannot be changed, so delays are expected
 
 
 
* Reading of minutes postponed until the end of the meeting
 
 
 
* Protelec automatic door unlocking
 
** No update yet
 
** Action item: Colin C will talk to the landlord and Colin Stanners about this forward and provide an update in the future
 
 
 
* Fire extinguishers
 
** Alex volunteered to buy two small ones and bankroll them
 
** Show of hands was taken to pay Alex back, majority said "yes"
 
** Stef suggested we find out what we require to pass an inspection and buy those instead
 
** Action item: Alex to buy extinguishers
 
 
 
* Wiki updates
 
** Many pages are out-of-date and a lot of them are ugly
 
** SkullSpace has changed a lot and the wiki has not kept up
 
** Brittany is looking for some people to help with this
 
** AMichael stated that he is organizing a strike force to handle this issue
 
 
 
* Electrical upgrades and server hosting
 
** The circuit is approaching overload
 
** The quote is $250 to effectively double our capacity
 
** Possible solutions
 
*** Negate the need by getting rid of non-critical servers (VM sever, mailing list, DNS)
 
*** Fund the upgrade through crowdfunding
 
*** SkullSpace can pay for it if the membership agrees
 
** Rich from Voi offered additional Internet service dedicated to the servers
 
** Find out the interest level for people who have machines in the rack?
 
** Member comment: "if we upgrade the power, it's not a free-for-all, the power still costs us"
 
** Action item: the board will discuss with the server owners and gauge crowdfunding interest
 
 
 
* Donation tracking
 
** Proposal: obtain cash boxes that allow deposit but require a key for withdrawal
 
** Jeremy volunteered to donate a plexiglass box that he owns
 
** How many lockboxes are required?
 
*** Donations
 
*** Drinks
 
*** Snacks
 
*** 3D printer
 
** Lockboxes with non-unique keys are acceptable
 
*** Stef was asked about the 3D printer box - he indicated that he did not require access to it
 
*** No other boxes need to be opened by members that are not on the board
 
 
 
* Reading of the minutes
 
** Discussed the AGM
 
** Discussed the general and student member audits
 
** Discussed the splitting of the calendars into community
 
** Covered the meetup, and that everybody can create events (not just Brittany)
 
** Discussed the CODE event
 
** The membership in attendance was not asked to approve the read minutes
 
  
* Meme cookbook
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== June 30th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** If anybody is interested in resurrecting the meme cookbook, talk to Nate
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* Financials
** Needs a lot of work, but Nate is confident we could publish it and sell it someday
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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.
** Ideas
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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.
*** Asking Wil Wheton or Penny Arcade to write a foreword
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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.
*** Organize with them for the proceeds to go to charity
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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.
** Brian proposed that we simply start working on it as a blog, and then we'll put it all together
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* Edwin had brought the Prusa printer home some months ago, and was thinking about bringing it back.
** AMichael suggested that this will be positively affected by the wiki cleanup
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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".
  
* Recurring community events
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== May 26th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** Nate proposed that we have a rotating list of events to mention during meetings to keep members informed
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* Financials
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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'.
  
* International Tabletop Day
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== April 28th, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** ITD is an event organized by the folks that run the "Tabletop" web series
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* 6:03: Ratified last-month's minutes
** This year's day is April 5th
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* 6:06: Financials
** SkullSpace is hosting a get-together for International Tabletop Day
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** The net worth is steady, but we will be losing over the next little bit due to member loss.
** Talk to Nate for more information
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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.
  
* User groups and using the space
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== March 31st, 2020 - 18:00 @ Slack General Channel ==
** The PHP user group was here, and it went very well
 
** The Android user group wants to have their meetings here as well
 
** If you want to book the space, email admin@lists.skullspace.ca or talk to Colin Childs
 
 
 
* Yuri's Night
 
** April 12th at the Manitoba Museum's Science Gallery and the Planetarium
 
** Action item: Brittany will follow up with Jay about getting a table or having some other kind of SkullSpace presence
 
 
 
* Brewery tour
 
** Jeremy has a contact at the Half Pints brewery, and might be able to organize a tour
 
** By show of hands, many people were interested in doing that
 
** Jeremy will email the mailing list to gauge interest
 
 
 
* New members
 
** Jordan Justice became a full member today
 
 
 
* Adjournment
 
 
 
== Mar 4th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
 
 
* Introductions
 
* 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.
  
