Member Meeting Minutes for May 15, 2013

Minutes by Agenda Topic

• Attendees:
  • Scott'
  • Scott^2
  • Doug
  • Eli
  • Gabe
  • Gene
  • Chad
  • Anthony

• Called to order at:

New Members

• ? Bathani ?

Recent Events

• Fri May 3: "Pirate box"
• Fri May 10: Conductive Ink Pens (Bare Conductive, Instructables provided pens (sort of), and pizza (for real) - (response from Instructables and counter response needed)
  • Event was sucessful in terms turnout and guests had fun, pens though did not work though
  • HackPGH will work with Instructable in the future

Upcoming Events

• Fri May 17: CoffeeCoffeeCoffee / Artemis all night long
• Fri May 24: Tentative: Shop Memorial Day BBQ - we need folks to step up and promise to be there (discuss below)
  • Need sponsors!
• Fri May 31: Finish-It Friday
• Sat Jun 1: Pgh MMF early bird proposal deadline.
• Fri Jun 7: DETROIT MAKER FAIRE proposal deadline. Holy Shitake, are we going, or what? WE NEED PROJECTS!
• Fri Jun 7: Chip can party poppers
• Sat Jun 8: Intro to sensors
• Fri Jun 14: Instructable 3D printing night
• Fri Jun 21: Intro to arc welding
• Sat Jun 22 (tentative): Intro to motor control
• Fri Jun 38: Finish it Friday

• Jul 27-28: Detroit Maker Faire!!!
  • WE NEED PROJECTS
• Sun Aug 18: PGH mini maker faire

• Potential Friday Night talks/events:
  • Hard drive rescue
  • Costuming
  • Flat panel speakers
  • Shop Show-and-Tell (Quarterly) (mid March)
  • Reverse engineering
  • Stepper motor hack challenge

Unscheduled Classes

• Public welding class
• Ham radio test (late March/April)
• CNC milling
• Q2 Learn to Solder (June)
• Intro to processing
• Arduino Track:
  • Learn to Solder
  • Intro Programming
  • Sensors (May 31??)
  • Intro to Motor Control (June?)
  • Advanced Motor Control (July?)

Project/Shop Updates

• Power Bill
  • Now $106! 60% increase in usage over
  • Dan's sensor data?
• New RFID scanner under test/eval.
  • Looks like only advantage is that it reads PAT Bus passes?
• MAC Machine must go!
  • MAC Machine is new?
• Window Lights project - lights in the windows!
  • Hardware has been installed in project box
  • Gene is working on syncing the prototyping board with the outside display
• 3D Printer
  • Is printing somewhat consistently, still not ready for public use, but see Eli or Chad if you want to request to have something printed
• Server Rack / network
  • Still need to figure out billing. Dan's data vs. Killawatt
• Security cameras
  • Recording not operational, device seems to kill drives?
• Powerwheels
  • Frame construction is starting now
• Dayton Hamvention?
  • Jeff not taking stuff.

New Business

• Mugs - Gabe needs interest level/count
  • Will make a dozen mugs to start with
• Picnic planning - can we do it?
  • Dale says about 35 people upstairs. Figuring half bring SOs, about 50ish max from upstairs, plus our members plus ???
  • Doug can get supplies (burgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, buns, katsup, relish)
  • We need several folks to promise to be here to run the grills, etc.
  • Gabe: Status of mega death grill machine?
• Request for outside visitor to UAV/Quadcopter meeting, time to open it up? Liability issues...
• Where to put pictures of shop events (Conductive Ink, plus others). Flickr for good picts, but ??? for raw data/shoe box picts
• Green garbage bin is now being used to store FILLED AND TIED bags, must be taken up to the curb every Monday

Move to Adjourn:

Scott Second by Chad