Cause Meeting - 27th July 8pm

Teams Digital Fabrication
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Agenda:

Purchase of a Creality 3D CR - 10 3D Printer $509.65 + shipping
More items to come.

for proxy please reply to this thread

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Hey guys,

Last year we adjusted the Cause policy so that causes can vote on more than just financial decisions, leading to each cause having an ā€˜operating policyā€™ document with things like:

  • Cause consumable budgets
  • Cause area use expectations
  • Tools requiring induction/superision

Etc etc.

Iā€™ve whipped up a draft of one for Digital Fabrication based on current expectations and discussions and itā€™s viewable at https://docs.google.com/a/hsbne.org/document/d/1qx2yOYEUshgLtjgOZNtpmoCYR-BuyT-RRx6zx-tvIf8/edit?usp=sharing

Iā€™d like for Digifab to accept this at this meeting, so please read and provide feedback before the meeting :slight_smile:

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Am i right in thinking its 1.75mm hot end? If so i suggest a 3mm hotend also be purchased for consistency with other printers.

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Purchase request:

Iā€™d like to suggest Digifab purchase the following consumables, to be sold back to members at cost price +15% to cover shipping/handling.

Total cost of $309, Iā€™d suggest that this be considered a consumable for the consumable budget and allow for the cause to spend up to $100 a month (not rolling over or accruing) to restock as the stock reaches half or lower.

Edit: Maybe +30% for non-members, +15% for members.

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Iā€™d like to charge a higher markup than this, because right now from my experience many people donā€™t donate to cover the materials cost (whether that be because they forget, they canā€™t afford it or because theyā€™re doing it for something hsbne-related) and I feel that 15% markup will not be sufficient to cover costsā€¦ Either that, or weā€™re gonna have to start getting really strict about making people pay for what they use.

  • Up to $40 for a ratcheting socket wrench & 5mm female square drive bit for the Red Laser Cutterā€™s Z-axis adjustment

Adjusting the laser cutterā€™s bed height with our current tools is hard. Even with the freshly-lubricated threads (thanks @doc !), itā€™s hard to get a good grip with the tool and I often end up hurting my hand. This also means it takes a long time to adjust it too. A ratcheting socket wrench would make this task so much quicker & easier. I havenā€™t got specific product links yet because I still need to find the lowest cost one thatā€™s the right size which is why Iā€™m proposing this item as ā€œup toā€ $40. Iā€™d totally accept any help finding compatible products! :slight_smile:

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Meeting Minutes

Members Attending:

  • Scott Wilson
  • Mike Ando
  • Eris Ryan
  • Lucas Oldfield
  • Ian Haly
  • James Churchill
  • Rosa Tong
  • Doug Miller
  • Steph Piper
  • Jaimyn Mayer
  • Aaron Bycroft
  • Lincoln Phillips
  • Brendan Halliday
  • Michael King
  • Blair Calderara

Meeting opened 2030

Meeting Notes:

  • Aaron loves chocolates more than people.
  • CR10 vote postponed.
  • Cause policy document approved, all in favour.
  • Acrylic purchase vote passes, all in favour. Markup 25% for members, 50% for non-members.
  • Up to $40 for a ratcheting socket wrench and female 5mm square drive bit for the red laser cutter passes, all in favour.

Meeting closed 2123

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Here is the final wording for the Cause Operating Document as voted on in the meeting:

The main things defined in it are the Cause Area expectations, which are as follows:

  1. Please leave the area as clean or cleaner than you found it.
  2. Please make sure to put money in the donation tin for consumables.
  3. Please donā€™t leave machines running unattended.
  4. Please donā€™t create mess in the Digifab room, our tools are sensitive to dust etc.
  5. Please return tools to their homes and donā€™t remove them from the Digifab room.
  6. If a tool has dedicated consumables, please do not use your own in it.
  7. If a tool has a dedicated workflow, please do not deviate from it.
  8. If a tool is broken or misbehaving, report it either on the Forums or Trello.
  9. Donā€™t use tools that are marked as out of order.
  10. Please read the wiki before attempting to use a tool in Digital Fabrication.

Iā€™ll be updating the wiki today with this information.