Member Meeting Minutes for March 1, 2017

Minutes by Agenda Topic

• Attendees
  • Chad
  • Eli
  • Geno
  • James Hyde
  • Scott2
  • Corey
  • Dave Coakley
  • Adam Casto
  • Jesse
  • Andrew Campbell
  • George Cann

Called to Order

• 7:31pm

Previous Events/Classes

• Hacking Food and Drink
  • Scott2 brought in spices and condiments, talked about flavor and spice and how it can alter food

Learning Tracks / Classes

• Arduino: Intro to Sensors April 1, 10am-2pm

Potential Events/Talks/Classes

• Scheduled
  • March 19: Intro to Welding, Akron Makerspace
    • Got gas for welder
  • March 25: Biohacking: The moral Imperative to Build a Better You
  • March 25: MetaMesh: Ethernet cable class / Talk
  • March 25: Raspberry Pi VPN
  • April 21: Hacking Food and Drink part 2 @ 7:30pm- 9pm

• Talks
  • Adam PittMesh
  • John Lewis- PittMesh DNS/Server talk
  • Andrew - Gem making Talk

• Classes
  • John Balacko
    • Neopixels class
  • Chad
    • Edge lit acrylic

Shop Projects / Updates

• Autonomous Power Wheels
  • Working on servo, laser cut compass to test servo

• Power Wheels
  • There is now a Chicago Maker Faire PPPRS race in 2017
    • April 22
    • Tentatively going

• 3-D Printers
  • Boxzy
  • Mendlemax
    • Currently Down... We need an Arduino
  • Makegear
    • Needs TLC

• CNC
  • James installing new control board
  • Limit switches dont work yet

• Lathe
  • DROs installed!!!!
    • Thank you Andrew!

• Fabrication Station
  • Embroidery machine
    • See Chad for Training
  • Vinyl Cutter
    • Broken. Ordered parts.

• Automatic dues payment system
  • • Adam Casto will take over
    • Adam has began making new website dev.hackpittsburgh.org

• Vending Machine
  • Coin Hopper and Accepter here
    • Need to wire into arduino.
  • Chad has code if anyone wants to help with it.
    • It's on Trello!

• Server

• Twitter Sign
  • Fixed Just connected the old router.

• Arcade
  • Needs games checked and removed if they don't work.

• Attach power strip into table
  • Get rid of trip hazard
  • Dave Coakley
    • All members present approve

• Safety Report
  • Need power to Fabrication Station still.
  • Need a few New Fire Extinguishers
    • Walmart or Amazon
      • CO2 for laser cutter, The rest ABC.

• Need to test alarms, first members meeting of month
  • This needs done after next meeting!

• Moving fabrication station
  • Removing some of the bin shelves
    • Jesse wants to do it during shop clean
    • Jesse will show detailed plans
    • All members present approve

• Loft above garage door
  • Dave Coakley
    • All members present approve

Old Business

• Flammable material cabinet
  • Gabe's looking for one.
  • Feel free for other people to look.

• Shop rearrangement
  • Shop area will be dusty part of shop
  • Welding curtain

• Dust filtration system for HackPGH
  • Looking

• New Mailing List / Slack/Google Groups - Make it easy for everyone (inclusion)
  • Motion passed, New board will work on it.

• Checklist for various tools to keep track of their condition
  • Will setup soon.
  • Need to buy small clipboards.

• Bins of old members
  • Removal of non-paying member bids have started.

New Business

• Adam Casto cleaned and reorganized soldering/electronics station
• James Hyde wants to get rid of giant glass table
• Dave found new laser cutter acrylic place Total Plastics on North Side, bulk buy, need multiple people to order

Project RollCall

• N/A

New Member Induction

• George Cann
  • All members present and board members approve

Move to Adjourn

• Adjourned at: 8:02pm

Meeting notes by Geno