===== 2017/09/11 BOTLab Committee Meeting =====
**Date/time and location:** 7pm, 11 Sept 2017 at the Hackspace
===== Agenda =====
  * Incident review
  * Outstanding items from August:
  - Encouraging members to sign in
  - Block SEO spam
  - Can we stop hackspace e-mails going to junk folder?
  - Meeting with Landlord
  - Gareth's space
  - Approving Arthur’s list of laser cutter users who owe money
  - Returning the laser PSU to JAS 


  * Lending items to members
  * New Henry
  * CookieHQ website rebuild / integration
  * review purchase proposals
  * AOB


===== Attendees =====

Committee: Arthur A, Ian AS, Russ G, Nick G, Toby S

Apologies: None



===== Topics discussed =====
**Incidents**
  None reported to list or book



**Outstanding actions**
  Encouraging sign in. New book in place, Russ has been pestering people to sign in. 
  John D has counted Augusts numbers. 129 member sign ins & 25 visitor, likely a large underestimate.
  Arthur A has an RFID solution he wants to implement. TS make it go bing or give badges for usage.
  IAS Useful to count for future funding applications.

**Website upgrade**
  CookiesHQ have had a conversation with Athur A about building a Ruby on Rails integrated platform
  covering website, wiki, membership, payment processing. 
  An offer of an internship for a HS member to develop the site & then maintain it.
  They would offer a non-commercial rate, but it would be possible to stage deveopment.
  Likey total cost would be in the low thousands.
  AA Ongoing costs would be minimal, hosting a VPS, stripe payment integration would be per transaction.
  TS Other hackspaces have websites, check them and see if we can use their code.
  AA create list of requirements to decide priorities.

**Block SEO spam**
  Website captcha not working, reason unknown.

**Can we stop hackspace e-mails going to junk folder**
  Nope.

**Cannot login to wordpress**
  TS Contact Tarim, he has a login.

**Facebook page**
  Needs content. RD facebook group. IAS would fragment discussions and need monitoring.

**Meeting with Landlord**
  RD to try and find

**Gareth's space**
    Still interested, Gareth is undecided. Many ideas for usage.

**Laser cutter  debts**
  AA to email for 2016 charges, approx £570.

**JAS laser PSU**
  Not yet returned, in John's box. Richard and/or Libby to return it by hand?

**Lending items**
  Yes to UV unit
  IAS Stock take, make list, label items, IAS has thing at KWMC uses selectamark. 
  Loans on case by case basis to members list, security.
  Moo.com stickers, security-label.co.uk

**Inductions**
  NG two volunteers (Ryan & Phil) have agreed to take on doing wood lathe inductions. Documents to be updated on the wiki.
  

**Purchase Proposal**
  Nic has updated his dust extraction proposal. Sufficient committee votes but need a couple more member signatures 
  Bring to Meeting tomorrow.
  Belt sander - not sufficient member support, (only 1). Archived
  CNC - no member interest on the proposal. Archived.
  


**AOB**
  RD - Need tidy up evening.
  Mouse removed. New mouse spotted.
  Hackspace is getting more usage so the bin is frequently emptied.