Member Meeting Minutes for March 2, 2016
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- Attendees
- Chad
- Geno
- Joachim
- James Hyde
- Scott^2
- Joshua
- Volker
- Jim
- Gene
- Alex
- John Lewis
- Chris Quick
- Simon
- Ryan Priore
- Andrew
- Eli
- Josh Smith
- James Lomuscio
- Steve Owens
Called to Order
- Called to order at: 7:41pm
New/Potential Members
- N/A
Recent Events
- FEBRUARY
- Thu 18th @ 7p - Model Railroad Club
- Sat 20th @ 1p - Music & Technology
- Sat 20th @ 7p - Open Shop
- Mon 22nd @ 7p - Open Shop
- Mon 22nd @ 7p - UV Club
- Tue 23rd @ 7:30p - eGame Writing
- Wed 24th @ 7:30 - Tesla Club
- Thur 25th @ 7:30 - Holistic Brain
- Cancelled, but Startuptown party happened instead
- Sat 27th @ 7p - Open Shop
- Sun 28th @ 12p - Shop Clean
- Mon 29th @ 7p - Open Shop
- Wed 2nd @ 7:30p - Members meeting
Potential Evening talks/events
- How to write for Make Magazine talk
- Fri 26th @ 7:30pm
- From Idea to Laser Cutter talk
- How to use the cad software, how to go from cad to laser cutting
- Alex Reasinger will help with that
- 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
- Chris Yohe
- 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
- Bicentennial/St Patrick Day Parade: HackPGH can be part of it
- March 12 at 9am
Learning Tracks
- Electronics
- Learn to Solder
- March 26, 10am-4pm
- Gene
- Basic Arduino Programming (April 2016)
- Advanced Arduino Programming (TBD)
- Sensors Sensors Sensors (TBD)
- Motor Control (TBD)
- Basic Electronics part 2: Semiconductor Devices (TBD)
- Learn to Solder
- Mechanical / Other
- Mechanical Classes Learning Tracks
- Andrew
- Casting Day
- Spring, Joachim
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
- Eli to speak with Ryan after meeting
- Wheelchair
- Cupcake car.
- Wigle Whiskey: Tardis full of barrels, Giant rolling barrel, Donkey Kong
- All members vote for Tardis idea
- 3-D Printer
- M2 Bot
- Still Kickin'
- Mendlemax
- Chris and I found that the thermistor wire was busted on the Mendel which is what led to the printing errors. We still plan to rebuild in the near term.
- M2 Bot
- Foundry
- Server / Google Hangouts
- Working, John needs to teach people how to run it
- John found lots and lots of VGA cables he could use during shop clean
- New Mill
- DROs are installed and working great!
- Lathe
- Being repaired.
- Kudos to Joachim and Andrew!
- Took it apart, cleaned all the parts, putting it back together and fixing parts
- Motion to buy extra parts for lathe to make it more accurate $135.70 (Joachim)
- All members vote in favor
- Lathe now has reverse feed!
- Fabrication Station
- Still needs some TLC
- Welder
- MIG
- Going Strong
- MIG
- TIG
- Needs cart and gas.
- TIG
- Vending Machine
- John Lewis tried to contact Gabe
- Simon working on the project
- Gabe wants to continue helping on the project
- Automatic dues payment system
- We're working on it.
- Jim borrowed RFID reader, testing Raspberry Pi and wordpress, WooCommerce
Old Business
- Atm
- Still need to contact
- Club brochure
- Printed and they are on the desk.
- Memberships for Startups
- New Computers
- Looking better
- Brewing Club
- Steven Owens bought $120 worth of brewing stuff.
- Brewing club members should pay for it and also get to drink it
- It just got Brewed last night, happening again Saturday
- Steven Owens bought $120 worth of brewing stuff.
- Cable management system for A/V cables for projector and wifi
- Simon Heath working on it
- Pitt robotics club line following robotics competition
- Geno is working on it
- Robot has been entered into the competition
New Business
- Maker Faire PGH is happening, hired new director Kacey
- Jointly presented by HackPGH and Children's Museum
- Maker Faire October 14th and 15th
- Vote on allowing Kacey to have an honorary membership of HackPGH as 2nd place to work
- Steven Owens motions, Jim seconds, all vote in favor
- Jim's wife wants to have craft night at HackPGH in April or May
- New mom's coffee
- Steve motions, Andrew 2nd, all vote in favor
- John wants to buy the Autodesk machine
- Lets wait what happens with the Macbooks before spending money
- Josh Roehrig: Inventor's club in Monroeville wants to tour HackPGH and potentially use HackPGH for their meetings
- Tesla Club Maker Faire project
- Contact Geno
- Ryan visited St Louis Arch Reactor makerspace, created awesome presentation, download it on mailing list
- Simon wants to donate a small server
- Gps sensor class: Jim
Project RollCall
- Chad working on K9
- Alex is working on steam engine stuff
- Train Club: Attached 4 modules, working on laying out tracks, electronics controls/sensors
- Steve Owens: Brewing Club project
Elections!
- Chad, Alex, Scott^2, Geno, and Joachim are up for election
- Chad, Alex, Scott^2, Geno remain board members
New Member Induction
- Karim
- We don't know who you are, come back next month
- Ron Gados
- We don't know who you are, come back next month
- James Lomuscio
- Vote yes
Move to Adjourn
- James motions
- Joachim seconds
- Adjourned at: 9:10pm
- Joachim seconds
Meeting notes by: Geno