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Revision as of 17:40, 6 January 2010
Agenda
- State of the Union
- Door update
- Heat update
- Electrical update
- January events
- January classes
- Make: Pittsburgh
- PCKIZ
- Elections
- Miscellaneous
Minutes by Agenda Topic
Attendees: Val, Andy, Matt M., Jon, Matt S., Marty, Doug, Jim, Bonnie, Forest, Bill, Lori, Amy, Isaac
State of the Union
- Welcome new members
- Val!
- The hackerspace is strong!
- Financials are good
- Membership is stable around 20-25 members
- Tax prep is underway
- No update on Duquesne Law Clinic status
Door update
- Door is almost ready
- Code is done
- Matt M. will send a message when it's ready
- The plan is to put the door mechanism up but not controlling the door at first
- Members should badge in to stress test the build
- Next month we'll have an RFID hacking workshop :)
Heat update
- It's cold
- Leave the heater on full bore all the time
- The landlord is actively pursuing the heating situation
- Money from PCKIZ
- Contingent on 501(c)(3) status
Electrical update
- Matt M. is heading the electrical team
- He'll put up a blog post tonight
- We'll probably fund this ourselves
- We do currently pay our own electric bill
- Volunteers are desired!
- We need more power!
January events
- This Friday: Bill from the PCKIZ
- Mondays are back on
- Ham radio study sessions Monday at 7
- Ruby study sessions Monday at 8
- More study sessions are always better; feel free to pick a night and lead one
- Next Friday: Derrick is hosting a railroad communications presentation
- Topics will include how you can listen in on trackside communications
- Sunday the 17th is our next members meeting
- Tuesday the 19th is DevHouse @ HackPittsburgh
- Friday the 22nd is Powerpoint Karaoke, hosted by Derrick
- Friday the 29th will be a synth night (decided tonight!)
- We'll have kits for sale here
- Andy to start a forum post to determine interest
January classes
- Synth night
- There is talk of a sensors class
- A LilyPad class is being put together
- Discussion about class revenues and stocking backup parts, etcetera
Make: Pittsburgh
- We are going to start a Make: Pittsburgh group
- It's an enthusiast group
- It meets once a month
- It's shorter, and more noncommittal
- Not membership-based
- Presentations
- Talks about cool stuff
- Presenters and an activity are planned already
- Web domains are aqcuired
- Tell everybody you know!!!
- The hope is that it'll bring members in to HackPittsburgh
- Events get publicized on Make blogs
- These are big draws in other cities
- This may allow a small Pittsburgh-based Maker Faire
PCKIZ
- PCKIZ director will be at the space on Friday
- He'll discuss what the PCKIZ does
- Their goal is to bring business to Uptown and the Hill
- They have money for events and advertisting
- We're working with them to see if we can find a mutually-beneficial relationship
- Yes, including funding
- So far they seem to be favoriable to what we're doing
Elections
- TBD
Miscellaneous
- Whiteboards!
Action Items
Andy:
- Get a form post started for synth night