Meeting Notes 2016-06-07

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

• Kevin, retired electrical engineer, robotics photography, manufacturing background -Edwardo
• Tony - electrician, computers, -Meetup and IRC
• Sean - Making furniture, welding -Doc 6 furniture collector and Meetup
• Alex - make/hack anything - him to the right
• Ken - wish I had time to do stuff, has own hacker space that is full of stuff computer stuff, security stuff - read about PS1,beer church - whiz with gas lines and stuff

New People (name - where did you hear about us - what do you make/hack)

Two Random Members

• Tina - programming, hardware just wants to learn stuff - Jay
• Aushra - jewlery/small metals, knitting machines, electronics(future) - the internets- googled something

Board and Area Hosts

• Justin
• Lyn
• Jennie
• Eric
• Ron
• Anna
• Dean

Things that need doing around the space

• Everett - pick a space expansion plan for full member, starving hackers respond on google groups
• Ed - announce in the shop that the meeting has started
• Take out the trash, don't fill the dumpster past the top, read the sign on the back door
• Make a new sign that says keep the back door closed after 7pm
• Empty the dust collector
• Clean up after yourself and others
• Wash your own dishes, run a full dishwasher, clean out the dishwasher if the dishes are clean
• Don't pour goo into the shop sink, Ron doesn't cleaning the sink trap, O'Reillys
• Figure out how to dispose of your hazardous waste before you use them
• Don't leave food waste in the sink
• Johnny needs help getting the AC out of the wall in the lounge
• Close the loading dock door when it is raining - put up a sign to close the door

Awesome Callouts

• Andrew, Ron, Jonathan for fixing the door knobs on the lounge door
• Everett for being mocked
• Ron doing yesterday's show and tell Q
• Laurie for metal authourization
• Ed for hosting 100 NERPS
• Ashley for the henna workshop
• Will for the purple birthday cake
• Many people for the purple presents
• Ken for the compressor and Dean
• Andrew for the 3D printing workshop
• Ashley gave an awesome tour
• Lyn loom band class
• Andy L CAJOO
• Jason spontaneously creating a table
• Aushra/Jennie SMOOJ

What have you been hacking

• Ron added 2GB of ram to laptop
• Dan made a boat, puddle duck racer
• Jay life hacking make a TED talk, the power of caring for strangers
• Johnny made a little stand for a monitor from metal
• An made stencils to paint stuff on the wall
• Alex drew up plans for BARD, renaissance faire, ready to start construction
• Andrew, Johnny and Adrianna have been working on power racing mobile

Announcements

• Kansas City Power Racing - June 2?
• Lyn wants a segway
• Dubi - June 18 a robot competition, Catalyze, Hebocon - crappy dump robots
  • bit.ly/ChiMakesBots #ChicagoMakes
• CAJOO Wed. June 8, at 7pm in lounge
• Bike Night Wed. June 8th at 8pm in shop
• America's Cup is in Chicago, the Super Bowl of Sailing, Navy Pier to Adler - preliminary

Questions

• What can I do with the rest of a laptop after taking out the hard drive? Take it to Free Geek
• Stepper motors - how to build a split flap display, gear source? Ed and timing belts, Microgear - Ken
• Can someone recommend an android tablet that doesn't suck? Samsung, Nexus 9 on ebay
• UI labs, event on Goose Island, would we like to join? post it to the google group
• Membership? Starving Hacker/ Full Member status...

Votes

none

Tour

Guilt-other people need to give tours for the member meetings.

Who wants to give a tour? Ron gives the tour again. Thanks Ron!