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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)
* Mark | product designer | has a 3D printer, but no woodshop | found out about us through word of mouth, was member at catalyze |
* Cory | builds things out of wood, codes in swift and C++ | found out about us through codeworkers
* Bill | dabbles in everything from electronics to software, cars, hydroponics, wood, metalworking, but not brain surgery | found us on meetup
* Dennis | makes furniture | found us on Google by typing in makerspace
* Hadley | hot meals, blacksmithing | googled forges in Chicago |
* Maddy | build large-scale props and costumes | found about us from Quinn
* Ed | tinkers with computers | was a hackerspace member in Texas | would like to learn about CNC machines
* Camron | new to Chicago, background in physics and natural science | automated greenhouses
* Larry | background in electronics, woodworking, metalworking | came with David
* David | found us through makezine.com | dabble in everything, interested in electronics and metalworking
* Mike | found us through a friend | thinking about rebuilding a go-kart
* Andy | architectural background, makes furniture, homebrewer, metalworking interest | found us on reddit
* Max | woodworking, software, electronics | found us through coworker


==== Two Random Members ====
==== Two Random Members ====
* Jenny | software testing | visited sector 67 in Madison, then found us
* Brian | art director | woodworking and pipeholding | found us looking for a laser cutter | member since January 1


==== Board and Area Hosts ====
==== Board and Area Hosts ====
 
* Justin - President
* Jennie - Vice-President
* Simon - Secretary
* Lyn - Director at Purple and Willld Events
* Erik - General Area Host
* Dean - Cold Metals Area Host


=== Things that need doing around the space ===
=== Things that need doing around the space ===
 
* Make nominations for the board!
* Take out the garbage, clean up after yourself, do not overfill the dumpster!!
* Help Ken with electrical work, come pull cable! No expertise necessary.
* Help the area hosts with the move


=== Awesome Callouts ===
=== Awesome Callouts ===
 
* Shellie for giving the arts and crafts area a huge makeover!!
** Also her army of anonymous helpers who we would love to call out but nobody at the meeting right now knows who you are, sorry!
** Maybe Jonathan Bisson, Lyn, Jennie? And other folks? Y'all are awesome.
* Jennie for donating pizzas for the NYE gathering
* Lyn for organizing the NYE party
* Erik for putting up cable management for lounge 2.0 projector
* Ken for all of his awesome electrical work
* Ken again, just because he's been doing a ton of work and we owe him a few
* Also Ken.


=== What have you been hacking ===
=== What have you been hacking ===
 
* Lyn dying clothes purple
* Making a wood bluetooth speaker
* Erik finished hanging sink in bathroom
* Turning playing cards into circuit boards
* Ed has been hacking a CCD camera, port scanning to find open ports (What are 8000, 9002?)
* David used housing insulation chucked on a drill press as a lathe with a skateboard wheel as an endstop, and turned a foam cannon
* Bill has been making a car remote controlled


=== Announcements ===
=== Announcements ===
 
* Lockpicking from 8pm onwards on Wednesday in the lounge. Come pick locks and drink beer and talk locks.
* NASA 2017 Space Apps Hackathon Organizing Group - Saturday 1-3
** We're trying to host the NASA hackathon. Grand prize hackathon winners get to go to a NASA launch.
* Bike Night - Wednesday, 8 pm - come work on bikes
* Door codes changed. Start learning the new one. If you don't have the new code, email info@pumpingstationone.org
* Wikignomes Tool Time - Saturday at noon
* Painting workshop on 1/14
* Cybersecurity for organizers - Monday at 7 pm
* Elections for board of directors are on January 17th - we need more nominations, due January 10.
* We have a vote tonight, stick around to vote
* We need a cold metal authorizer volunteer!
** Check out http://bit.ly/ps1volauth to learn more about the responsibilities of being a volunteer authorizer.
** Email president@pumpingstationone.org


=== Questions ===
=== Questions ===
 
* How do new people get their ID's checked?
 
** Come back after the tour
* Do you have 3D printers?
** Yep
* What plastics are the printers set up for?
** ABS, PLA,
* Can you bring your own?
** Please do so.
* Why does my car battery keep dying?
** Lots of helpful answers.
* I'm going to be traveling for the next month, but I want to join. What should I do?
** Join next month. Come to a Tuesday meeting to get your ID checked.
* Do we have to get trained on things to use them?
** Yes - you need to get authorizations for anything more dangerous than a soldering iron.
** Check the calendar and wiki pages for authorizations
* Does woodshop authorization cover a number of tools?
** Yep, but not the lathe.
* If an authorization isn't listed, email the list with your availability
* What are the different tiers of membership?
** $40 Starving Hacker & $70 Full Membership, which comes with voting rights and storage space
* How big are the storage shelves?
** About yay big.
=== Votes ===
=== Votes ===
* Quorum not met. We'll try again in two weeks.


=== Tour ===
=== Tour ===


Who wants to give a tour?
Who wants to give a tour?