Member Meeting Minutes for February 21, 2017
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- Attendees
- Chad
- Eli
- Geno
- James Hyde
- Cathy
- Jesse
- Jacques
- Bob
- Josh Smith
- Dave Coakley
- Scott2
- Andrew
- Rob Marin
- John Wetzel
- Corey
- Adam Casto
- Gene (hangouts)
Called to Order
- Called to order at: 7:34pm
New/Potential Members
Previous Events/Classes
- Feb 18: Arduino Programming 101
- 3D printer build
- Feb 10: Flight Club
Learning Tracks / Classes
Potential Events/Talks/Classes
- Scheduled
- Feb 24: Hacking food and drink, Scott2
- March 19: Intro to Welding, Akron Makerspace
- March 25: Biohacking: The moral Imperative to Build a Better You
- March 25: MetaMesh: Ethernet cable class / Talk
- March 25: Raspberry Pi VPN
- Talks
- Adam PittMesh
- John Lewis- PittMesh DNS/Server talk
- Andrew - Gem making Talk
- Classes
- Simon Heath
- John Balacko
- Neopixels class
- Chad
- Edge lit acrylic
Shop Projects / Updates
- Autonomous Power Wheels
- Power Wheels
- There is now a Chicago Maker Faire PPPRS race in 2017
- April 22
- There is now a Chicago Maker Faire PPPRS race in 2017
- 3-D Printers
- Boxzy
- Mendlemax
- Makegear
- Needs TLC
- Lathe
- DROs partially installed
- Moved
- Fabrication Station
- We have an embroidery machine!
- Bought Software, Good to go!
- Training can start immediately!
- Cathy to donate a computer for station.
- We have an embroidery machine!
- Automatic dues payment system
- Is anyone starting this?
- Adam Casto will take over
- Foo offered to help.
- Is anyone starting this?
- Vending Machine
- Coin Hopper and Accepter here
- Need to wire into arduino.
- Chad has code if anyone wants to help with it.
- Coin Hopper and Accepter here
- Server
- Twitter Sign
- Vaccum Forming Table
- Arcade
- Needs games checked and removed if they don't work.
- John Balacko
- HackPGH sign idea. 9 foot long. Fits in between the two strips of glass blocks above garage door
- John will 3d print a prototype to show us
Old Business
- Safety Report
- Need power to Fabrication Station still.
- Need a few New Fire Extinguishers
- Walmart or Amazon
- CO2 for laser cutter, The rest ABC.
- Walmart or Amazon
- Bathroom door is now swinging outward
- Need to test alarms, first members meeting of month
- This needs done after next meeting!
- Flammable material cabinet
- Gabe's looking for one.
- Feel free for other people to look.
- Shop rearrangement
- Shop area will be dusty part of shop
- Welding curtain
- Dust filtration system for HackPGH
- John Wetzel and Andrew Campbell
- Put it into one of the glass block windows above garage door
- Green light. Proceed as requested
- New Mailing List / Slack/Google Groups - Make it easy for everyone (inclusion)
- Motion passed, New board will work on it.
- Checklist for various tools to keep track of their condition
- Will setup soon.
- Need to buy small clipboards.
- Tardis to Tekko Con?
- John Wetzel is looking into it
New Business
- ToonSeum would like is to bring the TARDIS to their fundraiser on April 22nd.
- Vote on this.
- All members present approve
- James Hyde can help get Tardis there
- April 4th: FIELD TRIP: Uptown Lofts Visit HackPGH
- Vote on this.
- All members present approve
- Moving fabrication station
- Removing some of the bin shelves
- Jesse wants to do it during shop clean
- Jesse will show detailed plans
- All members present approve
- Removing some of the bin shelves
- Loft above garage door
- Dave Coakley
- All members present approve
- Dave Coakley
- Attach power strip into table
- Get rid of trip hazard
- Dave Coakley
- All members present approve
- Bins of old members
- Need to find out who is paying and only allow people who pay dues or $5 a month for bins
- We need bins for new members
- Voting on standard bin labels
- All members present approve
- If you are past due 60 days on your dues, your bin becomes shop property
- This applies to old members who we can no longer contact
- All members present approve
- We have a drill doctor
- Thank you James Hyde!
- CNC Machine upgrades
- Go check them out
- Thank you James Hyde!
- James stresses that its your responsibility to keep the CNC clean
Project RollCall
- Adam Casto
- Turners cube
- Bob Berger
- Drawbot
- Dave Coakley
- Clamps to hold down work in laser cutter
- Corey
- Laser cut Hilbert curve puzzle
New Member Induction
- Corey Lipchik
- All members and board members present approve full membership
- Robert Martin
- All members and board members present approve full membership
- Paul Kyros
- All members and board members present approve full membership
Move to Adjourn
- Adjourned at: 8:54pm
Meeting notes by Geno