Agenda for 2026-05-05

Meeting Location

Meeting was Called to Order At: 19:33

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

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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

Being friendly
AJ: if you see somebody working on a project, offer to help

Experienced Members

Jeremy: President of i3
AJ: board member and storage zoco.. and does a lot of stuff

New Members & Guests

Nadia: here last time, in phase 2 limbo. Has a degree in industrial design that she barely uses and has been in corporate land. Involved in local music scene. Would like to do some woodshed stuff, ceramics, and jewelry making.
Recently moved to Detroit. Likes the big tools that you won't find anywhere else. Wants to use big tools.Devin: electrical engineer. Inteersts all over the place. 3D printing.
Sebastian: Grad student at Wayne state. Wants to do freedom of expression stuff.
Danny: new member. Has an old van that needs a lot of work.
Everett: fabricator and welder. School for engineering. In phase 2.

Show and Tell

Paul: colored filter plastic for a bright light. Want dto use thsi for a few art projects. However, it gets very hot and the plastic got warped and bent.
RFID station to scan card to get a label. Can be used for parking permits and the fridge!
Ben: has a big red button that was made with 3D printing. It has an ESP32 but it doesn't connect to wifi so it doesn't do anything.
Modeled their espresso cup on the 3D printer
Thomas: building a cyberdeck (?)

Old Business

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Outstanding Action Items

Look for a new Secretary
Identifying areas for additional camera coverage
- Need to make doing camera reviews easier
- Awaiting a proposal to change how we do camera reviews
Looking for people to help with social media presence and content
- Suggested idea to make a channel with pictures to post
- Thomas: would like to get something going on Youtube

New Business

VPAC / Upcoming Events

Volunteers to host upcoming Friday tours? We always need more!
Open call for classes
- Quick reminder that non-members need to be signed in! Even on Fridays, there should be a member sponsoring them. There have been a few cases of non-members visiting and walking around all night, and no one ever signed them in
Upcoming Events Calendar
- Please come help set up Friday for robot combat Saturday
Thomas would love some help publicizing events

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5 May 2026 Member Meeting

6 May 2026 Fab Lab office hours 7:00PM-8:00PM

8 May 2026 In-Person Friday Night Tours!

8 May 2026 Leather Lounge Fridays

9 May2026 12:00PM- 4:00PM Gear Up for Summer! Bicycle Tune-up at i3 - Tool Crib

15 May 2026 In-Person Friday Night Tours!

16 May 2026 Expansion buildout day

22 May 2026 In-Person Friday Night Tours!

23 May 2026 Expansion buildout day

29 May 2026 In-Person Friday Night Tours!

30 May 2026 Expansion buildout day

5 Jun 2026 In-Person Friday Night Tours!

6 Jun 2026 Expansion buildout day

6 Jun 2026 4:00PM- 5:00PM Story Hour / The Watercooler / Social Milieu

3 June 2026 Fab Lab office hours 7:00PM-8:00PM

12 Jun 2026 Leather Lounge Fridays

12 Jun 2026 In-Person Friday Night Tours!

13 Jun 2026 Expansion buildout day

16 Jun 2026 bored meeting

20 Jun 2026 Expansion buildout day

20 Jun 2026 Retro Event in commons, bring your old hardware to show off

27 Jun 2026 Potluck

18 19 Jul 2026 Craft Open House Details following/span>

National Craft Open Studios / Open House

Link to official event page with more info

July 18-19th!
All participating studios will be added to an online map and receive a printable sign for on-site visibility
Marketing: 8,000 national press contacts, 10,000 members, 90,000 subscribers, and 100,000 social media followers
Participants will be asked to collect information about visitor numbers and sales during the event to help measure program impact

Using this as an opportunity to host an Open House! We'll also do our own advertising -- could use help making flyers and getting them shared around locally (coffee shops, bars, libraries, etc.) and planning / formatting social media posts.

I put together a google form for people to fill out if they're interested in helping (link here). Filling this out does not lock you into helping, it just makes it easier for me to see where we'll have enough support, where we may need more help, and to reach out to people for planning in the future.

Aiming for representation for every Zone!
- So far, we have Ceramics, Welding/Plasma, Wood Shop, and Laser Zones represented
People will be able to sell things during the event!
- Commons will be turned into a tabling area
- People will be responsible for collecting payment, i3Detroit will not be collecting payment. You'll need your own way to accept card / make change.
- Right now, we don't have a jury process. This may change if a lot of people are interested in selling stuff, as we need to ensure everyone has suitable space. Please report interest asap so I can take this into account.

