Meeting Notes 2016-07-19

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)

• Leo | has been doing CNC work |
• Doug | Mechanical Design Engineer | Working on household projects, improved toilet paper
• Fred | Mechanical engineer, robots | Internet makerspace search
• Ryan | works with Fred | material science engineer | carpentry, 3D printing, etc.
• Jennie | UX designer | working on an interactive structure
• Brian | brewing & 3D plastics work | found us online
• Tristan | UI/UX designer working with Jennie on interactive project
• Joe | Electrical Engineer | woodworking, automation, inlays, kayaks
• Joe F. | founding member | in town, lives in Perth
• Darren | welding, glasswork, metalwork, woodwork |

Two Random Members

• Pete / Bio Guy | coffee roasting, raspberry pi, coming back into the fold
• Gerald | Gaming group, cooking demos, vegan dishes | Shelly heard about hackerspaces and brought Gerald along about six months ago

Board and Area Hosts

• Justin - Presidents
• Jennie - Vice President
• Lyn - Director at Purple and Wiiiiiild Events
• Simon - Secretary
• Ray - PR Director
• Michael - Director at Large
• Brian - Treasurer
• Arturo - Kitchen Area Host
• Anna - Electronics Area Host
• Andrew - CNC Area Host
• Ron - Hot Metals Area Host

Things that need doing around the space

• Empty the dust collector and check the auxiliary bin too!
• Take out the trash and don't overfill the dumpster
• Run the dishwasher & empty the dishwasher when there clean dishes
  • Gerald volunteered to empty the dishwasher tonight!
• Paint the walls with fun things

Awesome Callouts

• Doorman Dave for fixing everything that was on fire (metaphorically) - thanks Dave!!
• Shelly for drawing dragons on the walls
• Daniel P. for cleaning up the kitchen and making iced coffee
• Andrew for teaching a class on design sketching
• Will for game night on Saturday - it was fun!
• Steve Reese found a home Bloodfangfieryscourge, the cat that Jennie was fostering

What have you been hacking

• Will made a PiGirl Zero, a handheld emulation device, and a Ghost Grenade to capture ghosts
• Brian is making a wireless controller for an LED/music art project with a raspberry pi 3 and touchscreen TFT with the most recent kernel
• Shelly made dragon drawings and brought in caterpillars

Announcements

• Bike night - work on your bike!
  • Wednesday, 8 pm, in the shop
• SIGBOT - Special Interest Group for Robotics - come talk robots
  • Thursday night, 7 pm in electronics
• Craft Project In & BBQ Out - come grill, eat, and work on
  • Saturday, 4 pm
• Wood Lathe Authorization
  • 8 pm, Wednesday in the woodshop
• Fusion360 Meetup - Surfaces!
  • Wednesday, 7 pm, electronics
• CAJOO - Cable Access Jam Office Hours, come jam and play instruments, poorly or well
  • 7 pm on Wednesday in the lounge or the loading dock
• Hot Metals Authorizations now happen every other Saturday, starting this Saturday at 3
• Pressure Cooking tomorrow - check the list and email Erica if you want to take part - might be one spot left?
• MOVE UPDATE: Tony is mostly moved out, they painted, and the Comed people are coming tomorrow

Questions

• Did you make the creeping charlie beer?
  • No, we didn't actually have any creeping charlie, but we made the same beer we were going to make with hops.
• When will the table saw authorization happen?
  • This week, Thursday, 6:30
• Are those pants?
  • Yep.
• What can you do with things you make here?
  • Sell it (unless it's food or alcohol), patent it, tell the world, change the world, have fun
• Has anybody seen the DeWalt 18V drill?
  • And if you broke it, don't worry, just let somebody know.
• Are you supposed to leave the back door open when the air is on?
• No!

Votes

Quorum: 41

Vote to Fund Space Expansion Buildout

• Do we have the money?
  • Yes
• What are the highlights?
  • Ventilation, electrical, sinks, new shelving for member shelves, new partition b/w hot metals and woodworking
• How many square feet will it be?
  • Going from about 6000 to 10000-ish sq ft
• Passes with 56 in favor, none opposed, 2 abstaining

Vote to Expand Cleaning Service

• When will the increased frequency begin?
  • Not specifically in the language, can start more frequent cleanings whenever, regardless of when we move in
• Vote passes with 48 in favor, 3 opposed, 7 abstaining

Tour

Who wants to give a tour?

• Thanks Ron for giving a tour!