Member Meeting Minutes for June 3, 2015
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- Attendees
- Chad, Gene, Scott^2, Anthony, Jochim, Johnathon, Alex, James
- Called to order at: 1935 (7:35 PM)
New Members
Recent Events
- May 21st - Modal Railroading Club
- May 22nd - Finish-It Friday
- May 23rd - WPLUG Meeting
- May 27th - Tesla Club
- May 29th - Hackers and Founders
- May 30/31st - Shop Hack-A-Thon
- June 1st - Software Club
- June 2nd – Autonomous Vehicle (Power Wheels Version)
Upcoming Events
- June 4th - Maker Faire InfoSession - TechShop
- June 5th - Finish-It Friday
- June 6th - Mechanical Club
- June 8th - UAV/Quad-copter group meeting
- June 10th - Tesla Club
- June 12th - Finish-It Friday
- June 13th - Intro to Programming the Arduino: Diyode Codeshield Edition
- June 15th - Software/CS Group Meeting
Potential Evening talks/events
- Talk about kickstarter
- Need to talk to him (Someone at Kickstarter)
- Jonathan wants to do talk on databases
Learning Tracks
- Arduino Track
- Next up... Diyode.
- Scheduled for June 13
- Next up... Diyode.
Shop Projects / Updates
- Wigle Whiskey Tar and Feather
- June 12th from 6-9 PM
- More Whiskey... Hooray!
- Build on white board. Gabe explained the concept.
- Who wants to join the team?
- Parts are on order. Should be here tomorrow. Plan to meet on friday?
- Power wheels
- New project... Autonomous power wheels racer!
- This will be in addition to the Hack to Future
- CNC Router
- End stops are here.
- Talk to Bob, Chad, Alex to learn to use it
- Laser Cutter
- New 55mm lens for finer etching. it's here!, it's installed and it's good!
- Talk to Chad, Bob, Alex for class
- Out of stock for chiller, Waiting patiently for it to come back in stock.
- Must use purchased ice due to the water from the ice goes thru the laser.
- 3-D Printer
- New filament is here!
- We got a second 3d printer!
- It needs some repair
- If you want a private class see Eli, Alex, or Chad.
- Foundry project by Alex and Wesley
- Waiting for Alex to get build list sent to us.
- Voted to allow Alex to bring in his kiln for shop use.
- Waiting for Alex to get build list sent to us.
- Server
- Make google hangouts easier via the server
- Not quite ready yet.
- Board willing to buy hard drive, but needs information. Email to info@hackpittsburgh
- Make google hangouts easier via the server
Old Business
- Sign Ideas
- Chad took the photo.
- Gene will be sending that out so people can post their ideas. (As soon as he finds where he put the file!)
- HackPGH Shop Hack-A-Thon!
- Somewhat success.
- Stuff got done!
- Johnathan wins... stayed longer then anyone.
- The Laser, 3D printer, CNC, and lathe were all in use.
- Hackers and Founders
- Great success!
- People learned, there was food and beer and it was awesome!
- Move members meetings from Wed to another day?
- 1 meeting on Wed and another for people who cant make it Wed?
- Geno will put it up to vote on SurveyMonkey and send it to list
- Open Source Brewing
- Cool projects to brew your own beer
- Combine arduino, raspberry pi and etc with beer!
- Fill the kegarator
- Need to get group together
- Beer bags?!
- Pittsburgh and Detroit Maker Faire
- Think of projects to display at either or both.
- Detroit Faire is July 24-26
- We need to see who is going... Like ASAP.
- Powerwheels appearing to be pushed by Locomotive.
- Pittsburgh Maker Faire October 10 and 11.
- Maker Faire Committee will send call for makers for Pittsburgh Maker Faire June 15th.
- HackPGH will have a booth with shop projects.
- No powerwheels race in Pittsburgh. Cost is $10000 to have a Powerwheels race.
- Maker Faire Committee to meet 9 June at HackPGH.
- Paint Floor (Steve)
- Discussion about what to use and cost. (No update 3 June)
New Business
- Lets talk about making the space more inviting and nice.
- Use lift to put Power Wheels out of the way.
Move to Adjourn
- Adjourned at: 2025 (8:25 PM)
Edits by Gene Kern based on Chad's preliminary copy.