HACManchester · rjackson · Nov 25, 2025 · Nov 25, 2025
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ __Discussion on physics or rotating the universe__
 * Board discussed two issues raised by members
 * Warning issued to one
 * Continually monitoring of other
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 ## AOB
 * Member Storage
@@ -76,6 +75,5 @@ __Discussion on physics or rotating the universe__
   * Mice
   * Hygiene in space
 
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 ## Meeting ends 
 Takeaway was delicious
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # 2019-10-15
 
-Hackspace Manchester 
-Board Meeting Minutes
+## Hackspace Manchester Board Meeting Minutes
 
 15 October 2019 / 18:30 / Hackspace Manchester
 

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # 2019-12-08
 
-Hackspace Manchester
-Board Meeting Minutes
+## Hackspace Manchester Board Meeting Minutes
 
-8 December 2019 / 10:00 /
+8 December 2019 / 10:00 / Hackspace Manchester
 
 Meeting Starts 10:29  - Mike Chairing it (he forgot) 
 

@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
 # 2020-08-16
 
-## Hackspace Manchester
-
-## Board Meeting Minutes
+## Hackspace Manchester Board Meeting Minutes
 
 ### 16 August 2020 / 15:00 / Virtual
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+
 ### Meeting started 15:21
 ### Present Mike | Rossy | Grayson | Ben | Ellan Joined at 4pm
 
 #### Finance
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+
 ##### Finance Update – 
 
 Update Not provided. Redelegated to Grayson to get a member update together. Bank Balance stands at £12,150
@@ -79,4 +77,3 @@ Memberships approved for this subcommittee by the board
 
 
 Meeting Ended 16:58
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@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ Ross, Ellan, Laura, Jason, Mark *(20.05)*
 With a new board composition new co-chairs are required. Ross expressed interest in the role and Jason also volunteered. There was agreement and no dissent.
 
 > 20.05 Mark joined the call. Jason briefed him on events so far.
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 The following areas of responsibility were discussed and the named board members agreed to nurture their development.
 > - Outreach - Laura
 > - Infrastructure - Mark
@@ -54,14 +53,12 @@ The board reviewed written proposals from the **Visual Arts** & **Woody Dusty**
 > - Acrylic Bending Tool
 > - Resin Printer
 > - Screen Printing Supplies
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 **WOODY DUSTY** - *Initially over budget £320*
 > - 10" Bandsaw
 > - Oscillating / Bobbin Sander
 > - Dust Extraction
 > - Kitchen Unit Workbench
 > - **3 Items Removed** - *Brings the proposal to budget*
-
 Jason complained that it was not fair for a team to overspend their allocated budget. Mark as a member of the Woody Dusty team amended the proposal to bring it within budget then the board approved it. There was no further dissent.
 
 **METAL** & **ELECTRONICS** - No proposal presented.

@@ -38,23 +38,21 @@ Nothing relevant which is not covered elsewhere.
  - Insurance
    - We are waiting for a renewal quote from our exisiting provider before deciding whether to continue or seek alternative arrangements. Laura is looking after this.
 
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 ### Membership Teams / SubCommittees
 
 > #### Membership & Outreach
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 Laura has been active communicating with the Hackspace Foundation and hackspaces in the USA and London with the aim of fostering relationships and communication.
  - Laura needs access to social media platforms for outreach
    - Twitter / Insta
 
 > #### Metal
-
  - The board considered the Metal team proposal as submitted
   > - The board will not support the purchase of **any** item which is very difficult, or effectively immovable, in future.
   - The board have approved £500 towards the purchase of a mill, ***however***, the metal team have until ***Feb 19th 2021*** to get funds for any pledge component of a purchase into the Hackspace bank account.
   - The welding quote needs revising to fully include all costs (currently believed to be in the region of £370) and any remaining funds can be allocated to any item(s) of the team's choosing.
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+
 > #### Electronics
  - There has been minimal response from the electronics team.
  - The board would really appreciate if someone can take ownership of the grant proposal and submit a plan 
@@ -63,9 +61,8 @@ Laura has been active communicating with the Hackspace Foundation and hackspaces
 
 > #### Health & Safety
  - Mark requested an update regarding tool risk assessments. We are waiting on a template. This is Ellan's area of responsibility and as she was not able to be present at the meeting it has been agreed that we will email and ask for an update.
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-> #### Members Meeting / Board Q&A
 
+> #### Members Meeting / Board Q&A
  ##### BOARD Q & A SESSION 
  - ***Sat 30th Jan @ 16.00*** - Platform details to be communicated closer to the time.
  - Your opportunity to engage with the board and ask anything you're curious about. Please participate if you're interested and able to!
@@ -82,11 +79,10 @@ Laura has been active communicating with the Hackspace Foundation and hackspaces
 
