Member Meeting Minutes for July 15, 2015
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- Attendees
- Eli
- David
- Scott^2
- Wesley
- Jim
- Chad
- Gene
- Volker
- Gabe
- Anthony and Millie
- Geno
- Alex
- Johnathan
- Bob
- Called to order at:
- 7:35pm
New Members
- Arjit
- Steve Mitchell
Recent Events
- July 6th - Software/CS Group Meeting (Autonomous vehicle focus)
- July 8th - Tesla Club
- July 11th - WPLUG
- July 13th - UV Club (Autonomous vehicle focus)
- July 10th - Tesla's Birthday
- Talk and demonstration by Luc and Geno. Many people showed up.
- July 11th - Deutchtown Music Festival
- Had a booth with musical Tesla coil and vacuum tube amps. Advertised music club and PGH Maker Faire.
- Talked to many people, potential members.
Upcoming Events
- July 16th - Model Railroad Club
- July 18th - Music & Technology Club
- July 20th - Software Group Meeting
- July 22nd - Tesla Club
- July 25th - Class: Sensors Sensors Sensors
- July 24 - 26, Power Wheels at Detroit MakerFaire
- July 27th - UV Club
- Aug 1st - Mech Club
- Aug 3rd - Software Group Meeting
- Aug 5th - Members Meeting
- Aug 8th - Maker Faire Info Session @ HackPGH
Potential Evening talks/events
- Jon Lewis, Database talk
- Working on it. Volunteers to contribute content are welcome.
- John Balacko would like to do a talk on use and selection of ICs.
- Interest in another Game Night. Board games, Artemis, ... After Detroit.
- We need content... Who wants to
Learning Tracks
- Arduino Track
- Next up... Sensors!
- July 25 1-5pm
- Then... Motor Control
- Next up... Sensors!
Shop Projects / Updates
- Power wheels
- Ordering new batteries. Lead Acid. Not Harbor Freight. About $200.
- No major changes to car for Detroit
- Eli motions to continue Power Wheels in 2016
- All members present vote to continue Power Wheels in 2016
- We need a project manager.
- 2nd power wheels car
- Vote on the funds. 1/3 vote Board, 1/3 vote members, 1/3 vote people at Faire.
- CNC Router
- Broken! Oh noes!!!!
- One of the bearings or brushes is toast.
- Bob Berger is working on fixing it
- Laser Cutter
- Out of stock for chiller, Waiting patiently for it to come back in stock.
- Must use purchased ice due to the water from the ice goes thru the laser.
- Out of stock for chiller, Waiting patiently for it to come back in stock.
- 3-D Printer
- Currently down. Almost ready to come back up.
- Needs wiring and calibration
- If you want a private class see Eli, Alex, or Chad.
- Foundry project by Alex and Wesley
- Waiting for Alex to get build list sent to us.
- kiln is here for shop use.
- Alex has BOM done.
- Please use it for pottery!
- Talk to Alex to use the kiln
- kiln will soon have its own wiki page with QR code
- Server
- Both servers are up and working. Working on static IP addresses.
- Open Source Brewing
- Waiting for cooler weather for brewing.
Old Business
- Sign Ideas
- Chad took the photo.
- Picture and dimensions sent out a few weeks ago.
- Move members meetings from Wed to another day?
- Result of survey: 13 people voted. Tied at 46.15% between Mon,Tue,Wed,Sat @7:30
- 2 people voted that Wednesdays don't work for them at all.
- The members voted to do a trial of 1st Wednesday and 3rd Tuesday
- Detroit Maker Faire
- Too late for projects for Detroit. Power Wheels is the only accepted project.
- Detroit Faire is July 24-26
- We need to see who is going... Like a few days ago... if you want to go you need to talk to us NOW!
- Powerwheels appearing to be pushed by Locomotive.
- We will not show projects
- We need to know who is going to Detroit Maker Faire for power wheels ASAP.
- Need to figure out hotels ASAP
- PGH maker faire people are staying at the best western (Same as last year). Book again?
- Submissions for those who want to come closing tomorrow!!!
- Pittsburgh Maker Faire October 10 and 11.
- The call for makers is out! GOTO makerfairepittsburgh.com!
- HackPGH will have a booth with shop projects. You still need to register!
- REGISTER!!!!! REGISTER!!!! REGISTER!!!!
- Today is the last day for round 1
- You have until August 15 for round 2
- We need to get rid of some stuff here at the shop.
- ATM - You have 2 weeks to start a project with it or it goes...
- Old Oscilloscopes - Recycle?
- Get rid of vending machine?
- Vending machine to sell electronics is awesome idea according to most members.
- Gabe is busy, someone else should work on this project. Lets get it done!
- By next meeting need to have BOM and what needs to be done to get vending machine working
- New Mill
- Alex bought it for $600
- Need extra parts about $100
- Need to pick it up. An hour north of Pgh. Its heavy.
- Need to get rid of old useless scrap wood in woodshop area to make room for mill
- Does shop want to buy it from Alex $700?
- Wesley motions to buy the Mill, Volker seconds
- Members vote to buy the mill
- Crafts area
- Don't put anything in front of any working area!
- Needs to be more attractive and organized
- We should be able to show it off
- Need extension cord for sewing machine
- 2nd power wheels car in addition to Delorean
- Internal HackPgh competition
- Have the shop fund the cars?
- Discussion about EJ motion to the list will be at the next meeting.
- Raspberry Pis connected to the network need a shelf to sit on.
New Business
- Need raspberry pi rack for pi's next to printer
- Need composite connector for projector so we can do google hangouts via raspberry pi server
- John brought in new printer for shop.
- Lets choose one of the printers to keep, but we need to do research on how much ink costs and etc.
Move to Adjourn
- Anthony motions
- Chad seconds
- Adjourned at: 8:51pm
- Chad seconds