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New People (name - where did you hear about us - what do you make/hack) | New People (name - where did you hear about us - what do you make/hack) | ||
* Dan | Wood & metal in the past | a member referred me | |||
* Matty | Makes food | With Romeo, Miro, Carlos | |||
* Romeo | Programming, drones | Heard from a friend | |||
* Miro(?) | Made godzilla out | |||
* Carlos | Arts & Crafts, clay, claymation | |||
* Amy | Paint & Sculpt | Friends with Jeremy | |||
* Patrick | Plays guitar, cooks food | |||
* Andy | Just moved to Chicago | Metalworking, 3D printing, interested in electronics | Googled Hackerspace | |||
* Jamie | with Lovetech - putting on electronic music shows across the country | | |||
* Rich | with Lovetech | Designs musical instrument | has a 4-player instrument at Catalyst right now | |||
** [http://lovetech.org/ Lovetech] | |||
==== Board and Area Hosts ==== | ==== Board and Area Hosts ==== | ||
* Justin - President | |||
* Jennie P. - Vice President | |||
* Lyn - Director of Purple | |||
* Anna - Electronics Area Host | |||
* Shellie - Arts & Crafts Area Host | |||
==== Two Random Members ==== | ==== Two Random Members ==== | ||
* Maria | Repairing Bridgeport, fixing equipment, helping with expansion plans | Googled "woodshop membership" | |||
* Sonya | Makes kinetic sculpture & furniture from found objects | working on cabinet made out of erector set parts | found us on meetup | |||
=== Things that need doing around the space === | === Things that need doing around the space === | ||
* Two lightbulbs need to be replaced in Arts & Crafts | |||
* Eating food from potluck | |||
* Come to the birthday party | |||
* Remove the soda fridge that does not work - take parts from it if you want, and let's call a scrapper to pick it up | |||
* Trash needs to be taken out | |||
* Take care of items that were ticketed in the wood shop | |||
* Clean out the dust collector | |||
* Stomping kitchen ants | |||
=== Awesome Callouts === | === Awesome Callouts === | ||
* Shellie for helping Duby with reverse engineering & sewing a costume from youtube | |||
* Lyn for birthday party planning and waiver organization | |||
* Skilton for organizing the shop cleanup | |||
* Jennie for helping alphabetize 5 years of waivers | |||
* Greg for artwork in the stairwell | |||
* Jason for fixing the laser with temporary belt | |||
* Lucas for letting people know about the laser (and containing the flames) | |||
* Jamie for rooftop art | |||
* Maria, Everett for the space-planning work | |||
* Everybody who brought food to the potluck | |||
=== What have you been hacking === | === What have you been hacking === | ||
* Carl has been in an epic battle with his drain & tree roots / collapsed pipe(?) and shared a great liveblog to the list | |||
* Shellie fixed a massive bust of the Thing by sanding and repainting it | |||
* Jennie rehabilitated a rescued palm tree with some literal hacking | |||
* Carl is working on a camera for a drain | |||
=== Announcements === | === Announcements === | ||
* Birthday party is on April 2nd (THIS SATURDAY) at 5 pm - we're turning 7! | |||
** Sock tie-dying, lock-picking, wall-painting, meat- & non-meat-grilling | |||
* Plans for expansion are posted around the space and on the mailing list | |||
** Aushra, Jennie, Lyn, Maria, Everett are here tonight if you have feedback | |||
** Or share feedback on the mailing list | |||
* Free, libre, and open source software conference is Friday and Saturday at UIC | |||
** [http://flourishconf.com/2016/ http://flourishconf.com/2016/] | |||
* Tomorrow night - Bike night, 7 pm | |||
** If the wheel is bent, can we fix that in the shop? | |||
*** Bring it in, and we'll see how bad it is. | |||
* Lovetech is looking for collaborators | |||
** Looking for projects that involve LEDs, projections, interactivity, etc. | |||
** The event is April 23rd in Chicago | |||
**[http://mailto:contact@lovetech.org contact@lovetech.org] | |||
* Northside Mini-maker Faire | |||
** May 7, 10 am - 4 pm, Schurz High School | |||
** [http://makerfairechicagonorthside.com/ http://makerfairechicagonorthside.com/] | |||
** Participate! PS1 will have a booth too. | |||
* There's a cool animation software suite that's free now... | |||
** ... without documentation in English. So if you know Japanese or want to help, talk to Jennie! | |||
=== Questions === | === Questions === | ||
* Any feedback on taking attendance? | |||
** It's in the bylaws | |||
* Trying to create a skull - Bob Skull from the Dresden Files | |||
* Met with producer for Cultural mile, putting together Halloween Parade - they're looking for more nonprofits to contribute floats | |||
** [http://www.chicagoculturalmile.org/about/initiatives/halloween-gathering-festival-parade/ http://www.chicagoculturalmile.org/about/initiatives/halloween-gathering-festival-parade/] | |||
* Looking for WD40 and a wirebrush to do some repair on an LED pendant | |||
=== Votes === | === Votes === | ||
=== Tour === | === Tour === | ||
* Thanks to Ed for giving the tour! | |||
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Agenda
- Intro to PS1 and what we're about.
