2013-04-03 Minutes

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Roll Call

Board Members

• James Hayward
• Matt Lloyd
• Kate Bolin

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Members

• James
• Russell
• Daniel
• Andrew A
• Lionel
• Ian
• Matt L
• Andy C
• Joe

Full Minutes

Time	Name	Minute
20:07	GeeksAreForLife	Nottingham Hackspace member's meeting about to start, lovely Kate is chair
20:08	GeeksAreForLife	Roll call:
20:09	GeeksAreForLife	Trustees: Kate, James and Matt Lloyd
20:09	GeeksAreForLife	Members: Daniel, Andrew, Joe, Russell, James F, Andy C, Lionel, Ian
20:09	GeeksAreForLife	2. Actions Update
20:09	GeeksAreForLife	setup team for managing consumables:
20:10	GeeksAreForLife	agenda item for consumables
20:10	GeeksAreForLife	a rogue Matt Little appears
20:10	GeeksAreForLife	Matt Lloyd to get access to bank account
20:10	GeeksAreForLife	Dominic still hasn't setup meeting
20:10	GeeksAreForLife	Kate: beat Dominic up
20:11	GeeksAreForLife	Buy event shelter:
20:11	GeeksAreForLife	Cancelling as we can use's Dominic's when we need to. Especially seeing as Kate has killed him from the previous action
20:12	GeeksAreForLife	Liase with other hackspaces: in progress
20:12	GeeksAreForLife	Cleaner quote: ?? David C and Dominic not there
20:14	GeeksAreForLife	Monthly Hack the Space days: in progress
20:14	GeeksAreForLife	Andrew: Should complete the action really
20:14	GeeksAreForLife	Matt Little - this one is particularly important
20:14	GeeksAreForLife	Matt L: space is manky
20:15	GeeksAreForLife	Club Mate: Dominic is in Manchester, so we assume he'll be picking some up
20:15	GeeksAreForLife	Sticker quote: Kate hasn't yet done, will do
20:16	GeeksAreForLife	New Shelves: question about paying
20:16	GeeksAreForLife	Welding Gas: No, still isn't done
20:19	GeeksAreForLife	Young Hackers: can't remember if done
20:19	GeeksAreForLife	James will check and update accordingly
20:19	GeeksAreForLife	Skipping the rest of Dominic's actions...
20:19	GeeksAreForLife	Pictures on Wall of Faces - Adam not here
20:19	GeeksAreForLife	Wall of Faces to go up at the weekend
20:19	GeeksAreForLife	Actions done
20:20	GeeksAreForLife	4. Consumables Group
20:23	GeeksAreForLife	Gave talk page intro to everyone
20:26	GeeksAreForLife	Credit card requested
20:27	GeeksAreForLife	Joe suggested top up card - no actual credit
20:28	GeeksAreForLife	Carried - Joe to pass details to James and set up
20:30	GeeksAreForLife	now talking about mileage
20:30	GeeksAreForLife	Russel - too low
20:30	GeeksAreForLife	James - HRMC says 45p per mile, user must be covered under their insurance or Hackspace liable
20:31	GeeksAreForLife	Matt Little - people shouldn't use cars too much
20:31	GeeksAreForLife	James F - "If a member is using car for legit Hackspace use, CAN claim up to 45p per mile, up to some limit"??
20:32	GeeksAreForLife	3.5 miles to Makro and back
20:33	GeeksAreForLife	Carried - trust system
20:34	GeeksAreForLife	Budget
20:36	GeeksAreForLife	Russel - shouldn;t we be thinking in terms of float, rather than budget?
20:37	GeeksAreForLife	James - yes!
20:38	GeeksAreForLife	Think this is what Michelle is actually thinking of
20:39	GeeksAreForLife	Kate - looking at around �75 per month for Kitchen and Bathroom
20:40	GeeksAreForLife	Kate - let's start on �200 for now, and see how we go
20:41	GeeksAreForLife	Agreed, may have to defer one month depending on finances.
20:42	GeeksAreForLife	"Scratch and Sniff penguins"?
20:42	GeeksAreForLife	5. Kitchen Equipment
20:42	GeeksAreForLife	Fridge - James F made a start on clearing fridge
20:43	GeeksAreForLife	James F - it's awful! Need some way for people to easily label their stuff
20:43	GeeksAreForLife	Andrew - going to put labels and pen by the fridge
20:44	GeeksAreForLife	Andrew - do we want induction hob and pans?
20:44	GeeksAreForLife	Will hackspace pay, do I need to run pledge fund?
20:44	GeeksAreForLife	Russel - why induction?
20:45	GeeksAreForLife	Long discussion about pros and cons of various hob types, electrical systems, Amps, Gas, etc
20:46	GeeksAreForLife	basically, bikeshedding
20:49	GeeksAreForLife	Pledge drive agreed, Andrew to run it
20:49	GeeksAreForLife	6. Arduino Workshop
20:49	GeeksAreForLife	James F - thanks Ian and Himself for awesome workshop running
20:49	LWK	gmjhowe come back and chiar please!!! all is forgiven
20:50	GeeksAreForLife	Invoice is here.
20:50	GeeksAreForLife	James F will fill pro forma
20:50	GeeksAreForLife	next workshop is June 4th
20:50	GeeksAreForLife	Matt Little - Good
20:50	gmjhowe	With 3 board members I would have been done 20 minutes ago.
20:50	GeeksAreForLife	Ian - 8th of June
20:51	GeeksAreForLife	James F - yes! 8th
20:51	GeeksAreForLife	7. Signage
20:51	GeeksAreForLife	People don't use vacuums - need signs
20:51	GeeksAreForLife	how to lock up, lights off, etc
20:54	GeeksAreForLife	James to do report to see who's on what
20:55	GeeksAreForLife	These questions should be on the mailing list
20:56	GeeksAreForLife	8. Open Day
20:56	GeeksAreForLife	Kate - is going to run one end of May
20:56	GeeksAreForLife	Daniel stabs Kate with logic
20:58	GeeksAreForLife	Doing is on the 1st June - Kate to organise
20:59	GeeksAreForLife	9. AOB
20:59	GeeksAreForLife	?
20:59	GeeksAreForLife	James F - Science in the Park didn't happen because of the snow!
20:59	GeeksAreForLife	They had tables set up for us!
20:59	GeeksAreForLife	They have asked if we want to be there next year, Kate has said yes
21:00	GeeksAreForLife	Matt Little - there were issues with transport