2022-11-02 SDC Meeting

Intro

Staff turn off, lost Paula, Victoria, New finiance staff coming in. New position for Buyer (ie, buy stuff for all groups)

Updates on meeting rooms, work space, booking system

putting team email into the booking system so that multiple people can access

New meeting room 7th floor?

3D print center is available, talk to Graeme. Free for use.
6-8,10 people meeting rooms in CPH

Update on vehicle, driver, new pickup truck

Having problem of returning, problem being nobody checking vehicle.

tracking damage on vehicle

Check the vehicle before you leave and see if there is damage. Check and see if the tank is full. You can take photos.

Driver Registeration. Team lead contact Peter or Graeme, Interviewing.

New Truck. Parking lot next week. 2 seats in the front, 3 seats in the back.

10 feet trailer with Van

Update on design review meetings

a. Current status, feeback on progress, possible changes

Pre design meeting, design review, manufacturing plan meeting, keep in touch with Graeme.

Starting after comp will be good.

b. Next steps - follow up meetings, expanding to more teams

EDI discussion

Mary Robinson, Dean outreach, quity & diversity

Diverisity Equity problem. Include Indigineous, females, black and etc.

SAE oversees student competitions, no scores will be allocated EDI.

Some competition is gathering information, not for scores but for stats.

Indigineous% on the team.

mary.robinson@uwaterloo.ca

UWAFT competition has EDI component. How people feel on the team? Communication, Ourreach, Colaberation. First year in the competiton.

Getting Demographics about the team.

Gender on Roster?

Collect Demographics from design teams and see why some design team are doing better and learn from them.

If the survery comes from SDC, people might be more willing to answer.

Composite material store proposal

1. Consumable purchased by SDC, sold to teams, item details on seperate sheet

   1. Certain products expires quickly

   2. a lot of materials are used commonly

   3. Carbon Fiber will likely not sold by SDC.

   4. Composite Room access

   5. more details coming

2. motivation

3. steps

HV work room discussion

1. Tools and safety equipment purchase

2. How to manage access room, Storage space for supplies, equipment

Miscellaneous

1. Giving Tuesday

2. Financial lead meeting

3. Welding interest and expectations

   1. Increasing interest, but it’s a hard skill to pick up, have to weigh up pros and cons, but open to discussion.

uploading license

Encorporating

free software, whether it’s a good idea or not

Ask about getting free software?