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This month’s meeting will mark our first at the new location. While we are still officially located on 20th St, we did take early possession of our new location so we thought it would be a good idea to host this month’s meeting there. The new address is 422 44th St E (just off of Faithfull Ave). The meeting will be at our usual time, 7pm. Everyone is welcome to come check out the new space during this time!

Also, for current members, we will be asking that you return your fob some time this month so that we can get our deposits back from the 220. No word yet on when we’ll be officially moved in to the new place, but we should have a better answer to that on Tuesday at the meeting.

Yes, that’s right! Effective November 1st, we will no longer be located at the 220. While this was a great starting location for us, in order to grow ourselves as a hackerspace we feel that it’s time to move on. We’re actually getting possession of our new space on October 1st, so we’ll be busy moving for most of October.

We’ll be sharing the exact location of our new space shortly, but for now here are some of the basic details:
– North Industrial area
– direct entry
– overhead door
– roughly the same square footage as our location at the 220

We are very excited about the space as it opens up many new possibilities for us (i.e. welding, etc). Stay tuned for more updates as we start to move in!

7pm, Studio D, 220 20th St W. Much to discuss!

We’re happy to announce that we’ll be holding an open house on Saturday, August 25th between 1pm and 9pm. There will be lots of cool projects on display and members on hand to answer questions or just chat. We might even have snacks… Come check it out!

Update: Brett Coulthard from Frivolous Engineering has generously donated two of his Useless Machines for us to raffle off at the open house. All the more reason to stop by!

Studio D
The Two Twenty
220 20th St W

Same bat-time, same bat-channel!

We’ll be having our regular monthly meeting in our super-secret laboratory at Studio D 220 20th St W on Tuesday July 10th. There will be candy. Be there!

Our next meeting will be held on TUESDAY, June 12th at Studio D 220 20th St W.

Due to some delays in getting the necessary paperwork together, the AGM has been rescheduled for March 19th at 7pm (one week later than previously announced). It will replace the regular monthly meeting for march.

The final agenda is still being nailed down, but the high-level items are:
– Review financial statements from 2011
– Elect a new board of directors
– Vote on some proposed bylaw amendments (still being finalized, but will include changes to reflect the new membership procedure, and a general simplifying of the bylaws)

With all the open house stuff, I forgot to post about our upcoming first workshop!

Build a Combat Robot will be held January 21, 1-5pm.  It is being put on by members of Saskatoon Combat Robotics (they host the Kilobots tournaments in town).

The Kilobots website lists topics including:

• RFL rules and regulations – so you know what is allowed and disallowed
• How to prepare for and attend events
• Robot designs and different weapons types
• Mechanical principles – frame construction, weight distribution, etc.
• Basic electronics – how motors work, radio transmitters, speed controllers, etc.
• Assembling the Viper Combat Robot Starter Kit.
• Kilobots mini-tournament

The workshop is $20 per robot built.  We have kits available for the day, or you can buy your own and take it home!  If you just want to sit in and learn, there is no cost.

We at TechWorks would like to thank everyone who came out to the open house.  Despite the cold weather, we had over a hundred visitors!

For anyone interested in joining but who is maybe hesitant, you are encouraged to show up to a “hack night” as a guest.  Just pop into the chat room and ask when people will be there next.

And to our new members, Welcome!  We will be contacting you as soon as your keyfobs are ready, but in the meantime check out the forum and start planning your new projects!