2014-10-01 Minutes
Minutes of meeting from 1st October 2014, generated using the Transcript.
You can find the agenda items here.
Chair: James Hayward
Minutes: Sophie Wilkinson
1. Roll Call:
Attendees: James H, Kate B, Sophie, Rob H, David C, Matt Lloyd, Daniel, Russel, Pat, Chris Kane, Matt Little, Lionel, Vicki, Andreas, Mouse
2. Announcements & Events:
Annoucements:
Andreas is doing a PhD on Hacker culture.
Halloween party on October 31st
Pledge drive for 3D Printer
3. Actions List:
| Meeting Date | Action Point | Actioned By | Completed? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-04 | DM to organise election of new safety rep | DM | No |
4. Finance Team, incl. Update:
No update
5. Tools Team Update:
nothing major purchased this month, but we are running short on stanley knives/small trimming knives.
Request: from Russell to get the oxypropane thing working.
6. Craft & Textiles Team Update:
No update.
7. Resources Team Update:
stocked up on nuts and bolts, rubber bands etc
8. Communications Team Update:
Newsletter went out on the 1st.
There are 640 people signed up to it now.
9. Software Team:
welcome to Rob - Rob & James are going to be working on cleaning up HMS
10. Membership Team:
Over 300 now. but we are in need of a member audit.
11. Safety Team:
No Update
12. Wiki Team:
No Update
Any Other Business
AOB: Kate wants to revamp the comfy area and buy new sofas, new shelving, new coffee tables and machine washable couch covers.
Includes: Carpet tiling (proposal from JH to re-lino the entire studio), 2 3 seater sofas, 3 possible armchairs, lots and lots of storage.
Also priced up for blackout curtains for the windows
Extra proposal: to purchase large curtains to cover the gap between the studio and comfy area
JH: full cost roughly £2,800
SRW: good idea but better over installments.
PMD: Could we do it via a lease?
JH: wouldn't be money efficient
ML: may need more discussion for the actual "plan"
RH: Proposal to hardboard entire floor
JH: agreed
Vote on proposal about whether we should move forward on this: 11 ayes, remainder abstention
AOB: ML: Hack the Space on Sunday
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