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| New People (name - where did you hear about us - what do you make/hack) | | New People (name - where did you hear about us - what do you make/hack) |
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| + | Doug | online & ran into Ray & Andrew at CNC meeting | has a woodshop in Humboldt Park, adding 6 axis robot arm |
| + | Maron | likes computer science |
| + | Mark | woodshop at home, interested in Arduino & CNC, considering a home machine, background in Analog |
| + | Nick | welcome back | works in woodshop & metalsmithing |
| + | Adam | learned about PS1 from Google & Simon | interest in woodworking |
| + | Erik | architect, does 3D modeling & CNC | googled CNC rental |
| + | Patrick | software background | new to hardware hacking |
| + | Nathan | programmer & game developer, organizes an open source conference at UIC with Chase |
| + | Chase | works with arduinos |
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| ==== Board and Area Hosts ==== | | ==== Board and Area Hosts ==== |
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| + | * Lyn - Director at Purple |
| + | * Simon - Secretary |
| + | * Jennie - Vice President |
| + | * Erik - General Area Host |
| + | * Anna - electronics area host |
| + | * Ron - Hot Metals Area Host |
| + | * Matt Triano - woodshop area host |
| + | * Andrew - CNC area host |
| + | * Arturo - Kitchen Host |
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| ==== Two Random Members ==== | | ==== Two Random Members ==== |
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| + | * Erik - works with wood and plastic mostly |
| + | * Will - member for six years | makes stuff for games |
| + | * Steve - looking at Avondale DNA Chicago, sat the article about the Tardis on the roof |
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| === Things that need doing around the space === | | === Things that need doing around the space === |
| + | * Everybody please sweep a little bit |
| + | * Take out the trash |
| + | * Put away tools |
| + | * Cleanup in the kitchen |
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| === Awesome Callouts === | | === Awesome Callouts === |
− | | + | * Jared is helping fix planes |
| + | * Andrew for getting new sawstop brakes |
| + | * Eric & Andrew for getting the shopbot working again |
| + | * Everybody who emptied the dust collector |
| + | * Shelly & Gerald for hosting the chocolate-working workshop |
| + | * Jason for fixing the lathe chuck |
| + | * Andrew for putting a new bed in the laser cutter |
| + | * Ray for updating the meetup page this week |
| + | * Andrew for solidifying the shelves in the hot metal area |
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| === What have you been hacking === | | === What have you been hacking === |
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| + | * 3D printed dumpster |
| + | * Ron put an infrared camera in the fermentation chamber to monitor |
| + | * Arturo is learning how to program, controlled (and broke) his camera |
| + | * Steve - built a solenoid-controlled blinds |
| + | * Simon - built pedestals |
| + | * Jennie - made scanner picture frames |
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| === Announcements === | | === Announcements === |
− | | + | * Send in your proxy votes for SEM vote by Monday at 9pm or come to next week's meeting |
| + | * Pi Day is March 14, 8pm |
| + | ** Bring pie & eat pie |
| + | * Fifth Tuesday Potluck after the member meeting on March 29 |
| + | ** Bring food to share |
| + | * PS1 Birthday Party - April 2 |
| + | ** It's our copper / wool anniversary |
| + | * Analog Game Night is Saturday - 5pm until late in the lounge |
| + | * Chocolate truffle demo (and participation) is Saturday in the kitchen - 4-5:30pm |
| + | * Flourish conference is April 1-2 |
| + | ** Open Source conference & mini-expo at UIC in Student Center East |
| + | **[[http://flourishconf.com/2016/ flourishconf.com]] |
| + | ** Free conference, free t-shirts if you register before the 12th |
| + | ** If you're interested in running a workshop or volunteering, contact us at the website |
| + | * Nathan is releasing a beta version of a free game engine this week at [[www.pawbyte.com www.pawbyte.com]] |
| + | * [[http://www.meetup.com/Pumping-Station-One/events/228615944/ Intro to V-Carve]] class on Thursday @ 6:30 - posted on Meetup group |
| + | * 300 Seconds of Fame starts tonight after the tour |
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| === Questions === | | === Questions === |
| + | * What can we do with waste chemicals? |
| + | ** There's a waste can in the flammables closet |
| + | ** We have a burn bucket |
| + | ** The firehouse down the road will take nasty chemicals |
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| + | * What's the status of moving the space? |
| + | ** We are growing into the other half of the building |
| + | ** Space-planning committee is working on three options for new space layout for a member vote |
| + | ** We are working on finalizing the lease signing |
| + | ** May 1st at the earliest |
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| === Votes === | | === Votes === |
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| === Tour === | | === Tour === |
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| + | * Thanks to Will for giving the tour |
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| Who wants to give a tour? | | Who wants to give a tour? |