* Reading of minutes
+
== February 25th, 2020 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
** AGM last week
+
* Started 6:00pm
*** New board elected
+
* Attendance was taken
**** Alex Weber
+
* We have quorum. 15 people in attendance, two proxy
**** Ben Bergman - Financials
+
* 6:04: Year in review
**** Brittany Postnikoff
+
** Movie team paid for the Space and didn't use it. We made $2,000 and they cleaned the windows for us.
**** Colin Childs
+
** Two very well received and attended socials. A good mix of a traditional social and our gaming/hangout space.
**** Courtney Lofchick
+
** Earned $1,500 for the first and $1,700 on the second.
*** Events from last year discussed
+
** Year-over-year we're doing quite well as far as earnings
 
+
** Presented cashflow, income and expenses from the past 12 months
* Audits
+
** Donations for the tech club $500
** Student membership audits
+
** Helga's donation for our help
** General membership audit
+
* 6:10: Membership count is currently at 58. Down from 60 last AGM.
** What is a membership audit?
+
* 6:15: Discussing net worth, how we track what people owe us
*** Making sure we have financials backed up for every member
+
* 6:15: Rent was not sustainable at one point and we re-negotiated. How are we with the landlord.
*** Making sure we have forms and the like
+
** We checked the property value and it was under $400,000. Could we buy the building?
*** In short, due dilligence
+
** We should offer to renew early?
 
+
* 6:20: Revisiting year in review:
* Calendars
+
** Tech club occurred in October and November which taught electronics on three separate events.
** Colin split the calendar into two calendars
+
*** Arduino session, intro to 3D printing, Arduino 7 segment display
*** One for community events
+
*** 15 kids aged ten to sixteen came out.
*** One for SkullSpace events
+
*** Funding from the city
** Kevin V. wrote a calendar webapp
+
*** Super success!
*** API integration with Meetup?
+
** MGUG events held at least five evenings.
*** API integration with Google Calendar?
+
** YIMBY events held ten meetings.
 
+
** First Fridays have happened.
* Meetup
+
** Movie nights have been a grand success.
** Lots of people ask Brittany to add events
+
** Helped local artist realize their "Shimmer" exhibit
** Anybody can add events if they are subscribed as a SkullSpace member (???) (5:28)
+
** 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
* CODE
+
*** Two 4K monitors and desks
** People from Meetup showed up
+
*** Built a wall
** People scrummed
+
* 6:30: Discussions about wall building
** Not much happened at the space
+
* 6:33: Final notes
** Pizza, ideas, and then people went home
+
** Thor: Participation is important, letting other members have a try
** Mark Jenkins put in a lot of work
+
** Brad: It was a good experience. Recommend it to build a higher profile
*** when-ei.ca
+
* 6:36: New board decided without a vote.
 
+
** Chris Johnson
* External community emails (8:35)
+
** Kyle Martin
** Once per week, generate a digest of some kind?
+
** Mark Campbell
** Forward with the meeting reminder?
+
** Michael Kozakewich
** Bring up during the meeting
+
** Nate Wild
 
+
* Action item:
* Adjournment
+
** 3D print something for the tech club contributors
 
+
** Wall builders strike force. Help come build more wall. Next Tuesday March 3rd.
== Feb 25, 2014 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
 
 
 
Members present: Alex, Mark, Michael, Kevin, Jason, Courtney, Nate,
 
Ian, Cian, Brittany, Edwin, Jay, Sean, Thor, Dave, Ric, Colin, Jeremy,
 
Nishan, Stefan
 
 
 
