James Hayward [8:01 PM]
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The monthly members' meeting is about to start
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Hold onto your hats
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*Roll Call:* (edited)
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Russell, Matt Lloyd, Dominic, Kirsty, Alex, Joe, Michael E, Aithne, James Hayward, Rob Hunt, David Clarke, Matt Little, Ian D
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*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
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_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)
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Hopefully interest from the fundraising day
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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
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There is an image library on the google group of all the projects
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Tomorrow - end of rules consultation
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trustees will spend a month sorting them out
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12th March - Skip truck will come, need members to fill it up with rubbish out of 2.5
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*Actions and minutes* (edited)
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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:
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- 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*
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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
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David C highlights that they needed to go through a load of paperwork
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last time we got anything
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Offer seems to be a donation
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Yes, we would like it
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Has been offered to local schools too, so we may need to wait and see
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Dominic and Russell to sort pickup
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*AOB*
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*Missing Tool*
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Dewalt battery drill has gone missing
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second cordless drill to go missing
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Suggestion to post to the group
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Tools need to be properly security marked
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Email to membership
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*Announcement*
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Trustees will be using the Blue room on the evening of the 22nd
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--FIN--
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