Member Meeting Minutes for April 5th, 2023

Attendees

• Alisa Grishman
• Brian “Beebo” Esch
• Bryn Miller
• Chris McCann
• Chris Napolitano
• Clarissa Somers
• David Weiser
• Jeri Simon
• Kirk Hendricks
• Lucian Chapar
• Morgan Wable
• Rich Simpson

Call to Order

Meeting was called to order at 19:37 by Alisa

Welcome New Members!

Bryn Miller

• Not new to the space, but newly a member
• Mostly interested in being a part of the community and enjoying everyone’s company
  • Has found shop-related projects here and there that she wants to be a part of

Jeri Simon

• Came for the intro woodworking class and is looking forward to coming back to work more
• Interested in welding in the future, but wants to take things one step at a time

David Weiser

• Enjoys woodworking, in particular with hand tools
• Jack-of-all-trades
  • Electronics, metalworking
• Working on “English Campaign” style book cases

Announcements

Laser cutter down

• The probe broke, but we will be printing a new one ASAP so it should be up and running again in a day or two

Red Bull now $2.50

• Yay inflation
• Can still get your wings

Game night!

• First and third Fridays of every month at 6:30
• Open to the public

Shop Guests

• Outside of tours, classes, public events, or Board-approved activity, guests to the shop must be accompanied by a member
  • We don’t allow people to come off the street and just “hang out” even if they’ve signed a waiver

Youth Policy

• Unanimously adopted by the Board
• Text will be printed and put on the Wiki
• Full version: Youth Policy

Treasurer’s Report

• Bank: $4655.68
• PayPal: $439.06
• Still treading water

Old Business

Classes and clubs

• We’re still looking for people to teach classes and run clubs
• Classes can be about pretty much anything you want
• Volunteers who want to help run clubs are gratefully appreciated

New Business

Tustin Tot Lot

• Time to do the annual tot lot cleanup
• Volunteers needed
  • Someone to test and see if any of the USB ports need replaced
  • People to replace faulty ports and do a clean-up of the solar chargers
  • Planning group to come up with a new way to have art in the park that’s in keeping with the original plan
    • Original artwork (colorful tiles hanging from chain links) has disappeared because the local kids really love pulling them down
• There’s a Slack channel called #tustin_playground

Volunteer Opportunities

• Tustin Tot Lot
• Interim cleanings in the shop
  • Monthly chore list is posted on the cubbies next to the Jumonville door
  • Scheduled section cleanings
• Machine maintenance
  • Talk to Sean if you’d like to learn more about how to maintain equipment in the shop
• Woodworkers
  • Sean is organizing a cabal of people to plan the reorganization and smoother running of the wood shop

Garage area is very cluttered

• While some stuff needs to be stored in front of the garage door, a lot of it can go elsewhere
• If you have items there that either need parking permits or need to go home with you, please take care of that ASAP
• DeWalt Planer needs to be restored so that we can sell it

Hack Sustainability

• Treading water with income and expenses
  • Currently have about 2 1/2 months of expenses in the shop
  • We cannot approve any large expenses outside of general operating items and safety improvements unless we have 6 months of operations money in the bank
    • If there are items that we want now they need to be entirely bankrolled by members
• Cannot take on too many more liabilities in terms of maintenance
  • Talk to Sean if:
    • There’s something that you want to do volunteer-wise that will improve shop running
    • You’re an expert in a particular area or on a certain tool and can help with its operation
• Lucian’s idea
  • Recently went on a trip to Rochester where he toured their makerspace
  • Different sections of the shop had signs with people’s photos and contact info identifying them as being mentors and people who were responsible for those areas

Power Wheels

• Historically Hack has participated in the Power Racing Series
  • Inspired by the concept of the 24 Hours of Lemons
  • Take a Power Wheels kids ride-on toy and put it on a 2 HP electric go-kart for less than $500 and go racing
  • Hack’s DeLorean Power Wheels won in 2014
• Let’s do it again!
  • Geno is interested in leading the team
    • Message him if you’re interested
  • Sean has the expertise to do most of the drive-line stuff
  • Looking for anyone who wants to participate in any way
    • Welding for the chassis
    • Driving a go-kart
    • Art
• Slack channel is #powpowpowerwheels

Member Questions

• Chris McCann: New electrical system for the welding area is up and running
  • Two wall-mounted plugs for the 240 V welders
  • Has already worked well for several welders so far
• Lucian: What’s the status of the metal milling machine?
  • Motor is partially mounted, and if someone wants to finish mounting it and run the belts they’re welcome to do so

Motion to Adjourn

Meeting was adjourned at 20:13

Minutes by A.Grishman (talk) 23:57, 7 April 2023 (PDT)