Annual General Meeting 2014
 
 
 
* Year in review
 
** Alex presented with some pictures throughout the year
 
** Events
 
*** CTFs, user groups, social, cryptoparties, Comic Con, hack-a-thons,
 
movie nights, Peg Jam, Freeze Frame, CDC, game nights
 
** Financial update
 
*** A proper one will be coming, but summary is we are stable
 
** The future
 
*** Fire safety
 
*** Occupancy permit
 
 
 
* Bylaw changes
 
** Late dues
 
*** Intent is to remove some process and make it smoother for the board
 
** Minutes being read
 
*** Intent is to ensure minutes are taken and agreed upon by members
 
*** Could be implemented as a policy if the bylaw is voted down
 
 
 
* Board nominees
 
** Cian, Brittany, Courtney, Alex, Colin, Sue, and Kenny
 
 
 
* Vote results
 
** New board: Ben, Colin, Courtney, Brittany, Alex
 
** Both bylaws passed
 
 
 
== Feb 18, 2014 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
 
Members present: Courtney, Brittany, Ben, Stefan, Ric, Thor, Brian, Edwin, Sean, Colin, Ian, AMichael, Adrian, Alex, Marcel, Troy, Kevin, Rob
 
 
 
* Nominations closed today
 
** 8 people running
 
** Last minute nominations allowed, but earlier the better
 
 
 
* Door is almost ready to open when fire alarm goes off
 
** Last part is getting building panel connected, which is locked
 
** Fire alarm might not even work
 
*** No battery and no phone line - landlord should bring in alarm company
 
** Remote access needs to be tested
 
 
 
* LES.net upgraded our phone line
 
** Calls now last more than 30 minutes!
 
** No MTS landline needed anymore
 
 
 
* Coinfest last weekend
 
** First Bitcoin ATM in Winnipeg!
 
 
 
* David - heritage/community museums
 
** Looking for interested members to help create interactive electronic exhibits
 
*** Push button activated sounds for guessing game
 
*** Electric fire glow
 
*** Lit routes on map
 
*** Fibre optic lights modified to be activated by motion sensor or push button
 
*** And more!
 
** Many small contracts available
 
 
 
* Raspberry Pi users group this weekend
 
 
 
* Booking the space is awkward right now
 
** Suggestion made for a webpage for applying to use the space
 
 
 
* Wiki needs updating
 
** Brittany will be working on this, contact her if you are interested in helping out
 
 
 
* Switch inside for when we are open
 
** Notification on website/IRC/Twitter?
 
** Light in the window?
 
 
 
* Next hackathon - Manitoba retro computing
 
** Winnipeg was the BBS capital of Canada at one time
 
** Some speakers already contacted, more being contacted
 
*** Les
 
*** Bill Reed
 
*** Michael Gelespie
 
 
 
== Feb 11, 2014 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
 
Members present: Ian, Mark, Marcel, AMichael, Brian, Colin C., Courtney, Alex, Kevin, Thor, Stefan, Troy, Rob, Cian, Edwin, Ben, Zewwy, Colin S., Dave, Ric
 
 
 
* You have less than a week to nominate yourself for the board
 
** Email admin and Nathan
 
 
 
* Crypto currency day last weekend - success
 
** Slides will be posted on discuss
 
 
 
* Crypto party last weekend - success
 
** People can learn about privacy protecting technology and do key signing
 
** Everyone should come to the next one
 
 
 
* Door hardware - no news
 
 
 
* CDC Feb 20
 
** 3rd year
 
** 10 high school teams
 
** No more volunteers needed
 
** Virtual env. for students to secure
 
** Feel free to come by and hang out
 
 
 
* Sci-fi skirmish day coming up - info on discuss
 
 
 
* AGM Feb 25
 
** Email coming to paid-up members with voting codes
 
*** Make sure you are paid up by the 15th!
 
 
 
