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=== Announcements === | === Announcements === | ||
* | * Will says Make is going to blog about his (and Elizabeth's) work at Ancona setting up a maker program. | ||
** Ancona is hiring some folks for an after-school program. See mailing list for details. | |||
* Mike is giving a talk, "Introduction to Functional Programming" this Sunday, August 10 at 5pm in the electronics lab. | |||
* Next Tuesday we have 300 seconds of fame. Here's your chance to talk about whatever you want for 5 minutes with no interruptions! | |||
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== Minutes == | == Minutes == | ||
* Everett opens meeting at 20:04 | |||
** Talks about what a hackerspace is. | |||
* New folks introduce themselves | |||
** Connor makes software. He found out about us on Reddit. (r/chicago) | |||
** David lives in the neighborhood. He found us searching for 3d printers on the internet. eBay seller - repurposes old lenses and wants to make parts for a centrifuge | |||
** Bosco heard about us... well he doesn't remember. Meetup told him to come here. He doesn't know what he likes to make, he's a software developer. Software totally counts. | |||
** Bruce is a software developer. He sits next to Bosco for a living. He heard about us from Bosco. Model making, electronics. | |||
** Garret puts speakers in old suitcases. He's here to do that. | |||
** Caroline heard about us from her teacher. She's a props designer so she makes all kinds of stuff. | |||
** Matt has known about us for a while. One of his coworkers encouraged him to come out. He makes software and electronics. | |||
** Steve just moved to Chicago last Saturday and went hunting for hackerspaces. He's into Linux and server hardware. Python. Into embedded electronics | |||
** Jamie also heard about this place on Reddit. (Also a friend). Studied furniture design at SCAD - looking to get into making more furniture. | |||
** His wife, Olinka, is a yoga teacher. She's here with Jamie. | |||
** Carson found out about us at the South Side Maker Faire. He's here to see what it's all about. He's into all kinds of things, cameras, audio. | |||
** Scott likes to hack his brain, with infrared light. Meetup sent him here. | |||
** Trevor likes to make LED projects. He heard about us on meetup probably. | |||
* Announcements | |||
* Awesome callouts! | |||
** Justin wants to thank everyone who helped out at South Side Maker Faire. Jenny, Derek, Justin and Sevin. We made lots of noisemakers and snared at least one visitor. | |||
** Dean has made significant progress on the dust collection. It runs now and collects some dust. | |||
* Awesome callouts! | |||
** Justin wants to thank everyone who helped out at South Side Maker Faire. Jenny, Derek, Justin and Sevin. We made lots of noisemakers and snared at least one visitor. | |||
** Dean (and skilton!) has made significant progress on the dust collection. It runs now and collects some dust. | |||
** Justin, Toba, Doorman Dave, Arturo and some other folks cleaned up the beer church area on Sunday. | |||
** Donald got us two new nozzles on the replicator - hopefully it works for a while. | |||
** Jerry organized the volunteer labor for Pitchfork and helped earn us a cool $1000. | |||
* Meeting ends at 20:19 | |||
