Member Meeting Minutes for November 15, 2009

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

Minutes by Agenda Topic

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
• 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!!
• Arduino double-header this Saturday
  • No final count on students yet
  • Matt will place final order this week
  • We'll put together kits on Friday (Matt and Jon)
• Soldering workshop on Sunday
  • Duquesne University Audio Engineering Society is the primary customer
  • Andy will hold the workshop focused on soldering audio cables and equipment

Heat

• Landlord was supposed to have a meeting with the PCKIZ this week
• This meeting should have lead to heat
• Matt will follow up tomorrow
• Hopefully heat should come in this week

Election

• A blind vote was held to determine who will fill the empty council seat
• Matt M. wins by one vote

Action Items

• Matt
  • Place order for upcoming Arduino class
  • Put together Arduino kits on Friday
  • Follow up with landlord regarding heat

• Jon
  • Put together Arduino kits on Friday