Meeting Notes 2011-08-30

Meeting Minutes
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Meeting started at 8:03 pm

Role Call

• Board Introductions

• New People: Brian just joined yesterday wants to use the workshop, like to make furniture.
• Jan - looking for a place to dabble in electronics and music projects.
• Mark - teaches at Northwestern thinks the place is a great field trip.
• Tom interested in wood working and electronics, thinks the place is great for that
• Robert, from the south burbs wants to check out the place, built a vacu-forming machine from a kit for a few hundred bucks.
• Bill met a couple members and interested in the space wants to work on electronics and building guitar controlling rig.
• Steve interested in Arduinos and LED and sensors.
• Terry system engineer two sons Samuel and Robert loves to make stuff
• Phil wanted to visit the place from Philly.

Agenda

• Donations to the area hosts - Tim
• Nothing to report from the landlord.
• Part time staffer to free up the board.
• Potluck was forgotten
• Rhys has a bounty for a sign
• Sacha shows off his printed plastic.
• Steve tells about a party the incubator is throwing and will have more info on a Maker Faire after the 15th

Announcements

• Movie Night Saturday, September 3rd @ 7:00pm
• Lock Picking Wednesday, September 7th @ 8:00pm
• Haskell Programming Thursday, September 8th @ 8:00pm
• PPPRS Summit and BBQ September 10th
• Automation Station: One Wednesday, September 14th @ 7:00pm
• Ignite is coming up soon (October?)
• Put your garbage away now and stack your chairs.

Meeting Adjourned at 8:33pm