Meeting Notes 2016-03-01

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)

• Frank & Sandra | looking to make customized boxes out of plastic | learned about from a friend
• Keith | works as a bike mechanic, into cargo bikes, wants to get back into welding
• Steve | moved here 2 years ago | was involved in linux users group in South Dakota | Linux & Unix programming & sysadmin, want to get into woodworking & embedded systems
• Jared | former engineer | woodworking in his basement with hand tools, would like to use power tools | learned about us from the Rebuilding Exchange
• David | lives in neighborhood, learned from word of mouth | looking to do woodworking etc.

Board and Area Hosts

• Jennie - Vice-President
• Simon - Secretary
• Lyn - Director at Purple
• Michael - Director At Large
• Ron - Hot Metals Area Host

Two Random Members

• Lyn - joined to use 3d printers, ended up uslikes to do arts & crafts, laser cutting, board games, sewing, and beyond
• Greg - learned about us through some Powerwheels racing series publicity | woodworking, builds robots |

Things that need doing around the space

• Keep the area in front of the light switches clear
• Take out the trash
• Loading dock needs clearing out - that area belongs to our landlord

Awesome Callouts

• James Baker ran a sauerkraut fermentation event
• Shelly & Gerald fed the whole hackerspace with curry on Saturday

Announcements

• Lockpicking is tomorrow at 8 pm, open to the public
• Pi day is at 8pm on March 14 - bring pie
• We'll have a potluck on the fifth Tuesday this month
• PS1 birthday party is April 2nd
• Transcranial direct stimulation and bicycle clinic are both Wednesday at 7.

Questions

• Can you cook here?
  • Yes! There's also a BBQ somewhere.

• What are other places for woodworking classes?

• • Chicago School of Woodworking
  • Chicago Industrial Arts Center
  • Chicago City College
  • City Park Classes

• Do we have the ability to sharpen blades for planes?
  • Jared has the equipment to sharpen blades - he'll bring it in and help out

Tour

Who wants to give a tour?