Member Meeting Minutes for June 18, 2019

HackPGH member’s meeting agenda for June 18th, 2019

Call to order

• Sean called the meeting to order at 8:14 PM.

Attendees

• Sean Guzek, Vice-President
• Bethany Klick, Treasurer
• Becky Zajdel, Secretary
• Robert Bedel
• Alex Reasinger
• Phil Garrow
• Kevin German via Hangouts
• Geno Soroka via Hangouts

Old business

• The vote for the fridge has passed, we just need to pick it up from Lowe's.
• Robert will have the 10% of profits from Steel City Interface keyboards by the end of the month

New business

• CNC Proposal by Alex Reasinger
  • Reached out to Avid CNC (CNC Router Parts), met and spoke for a while
  • 600 dollar savings from free shipping. Response about further discounts, developing guided plans for discounts, at this time cannot apply any additional discounts.
  • Two quotes from Avid (below)
  • Weren't thrilled with us using our own spindle, asked about full kit/without spindle for free shipping. Free shipping is not conditional on getting their spindle.
  • Two methods of buying the machine:
    • The option is we can buy a 4x4 router table and use our own spindle, that would be $9500
    • The second option if we use their full turnkey solution is $11,760
      • funding options: donation box
• Bethany spoke to Forest Scientific, another potential CNC provider
  • Forest is trying to get us a 3-year warranty, meeting us at other provider's quotes, in-shop-setup, etc.
    • A $10,000 ticket price is potentially worth a 3-year warranty
    • Bethany will talk to Forest and get back to us.

• Fresh Fest (August 10th)
  • Fresh Fest is the only Black-run beer fest in the country
  • We will make a few proofs with the Fresh Fest logo and make coasters and be sponsors

• We want to make thank-you coasters for our 10-year anniversary party
  • Shop N' Save, Wilkins Township
  • Dad's Pub and Grub, "Kelvo"
  • Tyler Mountain Water, Doug Hupe

• Bethany saw a presentation about MakerNet in Chattanooga
  • Website: https://www.makernet.work/
  • MakerNet is an online solution for managing makerspaces.
  • An alternative to Wild Apricot!
  • They are asking more Maker Spaces to join the beta.
    • They use Stripe (as opposed to PayPal) to move funds.

• Kevin German will be leading Hack's GitHub channel

Shop updates

• We got a 10-year anniversary card from The Bodgery in Madison, WI

Voting items

• No voting items today.

Project updates

• None today

Move to adjourn Meeting was adjourned at 9:12 PM Minutes written by Becky "The Icebox" Zajdel