2022-08-02
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August 2nd, 2022
Link to join online meeting: https://meet.google.com/roo-ozzn-jne
Agenda
Summary
- Announcements
- Initialization
- Club Business
- Committee Reports
- Consent Agenda
- Old Business
- New Business
- Officer Reports
- Other
- Conclusion
Announcements
Upcoming Events
- As usual, check https://www.meetup.com/splatspace/events/calendar for posted events.
Non-Recurring Events
Workshops at SplatSpace returns with the SplatSpace Knowledge Share series (see committee report below)
Important: Brittney Merryweather is leaving Durham on September 28th and is looking for someone to take over the organizing and facilitating of the Knowledge Share Workshops from that date onwards. She has all the documentation, including templates for email, graphics, etc. She will transfer the documents to the SplatSpace archives and whoever specifically wants to take over. She can explain the process used, but whoever takes over can do it anyway they want!
External Outreach Events
New calendar for 2022 External Outreach Events list
Some outreach highlights: | |||
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Durham Centerfest Durham Arts Council |
Sat-Sun, Sep 17-18, 2022 10am-6pm Sat, 11am-5pm Sun |
Durham Downtown | looking for SplatSpace participants to help man the Splat's table |
Application for CenterFest 2022 Nonprofit Booth needs to be submitted before this Friday (July 8): https://durhamartscouncil.submittable.com/submit/223508/centerfest-2022-nonprofit-booth-application.
Recurring Events
Regular events carried from month to month.
- Open Door Project Time is hosted at SplatSpace on Saturdays from 1 - 4pm.
- TriBRAE Beginning Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Electronics is hosted at SplatSpace monthly on the 3rd Saturday.
- The TriBRAE meetup this month is moved to July 23 because of early month holiday
- Triangle Helium Interest Group is hosted at SplatSpace on Wednesdays from 5 - 6:30pm.
- Makers Connect Social Get-Together is held at SplatSpace monthly on the 3rd Tuesday, from 7 to 8:30pm.
- Cleanup parties are tentatively held on the last Sunday of each month
Initialization
Member Attendance
- ? Dues-paying (voting) members
- ? on-line & ? members in attendance
- ? to reach quorum
Guest Introductions
Guest Attendance
- ? Guests
Member Reports
Talk to your fellow makers!
- Show & Tell
- Projects you want to do
- Interesting Resources discovered
- Tell us what's on your mind!
Club Business
Previous Minutes
- Approval of minutes July 5th, 2022
Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising
Committee Reports
Special Action Committee
{needs leader}
- workshops for SplatSpace members to share our knowledge with one another
Brittney Merryweather
completed workshops
- 3D Printing with Resin workshop - Sunday, Jun. 19th, hosted by Andrew Stowell
- Wood Lathe workshop (2 sessions) - Sunday, Jul. 10th, Sunday, Jul 17th, hosted by Blake McNeill & Jeff Crews
- Creating Graphic Files for the Lasercutter workshop - Sunday, Jul. 31st, hosted by Stan Ponomerev
upcoming workshops
- Beginner Sewing workshop - Sunday, Aug. 14th, to be hosted by Nancy Cash & Jeff Crews
- 3D Design and Printing workshop - Sunday, Aug. 21st, to be hosted by Aaron Averill
- T-shirt Making with Vinyl Cutter and Hotpress workshop - Sunday, Aug. 28th, to be hosted by Brittney Merryweather
- Basic Woodworking workshop (2 sessions) - Sunday, Aug. 28th and Sunday, Sept. 4th, to be hosted by Blake McNeill
- ShapeOko workshop - Sunday, Sept. 11th, to be hosted by Akshay Kurhade
- Laser Cutting and Design of 3D Objects workshop, Sept. 18th, to be hosted by Dagan Trnka
proposed workshops
- proposed Leather Working & Crafts workshop -- thinking of Sept. 11th, or Oct. 2nd, to be hosted by Scott Hall
- proposed Basic Metalwork workshop - thinking of Sept. 25th, to be hosted by Jeff Crews?
