====== 2020-08-18 Removing Woofing, Infrastructure cause, Metal Laser cutter, many purchases ======

**Meeting Opened**: 20:10\\
**Meeting Closed**: 20:57\\
**Author**: Emily Taylor\\
**Signed**: Josh Hogendorn\\

===== Attending Members (25) =====

  * Josh Hogendorn
  * Tim Reichle
  * David Bussenschutt
  * Scott Wilson
  * Michael King
  * Hermann Schraut
  * Lucas Oldfield
  * David Johnson
  * Emily Taylor
  * Mike Ando
  * Paula O’Donnell
  * Eris Ryan
  * Brendan Halliday
  * Dave Seff
  * Ian Redmond
  * Steve Jordan
  * Jaimyn Mayer
  * Nicholas David
  * Lincoln Phillips
  * Lionel Theunissen
  * Alejandro More’ 
  * Craig Rea
  * Blair Calderara
  * Zac Forrester 
  * Aaron Bycroft


Proxies\\

===== Meeting Notes =====

  * Buzz has stepped down as Vice President
  * Removal of Woofing membership option due to poor outcomes

===== Treasury Report =====

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===== Votes =====
 
  * $1800 Revote for Magna bend . AGAINST COUNT 1, ABSTAINING COUNT 0. MOTION PASSED

  * $8,000 nominal budget for second hand lathe. AGAINST COUNT 1, ABSTAINING COUNT 0. MOTION PASSED

  * Update to sign in and out policy. AGAINST COUNT 0, ABSTAINING COUNT 0. MOTION PASSED

  * $600 budget for new batteries, oil and refurb of forklift. AGAINST COUNT 0, ABSTAINING COUNT 0. MOTION PASSED

  * $100 pcm marketing budget. AGAINST COUNT 1, ABSTAINING COUNT 3. MOTION PASSED

  * Update of ban schedule for silent or abandoned maintenance and fractal burning. AGAINST COUNT 0, ABSTAINING COUNT 0. MOTION PASSED

  * $250 for label maker, $100 for label material. AGAINST COUNT 0, ABSTAINING COUNT 1. MOTION PASSED

  * $300 budget for Woodshop to continue work on dust extraction system. AGAINST COUNT 0, ABSTAINING COUNT 1. MOTION PASSED

  * $1000 for Woodshop furniture. AGAINST COUNT 2, ABSTAINING COUNT 1. MOTION PASSED

  * $400 budget for bulk purchase of RFID readers. AGAINST COUNT 0, ABSTAINING COUNT 0. MOTION PASSED

  * $20,000 ongoing budget for large format laser metal cutter. AGAINST COUNT 2, ABSTAINING COUNT 2. MOTION PASSED

  * Yearly induction requirement. AGAINST COUNT 2, ABSTAINING COUNT 0. MOTION PASSED

  * $600 budget for Ryobi batteries. AGAINST COUNT 0, ABSTAINING COUNT 0. MOTION PASSED

  * Formation of Infrastructure Cause to formalise who works on HSBNE Infrastructure AGAINST COUNT 1, ABSTAINING COUNT 0. MOTION PASSED



=====GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS=====

  * Community gambling fund application failed to pass, but not our fault, processing was halted due to Covid. We have been directed to reapply. 
  * Reminder- to help with ‘just-in-time’ signage, causes are asked to do a quick inventory and send to Jaimyn for creating plaques with NFC and QR codes. 
  * Lathe is in the Metalshop, maintenance has been performed, looking to buy quick-change tooling 
  * The magna bend is half-built
  * Reminder: we have a padlock on the Eat St gate
  * An oven caught on fire, please don’t leave equipment unattended

===== Thanks =====

  * Thank you to Steve Jordan for his writeup of HSBNE in Writer’s Grapevine, an international writer’s magazine. 
  * Thank you to Putty for letting us use his van so we could pick up the new Greenroom TV
  * Thanks to Aaron Jaimyn and Josh for putting TV on wall
  * Thanks to Jaimyn and Beau for putting the new lighting
  * Thanks Jaimyn for his work with the Portal
  * Thanks to people who come to the Woodshop on Wednesdays, making leaps and bounds on all the equipment and improvements
  * Thanks to Mike for continuing efforts on Chonkasaurus
  * Thanks Lincoln and Vish for their help with personal projects
  * Thanks to members who volunteer to run tours