Member Meeting Minutes for December 7, 2016

Minutes by Agenda Topic

• Attendees

Called to Order

• Called to order at:

Potential Events/Talks/Classes

• Events
  • Flavor Tripping
    • Miracle berries
  • Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
    • Liquid Nitrogen/Flavor Tripping Party Jan 14 2017 @7pm

• Talks
  • Adam PittMesh
  • John Lewis- PittMesh DNS/Server talk
  • Grindhouse

• Classes
  • Andrew- Intro to Lathe and Mill
    • Turner's cube
    • 4 people at a time. 4 separate days
    • Cost to be determined
  • Intro to Databases, Intro to Git
  • Soap Making class?
  • Intro to Welding, similar to SynHak
    • Lets drive to Synhak to learn welding
      • Akron mini maker faire

Shop Projects / Updates

• Autonomous Power Wheels

• Power Wheels

• 3-D Printers
  • Boxzy
    • Having some slight issues.
    • BoXZY Repaired the machine. The replaced a few parts and oiled the machine.

• • Mendlemax
    • Needs Octoprint and we need training on it

• • Makegear
    • Being fixed by Chris Yohe

• Lathe
  • DROs need to be installed
  • Andrew figured out how to install them
  • Need Gabe or Eli's help to weld aluminum

• Fabrication Station
  • It's now larger
  • Lets set up Scott's sewing machine
  • We have a silkscreen press

• Automatic dues payment system
  • We've been setting this up for a year now... We've lost over $400 by not using the system. We need to either move on this or let the project die.
  • Jim needs to make sure the API can be accessed directly

• Vending Machine
  • Still needs a raspberry Pi Connected and/or payments to work.

• Server
  • Cloud with LED's which lights up when people access server
  • John is fixing the twitter sign, replacing with Pi

• Vaccum Forming Table
  • Jeremy Tiogar

• Arcade
  • Needs to be rebuilt
  • Tardis

Old Business

• Need outlets near mill
  • We have all materials, lets just do it

• Vinyl Cut Open Shop Hours on door.
  • Cathy will do this

• City of Pittsburgh Ornaments
  • They offered us a $1000 for doing this.

• 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

• • Maintain Computers
    • Update/Install Autodesk

• • Section Leaders Needed
    • Fabrication Station

• Shop lights are dead, replace ballast with LED's.
  • Done

• Ideas to keep shop clean,
  • More parties
  • More public events

• Dale wants to talk about larger space with us. Made right here wants to partner with us.
  • Sent an email to her to talk. Waiting on her.

• John Wetzel is offering to help us put gravel in parking lot
  • Waiting on 2 Quotes

• John Wetzel has idea to sell class stuff on Etsy or WooCommerce

New Business

• We have a new Drill
  • Compatible with other power tools here.

• New Sign outside to remind people to slow down!

Move to Adjourn

• Adjourned at:

Meeting notes by Geno