* Big hydro bill
 
** Likely due to air conditioning for the summer
 
** Will check if the bill is est. or act.
 
** Will look into going on a budget
 
 
 
* Things that annoy Ian
 
** Booking the space and not showing up
 
*** Please email pics of the space to admin so we can use it to show off to potential renters
 
 
 
* Dedicated IPv6 network being installed by Voi
 
** CDC storage servers will be installed here on that network, Octopi donating blade server for VMs
 
** Early stages, nothing bought yet, still discussing
 
 
 
* MTS Future First providing stuff like shirts and scholarships, sponsoring CDC
 
** Talk to Cian if you are interested
 
 
 
* By-law amendments
 
** Can be policy instead of by-law - vote against by-law if this is your choice
 
 
 
* PHP users group tomorrow
 
 
 
== Feb 4, 2014 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
 
Members present: Phoul, Sean, Alex, Thor, Ian, Cian, Stefan, Jeremy, Ben, A. Michael, Adrian, Edwin
 
 
 
* AGM - 25 Feb.
 
** Elect new board
 
** Vote on two by-law amendments
 
*** Membership dropped if no payments for 3 months
 
**** Nominate yourself by Feb 17 ??pm
 
***** admin@skullspace.ca
 
*** Read minutes
 
** Voting
 
*** You will get a token by email
 
*** Bring token to do your vote
 
*** OR give token to a proxy to vote on your behalf
 
 
 
* Door & occupancy permit stuff
 
** Getting fire extinguishers
 
** Front door quote was really expensive - ~$2000
 
** Colin Stanners will be fixing door himself next week
 
** New drink machine process
 
*** If a drink is out, feel free to buy drinks at Giant Tiger, put receipt with name in cash box
 
 
 
* CryptoParty
 
** OTR & Tor - Phoul
 
** Security from ISP perspective - Theo
 
 
 
* Crypto currency day - Sat. at noon
 
** Dogecoin "samples"
 
** Crypto stuff regarding block chain
 
 
 
* Big Hydro bill
 
** Need to check if that is a reading or an estimate (might be overage from summer)
 
** Keep some drinks in the fridge, only use drink machine for events
 
 
 
* Beefs
 
** If you schedule an event on the calendar, show up
 
*** Game day and movie night had people show up when no one was hear
 
 
 
* CDC Feb. 20
 
** If you are interested in helping kids fix sketchy networks, contate Nathan
 
 
 
* Thanks to Dave for sorting out the electronics bench
 
** There was a mediocre round of applause
 
 
 
* Sunday RPG day
 
** D&D style, combining many different games
 
*** Bring any game rules you have to make the system more robust
 
** More info coming to mailing list soon
 
 
 
== Jan 21, 2014 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
 
Members present: Ben, Countney, Stefan, Michael, Alex, Thor, Phoul, Brittany, Marcel, Brian, Edwin, Ian, Rob, Jared, Sean, Aemilianus, Cian
 
 
 
* International Table Top Day
 
** Beginning of April
 
** Nate is taking charge
 
 
 
* CDC
 
** This Saturday, Linux experts presenting Linux Security Part 2 with Jared and Theo
 
** Preperation for CDC high schooler event Feb. 20
 
 
 
* Hackathon
 
** Ghost in the Shellcode - 20th place
 
*** Pretty impressive, considering we were a small team doing it part time
 
** Jim's Unity talk at the last hackathon
 
*** Went well, Jim is willing to do more Unity talks in the future
 
 
 
* The Annual General Meeting cometh - Feb 25th
 
** Need signage for what is being voted on (ie. board and by-laws) 21 days prior to AGM
 
** Board vote
 
*** Everyone that is interested in running for the board should nominate themselves
 
*** If you want to nominate someone, email admin@
 
*** You may nominate yourself the day of the election, but it is prefered that you do it sooner so your name can be on the ballots
 
** Tabling of bylaw amendments / special resolutions
 
*** If you haven't paid your dues and haven't made special arrangements, your membership will automatically lapse (currently we need a vote by the board)
 
*** Probation period for new members, not just two week delay (other spaces have this)
 
**** Should this impact privelages, ie. voting?
 
**** Should they be required to be at a minimum number of events? (eg. 3 regular meetings and 3 other events)
 
**** Should members need to be vouched for by n number of full members by the end of their probation period in order to be a full member?
 
