Member Meeting Minutes for June 20, 2012
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- Attendees: Sarita, Jeremy, Scott, Doug, Scott^2, Eli, jet, Zehn, Ashley
- Called to order at 7:34pm
New Members
- Daniel Orlowski (not present at previous meeting)
- Ethan/EJ/E Strauss (not present at previous meeting)
- Zehn Lotus
- Ashley Baldauf-Kreil
- QUICK (Names only!) intro of existing members and council members and their roles.
Recent Events
- Thu Jun 7th - Lock Pick
- started work on safe cracking robot - need more powerful stepper motor
- Fri Jun 8th - sous vide (Scott)
- ~10 attended
- Sat Jun 9th: PCB Class (Matt)
- widely positive feedback, full class at 12
- Sat Jun 9th - Pittsburgh Tech Fest
- Tue Jun 12th - Open Source Hardware
- demoed rep-rap, Jet may be able to make metal parts for MendalMax for shop
- Thu Jun 14th - Knot Tying
- no knot tying representation at mini maker faire
- Fri Jun 15th - Open Source Intelligence Gathering (Dan K) - Movie
Upcoming Events
- Fri Jun 22nd - Wind Turbines (Gabe)
- need to find location for turbine pole
- Sat Jun 23rd - getting started with electroluminescent wire
- 2 tickets sold, this session may be canceled and combined with second session
- Mon Jun 25th - Quanti filming in the shop! Represent! 7pm or earlier if possible
- Fri Jun 29th - lockpicking talk (Scott)
- Dan to give talk(?)
- Sat Jun 30th - Pgh Mini Maker Faire 1st round proposals deadline!
- notified on 12th July
- Sat Jul 14th - getting started with electroluminescent wire - ticketing for both
- Fri Sep 14th - 3pm visit to Google (Scott has details)
- show off projects, impress Google
- Fri Jul 6
- Fri Jul 13
- Fri Jul 20 - Finishit Friday * Detroit edition
- Fri Jul 27 - Gone for Maker Fair Detroit
- Potential Friday Night talks/events:
- Aug 3 or 10th: Sprout Fund -meet and greet to introduce them to us, and visa versa (see info@ email)
- Tim cyborg talk (need to email him)
- Hard drive rescue
- Steampunk 101
- Luc talk
- El wire talk
- Costuming
Unscheduled Classes
- Intro to Processing class w/val either 7/21 or 8/25 - shop needs to decide.
- set for Aug 25
- Sat in August (maybe early early October): advanced electroluminescent wire
- tentatively Aug 18
- Welding class for members prior to general public welding class
- July 7 or Aug 4
- Solar powered mesh network (follow up to Sayan's talk)
- Motor Controller class - Anthony
- Soft Circuits II - Liz/Doug Oct/Nov
- tentatively early Oct
Maker Faires!
- Only 5!! weeks until Detroit!
- need to figure out who coming and what they are bringing and figure out transport
- Maker Faire Chicago - August 3-5 power wheels focus, individual projects only
- Maker Faire Pittsburgh September 22
Project Updates
- Power Wheels
- need drivers and gadgets
- LEAD Balloon
- aiming for July Launch
Shop Updates
- RFID door-lock project
- chugging along, making progress
- Button Machine - Order has been placed.
- Council Member position now open
New Business
- Total electrical build-out cost $
- Looking into options for alternative to paypal
Motion to adjourn: 8:3x (exact time not recorded) Scott