2016-03-02 Transcript
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James Hayward [8:01 PM] ----- [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 Add Comment Dominic [8:31 PM] uploaded an image: Slack for iOS Upload Add Comment 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-- [8:41] ------