Meeting Notes 2016-05-03

Meeting Minutes
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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

Bylaws#Purpose

Introductions

New People

New People (name - where did you hear about us - what do you make/hack)

• Josh | Likes to make bicycle things | found out about us online
• Regan | engineering kind of person | found out about us online too
• Tony | found out about PS1 from a friend | interested in 3D printing, 3D modeling & design, casting

Two Random Members

• Shelly | googled hackerspaces to find us | working on papier-mache dragon heard, hosted cooking and gardening events
• Brian | got inspired at Burning Man to find a hackerspace, camping with somebody from the Seattle hackerspace, decided to find one in Chicago | putting lights on thing / light-based art

Board and Area Hosts

• Justin - President
• Jennie - Vice-president
• Lyn - Director at Purple
• Brian - Treasurer
• Dave - CTO
• Simon - Secretary
• Ray (PR) & Michael (at large) are downstairs
• Anna - Electronics Area Host
• Erik - General Area Host
• Ron - Hot Metals Area Host

Things that need doing around the space

• Electric for compressor needs to be taken care of - and will be tonight
• Lubrication system for horizontal mill in cold metals needs to be assembled, Dean picked up all the parts
• Clean up after yourself:
  • Sweep the shop
  • Put away tools
  • Take out the trash
  • Empty the dishwasher when it's clean
• Don't give out the door code
• No nasty goos down the drain

Awesome Callouts

• Lyn for running 501c3 party
• Shelly and Gerald for helping clean the kitchen
• Shelly for making awesome cake for the party
• Jennie for helping clean the safe
• Andrew for general tool cleanup in the shop & adding dampening to the dust collector
• Ray for a big group laser authorization

What have you been hacking

• Patrick - fixing up the powerwheel for the power racing series. Race coming up in SF in three weeks.
  • Currently tops out around 20 mph
• Shelly did the cover art and art for a game - RAID: Random Adventures In Dungeons - a traveling dungeon game
• Jay is working on a wind power generator
• Brian is making a cosplay nixie tube device based on Stein's Gate
  • If anybody needs taller nixie tubes, Brian has a good source in Ukraine

Announcements

• Northside Mini-Maker's Faire
  • This Saturday, 10 - 4 (but show up earlier to help volunteer)
  • We need volunteers to help teach folks to make noise-makers
  • And bring projects you want to show off at the maker faire
  • Simon, Will, Shelly and other folks will be there too
  • Email Justin to let him know you'll be volunteering
• 300 Seconds of Fame is next Tuesday after the member meeting
  • 300_Seconds_of_fame - sign up here to talk or email Justing or Lyn
• Analog Game Night is Saturday from 5 pm until late
• Lockpicking - 8pm Wednesday in the lounge
  • Beginners welcome!
• Python Office Hours - Wednesday at 7 pm in electronics - open to newbies and experts alike
• May the 4th (plus 10) be with you is on MAY 14 for Star Wars
• Not-Exclusively-Raspberry-Pi - Monday May 9, 7 pm in electronics
  • Dr. Elliot Roos from Neurobionics lab will talk about mechanical and biomedical engineering & prosthetics and control systems
• Pumping Station One band - come play instruments, well or poorly, tomorrow, Wednesday at 7 in the loading dock
• There is an upcoming vote about subsidizing member attendees for ally skills workshop at PS1
  • Workshop will take place June 10 at 6 pm, regardless.
  • Vote is to sponsor fees for a up to 25 people.
• Existentialism discussion group is this Friday from 7-9

Questions

• How do you get authorized on all the equipment?
  • Best way to find out is to look at the wiki page for the equipment; that should have details about how to get authorized
  • Also check calendar and mailing
• Do the tools get calibrated?
  • Generally yes, though not on a set schedule. Depends somewhat on the tool.
  • If there's something you think needs to get calibrated, you can do it or organize to get it done.
• What kind of equipment do we have?
  • Electronics, arts and crafts, wood shop, machine shop, hot metals, CNC tools, kitchen, jewelry-making
  • No longer have the Electron Microscope; it was donated to our friends at the Analytics Lounge
  • Analytics Lounge
• How is the organization supported?
  • Entirely by membership dues
  • Become a member
• Do we have manuals for equipment?
  • Usually we have manuals and information on the wiki
  • We're all volunteers; nobody is paid to update things. But you can fix things if they need fixing.
• Is there a cleaning service?
  • Yes, periodically, but mostly all cleaning is done by members cleaning up after themselves
• Does anybody have any other questions?
  • No
• Do we get to sing our song?
  • Yes!

Votes

None

Tour

Who wants to give a tour?

• Ron - thank you Ron for giving the tour!