Member Meeting Minutes for February 21, 2017

Minutes by Agenda Topic

• 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

Previous Events/Classes

• Feb 18: Arduino Programming 101
• 3D printer build
• Feb 10: Flight Club

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

• 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.

• Automatic dues payment system
  • Is anyone starting this?
    • Adam Casto will take over
  • Foo offered to help.

• Vending Machine
  • Coin Hopper and Accepter here
    • Need to wire into arduino.
  • Chad has code if anyone wants to help with it.

• 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.
  • 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

• Loft above garage door
  • Dave Coakley
    • All members present approve

• 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