Member Meeting Minutes for November 15, 2009
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Agenda
- Cupcakes
- New members
- Recap of recent events
- Art && Code
- ioBridge
- Soft circuits class
- Upcoming events
- Nerdcore & Knitting
- Arduino double-header
- Heat
- Election of council member
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Attendees: Arnaud, Gwen, Derrick, Doug, Andy, Matt, Jon, Jim, Bonnie, Dan W., Forest, Isaac, Joshua, Lori
New Members
- Bill joins us this month
- He's got laser experience
- He leads kids in First Robotics competition
- He found us via Dorkbot
Recent Events
- Art && Code
- Volunteering was very successful
- Drivers, gophers, and class TAs
- Golan was extremely appreciative
- Total attendance was about 200 people registered for workshops
- HackPittsburgh got a *lot* of publicity
- Volunteering was very successful
- ioBridge
- Hans, a developer, presented on Friday
- It's a micro that connects to the Internet via their website and interacts with devices in the physical world
- Serial communications are supported
- "Programming" is via checkboxes on their website
- He gave an device to the shop as a gift
- Andy can help answer questions or get the device up and running
- Retail price is expected to be ~$100
- We may get a discount code
- Soft circuits class
- 16 attendees
- Very successful class
- A LilyPad class may be forthcoming
Upcoming Events
- Nerdcore and Knitting this Friday
- Crafts and knitting
- Learn to knit
- Work on anything craft-related
- Nerdcore music videos will be projected
- MC Front-a-lot
- Jonathan Coulton
- World premiere of Jim & Bonnie's Code Monkey video!!
- Pie is probable!!
Upcoming Events
- TBD
Heat
- TBD
Election
- TBD
Action Items
- TBD