Member Meeting Minutes for November 15, 2016

Minutes by Agenda Topic

• Attendees
  • Josh Smith
  • Alex
  • Chad
  • Geno
  • Scott^2
  • Cathy
  • Bob
  • John Lewis
  • Gene (hangouts)
  • Keith
  • Mike

Called to Order

• Called to order at: 7:32

New/Potential Members

• Mike
  • works for Bechtel nuclear
  • likes to work with manufacturing equipment like cnc, lathe,etc

Upcoming Events

• Please see Calendar

Previous Events/Classes

• Basic Electronics part 1
  • Nov 5 10am-2pm
• Intro to Python
  • Nov 12 1pm-3pm
• Impromptu Parking Lot Clean
  • Great Success!

Potential Events/Talks/Classes

• Events
  • Flavor Tripping
    • Miracle berries
  • Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream
    • Liquid Nitrogen/Flavor Tripping Party Jan 14 2017 @7pm

• Talks
  • Adam PittMesh
  • John Lewis- PittMesh DNS/Server talk
  • Grindhouse

• Classes
  • Andrew- Intro to Lathe and Mill
    • Near end of November, or beginning of December
    • Turner's cube
    • 4 people at a time. 4 separate days
    • Cost to be determined
  • Intro to Databases, Intro to Git
  • Soap Making class?
  • Intro to Welding, similar to SynHak
    • Lets drive to Synhak to learn welding
      • Akron mini maker faire

Shop Projects / Updates

• Autonomous Power Wheels
  • Starting new season
  • Analyze the path for 2017
  • Nov 14 meeting

• Power Wheels
  • We won, lego car is very fast and awesome
  • Lego car needs to be rebuilt, repainted, prevent rust

• 3-D Printers
  • Boxzy works
    • Having some slight issues
  • Mandlemax needs Octoprint and we need training on it
  • Makegear being fixed by Chris Yohe

• Lathe
  • DROs need to be installed
  • Andrew figured out how to install them
  • Need Gabe's help to weld aluminum

• Fabrication Station
  • Lets set up Scott's sewing machine
  • We have a silkscreen press

• Automatic dues payment system
  • Jim needs to make sure the API can be accessed directly

• Vending Machine
  • Still needs a raspberry Pi Connected and payments to work.

• Server
  • Cloud with LED's which lights up when people access server
  • John is fixing the twitter sign, replacing with Pi

• Vaccum Forming Table
  • Jeremy Tiogar

• Arcade
  • Tardis

Old Business

• Need outlets near mill
  • We have all materials, lets just do it

• Vinyl Cut Open Shop Hours on door.
  • Cathy will do this

• City of Pittsburgh Ornaments
  • Done! Go See Em'

• Things that need done around the shop
  • Update Member Booklet
    • Members vote to make a PDF, email it to new members
    • Geno will do this
  • Maintain Computers
    • Update/Install Autodesk
  • Section Leaders Needed
    • Fabrication Station

• Shop lights are dead, replace ballast with LED's.
  • Done

• Ideas to keep shop clean,
  • More parties
  • More public events

• Dale wants to talk about larger space with us. Made right here wants to partner with us.

• Create another google hangouts email account and give John Lewis access
  • Done

• Laser cutter power strip died
  • Need to replace

• We need a cordless drill that works
  • John Wetzel found one, Ordering

• John Wetzel is offering to help us put gravel in parking lot
  • Waiting on 2 Quotes

• John Wetzel has idea to sell class stuff on Etsy or WooCommerce

New Business

• Nation of Makers
• Software Club changed to Software and Robotics Club
  • All members vote in favor

New Member Induction

• Harshad Parab
  • All board members and members present vote yes on full membership

Move to Adjourn

• Adjourned at: 8:04

Meeting notes by Geno