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| === Announcements === | | === Announcements === |
− | * An Introduction to Functional Programming, Sunday at 5pm in the Electronics Area | + | * Will says Make is going to blog about his (and Elizabeth's) work at Ancona setting up a maker program. |
| + | ** Ancona is hiring some folks for an after-school program. See mailing list for details. |
| + | * Mike is giving a talk, "Introduction to Functional Programming" this Sunday, August 10 at 5pm in the electronics lab. |
| + | * Next Tuesday we have 300 seconds of fame. Here's your chance to talk about whatever you want for 5 minutes with no interruptions! |
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| === Votes === | | === Votes === |
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| == Minutes == | | == Minutes == |
| + | * Everett opens meeting at 20:04 |
| + | ** Talks about what a hackerspace is. |
| + | * New folks introduce themselves |
| + | ** Connor makes software. He found out about us on Reddit. (r/chicago) |
| + | ** David lives in the neighborhood. He found us searching for 3d printers on the internet. eBay seller - repurposes old lenses and wants to make parts for a centrifuge |
| + | ** Bosco heard about us... well he doesn't remember. Meetup told him to come here. He doesn't know what he likes to make, he's a software developer. Software totally counts. |
| + | ** Bruce is a software developer. He sits next to Bosco for a living. He heard about us from Bosco. Model making, electronics. |
| + | ** Garret puts speakers in old suitcases. He's here to do that. |
| + | ** Caroline heard about us from her teacher. She's a props designer so she makes all kinds of stuff. |
| + | ** Matt has known about us for a while. One of his coworkers encouraged him to come out. He makes software and electronics. |
| + | ** Steve just moved to Chicago last Saturday and went hunting for hackerspaces. He's into Linux and server hardware. Python. Into embedded electronics |
| + | ** Jamie also heard about this place on Reddit. (Also a friend). Studied furniture design at SCAD - looking to get into making more furniture. |
| + | ** His wife, Olinka, is a yoga teacher. She's here with Jamie. |
| + | ** Carson found out about us at the South Side Maker Faire. He's here to see what it's all about. He's into all kinds of things, cameras, audio. |
| + | ** Scott likes to hack his brain, with infrared light. Meetup sent him here. |
| + | ** Trevor likes to make LED projects. He heard about us on meetup probably. |
| + | * Announcements |
| + | * Awesome callouts! |
| + | ** Justin wants to thank everyone who helped out at South Side Maker Faire. Jenny, Derek, Justin and Sevin. We made lots of noisemakers and snared at least one visitor. |
| + | ** Dean has made significant progress on the dust collection. It runs now and collects some dust. |
| + | * Awesome callouts! |
| + | ** Justin wants to thank everyone who helped out at South Side Maker Faire. Jenny, Derek, Justin and Sevin. We made lots of noisemakers and snared at least one visitor. |
| + | ** Dean (and skilton!) has made significant progress on the dust collection. It runs now and collects some dust. |
| + | ** Justin, Toba, Doorman Dave, Arturo and some other folks cleaned up the beer church area on Sunday. |
| + | ** Donald got us two new nozzles on the replicator - hopefully it works for a while. |
| + | ** Jerry organized the volunteer labor for Pitchfork and helped earn us a cool $1000. |
| + | * Meeting ends at 20:19 |