Member Meeting Minutes for Oct 15, 2014

Minutes by Agenda Topic

• Attendees:
  • Geno
  • Scott
  • Eli
  • Alex
  • Bob
  • Christine - potential member, interested in doing leather work, and learning other tech. Favorite cartoon, Archer.
  • Val
  • Doug
  • Sean
  • Gene
  • Anthony
  • Chad
  • Jim
• Called to order at:
  • 7:34pm

New Members

• Sean - interested in tesla turbines, biological stuff. Favorite cartoon... Johnny Bravo. Welcome!

Recent Events

• Thursday, October 2nd - Party at the Paramount!
  • Was a success! Good showing our presence. Took the powerwheels over.
• Saturday, October 4th - Shop Clean
  • Got some of the work done, but still need more help. Please help!
• October 10th - Analog Game Night
  • Fun night. We laser cut a Catan board set.
• October 12th - Nerd Exchange Podcast Event
  • The link of the podcast will be sent out once it's up!

Upcoming Events

• Friday, October 17th - Intro to OOP with Greg
• Saturday, October 18th - HackPittsburgh Birthday Celebration (We're 5 years old!)
  • Officially 9pm-1am
  • We need your help!
• Friday, October 24th - Hacking together a costume (or Halloween Hack and Slash)

Upcoming Classes

• Build your own theremin class
  • Geno has the cost work up
  • Need to work out details

• Adam would like to give a talk/workshop on Wireless 101/Can-tennas
  • Possibly the beginning of November 9

• Soldering class... November 15th. Need to get the ball rolling
  • Kits are here
  • The tickets are up
  • Need to Advertise

Potential Thursday Night talks/events

• GIS talk (Geographic Information Systems) - James
• Luc wanted to hold a talk on magnetism. He wanted to do October, but November would be better

Learning Tracks

• GPS class
  • Progress. This will be the next class.
• Arduino Track... Next up:
  • Soldering class...

Shop Projects / Updates

• Window Lights project
  • Progress

• Tool Power E-Stop
  • Progress

• Power wheels
  • Done for the season.
  • Need to modify the trophy.
  • Need to store the vehicles until next season

• CNC Router
  • Progress

• Laser Cutter (AKA Frickin Lasers!)
  • Working... Have a project, check the approval list and get some help!
  • PSA: If you don't know what it is, DON'T CUT IT! It can be dangerous to YOU and the LASER!

• 3-D Printer
  • Alex has it almost back together. Needs some screws and to be calibrated.

Old Business

• New RFID Reader arrived
  • Needs to be mounted, please help

• Movie night for Members
  • Decided to hold a movie night near the week of Thanksgiving
  • Jim proposed War Games.
  • Chad offered to use Amazon Prime to watch the movie, since he has Amazon Prime

• Bob wants to start a music and technology club
  • Bob has decided to hold this the second Thursday of every month
  • Doors open at 7pm, runs 7:30 - 8:30pm
  • The name is still a work in progress

• Model Train enthusiast club help their first meeting
  • Seemed to be popular
  • Second rule about train club, no nesting
  • Regular meetings will be help the second Tuesday of every month, starting 7pm.

New Business

• Tim and the Grindhouse Wetware guys want to use this space as a co-working space
  • They will become members, and use the space during the day.
  • We would like them to give a talk

• Our bank account was hacked. We are currently disputing those charges.
  • We have started the process for an investigation.
  • The charges showed up under a Microsoft Azure merchant.

• Gabe mentioned getting a vertical mill from craigslist.
  • Currently on hold due to the lack of space.

• The guys from pcDuino came by and showed off some of the capabilities
  • Neat board. Very powerful.
  • Boards run 50 bucks with wifi, 40 without.

Move to Adjourn

• Gene motioned to adjourn... seconded by Doug.
  • Meeting adjourned at 8:21pm