- Let new members and visitors intro themselves.
- Pick 2 random people to introduce themselves.
- Introduce the Board and Area Hosts
- Go over things that need doing around the space.
- Awesome call outs
- Tell me about What You Hack
- Announcements
- Questions
- Votes
- Tour
For extended discussions, we may take stack and borrow from MIBS Rules#Meeting Procedures.
Minutes
Intro to PS1
Introductions
New People
New People (name - where did you hear about us - what do you make/hack)
- Dan | Wood & metal in the past | a member referred me
- Matty | Makes food | With Romeo, Miro, Carlos
- Romeo | Programming, drones | Heard from a friend
- Miro(?) | Made godzilla out
- Carlos | Arts & Crafts, clay, claymation
- Amy | Paint & Sculpt | Friends with Jeremy
- Patrick | Plays guitar, cooks food
- Andy | Just moved to Chicago | Metalworking, 3D printing, interested in electronics | Googled Hackerspace
- Jamie | with Lovetech - putting on electronic music shows across the country |
- Rich | with Lovetech | Designs musical instrument | has a 4-player instrument at Catalyst right now
Board and Area Hosts
- Justin - President
- Jennie P. - Vice President
- Lyn - Director of Purple
- Anna - Electronics Area Host
- Shellie - Arts & Crafts Area Host
Two Random Members
- Maria | Repairing Bridgeport, fixing equipment, helping with expansion plans | Googled "woodshop membership"
- Sonya | Makes kinetic sculpture & furniture from found objects | working on cabinet made out of erector set parts | found us on meetup
Things that need doing around the space
- Two lightbulbs need to be replaced in Arts & Crafts
- Eating food from potluck
- Come to the birthday party
- Remove the soda fridge that does not work - take parts from it if you want, and let's call a scrapper to pick it up
- Trash needs to be taken out
- Take care of items that were ticketed in the wood shop
- Clean out the dust collector
- Stomping kitchen ants
Awesome Callouts
- Shellie for helping Duby with reverse engineering & sewing a costume from youtube
- Lyn for birthday party planning and waiver organization
- Skilton for organizing the shop cleanup
- Jennie for helping alphabetize 5 years of waivers
- Greg for artwork in the stairwell
- Jason for fixing the laser with temporary belt
- Lucas for letting people know about the laser (and containing the flames)
- Jamie for rooftop art
- Maria, Everett for the space-planning work
- Everybody who brought food to the potluck
What have you been hacking
- Carl has been in an epic battle with his drain & tree roots / collapsed pipe(?) and shared a great liveblog to the list
- Shellie fixed a massive bust of the Thing by sanding and repainting it
- Jennie rehabilitated a rescued palm tree with some literal hacking
- Carl is working on a camera for a drain
Announcements
- Birthday party is on April 2nd (THIS SATURDAY) at 5 pm - we're turning 7!
- Sock tie-dying, lock-picking, wall-painting, meat- & non-meat-grilling
- Plans for expansion are posted around the space and on the mailing list
- Aushra, Jennie, Lyn, Maria, Everett are here tonight if you have feedback
- Or share feedback on the mailing list
- Free, libre, and open source software conference is Friday and Saturday at UIC
- Tomorrow night - Bike night, 7 pm
- If the wheel is bent, can we fix that in the shop?
- Bring it in, and we'll see how bad it is.
- If the wheel is bent, can we fix that in the shop?
- Lovetech is looking for collaborators
- Looking for projects that involve LEDs, projections, interactivity, etc.
- The event is April 23rd in Chicago
- contact@lovetech.org
- Northside Mini-maker Faire
- May 7, 10 am - 4 pm, Schurz High School
- http://makerfairechicagonorthside.com/
- Participate! PS1 will have a booth too.
- There's a cool animation software suite that's free now...
- ... without documentation in English. So if you know Japanese or want to help, talk to Jennie!
Questions
- Any feedback on taking attendance?
- It's in the bylaws
- Trying to create a skull - Bob Skull from the Dresden Files
- Met with producer for Cultural mile, putting together Halloween Parade - they're looking for more nonprofits to contribute floats
- Looking for WD40 and a wirebrush to do some repair on an LED pendant
Votes
Tour
- Thanks to Ed for giving the tour!
