2016-03-02 Transcript

James Hayward [8:01 PM] 
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[8:01] 
The monthly members' meeting is about to start

[8:01] 
Hold onto your hats

[8:02] 
​*Roll Call:*​ (edited)

[8:03] 
Russell, Matt Lloyd, Dominic, Kirsty, Alex, Joe, Michael E, Aithne, James Hayward, Rob Hunt, David Clarke, Matt Little, Ian D

[8:04] 
​*Announcements and Events:*​ (edited)

Dominic [8:04 PM] 
joined #meetingminutes

James Hayward [8:04 PM] 
Fundraising day at the end of March - BarBot, probablt food, silent auctions

[8:04] 
​_Michel enters_​

[8:05] 
Please add to the list of things to sell

[8:05] 
Money to go to Hackspace 2.5

[8:05] 
Good Friday - Open Day (11-3)

[8:05] 
Hopefully interest from the fundraising day

[8:06] 
This Sunday - Hack the space day

[8:06] 
Projects will be removed from the LPS - they were labelled "Notice of Donation" at last hack the space

[8:06] 
There is an image library on the google group of all the projects

[8:07] 
Tomorrow - end of rules consultation

[8:07] 
trustees will spend a month sorting them out

[8:08] 
12th March - Skip truck will come, need members to fill it up with rubbish out of 2.5

[8:09] 
​*Actions and minutes*​ (edited)

[8:09] 
None

[8:09] 
​*Financial update*​ (edited)

Matt Lloyd [8:09 PM] 
https://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/Financials_February_2016

James Hayward [8:12 PM] 
fixed outgoings are now below income, as expected. Work to increase membership, subscriptions and events

[8:14] 
discussion about events detail

[8:15] 
​*Team Updates*​

[8:18] 
Safety
- We spelt safety wrong in the email we sent out
- Nothing to report this month; safety level meter reads "as houses" (ISO Safety Scale). (edited)

[8:19] 
Electronics
- Matt Little has ordered a selection of new tools for the electronics area. Check the post on the Google group for details. (edited)

[8:22] 
Membership
- Thanks to Russell for helping out when we were short on membership team the other week.
- Given over 50 tours last month and there doesn't appear to be any shortage of new members.
- Exhibition day was a big draw and we seem to be getting a lot of visits on the back of events we've run.

[8:22] 
3D Printing
- Material store is working well, sold quite a lot of filament so far, let us know if you want any specific colours.
- Fitted a replacement extruder last month which appears to be a lot more reliable and easier to use.

[8:22] 
Snackspace
- Did a full restock last Saturday
- Alex still investigating the possibility of a custom controller to allow us to track cash sales. This would also allow us to by a broken vending machine chepaer and fit it with a custom controller.
- Down to our last box of Club Mate
- Currently in talks with our supplier about future orders, demand was high in the summer but we were going through less than a box a month in the winter months.

[8:23] 
Comms
- Started listing events on external websites - Nottingham Post, What's On Nottingham, LeftLion
- Kept FB response time for messages low, often down to 5 minute gold standard
- Helped to sell out workshops with tag bombs etc.
- Got into the CQ newsletter
- FB likes 1 Feb: 1281, 23 Feb: 1320
- Twitter followers: 1 Feb: 3172, 23 Feb: 3213
- Newsletter list: February's went out to 995 subscribers, current subscriber list 1033
- Exhibition Day Advertising on FB
- Began developing contact list for Fundraising events, ready for the public announcement

[8:25] 
Software
- HMS 4.0 was released
- Members can now name their RFID cards and mark them as lost
- Members have access to the current door codes and wifi password which should cut down Daniel's workload
- Membership team can reactive pins easier to setup new card for members

[8:25] 
Metalworking
- Working on the table saw and aim to have it running by the end of march.

[8:25] 
Networking
- Started working on plans for Gatekeeper 2.0 to support expansion into HS2.5

James Hayward [8:30 PM] 
Events:

[8:30] 
- We are over the target of £200 a month from events, between the team working lots of external events as well as volunteers not on the team, (Thanks to Kirsty).
We made money (£280ish) between Festival of Science and Curiosity and Women in Tech events - and have begun fostering some good relationships re future events with these organisations.

During which, some issues have been noticed with the current soldering kit - Thanks to James F for going through the kit as we learnt it's quite knackered and suggested purchases. 
FEB HIGHLIGHTS
-Teaching over 100 people to solder in a week
-£97.10 Proft  from Soap Making WS (Next time it will be increasing price and length - having discussed with Sue)
-Many photos of all events have been added to the google drive - assets for Comms.

[8:31] 
​*Offer of Tool from Kerry Newman*​

[8:31] 
photo incoming...

Dominic [8:31 PM] 
uploaded an image: Slack for iOS Upload 
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Dominic [8:31 PM] 
uploaded an image: Slack for iOS Upload 
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James Hayward [8:33 PM] 
Sander and extraction unit

[8:33] 
David C highlights that they needed to go through a load of paperwork

[8:33] 
last time we got anything

[8:33] 
Offer seems to be a donation

[8:33] 
Yes, we would like it

[8:34] 
Has been offered to local schools too, so we may need to wait and see

[8:34] 
Dominic and Russell to sort pickup

[8:34] 
​*AOB*​

[8:34] 
​*Missing Tool*​

[8:34] 
Dewalt battery drill has gone missing

[8:34] 
second cordless drill to go missing

[8:35] 
Suggestion to post to the group

[8:35] 
Tools need to be properly security marked

[8:38] 
Email to membership

[8:40] 
​*Announcement*​

[8:41] 
Trustees will be using the Blue room on the evening of the 22nd

[8:41] 
--FIN--

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