***** Execution could be complicated
 
***** Could be combined with complaints
 
***** Ian's perspectives (food for thought, perhaps need more discussion at a future meeting)
 
****** Is it in our best interest to make it harder to become a member?
 
****** Are we looking for people to improve our cash flow?
 
****** Are we looking to be just sustainable? More than sustainable? Should there be a membership cap? We are the most expensive technology group (other than AssentWorks) in the city
 
*** If there are any other proposed special resolutions, email the list
 
 
 
* Fundraising
 
** Bowling night?
 
*** All you can eat pizza/popcorn/soft drinks - $25/person ($20 without pizza)
 
** Minigolf night?
 
** Doodle coming for choosing date
 
*** Saturday is likely cheapest
 
 
 
* Programming for Beginners course
 
** Jan 27, for 6 weeks
 
** lectures and assignments
 
** Will be a very dense, professional course
 
** $60
 
** In SkullSpace classroom
 
 
 
* Canadian Open Data Experience Hackathon (http://www.canadianopendataexperience.com/)
 
** Should we participate?
 
 
 
== Jan 14th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
 
Members present: Brittany, Ian, Nate, Thor, Brittany, Courtney, Brian, AMichael, Ben, Jeremy,
 
Phoul, Edwin. Sean, Ric, Colin, Alex, Stef
 
 
 
* Financial update
 
** We're stable
 
** One social or other event per year covers unexpected expenses pretty easily
 
 
 
* Our "Meetup" account
 
** We have 80 people, lots of people that aren't members
 
** If you want non-members to come, post your event on the Meetup
 
 
 
* Minutes
 
** A request was made to send an email when meeting minutes are published
 
** Minutes should also be uneditable by the general public
 
 
 
* Hackathon!
 
** Ghost in the Shellcode CTF
 
** Unity talk
 
 
 
* Cleaning
 
** The cleaner charges $100 for 3-4 hours of cleaning
 
** Ian has been paying for it
 
** Quick vote was taken: overwhelming "yes" for SkullSpace to foot the bill
 
 
 
* CDC
 
** 1/3 forensics, 1/3 presentations, 1/3 securing servers
 
** February 20th is the big event
 
** If you want to help out with the event, talk to Ian
 
 
 
* Fire alarm/door locks integration
 
** No news
 
 
 
* AGM
 
** The next Annual General Meeting is on the of February 25th
 
** Please consider running for the board
 
** Please consider any bylaws you would like to be modified
 
** More information to follow
 
 
 
* Comic Con
 
** Pop Culture Expo is coming up
 
** Last weekend in March (?)
 
 
 
== Jan 7th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald ==
 
Members Present: Ric, Thor, Jarred, Ian, Jeremy, Sean, Courtney, Alex, Nate, Jay, Brian, Stefan, Colin 2, Cian, Michael
 
 
 
*Game Day
 
** The place was left a mess
 
** Please clean up after yourselves and please date your food
 
 
 
*Missing Gloves
 
** If you find them they belong to Dave Stewart
 
 
 
*AGM
 
** Will be Feb 25
 
 
 
*Cleaner
 
** Will be coming in Jan 13
 
 
 
*Hackathon
 
** Jan 18
 
** Jim is giving a talk on Unity
 
 
 
* Network Changes
 
** See discuss
 
 
 
*Meetings
 
** This Saturday, 9:30-11:30 a server security talk for the CDC
 
** The PHP user group is going to start meeting at the space
 
** Game day is every second Sunday
 
  
*Door
+
== January 28, 2020 - 18:00 @ 200-374 Donald ==
** Ian will talk to Bob
+
* 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.

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.