Member Meeting Minutes for January 4, 2016

Minutes by Agenda Topic

• Attendees
  • Chad
  • Eli
  • Geno
  • Scott2
  • Andrew
  • Josh Smith
  • Joachim
  • John Lewis
  • Jacques
  • John Wetzel
  • Gabe
  • Merric
  • Bob Berger
  • Keith Elliot (hangouts)

Called to Order

• Called to order at: 7:32pm

Learning Tracks / Classes

• Jan 7: 10am-2pm, Learn to Solder
  • Sold out
• Jan 28: Intro to machining class. 1 six hour class. 1-7pm. $60/ticket. Members only

Potential Events/Talks/Classes

• Events
  • Flavor Tripping
    • Miracle berries
    • Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
    • Jan 14

• Talks
  • Adam PittMesh
  • John Lewis- PittMesh DNS/Server talk
  • Grindhouse
  • Andrew - Gem making Talk

• Classes
  • John Lewis
    • Intro to Databases, Intro to Git
    • Soap Making class?
    • Make your own network cable
  • Intro to Welding, similar to Akron Makerspace
    • Has anyone contacted Devin?

Shop Projects / Updates

• Autonomous Power Wheels
  • No Updates

• Power Wheels
  • No Updates

• 3-D Printers
  • Boxzy
  • Mendlemax
  • Makegear
    • Its back! Still needs a little work setting it up
  • Gabe offered a few more 3d printers

• Lathe
  • DROs need to be installed
  • Andrew will take care of it

• Fabrication Station
  • Tapestry to cover garage door?
    • Cleaning/repainting?
    • Possible mural eventually?
    • Multiple people making something for each square of garage door?

• Automatic dues payment system
  • Steve Owens Interested in taking project.

• Vending Machine
  • Coin Hopper and Accepter here
    • Need to wire into arduino.

• Server
  • Twitter Sign
    • John working on it

• Vaccum Forming Table
  • Jeremy Tiogar

• Arcade
  • Needs keys mapped properly
  • Needs rewired (Computer Power button)

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
  • Geno working on this
    • 25% done

• • Section Leaders Needed
    • Fabrication Station
    • CNC embroidery machine $300
      • Do more research on this

• John Wetzel is offering to help us put gravel in parking lot
  • It's in and it's AMAZING!!!

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

• Safety Report
  • Need to split the electrical loads in building
    • Done!

• • Need to test alarms, first members meeting of month
    • This needs done after meeting!

• • Flammable material cabinet
    • Lets get one from Construction Junction

• • Need to get bathroom swinging outward
  • 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

New Business

• 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
      • No updates, they never got back to us, dropping 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)

• New oscilloscope donated
• Scale for 3d printers donated
• Electrical updates
  • Laser cutter, 3d printers, 2d printer all have their own circuit now
  • Electronics station has its own circuit
  • New vending machine circuit, New fabrication station circuit
  • Special thanks to Eli and Gabe!
• Awesome Pittsburgh grant
• Scott2 wants to cook us experimental food, Sometime in February
• Blowing up ATM machine at Gabe's on Saturday! 1:30pm ish
  • Depends on weather

Project RollCall

• John Lewis working on rack servers
• Scott2 is working with an asian restaurant on curry recipes
• Joachim and Alex did bronze casting
• Chad hacked a kegarator

New Member Induction

• David Coakley
  • All board members present (3/4) and at least 4 members agree (others never met him)
    • Approved

Move to Adjourn

• John Lewis motions
  • Cathy seconds

• Adjourned at: 8:57pm

Meeting notes by Geno