2019-10-02 Transcript
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==Members Meeting 2nd October 2019== ===Roll call:=== William S, Martin, Dominic, Mike, Matt, Samathy, Russell, James S, Andrew A, Mark, Bob W, Ali M, Dan S - Anyone on slack? - Discussion happening about Jaffa Cakes gsuberland 8:08 PM Yes, me Haha Graham Sutherland if you need to record the name DanS 8:09 PM ===Announcements & Events=== alexmann 8:09 PM I'm lurking but will likely not contribute much gsuberland 8:09 PM I'm just vaguely paying attention to minutes though, while out drinking, so don't feel like you need to stop for any input from me. DanS 8:10 PM - Dominic is now a trustee, Welcome! gsuberland 8:10 PM Glad Dom is back on the scene. Dominic* sorry forgot he doesn't like the shortened version DanS 8:11 PM ====Nottingham Green Festival==== - Weather was excellent - Spoke to loads of people but didn't result in lots of foot traffic the week after - Dominics talk was good & well attended! - Its good to have visibility in the community! - Overall a success! Well done everyone that took part ====Crapathon==== - Really well attended - Excellent vibes in the space - Toby & Rob's terrorchild won! - 9 or 10 teams competing & the whole place was full! gsuberland 8:14 PM Nice DanS 8:14 PM - Should we run it more than once a year. - Perhaps we can run a show and tell? - Ali would like to run something adventurous over a weekend - Rube Goldberg event? We ran one back when nottinghack was very new - Perhaps we could run it at an external event? - Derby makers did a what-if machine - The Great British Hack off? @maq - Dominic mentions an ikea furniture construction race! - Discussion on if we should use instructions or not - @maq & @Dominic Morrow are going to have a chat about activities for next years green fest. @russellh might be able to arrange more space if we have an activity moop 8:23 PM is also watching along on Slack DanS 8:24 PM ====AGM==== - When: 3rd Decemember 2019 - Where: Antenna - We are keen to get as many members there as possible - Please talk to as many people as you can and ask them to come - We are working on making the meeting interesting, it will be well chaired and will be an awesome event - Trustees will put out a request for agenda items closer to the time - @Andrew Armstrong will make a cake for all 700 members ===Actions & Minutes from last meeting=== - All agreed they are acceptable ====Leaking tap in the bathroom==== - Still leaking ====Newsletter==== - The first newsletter went out last month - We still need story submissions for the next newsletter. Do we have any members who are journalists? ====Hackoween==== - There's an event in the calendar ===Team Updates=== ====3D Printing==== - The RFID reader for the SLA has been completed - @dave.s SLA station is underway ====Comms==== - Need to get some more stories from newsletter - @maq is going to ask Toby for the list of entries - Facebook and Twitter are plodding along ====Craft/ Textiles==== - @iandickinson & @robosquid fixed the embroidery machine ====Electronics==== - The electronics area is pretty messy - @Samathy Barratt has been tidying up the area and has joined the electronics team :slightly_smiling_face: - Could do with other people looking after the area too - The trustees are looking at ways to empower people to tidy up ====Infrastructure==== - Laser area is changing and is currently a WIP - Bizspace have been doing lots of work on the electronics in the space William Shakour 8:40 PM joined #meetingminutes. DanS 8:40 PM - They are going to be doing some planned power outages - @dpslwk is liaising with the engineers as they test the upstairs electronics - We are unsure who is responsible for the fixes if they are required. We will deal with it as & when it happens - Downstairs should be ok - Once Matt knows about the electrical work dates he post everywhere - William mentions some work has been done on the back door autocloser - Nico has fixed the Oven and the water heater! ====Laser==== - @iandickinson is working on making a new machine for the second laser - @bobw Would like a printer upstairs - @Mr. Flibble is going to bring in a windows PC ====Membership==== - Could do with some more volunteers on the membership team - Today was a bit of a cobbled together - Would be a good opportunity for people to meet new members - There is a script if anyone would like guidance or anyone that is interested can follow a tour - 19 new members, 12 ex members - +7 over the month ====Metalworking==== - Eddie has been keeping it spotless - & Benjamin T-Hex 8:49 PM joined #meetingminutes. DanS 8:49 PM - There is a budget for consumables that the metalworking team can access ====Networking==== - No update ====Safety==== - No update T-Hex 8:50 PM Hi everyone, my first such meeting :) DanS 8:50 PM ====Snackspace==== - Thanks to Chris & Eddie ====Software & Tools==== - No update ====Woodworking==== - No update ====Hackspace 2.5 Team==== - Work has focused on the upstairs laser area - Pending the laser team installing the new laser ===Financial Update=== dpslwk 8:52 PM https://wiki.nottinghack.org.uk/wiki/Financials_September_2019 DanS 8:53 PM - Matt is talking through the wiki page - Some large donations have come in this month! - £540 from workshops, thanks to all those who ran workshops! - All donations are gratefully received no matter how big or small. - We need to pull ourselves through the financial situation as a collective by each making small contributions - We are definitely making progress on increasing our regular income, the date of hitting zero has been pushed back to may/ June as it currently stands - It was initially January - Approximately 20 People have increased their membership fees in the last month on top of the original increases ===A.O.B=== Andrew Walters 9:01 PM Can you share what is the Expenses adjustment in this months accounts DanS 9:02 PM ====Table pledge==== - Pledge drive for the first set of 4 Tables has reached half of the goal, the trustees have agreed to order the first 4 Andrew Walters 9:02 PM Cheers ,good call DanS 9:06 PM - Everyone in the room sends best wishes to @MalcolmC who is currently unwell. iandickinson 9:06 PM There is a pub quiz on 15 November, tickets on Eventbrite DanS 9:07 PM - Yes! Thanks Ian - There will be a festivus this year - We are talking about a 10th anniversary dinner at the moment, something to look forwards to! ====Upcoming Events==== A few new events have just gone up on our eventbrite page. In the next month or so, we've got all of this coming up! Sept 28th - Crapathon Oct 5th - Communication For Hackers Oct 5th - Introduction to Arduino Oct 12th - Embroidery for Beginners Oct 12th - Origami with Betty Ching Oct 12th - Lasers: More than just a cut Oct 12th - Paper Stencil Screen Printing Oct 19th - Pyrography with Bob Neil Oct 22nd - CNC Engraving for Beginners Nov 9th - Boomerangs for Beginners Nov 15th - Nottinghack Pub Quiz - & Hackoween Andrew Armstrong 9:10 PM Will be Artemis in November! I'll find a date. DanS 9:10 PM ==End of Meeting==