Member Meeting Minutes for December 20, 2016
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Minutes by Agenda Topic
- Attendees
- Chad
- Eli
- Geno
- Alex
- Scott2
- Jesse
- John Lewis
- Joachim
- Jacques
- Bob Berger
- Andrew
- Andrea
- John Wetzel
- Gabe
- JET (Hangouts)
Called to Order
- Called to order at: 7:38pm
New/Potential Members
Previous Events/Classes
- Analog Games
- 7 people showed up
- We should do this once a month
Learning Tracks / Classes
- Jan 7: 10am-2pm, Learn to Solder
- Jan 28: Intro to machining class. 2 four hour classes. $60/class. Members only
Potential Events/Talks/Classes
- Events
- Flavor Tripping
- Miracle berries
- Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
- Jan 14
- Flavor Tripping
- Talks
- Adam PittMesh
- John Lewis- PittMesh DNS/Server talk
- Grindhouse
- Chad talked to Tim, just need to schedule
- Gem making Talk
- Andrew
- Classes
- John Lewis
- Intro to Databases, Intro to Git
- Soap Making class?
- Make your own network cable
- Intro to Welding, similar to Akron Makerspace
- Lets drive to Akron Makerspace to learn welding
- Contact Devin to set this up
- John Lewis
Shop Projects / Updates
- Autonomous Power Wheels
- John created Wiki and Github
- Not going to California event in January
- Going to send them a video of our car working
- Power Wheels
- No Updates
- 3-D Printers
- Mendlemax
- Still fails even with UPS, new separate circuit should help
- Makegear
- Its back! Still needs a little work setting it up
- Lathe
- DROs need to be installed
- Fabrication Station
- Automatic dues payment system
- We need to get it done ASAP or we will hand it off to Steel City Codefest
- Vending Machine
- New lock on it
- Started making a coin hopper
- Server
- Vaccum Forming Table
- Arcade
- Rebuilt...
- Inside Tardis
- Needs keys mapped properly
- Needs rewired
Old Business
- Vinyl Cut Open Shop Hours on door
- We tried,the cut failed, need to try again
- Things that need done around the shop
- Update Member Booklet
- Members vote to make a PDF, email it to new members
- Geno will do this
- Geno began working on it, board needs to review before posting
- Update Member Booklet
- Section Leaders Needed
- Fabrication Station
- CNC embroidery machine $300
- Do more research on this
- Section Leaders Needed
- John Wetzel is offering to help us put gravel in parking lot
- We got approval.
- We are paying for 1/2. ~ $150.
- John will contact them Wed
- Will need 4 volunteers to spread it around
- John Wetzel has idea to sell class stuff on Etsy or WooCommerce
New Business
- Nation of Makers Ghost Ship Fire
- Anthony's report
- Need to split the electrical loads in building
- Need to test alarms, first members meeting of month
- Flammable material cabinet
- Lets get one from Construction Junction
- Need to get bathroom swinging outward
- Anthony's report
- Fire Safety check
- New Fire Extinguishers
- Some New Wiring Dedicated for
- Laser Cutter
- 3d Printers
- Mill
- Eli wants to rearrange shop area for safety
- Talk to him after meeting
- Grindhouse wants to do film shooting at HackPGH
- Early January, 5-6
- futuregrind.org
- Linkin Square Productions
- No filming during other events
- Chad to send more information via mailing list
- 48 hours for deliberation
- Board to make final decision, but take any dissent into consideration
- All members present vote in favor
- New Soldering Iron
- Its awesome! Use it!
- Dust filtration system for HackPGH
- John Wetzel and Andrew Campbell
- Put it into one of the glass block windows above garage door
- Many recommendations from Dev from Akron Makerspace, on mailing list
- Need to speak with Dale (our landlord)
- Andrew went to Akron Makerspace
- Bought an awesome lathe
- He was very impressed with their space
- We should visit other makerspaces more and learn from them
Project RollCall
- Jacques
- MC Escher Flying fish puzzle with quote, laser cut on our lasercutter
- Alex
- Cast a flywheel
New Member Induction
N/A
Move to Adjourn
- Eli motions
- Jacques seconds
- Adjourned at: 9:05pm
Meeting notes by Geno