Member Meeting Minutes for January 17, 2017
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- Attendees
- Chad
- Eli
- Geno
- Alex
- Bob
- Jessie
- Scott2
- John Lewis
- Josh Smith
- Robert Marin
- Simon
- Hangouts
- Joachim
- Gabe
- Eris Simms
Called to Order
- Called to order at: 7:40pm
New/Potential Members
- Zach
- Lives really far
- Independent maker
- Participates in Power Wheels
- George
- CMU student
- Rob Marin
- Did soldering class
- Became member
- Nick
- Pitt Student
- Doing project about security
Previous Events/Classes
- ATM Launch was a success!
- Flavor Tripping
- Miracle berries
- Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
- Jan 14
- 3 New member came from this!
- Most people came from meetup.com
Learning Tracks / Classes
- Jan 28: Intro to machining class. 1 six hour class. 1-7pm. $60/ticket. Members only
- Feb 18: Arduino Programming 101
Potential Events/Talks/Classes
- Talks
- Feb 24, Hacking food and drink, Scott2
- Adam PittMesh
- John Lewis- PittMesh DNS/Server talk
- Grindhouse
- They said they would, we just need to schedule.
- Andrew - Gem making Talk
- Classes
- John Lewis
- Intro to Databases, Intro to Git
- Soap Making class?
- Make your own network cable
- Branding and Sales
- Dns
- Intro to Welding, similar to Akron Makerspace
- Chad Went to Akron on Monday. We need to take a field trip there.
- John Lewis
- Networking class
- Simon Heath
- Networking class
Shop Projects / Updates
- Autonomous Power Wheels
- Extra meeting tomorrow Eli and JD to work on software
- Power Wheels
- Lost .01V in 3 months. Yay Lithium batteries!
- Work will begin in Feb
- 3-D Printers
- Change power source, NOT the electronics workbench
- Set up power strip connected to the proper outlet
- Boxzy
- Ball screws lubed
- Mendlemax
- Need Z height modified.
- Makegear
- Its back! Still needs a little work setting it up
- Lathe
- DROs partially installed
- Andrew will take care of it before class
- Fabrication Station
- Tapestry to cover garage door?
- Cleaning/repainting?
- Possible mural eventually?
- Multiple people making something for each square of garage door?
- Need to make sure these materials are not a fire hazard
- Tapestry to cover garage door?
- Automatic dues payment system
- Steve Owens Interested in taking project.
- MakerSpace Manager - FB
- $300 every year
- We need to decide if we want to continue paying for this
- Explore other options
- Vending Machine
- Coin Hopper and Accepter here
- Need to wire into arduino.
- Coin Hopper and Accepter here
- Server
- Twitter Sign
- Any one want to help john?
- Geno will help John with serial
- John is working on it. Making progress
- Twitter Sign
- Vaccum Forming Table
- Jeremy Tiogar is working on it, he's been busy
- Arcade
- Needs rewired (Computer Power button)
- 4 moms chairs
- They sometimes tilt you forward
- Ask Eli to find out how to use the tilt option properly
Old Business
- Vinyl Cut Open Shop Hours on door
- We tried,the cut failed, need to try again
- There is no try, Only Do.
- Things that need done around the shop
- Update Member Booklet
- Geno working on this
- Section Leaders Needed
- Fabrication Station
- CNC embroidery machine $300
- Brother brand it is!
- Section Leaders Needed
- Safety Report
- Need to split the electrical loads in building
- Done!
- Need to split the electrical loads in building
- Need to test alarms, first members meeting of month
- This needs done after meeting!
- Need to test alarms, first members meeting of month
- Flammable material cabinet
- Gabe working on it!
- $150, actual flammable cabinet
- Flammable material cabinet
- Need to get bathroom swinging outward
- Need a few New Fire Extinguishers
- Walmart or Amazon
- Need a few New Fire Extinguishers
- Eli wants to rearrange shop area for safety
- Eli's Proposal:
- Move kitchen, turn bar into welding table
- Mill where microwave is now
- Shop area will be dusty part of shop
- Welding curtain
- Power wheels cars where kegarator is now
- Tardis next to dry erase board
- Will allow possibility for much larger mill
- Need to buy or build up welding table about $200 (Gabe)
- Voting: All members vote in favor
- Gabe is working on finding materials for welding table
- $167 for tubing
- 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)
New Business
- New Mailing List / Slack/Google Groups - Make it easy for everyone (inclusion)
- Private mailing list
- Can have attachments
- Bob motions we move to Google Groups
- Alex seconds
- 8 people in favor, 2 opposed
- Motion passes
- We will have transition period for moving to Google Groups
- 10 Bullets - Shop Rules - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49p1JVLHUos
- Checklist for various tools to keep track of their condition
- Voluntary
- Will help us keep track of tool use, and potential problems
- Mobile Raspberry Pi table
- Gabe will bring medical cart for this
Project RollCall
- Alex cast flywheel
- Simon working on Arcade
New Member Induction
- William Cenk
- All board members and all members present approve
- Sent email about key
- All board members and all members present approve
Move to Adjourn
- Eli motions
- Bob Seconds
- Adjourned at: 8:42pm
Meeting notes by Geno