Member Meeting Minutes for February 6, 2013

Minutes by Agenda Topic

• Attendees:
  • Scott'
  • Matt B.
  • Sarita
  • Adam
  • JP
  • Robert
  • Scott^2
  • Dan
  • Jeremy

• Called to order at:

7:31

New Members

• None (Frowny Face)

Recent Events

• Thu Jan 17: Carnegie Museum of Art Culture Club making event
• Fri Jan 18: Magnetic Levitation
• Fri Jan 25: FiniSH IT Friday
• Fri Feb 1: DIY Snow Machines (Gabe)

Upcoming Events

• Thu Feb 7: Pittsburgh Geek Night
• Thu Feb 7: Lockpick Club / Steel City Hackers
• Fri Feb 8: Lego and Arduino Projects (Matt B)
• Mon Feb 11: UAV Meetup
• Tue Feb 12: Open Source Fab Meetup
• Fri Feb 15: Intro to resistors, capacitors, component labeling (JayPee & Sarita)
• Sat Feb 16: Techshop Maker's Meetup (Tentative)
• Sat Feb 16: Wreckless Arcade Tournament
• Sun Feb 17: Q1 Shop Cleanup (Electronics Area)
• Fri Feb 22: FiniSH IT Friday or Intro to FIRST
• Sat Feb 23: CLASS: Design your own circuit boards (Matt B)
• Fri Mar 1:
• Fri Mar 8:
• Fri Mar 15:
• Fri Mar 22:
• Fri Mar 29:

• Potential Friday Night talks/events:
  • Hard drive rescue
  • Costuming
  • Flat panel speakers
  • Shop Show-and-Tell (Quarterly) (mid March)
  • Intro to Ham Radio/Test Prep (early March)

Unscheduled Classes

• Public welding class
• Ham radio test (late March/April)
• CNC milling
• Q1 Learn to Solder (March)

Project/Shop Updates

• Window Lights project - lights acquired, to be placed in window "soon"?
• Electronics Workstation - next steps?
  • Need to organize electronics components
• 3D Printer
  • Finishing build: Valve time frame - it's done when it's done
• Server Rack
  • coming along, is powered, will be available for member's use
• Make Magazine subscription
• Security cameras

New Business

• FIRST Robotics Competition