Hey everyone,<br><br>Thanks for stopping by today. A pretty productive meeting. Some notes follow ...<br><br>Attendees: Chris, Brian Williams, Jeff, Tom, Gergana, Brady, Erich, John<br><br>*) Opens<br> - Makerfaire 2013: need to start planning; Chris will e-mail keystaff list; whoever wants to participate, please reply to that e-mail<br>
- FYI: have a webcam installed in the space that is currently recording<br> - IMC programming and vision meeting next Sunday (Sept 16): Chris will send an e-mail to the list with details<br> - msp430 launch pad board: a better/cheaper option than the arduino;
consider investing in a bunch, maybe do our beginner classes with them?<br>
#) need to consider losing the community support (which arduino has); no shield<br>
#) helps us stage stuff out: use this for beginner; then move to the arduino for more advanced topics<br>
#) consider using this for the DCEO Eliminate the Digital Divide workshop<br>*) Membership/Finance Update<br> - IMC bookeeper is no longer a full-time position; will now contract with outside party<br> - Makerspace is still doing ok in terms of funds; Chris will let us know when he gets the next report<br>
*) RFID keylock discussion<br> - Have some ideas but need to focus our energy; will start planning on Wednesday, during open hours<br> - the group has decided on spending approval up to $100 for this project<br>*) Past events:<br>
- End of Summer Make-a-tion: awesome times! we should do it again next summer<br> - Outta the mouths of babes play-doh workshop: made touch-pad controller, eventually using the drum machine<br> - Innovation LLC workshop: did a quick soldering workshop, plus some arduino work<br>
#) had some issues because the computers did not all have the arduino software, we don't all know the passwords, etc.<br> #) Chris is setting up a provisioning system for the makerspace computers (for Linux) - he should have it running within the next week or so<br>
*) Upcoming/potential events:<br> - DCEO Eliminate the Digital Divide Grant<br> #) we're back in on the grant! still in the scheduling stages, need to figure out what the grant will allow us to do; Chris will update us once stuff is finalized<br>
- Jimmy Rodgers will be resident guest at Allen Hall/Unit One Oct 14 to 18<br> #) Jeff will contact the Unit One director<br> - UIUC IEEE 2012/2013 workshops<br> #) Welcome, Brady! IEEE will be doing monthly workshops, first one next week; they will be open to doing a field trip to the makerspace to do a workshop here<br>
- UC2B/Volo<br> #) Billy who works at Volo, the company that is installing the UC2B fiber in Urbana, stopped by open hours last week<br> #) interested in working with us and teaching the community about using computers, etc.;<br>
#) first, we need to decide on when we'll be doing these basic skills workshops, who will organize/staff them; we can consider pulling in GSLIS;<br> #) should talk to UC2B/Volo first, decide on an outline, then try to pull in the GSLIS folks<br>
#) Erich will let Billy know we're interested and go from there<br> - sewing co-op: Rose is talking up the makerspace to the other co-op folks;<br> #) we should keep up the conversation with them about having the sewing co-op host open hours and use the space<br>
- Week-long summer camp: maybe hire someone, or get one of the campus groups to help us<br> #) targeted to kids/teens from the community<br> - would be nice to get the IMC sign replaced; maybe do a neon workshop and create it?<br>
#) if we want to do something, need to put together a proposal and submit it to the IMC board - oct/nov timeframe;<br> #) John will follow-up with Jeff and Tom on first step, will let the list know once planning starts<br>
*) Anything else? -- None<br><br>Let me know if I missed anything. See you next month!<br><br>~Gergana<br>