Member Meeting Minutes for Feb 3, 2016
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- Attendees
- Simon Heath
- Chad Elish
- Eli
- Gene
- Geno
- Jim Freach
- Ryan Priore
- James Hyde
- Scott^2
- Volker
- John Lewis
- Chris Yohe
- Joachim
Called to Order
- Called to order at: 7:37pm
New/Potential Members
- N/A
Recent Events
- JANUARY
- Sat 23rd @ 7p - Open shop
- Mon 25th @ 7p - Open shop
- Mon 25th @ 7p - Software Club
- Tue 26th @ 7:30p - eGame Writing 101 (Unreal Engine)
- Wed 27th @ 7:30p - Tesla Club
- Thur 28th @ 7:30p - Meeting of Holistic Brain
- Next one Feb 25th
- Sat 30th @ 12p - Basic Electronics Class
- Sat 30th @ 7p - Open Shop
- Sun 31st @ 12p - SHOP CLEAN
- Cleaned up a ton of stuff! Moved chairs to paramount
- FEBRUARY
- Mon 1st @ 7p - Open shop
- Mon 1st @ 7p - Software Club
- Wed 3rd @ 7:30p - Members Meeting
Upcoming Events
- FEBRUARY
- Sat 6th @ 1p - Mech Club
- Sat 6th @ 7p - Open Shop
- Mon 8th @ 7p - UV Club
- Mon 8th @ 7p - Open Shop
- Tue 9th @ 7:30p - eGame Writing 101
- Wed 10th @ 7:30p - Tesla Club
- Thurs 11th @ 7p - Steel City Infosec Meetup Lab
- Fri 12th @ 7:30p - Intro to Programming with Python
- Sat 13th @ 3p - WPLUG
- Cancelled
- Sat 13th @ 7p - Open Shop
- Mon 15th @ 7p - Open Shop
- Mon 15th @ 7:30p - Software Club
- Tue 16th @ 7:30p - Members Meeting
Potential Evening talks/events
- How to write for Make Magazine talk
- From Idea to Laser Cutter talk
- How to use the cad software, how to go from cad to laser cutting
- From Idea to 3d printer talk
- How to use the cad software, how to go from cad to 3d printing
- From idea to CNC machine talk
- Create a 3d printing and laser cutting group at HackPGH
- Ryan and Chris Yohe
- How to use google hangouts server talk
- John Lewis
- How to use ROS
- John Lewis
Learning Tracks
- Electronics and Embedded learning track
- Basic Electricity and Electronics (Jan 30)
- Learn to Solder
- Feb 27, Saturday
- Gene
- Basic Arduino Programming (TBD)
- Advanced Arduino Programming (TBD)
- Sensors Sensors Sensors
- Motor Control (TBD)
- Basic Electronics part 2: Semiconductor Devices
- Casting Day
- Joachim
- Spring, when college classes are over
- Joachim
- Intro to Programming Python Class
- Simon and Bob
- 2/12/16 7:30pm-9:30pm
Shop Projects / Updates
- Autonomous Power Wheels
- Discussed rewiring of the car
- Clean things up mechanically and electrically
- Discussed rewiring of the car
- Power wheels
- Need to kick off 2016 season
- Wheelchair
- Cupcake car.
- 3-D Printer
- M2 Bot
- Works great, needs a more quiet fan
- Mendlemax
- It's printing but still needs some TLC (Still being worked on).
- M2 Bot
- Foundry
- Propane powered, made from propane tank
- Server / Google Hangouts
- New Mill
- DROs Still needs installed.
- Lathe
- Being repaired
- Fabrication Station
- Chairs are Gone!
- Still needs some TLC
- Welder
- MIG
- Going Strong
- MIG
- TIG
- Needs cart and gas.
- TIG
Old Business
- Atm
- Still need to contact
- Atm
- Vending Machine
- John Lewis tried to contact Gabe
- Simon working on the project
- Vending Machine
- Club brochure
- Automatic dues payment system
- We have the code! Chad had lunch with Jim, We are going to put it in a test environment before going further.
- New Space Updates
- Cooperation with Dale to get larger space
- Podcasting events
- Andrew wants to start Mechanical Classes Learning Tracks
- Memberships for Startups
- Floating memberships?
- Charge a little more for companies?
- Use Ryan's and Chris Quick's startups to try this out?
- Floating membership affects insurance
- Gene and Eli motion to keep membership terms same for startups as for regular members
- Board will re-write the proposal and present it again
- Elections!
- Start Nominations Now!
- Elections on the 3rd Tuesday of Feb (usually Wednesday but the meeting will be on a Tuesday).
- John Lewis is looking for a computer to run autodesk for the shop
- Chad may get a couple of awesome expensive Mac books for free which can be used
- John Lewis, wordsmith 101 to help write Make Magazine articles
- Chris Yohe can help
- Simon hung up pegboard on electronics workbench to hang up connectors, alligator clips, and probes.
New Business
- Brewing Club
- Steven Owens bought $120 worth of brewing stuff
- Brewing Club
- HackPGH will not fund brewing club, this will be paid for by individual brew club members
- Eli motions, John Lewis seconds, Simon thirds
- Members vote in favor, nobody opposed
- Cable management system for A/V cables for projector and wifi
- Adam proposed
- Pitt robotics club line following robotics competition
- See Eli
Project RollCall
- Joachim brought in awesome binary counter projects
- Chad building K9 from Dr. Who
New Member Induction
- Vote yes for Josh Smith
- 2 members vouched for him
- Vote yes for James Lomuscio
- 2 members vouched for him
Move to Adjourn
Gene, John Lewis
- Adjourned at: 9:07
Meeting notes by: Geno