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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 === | ||
* | |||
=== Tour === | === Tour === | ||
Who wants to give a tour? | Who wants to give a tour? | ||