Woodshop Committee Meeting 20160223

This is the meeting agenda for the Woodshop Committee for February 23, 2016.

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Time and Location

7:00pm, 23 February 2016, Lecture Hall

We don't have any. Do we even need to bother with keeping minutes?

We're broke.

Selection of new Committee Chair
Committee rules
- What is needed?
Training
- Woodshop Basics now has 7 trained instructors, moving to three classes per week to try and meet demand
- Lathe Basics now twice a week
- CNC Router remains at once per month
- Pen Turning added two instructors, classes now scheduled
- Bowl Turning classes now scheduled
- Wood Carving still popular once a week
- Picture framing
- Need more classes on basic woodworking, like Joinery, using hand tools, Finishing, etc.
- More teachers needed!
- Discuss regimented schedule for classes. Draft schedule:
  - Woodshop Basics 3 times per week (M W Sa)
  - Lathe Basics 2 times per week (T Sa)
  - CNC Testing 1 time per week (Tr)
  - Festool Class 1 per month
  - MultiCam CNC Router 1 per month
Maintenance - Tools are being used more, and more problems cropping up
- Shop Maintenance Workday weekly? Bi-Weekly?
- Scheduled Maintenance
- Charging for breakages, discussion
Activities Currently in progress
- Redesign of Shop Floor, tool location layout, electrical drops, dust collection
- Storage cabinets, etc
- Considering stocking sheet goods, honor system fees for consumable items
Money
- Maintenance and consumable costs rising rapidly with increase in users in shop
- Planned Capital purchases
  - Dust collection system improvements
  - Heavy duty Planer
  - Need to prioritize purchases
  - Powermatic Lathe