<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Thanks for coming tonight, everyone! Here are a few notes of our discussions.<br><br>Attendees: Jeff, Liz, Emily, Tim, Barry, Stewart, Monica, Gergana, Jacob, Colten<br><br></div>Agenda:<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> $) Liz will be working on setting up a workshop with the Glass<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" target="_blank">iRecycle battery kit</a><br> $) Decided not to do this; Barry has agreed to drop batteries off at a local recycling center<br>
</div><div> -- Getting a table saw?<br> $) No table saw yet, waiting on specs<br><br></div></div><div>*) Membership/Financial Update<br>
<div><div><div><div> -- Financial status<br></div><div> $) Current at around $1000 (including the Google Glass reimbursement)<br>
</div><div> $) Stripe account update (Erich): no update<br>
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$) Membership levels: now posted on website (thanks, Emily)!<br></div></div>
</div><div> -- Funding ideas<br></div><div>
$) Selling bike light cross-stitch kits on Etsy: no major update<br></div><div> $) Will also do a general ask of anyone who has ever visited the space<br>
</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: still working on it<br></div> $) Put up a "Did you enjoy the space? Donate here" sign next to the donation jar<br>
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<div> $) Should we have a wider range of soldering kits?<br> #) Yes, group approves spending $100 on more kits (from AdaFruit)<br> #) <b>Jeff </b>will get that rolling (can combine AdaFruit order with others)<br>
</div> $) Funding from Acorn Media for Help Desk: no update<br> $) Awesome Foundation grant (for TUFL workshops?)<br></div><div> #) Gergana and Emily to work on that<br></div><div> $) 3D printing keychains for a $1<br>
<div> $) We should have a list of 3D printer usage rules (including donation amounts)<br> #) Colten to get that done, no update<br><br></div>*) Help Desk: staying busy, volunteer has been working out great<br>
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</div><div>*) RFID lock project: no update<br><br></div>
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*) Py-CU<br> -- Still working on the WIT open house, finalized on date<br> -- Continue brainstorming on potential projects<br><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><div> -- Electric Waste Orchestra concert (Thursday, Feb. 20, 7-9pm)<br>
-- UIUC Fine Arts class visit @ MU (Friday, Feb. 21, 8-9:30pm)<br></div><div> -- Saturday Open Hours (Saturday, Feb. 22, 11am-4pm)<br></div><div> $) Good turn-out, should consider doing this regularly<br>
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*) Upcoming/potential events:<br> -- <a href="http://www.hfday.org/" target="_blank">Hardware Freedom Day</a> (Saturday, March 15)<br> $) MU interested in participating, working on an Arduino workshop + Open Hours (11am-4pm)<br>
$) <b>Gergana</b> to sign MU up<br><div> -- Zine Reading event with Tomas of Rad Dad (Monday, March 17)<br> $) Might be a better fit for the Zine library?<br> $) <b>Gergana</b> to reply and get him in touch with Emily<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> $) Will also participate in a panel about making<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): no update<br></div><div> -- Arduino Workshop - sometime in March?<br> $) Perfect event for the Hardware Freedom Day (March 15)<br>
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-- Potential Orpheum workshops (Gergana)<br> $) Colten is meeting with the education coordinator at the Orpheum on Wed during Open Hours<br></div> -- Glass bead workshop (Dena): no update<br>
-- Aromatherapy workshop with the food co-op (Emily)<br> $) Not happening, seems to be a misunderstanding<br></div>
-- Urbana's Market @ the Square; Art @ the Market<br> $) <b>Jeff</b> will ping the new organizer of Art @ the Market<br> -- Skot from UIUC's ECE dept wants to do a 60 note polyphonic analog synthesizer workshop: no update<br>
-- Presentation/Visit from a new Bloomington hackerspace<br> $) We should invite them to the March 15 workshop<br>
-- Questionnaire from UIUC student re: Makerspace Urbana<br> $) Anyone wants to fill it out? Stewart will do it.<br></div><div> -- Potential sewing workshops with Shared Threads<br></div><div> $) <b>Monica</b>'s working on it<br>
<br></div><div><div><div>*) Other things of interest:<br></div> -- Inclusions & Exclusions Reading Group (Wednesday, Feb. 26, 12-1pm @ GSLIS 341)<br></div>
$) Dr. Kate Clancy's <a href="http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/context-and-variation/2014/01/14/women-in-science-welcome-but-not-welcome/" target="_blank">Women in Science: Welcome but Not Welcome</a> blog post<br>
<br></div><div>That should be it. If anything else, just drop a note here.<br><br></div><div>~Gergana<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Gergana Slavova <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gergana.s.slavova@gmail.com" target="_blank">gergana.s.slavova@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><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>
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*) 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" target="_blank">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/" target="_blank">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/" target="_blank">Women in Science: Welcome but Not Welcome</a> blog post<br>
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</div><div>See you soon!<span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><br><br></font></span></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div>~Gergana<br></div></font></span></div></div>
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