Hey everyone, The March 11th minutes have been posted. http://wiki.skullspace.ca/Meeting_notes#Mar_11th.2C_2014_-_18:00_.40_374_Donald
The text of the minutes follows. == Mar 11th, 2014 - 18:00 @ 374 Donald == Members present: Cian, Brittany, Courtney, Nate, Jay, Alex, Colin, AMichael, Zoe, Stef, Ben, Alex, Brian, Robert K, Edwin, Sean * Agenda and minutes ** Ideally, the board sends the minutes out on Saturday/Sunday ** They were late last week ** Aside: once minutes are posted, they become "official" and cannot be changed, so delays are expected * Reading of minutes postponed until the end of the meeting * Protelec automatic door unlocking ** No update yet ** Action item: Colin C will talk to the landlord and Colin Stanners about this forward and provide an update in the future * Fire extinguishers ** Alex volunteered to buy two small ones and bankroll them ** Show of hands was taken to pay Alex back, majority said "yes" ** Stef suggested we find out what we require to pass an inspection and buy those instead ** Action item: Alex to buy extinguishers * Wiki updates ** Many pages are out-of-date and a lot of them are ugly ** SkullSpace has changed a lot and the wiki has not kept up ** Brittany is looking for some people to help with this ** AMichael stated that he is organizing a strike force to handle this issue * Electrical upgrades and server hosting ** The circuit is approaching overload ** The quote is $250 to effectively double our capacity ** Possible solutions *** Negate the need by getting rid of non-critical servers (VM sever, mailing list, DNS) *** Fund the upgrade through crowdfunding *** SkullSpace can pay for it if the membership agrees ** Rich from Voi offered additional Internet service dedicated to the servers ** Find out the interest level for people who have machines in the rack? ** Member comment: "if we upgrade the power, it's not a free-for-all, the power still costs us" ** Action item: the board will discuss with the server owners and gauge crowdfunding interest * Donation tracking ** Proposal: obtain cash boxes that allow deposit but require a key for withdrawal ** Jeremy volunteered to donate a plexiglass box that he owns ** How many lockboxes are required? *** Donations *** Drinks *** Snacks *** 3D printer ** Lockboxes with non-unique keys are acceptable *** Stef was asked about the 3D printer box - he indicated that he did not require access to it *** No other boxes need to be opened by members that are not on the board * Reading of the minutes ** Discussed the AGM ** Discussed the general and student member audits ** Discussed the splitting of the calendars into community ** Covered the meetup, and that everybody can create events (not just Brittany) ** Discussed the CODE event ** The membership in attendance was not asked to approve the read minutes * Meme cookbook ** If anybody is interested in resurrecting the meme cookbook, talk to Nate ** Needs a lot of work, but Nate is confident we could publish it and sell it someday ** Ideas *** Asking Wil Wheton or Penny Arcade to write a foreword *** Organize with them for the proceeds to go to charity ** Brian proposed that we simply start working on it as a blog, and then we'll put it all together ** AMichael suggested that this will be positively affected by the wiki cleanup * Recurring community events ** Nate proposed that we have a rotating list of events to mention during meetings to keep members informed * International Tabletop Day ** ITD is an event organized by the folks that run the "Tabletop" web series ** This year's day is April 5th ** SkullSpace is hosting a get-together for International Tabletop Day ** Talk to Nate for more information * User groups and using the space ** The PHP user group was here, and it went very well ** The Android user group wants to have their meetings here as well ** If you want to book the space, email ad...@lists.skullspace.ca or talk to Colin Childs * Yuri's Night ** April 12th at the Manitoba Museum's Science Gallery and the Planetarium ** Action item: Brittany will follow up with Jay about getting a table or having some other kind of SkullSpace presence * Brewery tour ** Jeremy has a contact at the Half Pints brewery, and might be able to organize a tour ** By show of hands, many people were interested in doing that ** Jeremy will email the mailing list to gauge interest * New members ** Jordan Justice became a full member today * Adjournment
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