<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>Hi everyone,<br><br></div>Looking forward to seeing you at our monthly membership meeting this Sunday, 6pm at the Makerspace. Here's a quick list of some things we'll discuss.<br><br>
*) Opens<br>
<div><div><div> -- Mailing list move to @<a href="http://makerspaceurbana.org" target="_blank">makerspaceurbana.org</a><br>
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</div><div><div> -- Google Glass update<br></div><div> -- Clean-up signs put up in the space!<br></div><div> -- News-Gazette article on the Makerspace!<br></div><div> -- Purchase an <a href="http://www.batteryrecycling.com/Products/195/373/iRecycle+Kits/iRecycle+Kit+35">iRecycle battery kit</a><br>
</div><div> -- Getting a table saw?<br></div></div><div>*) Membership/Financial Update<br>
<div><div><div><div> -- Financial status<br>
</div><div> $) Stripe account update (Erich)<br>
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$) Membership levels<br></div></div>
</div><div> -- Funding ideas<br></div><div>
$) Selling bike light cross-stitch kits on Etsy<br></div><div> $) Will also do a general ask of anyone who has ever visited the space<br>
</div><div></div><div> $) Food Co-op round-up monthly donation: hold off until summer<br>
$) Py-CU workshop<br></div><div><div> $) Yahoo! Employee Foundation (YEF) funding<br></div> $) Put up a "Did you enjoy the space? Donate here" sign next to the donation jar<br></div><div>
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<div> $) Should we have a wider range of soldering kits?<br></div> $) Funding from Acorn Media for Help Desk<br> $) Awesome Foundation grant (for TUFL workshops?)<br> $) 3D printing keychains for a $1<br>
<div> $) We should have a list of 3D printer usage rules (including donation amounts)<br></div>*) Help Desk<br>
</div><div>*) RFID lock project<br></div>
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*) Py-CU<br></div><div>*) Past events:<br>
<div><div><div><div> -- Py-CU's first year anniversary (Saturday, Feb. 1, 6-9pm)<br></div><div> -- Mitch Altman's Cool Kits workshop @ MU (Saturday, Feb. 15, 2-5pm)<br></div>
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*) Upcoming/potential events:<br> -- <a href="http://www.hfday.org/">Hardware Freedom Day</a> (Saturday, March 15)<br><div> -- Zine Reading event with Tomas of Rad Dad (Monday, March 17)<br></div><div> -- Family Science Day @ Redbird Arena, Normal, IL (Saturday, April 5, 2014, 11am-4pm)<br>
</div> -- MU table @ Midwest Zine Fest (Saturday, April 12, 2014)<br> -- MU table @ Champaign Public Library's 2014 Home School Fair (Saturday, April 19, 10am-noon)<br></div><div> -- MU hosting a Cadet Girl Scout troop (potential Saturday)<br>
</div><div><div> -- PyCU's Women's IT and Computing Open House (Saturday, May 31, 1-4pm)<br></div> -- 4th Annual UC Mini Maker Faire (Saturday, Sept. 13)<br>
</div> -- <a href="http://spacejamboree.com/" target="_blank">Space Jamboree</a> participation (Brian)<br></div><div> -- Arduino Workshop - sometime in March?<br></div></div></div><div>
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-- Potential Orpheum workshops (Gergana)<br></div> -- Glass bead workshop (Dena)<br>
-- Aromatherapy workshop with the food co-op (Emily)<br></div><div></div>
-- Urbana's Market @ the Square; Art @ the Market<br> -- Skot from UIUC's ECE dept wants to do a 60 note polyphonic analog synthesizer workshop<br></div> -- Presentation/Visit from a new Bloomington hackerspace<br>
</div> -- Questionnaire from UIUC student re: Makerspace Urbana<br><div><div><div>*) Other things of interest:<br></div> -- Inclusions & Exclusions Reading Group (Wednesday, Feb. 26, 12-1pm @ GSLIS 341)<br></div>
<div> $) Dr. Kate Clancy's <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/context-and-variation/2014/01/14/women-in-science-welcome-but-not-welcome/">Women in Science: Welcome but Not Welcome</a> blog post<br>
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</div><div>See you soon!<br><br></div><div>~Gergana<br></div></div></div>