Meeting Notes 2016-04-19

Meeting Minutes
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Agenda

• Intro to PS1 and what we're about.
• Introduce the Board and Area Hosts
• Pick 2 random people to introduce themselves.
• Let new members and visitors intro themselves.
• 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)

• Dan | string instrument maker | heard about PS1 from a friend
• Luke | woodworking & 3D printing | googled "workshop"
• Gwen | industrial designer, wants to do furniture | google
• Nick | woodworking, metalworking |
• Miles | heard about us through tutoring, referred by Will Garza at the library | doing arduino and hydroponic projects
• Marco | tinkering with electronics, arduino, raspberry pi | found us on Meetup

Two Random Members

• Josh | member for a month | electronics projects, circuit bending with audio basilica, looking forward to using woodshop & forge
• Arturo | working on a surface for a 40 gallon aquarium, working with electronics, food | architect major and construction | CPL was on the news, heard about us

Board and Area Hosts

• Justin - President
• Simon - Secretary
• Arturo - Kitchen Area Host
• Triano - Woodshop Area Host
• Michael - director at large

Things that need doing around the space

• Garbage always needs to be taken out
• Put away tools that aren't in use
• Clean dishes, don't leave them in the sink
• Empty the dust collectors
• Paint on the walls, ceiling

Awesome Callouts

• Jennie, Aushra, Dean, and anyone else setting up the jewelry area
• Jenny & Lyn (and/or a mysterious man?) for painting the wall in the kitchen
• Andrew, Jason, Eric for fixing the lasercutter
• Erik and anybody who got rid of the ants

What have you been hacking

• Miles is working on streaming data from a hydroponic setup to the cloud
• Shelly led a self-watering container workshop - thanks to Greg for bringing in the buckets

Announcements

• Thursday at 7 pm in the elctronics lab is SIGBOT, special interest group for robotics
• Saturday is Analog Game Night - 5pm until midnightish
• Arts on Elston is hosting "Mastering the Art of Book Cooking (not Enron style)"
  • April 30, 1 - 4 pm
  • 3446 North Albany
  • www.wordsmattershow.org/events More info here or www.facebook.com/WordsMatterShow/ other info here
• This Sunday is new member orientation at 4pm, downstairs in the lounge
• Joystick office hours start at 4:30 on Sunday - video games with joysticks

Questions

• How can I become a member?
  • Set up payment through paypal buttons on our website, then get your ID checked by two board members

• What are membership fees spent on?
  • Budget is available at 2016_Budget_Vote
  • Rent and utilities, maintaining and buying equipment, etc.
  • We are fully funded by membership fees

Votes

none

Tour

Who wants to give a tour? Thanks to Jay for giving the tour.