Minutes:Meeting Minutes 20241001

Minutes for 2024-10-01

Meeting Location

Meeting was Called to Order At: 19:33 by Matt A

https://i3detroit.org/hangout and at i3Detroit

Hybrid Meeting Etiquette

• Be excellent.
• Attendance and voting can be found in the #meetings slack channel.
• Please show up early if you are concerned about your audio.
• If there is no one waiting to speak feel free to do so at the next opportunity.
• If there is someone waiting to speak, please say that you are raising your hand in the google call chat. (This will be demonstrated)
• Please refrain from other side conversations, these can be distracting for the rest of the meeting and make it difficult for the chair to keep track of what's going on.
• If you're in the space remember that having a single person speaking at a time is helpful for those attending online.

Introductions

What does being excellent at i3 mean

An experienced member explains what being excellent at i3 means to them

Jeremy G: interacting with other members here in a friendly and productive way. Positive energy. Looking to help. Loving to learn.

Experienced Members

• Matt A
• Daniel V: New Secretary

New Members & Guests

• Scott: Recently rejoined after brief hiatus. Enjoys electronics, circuitry and computers

Show and Tell

• Paul A: Napkin holder. 1/4 in wood using Laser cutter. Used paint zone to spray paint.
• Scott: Got a v1 switch. Hacked it, trying to install linux and android. Would appreciate anybody with experience and expertise to help.

Old Business

• n/a

New Business

Upcoming Events

• Volunteers to host upcoming Friday tours?
• Up coming Events Calendar
• 4 Oct 2024 Werewolf in the Dark
  • Prep starts at 10:30PM
  • Game stars at 11:30PM
• 19th 2pm-4pm BiG (Black in Gaming) Detroit meeting
  • Public Meeting
  • The Black Gaming Foundation
  • https://www.thebigfoundation.org/
• Expansion help/building 12pm on the 5th, 19th
• Date TBD: Woodworking 101 class with Osama. Will announce in Wood Shop Slack when planned. Tentatively October 12th.

Halloween setup

• We still need help with setup, WE NEED A DJ
• October 6, 2024 - 1-4 pm Halloween Decorations Workshop's- In the Commons. Plan is to:
  • Finish assembly of light up ghosts
  • Finish heads
  • Add Skirts
  • Build electronic assemblies
  • NeoPixels, Batteries, ESP32
  • Program basic light patterns using WLED
  • Add eyes
  • Need people for:
    • Cutting and sewing skirts
    • Soldering
    • Flashing ESP32 boards
    • Assembly
    • Hanging ghosts
    • Planning ghost locations
• October 13, 2024 - 1-4 pm
  • Finish up final details of decorations
  • Work on coordinating ghost lights using xlights
• 26th- Halloween party

Discussion Request: Air Conditioning(Hans C., as Classroom Zone Coordinator)

• The Classroom (along with the craft room, elab, and media lab) have all lacked air conditioning this entire year. This has negatively affected the experience of those who use those areas.
• This also hurts our reputation and recruiting, as the classroom is frequently used to host events that include outsiders.
• I'm concerned that there hasn't been enough Board Action in the past to address this issue.
• I'm looking for ideas for proposals present to the board to address this issue.

Action Item: Hans C - Will develop 2 proposals to be shared with membership. Will look into getting a quote for the work (if a professional is needed) or coordinating members to repair it (if equipped with the right skillset). Will also approach the board with a proposal.

Example Topic

• n/a

Zone updates

Automotive Zone

• n/a

Bicycle Shop

• n/a

Ceramics Zone

• n/a

Classroom

Zone Coordinator Report (Hans)

• Air Conditioning: The Air conditioning still doesn't work. This has negatively impacted member's use of the classroom. We hope that the air conditioning is repaired soon, at least in time for next summer.
• Board Meeting: October 2024 -> New Business: Air Conditioning I have added this topic to the Meeting Agenda for the next Board Meeting (scheduled 15 October 2024) under New Business.
• Potlock September 2024: Thank you to Ted Hansen for picking during on PotLock for classroom maintenance. And to Thomas Burns for organizing!

CNC Zone

• n/a

Commons Area

• n/a

Craft Room

• n/a

Electronics Lab

• n/a

Fab Lab

• n/a

Glass Zone

• with the departure of the current Glass zone coordinator and the current limitation on being able to build out the zone until other expansion projects are completed, we’re going to wait until the zone can be built out to seek a new ZC and move all of the equipment to storage.

Infrastructure

• n/a

Injection Molding

• n/a

Jewelry Zone

• n/a

Kitchen Zone

• n/a

Laser Zone

• n/a

Leather Zone

• n/a

Machine Shop

• n/a

Media Lab

• n/a

Sewing Zone

• Sewing (along with E Lab and Craft zone) is going to be having expansion build days every other Saturday, from 12-5pm. There are plenty of projects to do across different skills, from painting and drywall, to insulation, electrical, trims, furniture building, laser cutting, etc. We meet this Saturday October 5 at noon!

Tool Crib

• n/a

Vinyl Zone

• n/a

Welding Zone

• n/a

Wiki

• n/a

Wood Shop

• n/a

SIGs

MotorSports

• n/a

HAM

• n/a

Letterpress

• n/a

Robotics

• n/a

Combat Robotics

• n/a

Cosplay

• n/a

COWBELL

Broom Party!

Action Item Summary

Action Item	POC
Will develop 2 proposals to be shared with membership. Will look into getting a quote for the work (if a professional is needed) or coordinating members to repair it (if equipped with the right skillset). Will also approach the board with a proposal.	Hans C

Proposal Summary

No proposals.

Meeting Metrics

• Time completed: 20:13
• Attendees: 15

Attendance

1. Matt A
2. Daniel V
3. Jeremy G
4. Hans C
5. David H
6. Nick L
7. Paul A
8. Richard W
9. Evan G
10. James O
11. Jan H
12. Nate B
13. Scott
14. Thomas B
15. Brian B

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