Date/time and location: 7pm, 11 July 2017 at the Hackspace

• Incident review
• Laser cutter breakdown
• Dust Extraction
• Hardinge Lathe disposal
• AOB

Members: John D, Richard L, Tom G

Committee: Nick G (minutes), Ian A-S, Arthur A

Apologies: Toby S

Incidents

• NG: None reported apart from laser cutter

Laser

• NG: Health and safety issue of radiation coming through air vents.
• RL: Contact manufacturer
• TG: Been discussed in the past, it should be addressed ASAP.
• RL: When laser cutter is up and running, put a plate across vents, leaving air gap.

• What failed?
• IA-S: Wait for Russ C to check PSU tomorrow.
• Reason?
• IA-S: Don't know!
• sourcing replacement parts UK or China?
• IA-S: 1 year warranty on PSU from JAS.
• NG: If it is PSU, get in touch with JAS.

G10 Dust Extraction

• NG: Nic M has a proposal open. New or old?
• JD & AA: New.
• TG: What about maintenance? What's easiest to use if people don't empty?
• IA-S: Fix current old air filtration, someone needs to get bits and fix it.
• AA: Ask for volunteers.
• IA-S: ACTION contact Nic M to make proposal clearer.

Hardinge Lathe

• IA-S: Decided to sell in last committee meeting, but nothing was done. ACTION contact John W to find how much was spent and put up for sale.

AOB

• RL: Bills for laser cutter?
• AA: Will get around to it. How to accept payments?
• IA-S: BACS, preferably, cash, cheques.
• AA: Some users have a lot of debt.
• IA-S: Give a month after asking for payment, then chase up.
• AA: What threshold to chase up payment?
• IA-S: £5.
• AA: ACTION bring list of people owing money to next committee meeting

• TG: Improve number of electrical sockets in certain areas of G11: electronics area
• IA-S: Combine with getting more sockets in G10.