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Hello all, Please see below the minutes of meeting! Sorry they’re so late, a miscommunication of where they were stored and my inability to get my Mac to gig sign things (it could, I’m an idiot) delayed this! Cheers Hx -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 # AGM Agenda, Tuesday the 4th April 2023 Situated in the Hacklab's space in Suite H, Kettock Lodge, Innovation Park, Campus Two, Bridge of Don, Aberdeen AB22 8GU. Attending Members: Tom Jones, Kevin Mulhern, Wouter Piessens, Robert McWilliam, Andy Gaskell, Peter Drysdale, Iain Learmonth, Dave Hibberd (Hibby), Stephanie Davidson Start: 20:19 ## Agenda for the meeting ## 1) Election of meeting chair Chair: Consensus nominates Dave Hibberd Minutes: Wouter Piessens ## 2) Previous AGM minutes, see https://github.com/hackerdeen/meetings/blob/master/2021/2021-05-04%20AGM%20… ## 3) Report on activities since last AGM Hibby walks through the directors report. He thanks all people involved with activities and would like to see more engagement from members to help out with recruitment of new members. See https://github.com/hackerdeen/meetings/blob/master/2023/2023%20Directors%20… ## 4) Treasurer's report See https://github.com/hackerdeen/meetings/blob/master/2023/2023%20Treasurers%2… Transition issues with RBS (bank) on access control to the account are now resolved. Hibby thanks Iain for helping out. Andy mentioned that the 2021 & 2022 Expenditures are only banking fees. Balance 1st March: £9347.59. Andy advises our contribution to AAOB will reduce this sum significantly. Tom seeks clarification on increases for August 2021? Kevin confirms he made a significant contribution at the time. Andy points out that the increase spike for Feb 2023 is by existing members making back payments, after dismemberment emails were sent earlier. Kevin asks how much are we contribution to charity: Hibby proposes a £2500 one off payment to cover past expenses over the last 2 years, followed by £800 per quarter afterwards. Tom adds that emails with AOB imply they are currently struggling with paying bills, however he points out that the energy consumption spreadsheet provided by the landlord to AOB is incoherent, partly due to a dispute with energy supplier. Tom also suggests that our bank reserves are strong enough to make proposed quarterly contributions. ## 5) Update Article 22 - ending membership if subscription payments lapse, https://github.com/hackerdeen/articles/issues/1 Proposal: Rewording of ending membership if subscription payments lapse. All voted for: motion passed. Question Peter: "How does the wording of dismemberment affect return to membership". Rob: "It would be up to board to decide if member has to pay 12 months dues or the 2 months dues only" ## 6) Proposal membership secretary, see https://github.com/hackerdeen/articles/issues/2 Rob asks if this does need to be in articles? Andy and Tom answer that there is no need for anybody to be assigned this role. Vote: Motion is not passed. ## 7). Change articles so the AGM doesn't have to be in April, see https://github.com/hackerdeen/articles/issues/3 Peter asks if we can have an AGM in December? Consensus: "that is possible". Vote: Motion passed ## 8) Simplify the membership application process, see https://github.com/hackerdeen/articles/issues/4 Vote: Motion passed ## 9) Remove binary pronouns from articles, see https://github.com/hackerdeen/articles/issues/5 Iain asks who contributed the changes. Andy said all work was done by Nick, and then all is split up on github articles. Vote: Motion passed ## 10) Create a facility for remote membership, see https://github.com/hackerdeen/articles/issues/7 Proposal is to introduce remote membership to anyone who resides over 80km from centre of Aberdeen, then they can apply for remote membership. Kevin asks if it is possible to change this limitation to Aberdeen and Shire. Tom rebuffs this and explains that the problem is that we are not able to act on proposals from members raised during the AGM and enact them straight away. We require them to be put in agenda, which has to be announced 2 weeks before a meeting. Iain asks if there are any limitations on restrictive members? He addresses that there is risk of membership subsidy issues with HMRC for corporation tax. Hibby answers that members are able under the companies act. Iain then advises we should have a restriction for the remote members. Steph points out 80km distance can be see as a restriction. Consensus: "We have a restriction." Andy suggest we can review this in a year’s time, and tweak the terms further then. Vote: Passed by majority, one objection ## 11) Set fee level for remote membership Initial proposal from prior to AGM was £10, which was deemed to high by members. Tom and Rob advise that per articles fees should be paid monthly. Consensus for fee: £2.50 per month, totalling up to £30 per year. Vote: Passed. ## 13) Election of directors All directors stand down New elected directors: Hibby: no nominations received before hand. Andy Gaskell Dave Hibberd Tom Jones Wouter Piessens Kevin Mulhern ## 14) Any Other Competent Business None ## References * https://wiki.57north.org.uk/doku.php?id=admin:agm_email * https://github.com/hackerdeen/articles * https://lists.57north.org.uk/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/57north-discuss@lists… -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEzBAEBCAAdFiEEXk9UUZPolpyKWbgKA6H7ehkEdxsFAmRav9sACgkQA6H7ehkE dxsx1AgAs/61FT8duXuWWc8sMvqn6w5pk2XEmWr0qBfEZDFTm+fYv8ODK9sESsRC X6jyG7jCsG7BTKGQ22bEwZzAkS8O1TTFtSYaDMehxvKW7FDALC5xa7hyReqeaIj7 tWXT3j9w6INTmwgPfn/GJt9kFKIW7mcWVJ+NiPHf2a3Rr35nrV+DKInUUFiP5MsG SwoFRmvCwYjAbtNe2wSV/ERoiCSQa3Ox2RdqAAYJs2C/Ym9MELoXu38zlwj/Qwfg 2h2MBWjISfGDguporrHZh4K9DDzoJhdbh1gqCccgGGU42DjUxqUmxhO/ipabg7+N MDk2PI6WV2qiPXYshXruQvfYyjxRjg== =went -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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22nd Consular Convention for Control & Prohibition of Pandemics

