Meeting Notes 2017-03-15

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

Board and Area Hosts

• Andrew - President
• Ed - hot hot metals
• Simon - Secretary
• Anna - Electronics Area Host - Electronics!
• Gerald - Kitchen Area Host - paints miniatures
• Carl - Director at large - makes videos and plays with computers and keeps the lights on and pays the proverbial power bill
• Lyn - In Charge of Wild Events (like this one)
• Erik - General Area Host - everything that nobody else claims
• Aushra - Small Metals Area Host - Carries heavy things from one place to another
• Jennie - Vice President - Strategizes

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• David - Penetration Tester - Combat Robotics - drill press enthusiast
• Metz - Linux & FOIA, here to give a 300 seconds of fame talk
• Mike - PC Repair & Arduino
• Dudley - Computer & Networking History, Woodworking Present, looking for woodtools party
• Ryan - helped start sinshop in Vegas, here to show Mike - not new, but an old-timer

What have you been hacking

• Will is custom painting a nerf gun
• Justin has been making an arm bracer costume prop
• Heather made incense holders with a cool design
• Mike - restoring his first PC, an IBM PS1
• Sweet LED in lego truck!
• Simon is sucking ink in and out of cartridges

Things that need doing around the space

• People with items stored in lockers:
  • Please move into the lockers by the old laser cutter by the end of the week!
    • Or things will be moved for you.
• Come help move the lockers this coming Tuesday!
• Exit sign glass was broken, Erik fixed it, now it is broken again.
  • Culprit was probably somebody with a 2x4. Not really. But how does this happen? We're

• Clean the kitchen! Friday was a horrible mess... :..(
• Check the dust collector - BEFORE you start
• Ensure that dishes are washed before you put them back
  • pro-tip: washing dishes before you eat
• Faucet in the kitchen is spraying water / creating a temporary fountain
• How much does the compressor output?
  • Ken & Ed to talk - questions about chillers
• Simon wants to make a viewing wall

Awesome Callouts

• Tom for his work wiring and fixing of bad parts on the plasma cutter
• Shelly shoveled the walk and something something statue!
• Aaron Feigen & Andrew for shoveling the back
• Erik for the door - it's still here!
• Lyn for pi party and all those who brought pi & pie
• Zen woodworking on Monday was really really good on Monday. Everybody helped everybody else.

Announcements

• Maker Faire Planner Meeting: Wednesday, 7 pm
• Bike night: Wednesday, 8 pm
• Screening of "Thirteenth": Sunday, 2 pm
• Corn beef, cabbage, and a beer exchange - St. Patrick's Day: Friday, 4 pm - 10 pm
  • Non-member suggested donation of $5
• Color and Calm Ourselves, Adult Coloring  : Thursday, 7:30
• Know Your Rights Workshop: Albany Park, Saturday March 18 3253 W. Wilson Ave 33rd Ward Working Families

• Smart Pool Table Project - looking for python developers and opencv people
  • See mailing list post for more details

Upcoming votes:

• Wide drum sander vote proposal is being discussed on Google Groups
• Spray paint booth & improving air quality
• Maker Faire stuff

Thanks Justin for giving a tour!