The minutes for today's meeting have been posted to the wiki here: http://wiki.skullspace.ca/Meeting_notes#Jan_21.2C_2014_-_18:00_.40_374_Donald
The minutes have been included below as well. Ben == Jan 21, 2014 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald == Members present: Ben, Countney, Stefan, Michael, Alex, Thor, Phoul, Brittany, Marcel, Brian, Edwin, Ian, Rob, Jared, Sean, Aemilianus, Cian * International Table Top Day ** Beginning of April ** Nate is taking charge * CDC ** This Saturday, Linux experts presenting Linux Security Part 2 with Jared and Theo ** Preperation for CDC high schooler event Feb. 20 * Hackathon ** Ghost in the Shellcode - 20th place *** Pretty impressive, considering we were a small team doing it part time ** Jim's Unity talk at the last hackathon *** Went well, Jim is willing to do more Unity talks in the future * The Annual General Meeting cometh - Feb 25th ** Need signage for what is being voted on (ie. board and by-laws) 21 days prior to AGM ** Board vote *** Everyone that is interested in running for the board should nominate themselves *** If you want to nominate someone, email admin@ *** You may nominate yourself the day of the election, but it is prefered that you do it sooner so your name can be on the ballots ** Tabling of bylaw amendments / special resolutions *** If you haven't paid your dues and haven't made special arrangements, your membership will automatically lapse (currently we need a vote by the board) *** Probation period for new members, not just two week delay (other spaces have this) **** Should this impact privelages, ie. voting? **** Should they be required to be at a minimum number of events? (eg. 3 regular meetings and 3 other events) **** Should members need to be vouched for by n number of full members by the end of their probation period in order to be a full member? ***** Execution could be complicated ***** Could be combined with complaints ***** Ian's perspectives (food for thought, perhaps need more discussion at a future meeting) ****** Is it in our best interest to make it harder to become a member? ****** Are we looking for people to improve our cash flow? ****** Are we looking to be just sustainable? More than sustainable? Should there be a membership cap? We are the most expensive technology group (other than AssentWorks) in the city *** If there are any other proposed special resolutions, email the list * Fundraising ** Bowling night? *** All you can eat pizza/popcorn/soft drinks - $25/person ($20 without pizza) ** Minigolf night? ** Doodle coming for choosing date *** Saturday is likely cheapest * Programming for Beginners course ** Jan 27, for 6 weeks ** lectures and assignments ** Will be a very dense, professional course ** $60 ** In SkullSpace classroom * Canadian Open Data Experience Hackathon (http://www.canadianopendataexperience.com/) ** Should we participate? _______________________________________________ SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/
