Meeting Notes 2016-12-13

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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)

  • Aniket | Found us through Python office hours | economics research
  • Matt | woodworker & amateur programmer | found us on Google
  • Jamie | woodworking
  • Bhairavi | designer | heard about us through a coworker |
  • Kevin | woodworker |
  • Andy | member for three years | coming to his first meeting
  • Roy | web & iOS programming | heard about us from a coworker
  • Jeremiah | preschool teacher | joined in May, rejoined recently | building materials for school

Two Random Members

  • Mike | programmer | laser cutting and woodworking | wants to build a linux smartphone
  • Aaron | designing water block cooling system for a PC | found us through coworkers who build bikes

Board and Area Hosts

  • Justin | President
  • Simon | Secretary
  • Lyn | Director at Purple and Wild Events
  • Ron | Hot Metals Area Host
  • Shellie | Arts & Crafts & Textiles Area Host
  • Aushra | Small Metals Area Host
  • Anna | Electronics Area Host
  • Erik | General Area Host

Things that need doing around the space

  • 3D printers need to get moved downstairs to the CNC space
  • Artastic needs some love
  • Garment Designer CD needs finding
  • Make some images of fully setup machine computer
  • Make backups of the installation media in general
  • Move tables out of lounge 2.0 into CNC area
  • Clean the kitchen
  • Take out the dumpster
  • Shovel the sidewalk and salt
  • Make the outlet in the ceiling

Awesome Callouts

  • Jim Baker for shoveling and salting the sidewalk
  • Justin for putting up the screen and projector (along with Lyn, Jennie, Matt Keith, Jonathan and anybody else who helped)
  • Greg for doing serious post-potluck cleaning
  • Saturday work party people: Skilton, Ron Bean, Ron Olson, Andrew, Mari, Matt for their work
  • Shellie for making Justin a hat
  • Aushra for the ring-making workshop
  • Jim for making the Johnson work again

What have you been hacking

  • Shellie fixed a phone by adding a dime
  • Ron made a ring
  • Simon made a scarf
  • Andy made a card holder with LEDs controlled by phone
  • Ron hung the big welding curtains
  • Lyn converted lightboard from battery to electric

Announcements

  • Votes & Food on Tuesday: Super Supper Tuesday!
    • Ten votes for budgets
  • New Year's Eve Party
    • Theme: "F*** 2017!"
  • CAJOO - come play music, Wednesday at 7 pm
  • Python Office Hours - Wednesday at 7 pm
  • 300 Seconds of Fame - tonight! Here! Soon!

Questions

  • Python Office Hours, what's that all about?
    • Good time to work on projects, ask questions, or just hang and code. Doesn't have to be python.
  • Who wants to weatherize?
  • How do you schedule time on machines?
    • No schedules, just show up, share time and be nice
  • How do you use a machine?
    • Get an authorization! Check the list, calendar, meetup, wiki
  • How can I get trained?
    • We'll teach you enough to not hurt yourself, you'll have to practice or find training elsewhere (e.g. for welding: Chicago Industrial Art and Design)

Votes

Tour

Who wants to give a tour?

  • Thanks Ron!