Minutes:Meeting Minutes 20131217

2013-12-17

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Agenda

Chair Justin Triplett

Introductions

• Marie, she's here. She misses board meetings
• No other new faces

Action Item Review

• Max G.A. - Post info on painting the Tree House
  • This will be happening in the new year
• Matt O. - Follow up on the soldering class
• Justin T. - Start discussion on changes to member storage practices
  • Getting pallet racks for the E Lab storage area
• Justin T. - Start planning thread for HAM radio antenna
  • Mark L is designing something, proposing it to the landlord
• Justin T. - Start thread about L'Anse Cruse HAM Radio Swap
• Ted H. - Post to list about independent film to ask/notify members about the filming time on Saturday
• Margaret L. - Post to list about APS outreach

Show and Tell

• Steampunk Steve shows of an electric cigar box guitar
• Brian W. shows of puzzle box made on the laser cutter with 5mm birch wood. There's a puzzle that you need to move a ball bearing through to the button before you can open the box.

Pot Lock Clean Up

• This place is still pretty messy
• More stuff to clean
• Please do
• All the cleaning

Review of Board Meeting

• The minutes are here: Board_Meeting_Minutes_20131210

Reply Classic

• Reply all is automatic now, but it used to be just "Reply" by default
• Some people hate it, some love it
• Justin will change it back

First Robotics Team

Point of contact Nate B.

• Local team used to build at a manufacturing place
• Their old space is not available
• i3 is not very close to them, but they are asking
• Supporting:
  • Cleaning up after ourselves to share space
  • Storage: they need about two power wheels worth of space
    • Others at meeting estimate more space would be needed
    • Floor space is a concern
      • Suggested that storage is put in cave under tree house
      • There was a general consensus that storing under the tree house is a good idea, no one will miss the space
  • We ask one or two adult mentors of the team to join as members of i3 and they supervise the team
  • It would be noisy here for about 2 weekdays and Saturdays for January and February
    • After school event, so probably around 4pm to 9pm
    • Concern for conflict with events: Beaglebone group on Wednesday, and Game night on Thursdays
    • We can tell them when the team's presence might be most convenient -Greg S.
    • It's a good idea to have i3 members at the space at the same time as the First team to inspire the students and help them learn. -Nate B.
  • Liability concern for minors and insurance
    • At the moment, we don't think we have insurance to cover anything like that -Justin T.
    • In the past we have attached a rider to the insurance to allow x-many minors in the space -Nate B.
• Students are high school students from International Academy East in Troy
• Students need a waiver for their parents to come to i3 and be supervised by one school
• There will be about 10 to 20 students
• Some teams display sponsor names on their banner, i3 may get notoriety
• Kickoff is the 1st Saturday of January (4th)
  • But the sooner the better for the First Team because they need to move before the kickoff

Tentative Proposal Pending Adequate Insurance and Space

• Proposed by Matt H.
• Seconded by Andrew M.
• Overwhelming majority of members present votes in favor

Zone Mentoring

• The idea is to try to connect new people to mentoring in an area that they already feel comfortable.
  • They will feel more at home before they move on to learning how to use new tools in zones they aren't used to.
• Zone Coordinators: Let's get a go-to list of people who are trained to work in the zones so that it's easier to match new members to mentors

Calendar Review

• Matt O. held a tour
  • Kids asked "What does this do?"
  • It would be great if we had a demonstration piece to show people (kids) what the different tools and machines can do.
  • Zone wardens, you are going to do this:
  • Find a simple example to demonstrate what your zone's tools do.

Soldering Watermelon Class

• It's not soldering anymore, because the requester wanted a more hands-on, interactive experience for the students
• High school kids are doing a watermelon drop contest
• This Saturday noon - 5pm
• Volunteers

Where Does This Go?

• Most zones have a box
• They're not for personal items - so where is the lost-and-found
  • There is no lost and found but the rules say there is one
• What's the difference between lost-and-found and the graveyard?
  • The only time something is supposed to be put in the graveyard is when the owner puts it there or the board puts it there
  • Instead, you put a parking ticket and leave it where it sits

Boy Scouts coming to i3?

• Mailing list thread started by Andrew M.
• Bringing in scouts as an informal thing to have them make things
• During month of February, for about 90 minutes
  • Preferably on a weeknight, but weekend could be ok

Zone updates

E Lab

• New, cool parts!
  • Great prices
  • Boost regulators
  • Ask, and Nate B will show you around
• E Lab orientation happens Dec. 26

Fab Lab

• Protomat is working
  • Classes in new year
  • Closed source software working - maybe easier to use
  • Open source
• Rostock having some maintenance done
  • IR camera shows heating bed is not doing what it is supposed to
  • That's not cool, no wait, it is cool, that's the problem
  • Making things portable
  • No class plans until later next year
• Fab lab has a white board
• Making a plastics order by the end of December for more colors
  • Put in a request for colors on the white board in the Fab Lab

Craft Room

• CNC embroiderer
  • Kevin having some trouble with getting it operating
  • Dive in to learn if you are interested
  • Hopefully we will figure it out soon and have classes

Tree House

• Renewed effort to improve zone coming in new year!
• Thanks, less trash!

Wood Shop

• Classes in new year:
  • Making boxes
  • Classes on 4OW laser on Marketry? - Taking veneer and carving something into it

Kiln Zone

• Both kilns are working fine
• Jeff is making lots of Jewelry
• Ceramics classes starting in January
• Jeff will be teaching classes on glass jewelry!

Metal Shop

• Reorganized Grinding/polishing station
  • Next to the air compressor
  • There's an apron and eye protection
  • Strongly advise you to use both, especially the eye protection

Welding Zone

• Does anyone know anything about electronics to fix random broken things
  • Konrad points at Matt O. Matt O. looks at Nate B.
• TIG Welder needs a potentiometer and/or some

Compute Zone

• Keyboard and mouse are now wired because we don't want batteries

CNC Zone

• A series of classes will be starting in either January or February
  • Students would need to demonstrate use of G-Code
  • There will be a test for you to demonstrate your ability

Vinyl Zone

• We have money, so if you would like a color let Nate Warnick Done
  • Dark red?

Tool Crib

• Still needs a warden
• Jeff will do it! (applause)

Action Items

• Justin T. - Check insurance regarding minors at i3 for First Robotics team - also check team's insurance, CC Ted and ask board list
• Nate B. - Ask team sponsor to come to i3 to see if the space will have
• Jamie B. - Make lost and found box
• Nate B. - Work with Jodi to fix welding things

Attendance

Justin Triplett Maxwell Pelican Madalyn Candice Winans Adrienne Patterson Matt O. Poop Poop Matt Huber Kevin Flory Alex Bellak Mike Fink Jamie Burdeski Mark Miles Halley Miglietti Steve Brook Rob Lufton Dave Scholl Konrad Brown Gary Morin Nathan Warnick Marie-Therese Enga