- others workshops
- Always looking for leaders and folks that want to host a workshop
New Website Committee
Blake McNeill & Justin Kirk
- Blake & Ryan have loaded the website onto Splatspace's github
- any interested people are invited to join the project
- draft is currently up at https://master.d3vo4125o10qad.amplifyapp.com/index.html
Documentation Committee
Ryan Patridge, Blake McNeill, Scott Hall & Brittney Merryweather
- New Member Onboarding reference documents created: {Ryan}
- For new members (simple version): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WS6hGOBg1eXdSLeJK2YxhIqZXPscr0Qg/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108561949558363481608&rtpof=true&sd=true
- With Dorbo & key fob instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OPpWS1ZrWfCOaDLCxn67kgUAnkBFq3pc/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108561949558363481608&rtpof=true&sd=true
- New member brochure https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yP0ywR5RQL9-IDHVIXq8xx6QcPUzRZ4fSuuAmVkYko0/edit?usp=sharing {Blake}
- 2020 Safety Code document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f7ea6mLwwgSszdfBnTaeJ-CY0YVxUPvaNR-oQjVczDs/edit?pli=1 {Blake}
- Tool & Equipment Inventory Update
- Add any manuals and in-house docs as available {Scott}
- Identify lists of SMEs (subject matter experts) for each equipment or space {Scott}
- Creating maintenance sheets for Glowforge and possibly other equipment -- will replace training forms {Brittney}
New Equipment Purchasing Committee
Blake McNeill
- List of prospective purchases: https://splatspace.slack.com/archives/C024R8A776Z/p1635106954002400 (needs updating)
- Results have been aggregated https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yP0ywR5RQL9-IDHVIXq8xx6QcPUzRZ4fSuuAmVkYko0/edit?usp=sharing
- Will discuss next purchases after lease renewal
Donations Management Committee
Justin Kirk & Blake McNeill
- Management of future donations
- Ebay sales
- Recycling
- we need a policy to handle donations to minimize "Mt Doom" piles taking up space and time
Public Relations Committee
{needs leader}
Old Business
Pinned Items
Permanent items of the Old Business section carried from month to month.
ToDo Action Items
(Items carried forward from previous meetings, but not up for discussion this month. Recorded here so we don't forget about them.)
- Hire a grant writer to apply for grants? Other fundraising applications.
- some research has shown very little grants that would apply to SplatSpace
- Door issues
- Shares circuit with the woodshop, gets tripped sometimes from the woodshop.
- Discussed options for battery backup. Wifi would also be useful to have on a battery backup.
- Lock broke again
- -- Adam N. has fixed it by "rebooting" laptop power supply
- -- Adam and Ryan looking at possibly installing one for the rear basement door as a backup
- Blake worked with a locksmith company but they were beyond our budget
- Website issues
- Website keeps going down
- new alerting monitor in place?
- New Website committee working on replacement website
New Business
- Lease renewal
- Lease has been signed
- 18 months, $2472/mo
- represents a 3% increase
- Andrew Morton has resigned as a club member, and thus his At-Large board position is now open
- According to the bylaws is special election for filling the position until the next election meeting (November) is to be held this meeting
- Purchase of PCR machine for the DIY Biology group
- $350 SplatSpace contribution
- The DIY-Bio group is definitely popular portion of SplatSpace, and has contributed much interest and presence to the space
- { see Consent Item below }
- Ryan brought up the idea of starting a saving to cover future moving expenses
Consent Agenda
- Motion: Approval of up to $350 in Splat Space funds for the purchase of a Thermal Cycler for DNA Manipulation and Analysis (PCR) in the science lab.
Officer Reports
President
Blake McNeill
Vice-President
Justin Kirk {not present}
Treasurer
Ryan Patridge
Account balances as of 6/30/2022:
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The rest of the Treasurer report for this month is pending (Ryan getting time to finish it).
Donations: Thank you to everyone who donates your time and effort to keeping SplatSpace going. Board members, Sunday cleanup crew, event leaders, and our fellow Raptorcorns!
Pending: SplatSpace's Charitable Solicitation License Exemption filing was due May 15, 2022, with the NC Secretary of State. I plan to give time to completing and submitting it early in July.
Secretary
Lewi Scaife {not present}
At-Large
Scott Hall
- Continued progress made on the SplatServer, adding capacity, reorganizing file structure. Input from members welcome - contact Scott.
- Progress made on building new assembly bench and new shelf for the woodshop.
- Stalled progress made on sorting & testing cables, mice & keyboards from donations & boneyard that are in the main room
Eli Hornstein
{not present}
Other
{none}
Conclusion
Trash/Recycling Volunteer
- Ask for a volunteer