 >The board would like to remind members that official requests for board consideration need to be emailed to the board@ email.
 >We will not officialy consider requests made via other methods (forum posts, telegram, smoke signals, interpretive dance { that's more a next door thing }, other miscellaneous methods).
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 >This allows the ***whole*** board to be party to the request and to discuss it in an informed and timely manner.
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-### Any Other Relevant Business    
+### Any Other Relevant Business
 > #### Grant
  - £4k additional funding has been secured
  - Board to consider priorities before discussing next at the board development session
@@ -96,16 +92,14 @@ Laura has been active communicating with the Hackspace Foundation and hackspaces
    - Creating areas that don't exist yet
      - Photocave
      - Other
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-> #### Reimbursement Policy
 
+> #### Reimbursement Policy
 The board occasionally receive requests for expenditure they didn't specifically agree to or weren't expecting. Whilst generally these have been positive contributions, thank you, we must have a decent understanding, and right of refusal, of where space funds are going ahead of time. No surprises please even if well intentioned ✌️. 
 
  - The board would like to remind members that all expenditure on behalf of the space ***MUST*** be by prior agreement from the board in written form in order to be able to claim the expense back.
  - The board has instructed the finance sub-committee to develop a policy and supporting process for this.
 
 >TLDR; If you don't get written permission for ***specific*** expenditure the board will not be obligated to reimburse this.
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 > #### Emergency Stop Costing
 - Mark is going to pursue emergency stop costing and implementation options.
 - Jason instigated a discussion around whether this is a 'nice-to-have' vs 'must-have' given dangerous tools have individual emergency stops.

@@ -68,7 +68,6 @@ Approved
   * Discussion on eye protection being mandatory at all times in woody dusty, stems from the wood lathe risk assessment. Needs more thought of the wood lathe. 
     * Tools can throw things across the room
     * Action for wood team: consider.
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 ### Member Submitted Items
 #### MMMM - what it is and isn't 

@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ Approved
 * Social: Tweets happened. Cone would like admin to the Facebook page to update photos of the space. Needs to speak to Harvy.
 * Wood: We still have wood.
   * Compressor was fixed.
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 ### Member Submitted Items
 #### Laser Maintenance
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ Approved
 No-one from wood team present. 
 We don’t know about this. No-one present could answer. Lathe **must** have a suitable risk assessment and inspection before it is entered into service, orders of the board. 
 
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 ### AOB
 
 * Woody dusty is NOT wheelchair accessible!
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ We don’t know about this. No-one present could answer. Lathe **must** have a s
   * Dispensing solutions discussed, including cleaning, replacing filters
   * Paper cups in a dispenser for filling could work and be free or 10p.
   * Cone suggests 7p a cup. Greg glares.
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+
 * Can't use the sink for screenprinting.
   * Want to wash it outside
   * Hose reel would work, could attach to tap but the tap design is poor

@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ Decide how we want to go about it
 * kitchen
   * calling for an one extra hand for in fitting the cabinets to the kitchen
 
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 ## Proceedings
 ### Start
 19:20
@@ -79,7 +78,6 @@ Approved
   * NOT WHEELCHAIR ACESSIBLE. 
   * Shuffle of the Wood area needed and risk assesment needed. 
   * No spring on the pillar drill. 
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 ### Member Submitted Items
 #### Electricity Costs
@@ -93,8 +91,7 @@ Stay or go in the questions.
 * Publsh spreadsheet of places to view up. 
 * Shortlisting needs to be started soon with the prospectinve spaces to be voted on. 
 
-Members questions. 
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+### Members questions
 * Can we get a place the we feel safe in?
   * Yes, we can. We ned to get a place the will not look the way the developers want. 
 
@@ -104,13 +101,11 @@ Members questions.
   * Also, we need to have a warning sign  for the lathe as well as a face shield. 
   * ONLY people who have been trained should have cces to the chisels (lockable storage needed for that). 
 
-#### Alex's Server build questions. 
+#### Alex's Server build questions
 Blade server wold like to build the server as experince would be essential. Only place to put it in toilet. £110 needed to spend on it. For noise I will need to put I in an appropriate enclosure. This would allow members to have access to node for computational power on a rental basis. Blog needed to be set up. Informantion needed on request from Alex.
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-#### Kitchen build. 
-Extra hands to fit them, forum questions needed. Things need to be fitted, one afternoon needed for  build. 
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+#### Kitchen build
+Extra hands to fit them, forum questions needed. Things need to be fitted, one afternoon needed for  build. 
 
 ### AOB
 * A date needed for the Save the space day. 

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 
 #### Minutes taken by BunnyGirl
 
-#### 19:36.
+#### Time Started: 19:36
 
 ## Agenda
+
 no objections form the last meeting
 
 ### Standing Items