Meeting Notes 2017-01-17

Meeting Minutes
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Agenda

For extended discussions, we may take stack and borrow from MIBS Rules#Meeting Procedures.

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

Chris | found us online
Pedro | Interested in robots, kids are in high school, python C++
Brendan | graphic designer + painter, interested in woodshop and other things | friend brought him, now he lives down the street
Paul | computer stuff, wood, metal | saw us in Make Magazine
Ashley | design clothing, manufacturing |
Marshall | wants to know what to hack | has been popping in for awhile | heard about us through New Life

Eric | timelapse photography, programming, bad embedded electronics, beer breweing | heard about us on hackerspaces.org | joined in 2011
Rhonda | joined in 2013 | works in metal bookbinding with copper | joined in 2013 | represented us in Chicago Artist Month | found out about us in a job interview at the MSI, Dan Meyer mentioned the space

Systems group is coming back together and expanding the network
- Need help in any form: software, documentation, putting holes in walls, etc.
- Contact Daniel Peters, Jonathan Bisson, Sky if you're interested.
- One specific short-term need: work on a CAD file of the network
Heat leakage from lounge 2.0
- Radiators do get warm, but the heat leaks out of the room
- Jonny added weather stripping, which helped
- Doors would be good to add
Decorate the Lounge 2.0
Hang mural panels with french cleats so that we can decorate Lounge 2.0
Need to decide what to do with the old tool cage
Take out the garbage
- Do not overfill the dumpster

Johnny for weatherstripping the lounge
Ed for nailing down the floor to the floor in the Electronics lounge
Current board for their awesome work
Daniel for taking on huge amount of systems work for several months
Andrew for getting the little laser fixed up
Ken for electrical in CNC
Skilton for dust collection
Ron for cutting up door frames
Jonathan and Daniel for (lit club?)
Everybody running for the board
Everybody who nominated somebody for the board
Shelly for painting seminar
Jenny & Adriana and others working on the NASA Space Apps hacking application
Jenny for writing and sharing an essay on the mailing list about what PS:One is about

Lyn made a squatty potty from scrap wood
Jesse has been making pink pussy hats and dying them pink with Koolaid
- "Ohhh yeah!"
Shelly has been making toys - dino, doll, and a brown bat
Will took a class on artisanal bread-baking
Erik has made repairs to the space:
- Toilet has new flushing mechanism
- New lights in the kitchen
Made an app for a community center to scan ISBNs for learning materials for the nternal library
Daniel working on a script to visualize the network traffic and visualize it to music
Working on OLED lighting, was issued provisional patent on OLED flexible film, entered a fixture in clean energy trust competition

Epilog Laser is back in service
Hot metal office hours happen after the meeting, but now only twice a month
Fifth Tuesday potluck is happening on the fifth Tuesday - January 31st - at the
Monday Woodshop Authorizations resume on this coming Monday
Chicago Maker Faire is going to happen April 22-23 at McCormick Place
Maker Media wants to do the town hall meeting here, it would be 100 people, on February 7 from 6 pm to 8 pm
- Can we fit that many people?
- Could move the Hot Metals stuff out of the way
- If we held it in the wood shop, we would need to move the Shopbot before then
  - Anna has machine-moving casters for the shopbot
- They also want to do a power racing demonstration
- They are looking for large demonstration projects
  - (50 ft ceilings)
- Call for Makers will come out tomorrow
Calming Coloring is happening Thursday at 7:30 pm
Bike night is probably canceled tomorrow, unless you show up and work on bikes
CAJOO - Wednesday at 7pm - come play instruments, skill or instruments not necessary

Does everyone know how to log into the blog and write a blogpost?
- This is a good place to start
Dubi is asking people to help figure out how best to use his found copy of "The Apprentice: The TV Game"
What are the passwords to the network switches? Please tell Daniel or Jonathan.
When are woodshop authorizations?
- Both Monday AND Thursday. An embarrassment of riches.
Do you have a grand plan or vision?
- Yes, we have twenty or thirty of them.
Is anybody interested in gathering policy statements and bylaws into a manual that we can print?
- Bylaws committee is working on it.
When can we tell maker media if we can use the room?
- Ron is willing to offer Hot Metals
- JFDI
Can the board move when the board meeting happens?
- Yep, especially if it conflicts with the Maker event February 7

Who wants to give a tour?