2024-11-06 Transcript

Chairing: Aaron

Minutes: Jason

Roll Call: Tony Shannon, Jason Alexander, Aaron Jackson, Eddie P, Edgar, Martin Long, Mark H, Sylvan, Harry, Ian Turner, Shane, Bob Wood, Sparquay, Nathan S, Jon W, Andrew W, Genius, Graham S

Events and Announcements

Events

• Radio Group 2nd Wednesday of the mon @ 7 o'clock
• Ukulele meetup 21st Nov @ 6:30
• One shot wonders 28th @ 7pm
• To arrange xmas film night
• Wiki cleanup 3rd Wednesday
• 4th Dec robot meetup
• Festivus 23rd dec
• Laser at xmas Sat 30th Nov &
• Solography @ 14th Sat Dec @ 1pm

Happenings

• Future makers (was on TV)
• Film night watched Donnie Darko
• Emily's Laser Workshops

Open Day

• Overall great success (70+ people)
• Various activities
• Potential uptake in the membership tours
• Ask how people heard about us
• Left lion visited
• 6 months frequency just right

Metalworking Downstairs

• Ask Matt to do electrics
• Fastest route to working area
• Gets quotes from other sources (industrial work + 3 phase)

Team Updates

• Woodworking
  • New bandsaw donated by Phil (work out how to install)
  • Eddie's pledge drive for new router table successful
  • Orbital sander not replaced - will look into replacing this.
  • Table saw inductions getting done (4 inductors, backlog cleared)
  • Eddie writing up planer inductions
• Networking
  • Maintenance day Saturday 9th, Hackspace will be closed. Various server upgrades and UPS battery swap. The space will be closed between 07:00-18:00.
  • Door codes will be changed at the same time, new codes to be updated to HMS
• 3D Printing
  • Some recent discussion about the future of the resin printer.
  • Safer way to do it (fumes and disposal)
  • If we can't do it safer, we will have to get rid of it
  • Fume extraction useful for electronics as well
• Electronics
  • Aaron is looking into a hot plate and enclosure for safe SMD work in the space (NH tools locked enclosure for hotplate)
  • Graham S could help
• Craft
  • Company that usually service the embroidery machine have decided to close shop.
  • Company that usually services sewing machine to service the embroidery machine (will be shut for the time being)

Annual General Meeting

• Announcement of the announcement of the AGM
• Date of the announcement 10th Nov
• At the Carousel 7pm, AGM begins at 8pm on the 10th Dec
• Zoom members need to nominate an in person proxy
• Quorum is 63, Carousel can only handle 45, 20-25 in person people need to be a proxy
• Proxy nomination built into HMS

Mid-term Trustee Election

• Nomination window opened 27th October 2024
• Voting begins 24th November 2024
• No nominations yet
• We need 2
• If we don't get 2, we will have to open it once again, if still not enough, the Hackspace will close temporarily
• Gareth H is returning officer

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Financial Update

• Doesn't exist
• About £24,000 in bank account, after rent came out
• Increase in membership (594 members, 317 voting)

Metalworking Tool Inductions

• Warco not working anyway
• Betty tries to organise metalworking at West Notts College
  • This usually serves as an induction
  • Betty could ask if the WNC tutor could travel to the space (would potentially cost a lot more)
• If a member is experienced and is comfortable with doing inductions we could use them
• Potential other tools
  • Large induction tools are much bigger than the small non-induction tools
• Have tools that are somewhere between the 2
• What would come between the bench top mill and Bridgeport
• Moving metalworking downstairs take priority
  • Inducted members will be more willing to help
  • Potential inductors should be obvious
  • Everything in the space and relating to inductions is based on trust anyway
• Most people will want to build small things, so better access to a small machine

Grants

• Spencer trust wants to give arts and crafts grants to LGBQ+ organisations with events with 70%+ LGBTQ+ attendance
  • Need to think of an event
  • Can be for anything making related
  • See about different groups (furry, drag, trans, etc)
    • Buildathon
    • Hold an open event but advertise the value of doing it in the space instead of treading oin the toes of other events
    • Look into this more

Any Other Business

• Graham S - air quality device pledge drive was successful
  • CO2 sensors report back to central server, MK2 was used at EMF Camp
  • Not much to update, priorities elsewhere
  • Prep work for MK3 board design
    • Powered off of 24V in the space
    • Fixes a few issues with MK2

Meeting closed 21:43

Actions:

• See if metalworking tutor would be interested in coming to the space to do inductions.
• Mark to find out more about grants.