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→Announcements
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)
* 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
==== Board and Area Hosts ====
==== Board and Area Hosts ====
* 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
==== Two Random Members ====
==== Two Random Members ====
* 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
=== 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
=== 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
=== What have you been hacking ===
=== What have you been hacking ===
* 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
=== Announcements ===
=== Announcements ===
* Send in your proxy votes for SEM vote by Monday at 8pm 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
=== 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
* 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
=== Votes ===
=== Votes ===
=== Tour ===
=== Tour ===
* Thanks to Will for giving the tour
Who wants to give a tour?
Who wants to give a tour?