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Hi everyone, This Friday (19th) is the third Friday of the month and so at 8pm we will be having the twenty-second Consular Convention for Control & Prohibition of Pandemics on Jitsi [1] (WorkAdventure is out of action). Everyone is invited to turn up, have a few lemonades and shoot the breeze. This is an informal catchup for 57North members and Scottish Consulate diaspora around the world; a continuation of our regular lockdown video calls. I'm travelling at the moment so I don't think I'll make it this time. Cheers, Nick [1] https://meet.jit.si/ScottishConsulate

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Open Tuesday, 2023-05-09

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Good day beautiful nerds, 'Tis Tuesday once again, so we will have our weekly open night! If you've not heard of us, 57North get up to a range of activities on Tuesday nights in our shared workspace, including (but not limited to) social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming sugary treats. Typically we kick off at 1930. We're located at: Suite H Kettock Lodge Innovation Park Campus Two Bridge of Don Aberdeen AB22 8GU Hit the buzzer and someone shall come and rescue you from downstairs. There's plenty parking, but if you don't have transport get in touch either here or IRC and someone may be able to help you out! The number 1 bus comes nearby too. If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you want to work on. If you're not new, shoot a reply to the list and tell us what you'll be up to, and maybe consider bringing a friend. Please mention a time if you'll be in before me! I'll probably be down for 8ish, going to try and get a cycle in before I come. I'll be doing some 9600bd packet radio, I think I'm nearly in a situation where I can use a terminal on a remote computer at high speed over a packet radio link! Hx -- Hibby MM0RFN

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Sunday Hackspace

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Hey y’all, I’m heading back down to the hacklab for 3 today to continue my radio projects, come say hi and work alongside me on whatever it is you’re up to ❤️ Sent from my iPhone

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Hackurday

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Howdy! It’s Hackurday Saturday, I’m going to head down to the ’space for 3pm today all faces are welcome to join me! Hibby ❤️ Sent from my iPhone

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Tidy Sunday - 11th June 2pm

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Hi all, Early notification for this one so it goes in your diary! Let's get another tidy Sunday on the go for the 11th June. Please don't stop tidying ahead of this period, however - think of this as a deeper clean and chance to reorganise. Focus will be on the usual stuff- hoover, tidy surfaces etc. Hopefully that's easier and quicker than last time so more of us canfocus on the hard stuff! Other things have come up that we need to start thinking about: Positioning of consumables and how we document & label those so they're accessible (also having a rough idea of stock would be helpful) Catalogueing, labelling and documenting where tools live. Housing the Scottish Consulate Just what do we do with Tony Wilson's Gazelle? Assess whether everything on the 'archive' shelves is required and how do we dispose? I would like to put some stuff on freecycle/gumtree/etc for people to come and collect and see the space in action on a Tuesday. If anyone else has any suggestions, drop them in - view it as a day to work on improving the space for all! The more people contribute, the better we can think things through and understand if they're working. Cheers, -- Hibby MM0RFN

