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 New People (name - where did you hear about us - what do you make/hack)
+Doug | online & ran into Ray & Andrew at CNC meeting | has a woodshop in Humboldt Park, adding 6 axis robot arm
+Maron | likes computer science
+Mark | woodshop at home, interested in Arduino & CNC, considering a home machine, background in Analog
+Nick | welcome back | works in woodshop & metalsmithing
+Adam | learned about PS1 from Google & Simon | interest in woodworking
+Erik | architect, does 3D modeling & CNC | googled CNC rental
+Patrick | software background | new to hardware hacking
+Nathan | programmer & game developer, organizes an open source conference at UIC with Chase
+Chase | works with arduinos
 ==== Board and Area Hosts ====
+* Lyn - Director at Purple
+* Simon - Secretary
+* Jennie - Vice President
+* Erik - General Area Host
+* Anna - electronics area host
+* Ron - Hot Metals Area Host
+* Matt Triano - woodshop area host
+* Andrew - CNC area host
+* Arturo - Kitchen Host
 ==== Two Random Members ====
+* Erik - works with wood and plastic mostly
+* Will - member for six years | makes stuff for games
+* Steve - looking at Avondale DNA Chicago, sat the article about the Tardis on the roof
 === Things that need doing around the space ===
+* Everybody please sweep a little bit
+* Take out the trash
+* Put away tools
+* Cleanup in the kitchen
 === Awesome Callouts ===
+ * Jared is helping fix planes
+* Andrew for getting new sawstop brakes
+* Eric & Andrew for getting the shopbot working again
+* Everybody who emptied the dust collector
+* Shelly & Gerald for hosting the chocolate-working workshop
+* Jason for fixing the lathe chuck
+* Andrew for putting a new bed in the laser cutter
+* Ray for updating the meetup page this week
+* Andrew for solidifying the shelves in the hot metal area
 === What have you been hacking ===
+* 3D printed dumpster
+* Ron put an infrared camera in the fermentation chamber to monitor
+* Arturo is learning how to program, controlled (and broke) his camera
+* Steve - built a solenoid-controlled blinds
+* Simon - built pedestals
+* Jennie - made scanner picture frames
 === Announcements ===
+* Send in your proxy votes for SEM vote by Monday at 9pm or come to next week's meeting
+* Pi Day is March 14, 8pm
+** Bring pie & eat pie
+* Fifth Tuesday Potluck after the member meeting on March 29
+** Bring food to share
+* PS1 Birthday Party - April 2
+** It's our copper / wool anniversary
+* Analog Game Night is Saturday - 5pm until late in the lounge
+* Chocolate truffle demo (and participation) is Saturday in the kitchen - 4-5:30pm
+* Flourish conference is April 1-2
+** Open Source conference & mini-expo at UIC in Student Center East
+**[[http://flourishconf.com/2016/ flourishconf.com]]
+** Free conference, free t-shirts if you register before the 12th
+** If you're interested in running a workshop or volunteering, contact us at the website
+* Nathan is releasing a beta version of a free game engine this week at [[www.pawbyte.com www.pawbyte.com]]
+* [[http://www.meetup.com/Pumping-Station-One/events/228615944/ Intro to V-Carve]] class on Thursday @ 6:30 - posted on Meetup group
+* 300 Seconds of Fame starts tonight after the tour
 === Questions ===
+* What can we do with waste chemicals?
+** There's a waste can in the flammables closet
+** We have a burn bucket
+** The firehouse down the road will take nasty chemicals
+* What's the status of moving the space?
+** We are growing into the other half of the building
+** Space-planning committee is working on three options for new space layout for a member vote
+** We are working on finalizing the lease signing
+** May 1st at the earliest
 === Votes ===
 === Tour ===
+* Thanks to Will for giving the tour
 Who wants to give a tour?