Right now, could use help with:

Getting images we can use to advertise i3
- We really need more images of stuff people have made -- this event is focused on the artists, so we want to highlight our artists!
Making posters / flyers
Informing people at i3 about the event and getting people to fill out the help interest form (linked)
Ensuring I've thought of everything so planning will go smoothly (stay after member meeting to discuss?)

Details to think about:

Loud / potentially dangerous equipment will not be possible to use during the event outside of any planned demos. Would people be ok with having the space largely "closed" for working on projects for these 2 days?
Could we have our next Potlock around June 27th to help prep for this? (Could also use this as a last 'big push' to complete build outs)
Can we set a goal for Media Zone and E-Lab to be mostly set up by July 17th?

Gratitude Corner

Commons TV: Andrew, Mara, Ivy, Rose, Thomas's hardware emporium, Jamie
Infrastrcture Upgrade: Mara, Ivy, Rose, Thomas's hardware emporium, Jamie

Zone Updates

Automotive Zone

Happy to help out new members - please reach out to Sid!
Looking for somebody to share the role of coordinator. Varying levels of responsibility - really just need to care for the space and work on gradual improvements. Reach out to Sid on Slack (can search Sid) can also search for the cartalk channel

Bicycle Shop

Gear Up for Summer! Bicycle Tune-up Event at i3 (Tool Crib Area).
This Saturday, May 9th, from 12:00 noon to 4:00 pm.
Contact Ben Mick for details.

Ceramics Zone

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Classroom

If anybody has info on where the mini splits were supposed to be placed, please reach out to Thomas
Please clean up after yourslef.
Please don't pee on the floor in the bathroom.

CNC Zone

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Commons Area

Please clean up after yourself

Craft Room

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Electronics Lab

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Fab Lab

Prusa printers now support file uploading from the network, check the printer wiki pages for more info! QR code to the wiki and login information to be created.
Gray Standard and ABS-like resin restocked, let the ZoCos know if you want any other resin types available in the zone.
If you'd like to get authorized, reach out in the fablab channel

Glass Zone

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Infrastructure

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Injection Molding

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Jewelry Zone

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Kitchen Zone

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Laser Zone

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Leather Zone

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Machine Shop

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Media Lab

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Paint Zone

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Sewing Zone

Sewing is hopefully back on the buildout schedule this weekend, stay tuned to the channel for updates and task list.
Still some key things to finish up.
Hoping to get zone introduction sessions going soon but needing loose buildout ends done prior, ideally.
Did you know the 4x8' table is a machine surface for visiting/member sewing machines or temporary larger work space? Yep, plug in and set up is near the window end. Tall stool chair available. But right now, machine power pedal uses a mud bucket as a pedestal... We need something a little less janky. Jan says people look at her strange when the table is mentioned as sewing space, so this feature might make sense.
The 5x10' was not chosen for this use, because people need to move around it and as the larger table, is in more demand.
Lots of other hidden room features to share.
Been some inquiries about classes. If possible, I'm hoping to keep these members only until stuff is squared away. We still have some work to finish, machines to figure out.
Toni and Jen have offered to run some how-to sew sessions. See them if you have questions, see Jan to help with buildout efforts.

Storage Zone

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Tool Crib

Complete tool inventory is progressing and almost complete.
Stanley Tools kindly replaced our coping saw (which had a missing part making it non-functional) with a brand new one. Customer service as it should be.
All 5 pipe wrenches are now marked with pink paint linking them to the Tool Crib.
Liquidation of the 3 small storage racks is continuing and ongoing.
Plans for expanding the Milwaukee cordless power tool holder with 2 additional slots has kicked off. Using available scrap 3/4-inch plywood.
Joined up with Wood Shop to consolidate the pocket hole hardware and fasteners. Tool Crib has purchased some pocket hole fasteners (675 pieces), and additional pocket hole drill, and a couple of 6-inch long square drive bits. Plan is to locate the pocket hole jig, fasteners, and associate hardware on a portion of the Tool Crib wall in the fastener section. A one-stop-shop.
New labels are being affixed to most of the large storage bin containing hand tools, consumables and accessories.
An additional HD metal louvered mounting plate for hanging small storage bins has been purchased and installed. The zone already has the storage bins, which will replace the 3 small storage racks currently sitting on the floor near the existing fastener storage area. The small storage bin wall will now have 104 bins, as opposed to only 72. An effort will be made to incorporate more metric fasteners in this new area of the Tool Crib.
The 8 small storage bins that were mounted in the right hand alcove of the Tool Crib has been relocated to the left hand alcove adjacent to Milwaukee cordless tools. This should improve the workflow, grab the tool, then a battery and then the drive bit.