Member Meeting Minutes for March 19, 2014
Minutes by Agenda Topic
- Attendees:
- Anthony
- Chad
- Dan
- Greg
- Geno
- Mr. J Scott Hamilton
- Joey (King of Awesome)
- Called to order at:
- 7:32pm
New Members
- None
Recent Events
- Thursday Mar 6: Lockpick
- Dan says all went well. Someone came for a communications class to write an article about Pittsburgh Oddventures. Dan will pass along the details later.
- Friday Mar 14: Board Games
- Was not well advertised. Poor turnout.
Upcoming Events
- Thursday Mar 20: Sketchup/3D Printer
- It's advertised, see you tomorrow!
- Thursday Mar 27: Intro to Linux night (using a VM)
- Need to get help to organize this. Contact Anthony if interested
- Thursday April 3: Lockpick
- Friday April 11: Digital Games
- Thursday April 17: Oscilloscope (how to use)
- Geno is the point of contact
- Thursday April 24: Hacking clothes?
- Chad is trying to contact a friend about this meeting.
- If you have ideas, contact Chad
Potential Thursday Night talks/events
- (Recurring) game night second Friday every month, switch between digital(video games) and analog(board games)
- No Thursday event preceding day (possibly do Galileo on this Thursday)
- (Recurring) Shop Show-and-Tell (Quarterly)
- Next scheduled in sometime in May
- (Recurring) Sketchup
- First meeting is occurring tomorrow... be there!
- Finite State Machines
- Contact Anthony/Greg
- Build your own h-bridge
- Object Oriented Software development
- Contact Greg/Joey
- Reverse engineering
- The ATM
- The G35 Light protocol
- OpenCV/Computer Vision
- Contact Anthony
- High security locks
- Anyone?
Unscheduled Classes
- Welding class for members
- We need to talk to Gabe for scheduling.
- Waiting on Gabe. Can handle 7-8 students. A few bucks for class materials and pizza.
- Still pending...
- Ham radio test.
- Gene
Learning Tracks
- Arduino Track:
- Learn to Solder (done)
- Intro Programming (done)
- Diode Shield (Done)
- Sensors, sensors, sensors!
- April 19th
- Analog circuits (OpAmps)
- May TBD
- Intro to Motor Control
- Advanced Motor Control
Shop Projects
- Window Lights project - lights in the windows!
- Gene is working on syncing the prototyping board with the outside display
- Need to add switch to toggle between board and lights
- The software group is working on this on the first and third Monday nights of every month... Come out
- High altitude balloon
- Will start combined meeting with UAV club
- Power wheels
- 006 ——> Delorian!
- Need to start ASAP
- Will kick off Weds March 12th
- Eli got and tested fuses for car.
- Found a controller for the Jeep (needs diode for controller protection)
- Not at MakerFaire but maybe PGH Vintage Grand Prix.
- Jim needs to talk to them
- Possibly at the White House
- No word Yet.
- Software group will start working on Telemetry data...
- Contact Greg/Gary
- CNC Router
- Eli got a computer (needs tested).
- We need to finish assembling.
- Need to make an enclosure.
- Setup e-stop for tools
- Gabe has parts, Chad will pick a day to set this up.
- Thursday we will start!
- Gabe will get another reader. Needed to use the one to this for the door.
- Started working on it. Looking for a good enclosure for parts.
- We have the parts!
- Gabe and Chad to work on RFID control for tool area.
- Gabe has parts, Chad will pick a day to set this up.
- Signal Generator
- FINISHED!!!! Thanks to Geno!
- Eli will implement some "random stuff" dispositioning systems... eventually
Shop Updates
- 3D Printer
- Bed has been aligned
- Workstation Added for 3-D Printer
- Soon we will be doing training on the 3-D Printer.
- TRAINING!!! Talk to Chad, Anthony or Eli!
- Now have Black, Gold and White Filament.
- Pay System
- We will be using a Gram Scale for now. (Honor System)
- Pricing @ 5 cents a gram!.
- Server Rack / Network
- Now running Minecraft server, in test mode for now
- Need to work out how to remote into server for admin
- WiiMote Whiteboard
- See Greg or Chad to show you how to hook it up!
- Mugs - Gabe is the point of contact
- $15 each, $20 for mug personalized with text at bottom
- In stock in the shop! BUY ONE
- Misc Unused Tools In Shop
- Gabe selling Punch tool and other misc.
- Other Options
- Garage sale in... (Wait till the weather breaks).
- When we do… Choose a date. Need to get advanced word out... (Wait till the weather breaks).
- Donate it to other places (As it was bestowed to us, we bestow it onto you).
- Craigslist
- Garage sale in... (Wait till the weather breaks).
- Items:
- Metal punch (Junior)
- DVD duplicator (On Craigslist)
- ~May garage sale
New Shop Projects
- DrawBot
- Window web interface
- Refrigerator to TARDIS
Old Business
- Mini-MakerFaire Planning
- Chad to take over.
- Laser Cutter (AKA Frickin Lasers!)
- Talking to other People/Hackerspaces to go in on a group buy.
- Chad expects buy to be ~April
- Gene suggests participating at FIRST event at CalU, need to register by ~first week of march for volunteers.
- Booth to show off shop projects, support the event
- Chad will create opt-in contact list on Google docs
- contact info for members to contact each other
- Done! Contact a board member for access!
- contact info for members to contact each other
- Scott^2 wants to get HackPittsburgh presence in "new economy working group"
- Scott^2 has not been involved lately, waiting to here more
- Starting an "advisory board" to take input from members who want to have a more active role in shop direction
- Need formal proposal, this is under new business
- Vote to rename "Council" to "Board"
- Vote passed
- Eli is stepped down from Board (formerly council)
- Gene is the new board member, welcome Gene!
- Meeting time to 7:30pm
- Greg was confused that there was anything different
- Geno appreciated the extra time before work and thinks it should continue
New Business
- Greg makes a motion to move the next meeting at 7:30pm and start promptly
- Dan seconds, the meeting next meeting will be held at 7:30pm
- We are interested in reviewing our by-laws and and updating
- Greg is the point of contact, will follow up after this meeting
- Please read the current Constitution and contact Greg
Move to Adjourn
- Greg moves to adjourn
- Dan seconds
- Meeting adjourned at 8:13pm