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Committee meeting for Perth Artifactory 17 August 2013
- Location: Perth Artifactory
- Meeting Opened: 14.01
- Next Meeting: AGM Saturday 2013-09-21-1200 , followed by BBQ
Members present
- Present: Nick, Jason, Daniel, Skot, Brendan, Jenna
- Apologies: Anton
- Observing: Anton, Richard
Previous minutes
- Daniel moves to accept, Skot seconds, accepted.
AGENDA
- Correspondence
- Reports
- Events
- ArtLab presentation Sept 14
- Fringe Festival
- Masters Sausage Sizzle
- Lease
- Lottery West
- City of Stirling
- General
- Tidy Club
- Clutter
- AGM
Correspondence
- Invoice for the laser cutters!
- Art lab
- Treasury put out request for loans. All loans in and we can now afford laser cutter!!
Treasurer Report
- Current account balance just over 13 406 including lasercutter pledges 11000
- invoices just went out
- Skot about to bank 800
- August rent paid end of july
- Instant waste bill
- Higher than normal western power bill 404 last month
Infrastructure Subcommittee
- We have two subs that work - lets hope they don't get melted!
* Vivid has gone down at least once needing rebooting * Smoke detector in front office needs a new backup battery (9v) ACTION * We should work on getting the carpark re-lit - probably with something better than the crappy motion sensor Par 38's. Suggest either LED (100W) or Metal Halide (250W) and just have it wired to a switch or timer (no motion). Cost ~$120 ACTION jason and brendan pass that we shall allow funds 200 * I ❤ laser!
- Daniel has adopted the printer, threatening anyone who messes it with violence
- Richard has volunteered to 'blitz' the machine shop next weekend. Brendan says why don't we do a busy bee.
- Daniel requests budget for calipers - real ones that don't need batteries. Richard can get at reseller price.
- Multimeters?! Get donations from altronics as a stop-gap? 200 budget for at least 2
Membership
- we would like a membership report from last couple of months ACTION paste in minutes
- remind members that they can get their key ACTION
Events
- Dine and Design night. Tasty.
- Dr Sketchy's! Success! Roughly 200 on the bar. artists don't drink as much as musos.
- Perth poetry fesetival. writers drink A LOT.
- upcoming: Noisemaschin!! August
- Geek Haven will be merged/alternated with an e-textiles night. Every second Thursday.
- ACTION make sure etextiles gets on the google calendar!
- ArtLab presentation Sept 14
- 6th-10th Jan Hackerspace party for the LCA delegates.
- Fringe Festival ACTION make sure we did actually apply for the match-maker thing.
Lease
- we are now on the higher rent and we are still stable. Cautiously optimistic treasurer.
Lottery West: Lasercutter
- Approved!
- Imported free of charge! 1200×900 150 watt to cut MSOT things. And 300×500 finer quality.
- Free shipping, rotary axis for both, refridgerated chilling.
- We have 3 months to fundraise 3k to cover extra costs once the lasers arrive
- Treasury is authorised. Unanimous huzzahs. “Fuckin' lasers!”
Sausage Sizzle
- Masters Sausage Sizzle 29th september
- We expect 1000, less costs.
- Bring props!
- Our local office works does a bbq
- can go to any other masters.
- ACTION email JParker about this. He lives Champion Lake. Pick things up fresh close by..
- Spud shed has cheap chopped onions!
GENERAL
Tidy Club
- Tidy Club as an alternative for managing membership and database stuff. Can integrate paypal, facebook events, membership forms. Results of remaining questions will be forwarded to committee.
- They have an api- can integrate with DOOR. Can have official mailing list and 'friends of space'
- Jason wants to transition over september, proposes to set up a trial account with no sensitive info. No objections.
Clutter
- Time for a Declutterization Drive? Discussed under infrastructure.
AGM
- 21st of September.
- 12.00, bbq at 13.00
PREVIOUS ACTION ITEMS
- everyone sign up to BTsync
- Daniel/Peter: Membership/financial report at the end of the month - we'd still like one
- Correct ReMida on membership permissions.
- ACTION Daniel - update the price on the membership document.
- ACTION Nick - remind members that they can get key from Brett. Key numbers to be associated with their full name somewhere.
- get updated quote for lasercutter
- ACTION:
: Peter, please list the new members in these minutes
- ACTION:
: Daniel: pay De Vita Dixon lawyers $737 for Deed of Extension on lease
Meeting Closed
15.00
ACTION SUMMARY
- Anton authorised to fix carpark lighting. $200
- proper calipers and multimeters! Altronics?
- we would like a membership report from last couple of months ACTION paste in minutes
- remind members that they can get their key ACTION
- ACTION make sure etextiles gets on the google calendar!
- Fringe Festival ACTION make sure we did actually apply for the match-maker thing.
- ACTION email JParker about sausage sizzle. He lives Champion Lake. Pick things up fresh close by..