Meeting Notes 2011-03-29

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Meeting started at 8:04

Role Call

• Board Introductions

• New People: Marcio, works with Drew, wants to help, does video, graphic design, art.

Matt, knows Rhys, works for a software company downtown, going to defcon and thotcon and DJs. Dan, knows Rhys, senior engineer, Unix, windows, VMX. Bella, came with Matt, just finished a Hat she knitted. Aaron, computer nerd, gets paid to play with computers, interested in hacking and pulling stuff apart. Matt, does tech support, likes to break shit. Greg, likes to make stuff, built a CNC mill, likes to work with electronics, and making things better than they were. Like a hacked nook.

Agenda

• Workshop build out April, 9th
• Element 14 Project Shawn
• Instructables and pro memberships. 7 left.
• Global hackerspace challenge update: Biosensor array for is under construction. Avner
• Financial/membership report member count is 58 Members 17 Starving 41 Full.
• Blinkies Class April 9th 5pm.
• Milwaukee Makerspace grand opening and mini-maker fair Saturday April 9 noon - 10pm possible car pooling. Powerwheels race.
• Potluck "Recursion"
• Insurance policy review and renewal. Ish.
• 501(c)3 benefits discussion.
• Desk purchase. Nathan.
• Redbull Hackerspace challenge who will respond?
• Maker Faire space. Needs response ASAP. How much space do we need. Who is going. What are we bringing.

Announcements

• Potluck Tonight, after the general meeting.
• Intro to Python Wednesday, March 30th @ 7:00pm
• Flourish open-source conference at UIC, April 1st-3rd full schedule on the web. Volunteers? Avner, Nathan, Anne.
• Knitting meet-up. Monday, April 4th @ 7:00pm
• Blinkies Class Saturday, April 9th @ 5:00pm
• Circuit hacking. Wednesday, April 13th @ 7:00pm
• Haskell Class with Robert Lee. Thursday April 14th @ 8:00pm
• PS1 Aniversary April 15th after THOTCON
• Esperanto presentation Wednesday, April 27th

Meeting Adjourned at 8:20 pm