Committee meeting for Perth Artifactory 01/12/12
- Date: 01/12/12
- Location: Perth Artifactory
- Meeting Opened: 13:50
Members present
- Present: Nick B, Daniel H, Jenna D, Brendan R, Skot, Anton, Brett
- Apologies: Chris Bashall, Peter D, Jason M
Previous minutes
Accepted
AGENDA
Treasurer Report
- over $1000 - apologies, missed the actual amount
- December’s rent paid in November
- Jason taking over treasury while Daniel is away - until Feb
- 2 new members, one of which paid a year up front
Correspondence
- Anton has called Bunnings - unsuccessfully - regarding sausage sizzles, Nick will also chase them up.
- Guy who runs Space Cubed visited a couple of weeks ago - they got 200,000(!!) from Lottery West and 20,000 from City of Perth.. They are looking to open branch offices in other suburbs, are interested in having a hardware component, tickles Skot’s Imperial ambitions, Anton has good solid history with them. They are apparently backed by a large construction company.
- We should try contacting the Wangara hackerspace again, see if they could use any assistance..
Lottery West grant
- We should know by mid-late Jan if we have the money.
- We should go for fundraising anyway - gives us options.
- Daniel will discuss specs and details with Skot and interested parties.
Infrastructure Subcommittee
- Bin mysteriously caught fire. Everything above board.
- Our health and safety situation has blown up to a zoning issue. Unlikely to have a negative outcome - but we shall hold off building things that we couldn’t take with us (incl. extraction shed)
- They need to be reminded that this is a very important issue for us!!
Audio Vault
- No updates on the license, chasing up again on Monday.
Events
- Wed 5th ArduinoU
- TedX Sat 8th and…
- RoboFair 9th zero prep so far.. Skot, Jason, Daniel will make noise on the list and get volunteers.
- O-Days! Possibly not worth it - students too busy, no transport. Just hit up individual clubs. Kitty and Jenna to try to contact RoboGals again (apparently very difficult)
- Organise an Artifactory open day in March just after the O-days, offer FIRST VISIT FREE - BRING THIS VOUCHER
- Weekend of March 16th
- Good NoiseMaschin!! Attendence has dedicated FB group
- Ask Kitty or whoever to do up little reports for this section of minutes.. 3 people paid, one had never been before.
Project reports
- Daniel and Brett: New music server running MPD, run by RPi. Will be able to make sure all the amps turn on correctly etc.
- Brett: Longtail/Lottery West Giant Wordplay Scratchy. Arduino Pro Mini. Great success. No major hardware failures three days running.
GENERAL
- Printers in the car park: Brendan seeing to their demolition. Demolition party Wednesday
- Garry brought LONG cat5 to wire up our internets!
ACTION SUMMARY
- (care package all done for Stirling Council)
- (Bunnings been approached)
- (fire extinguishers: tested! Anton will recharge)
- Secretary would need real laptop to access sparkleshare
- (Daniel, Brett, Jenna working on metal/welding workshops with Adam.. Ongoing into next year)
- James Shields has not picked up his buy-one-get-one desktop and green bag
- Jenna and Kitty to see if they can contact RoboGals
- Proposed events: - Free-soldering (Nathan Thompson) - Circuit design CAD
Next Meeting
1pm 19/01/13 (advance apologies: Daniel, Brett, Anton)
Meeting Closed
14:45