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Open Tuesday - May 2nd 2023

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Good day beautiful nerds, 'Tis Tuesday once again, so we will have our weekly open night! If you've not heard of us, 57North get up to a range of activities on Tuesday nights in our shared workspace, including (but not limited to) social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming sugary treats. Typically we kick off at 1930. We're located at: Suite H Kettock Lodge Innovation Park Campus Two Bridge of Don Aberdeen AB22 8GU Hit the buzzer and someone shall come and rescue you from downstairs. There's plenty parking, but if you don't have transport get in touch either here or IRC and someone may be able to help you out! The number 1 bus comes nearby too. If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you want to work on. If you're not new, shoot a reply to the list and tell us what you'll be up to, and maybe consider bringing a friend. Please mention a time if you'll be in before me! I'll probably be down for 730. I'll be consuming a beer or two and soldering gently. -- Hibby MM0RFN

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18th April 2023 - Open Tuesday

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Good day beautiful nerds, 'Tis Tuesday once again, so we will have our weekly open night! Happy World Amateur Radio day to those who are radio amateurs, for those who aren't - feel free to ask about what's going on at the radio desk or come by for a play. I'll set up our station, MS0SCZ, and send some data and/or some voice contacts with far away places before returning to my current standard activity of packet radio! If you've not heard of us, 57North get up to a range of activities on Tuesday nights in our little clubhouse, including (but not limited to) social contact, programming, manufacturing weird things and consuming sugary treats. Typically we kick off at 1930. We're located at: Suite H Kettock Lodge Innovation Park Campus Two Bridge of Don Aberdeen AB22 8GU Hit the buzzer and someone shall come and rescue you from downstairs. There's plenty parking, but if you don't have transport get in touch either here or IRC and someone may be able to help you out! The number 1 bus comes nearby too. If you're new, I'd suggest you bring a laptop, and perhaps a project you want to work on. If you're not new, shoot a reply to the list and tell us what you'll be up to, and maybe consider bringing a friend. Please mention a time if you'll be in before me! I'll probably be down for 730. I'll be consuming a beer or two and palying with radios as I suggested. -- Hibby MM0RFN

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21st Consular Convention for Control & Prohibition of Pandemics

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Hi everyone, This Friday (21st) is the third Friday of the month and so at 8pm we will be having the twenty-first Consular Convention for Control & Prohibition of Pandemics on Jitsi [1] (WorkAdventure is out of action). Everyone is invited to turn up, have a few lemonades and shoot the breeze. This is an informal catchup for 57North members and Scottish Consulate diaspora around the world; a continuation of our regular lockdown video calls. Hope to see you on Jitsi this Friday at 8pm Aberdeen time. Cheers, Nick [1] https://meet.jit.si/ScottishConsulate

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Tidy Sunday - 16th April 2pm

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Hi Y'all, After the AGM we spoke about our general displeasure as a group at the state that the hackerspace is left in and agreed we'd come in this weekend to set a baseline of cleanliness - this will hopefully help us build a more welcoming, more encouraging space for people to come and visit. Going forward, it would be really helpful if we all try and observe the departure procedure on the wiki [1] when we leave. I know it adds some time to the trip (or, alternatively, digs into hacking time) but it helps make workstations, the carpets and our general tooling much easier and more friendly to approach. I've been just as guilty as everyone else of leaving my toys out 'as I'll just be back tomorrow to finish' and then coming back a fortnight later having forgotten entirely and taken up 2 spaces at the social tables! Critically, if it's not working, the process can be updated/refined. On Sunday, the key items I'd like to smash out (in rough order of importance) are: * Vacuum of all carpets * Empty bins, consider if current bin organisation makes sense given our standard waste - Assess our volume of glass bottles and appropriate disposal * Clean and tidy of all table surfaces and workstations. * Manage cabling/wiring/equipment at all workstations to make them approachable and usable - Assess what the role of each workstation is, and try to remove extraneous objects to help it be more usable. Maybe document them on the wiki. * Look at our various logical areas and consider whether equipment stored there can be moved and/or better labelled. * Relax and enjoy the fruits of our labour. Critically what we don't want to do is throw out active member projects or hide anyone's toys! If there's anything else to add to the todo list, pipe up on -discuss and we can throw it on! As a side note, our cleaning and tidying wiki page [2] is out of date, help and documentation there would be much appreciated! [1] https://wiki.57north.org.uk/admin/ondeparture [2] https://wiki.57north.org.uk/admin/cleaning_and_tidying -- Hibby MM0RFN

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