<div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hello my peeps,<br><br></div>Our monthly membership meeting is this Sunday, 6pm at the Makerspace (Basement Room #16 in the UC Independent Media Center, 202 S. Broadway Ave in Urbana).<br><br>Here's a quick agenda:<br>
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<div><div><div> -- Mailing list move to @<a href="http://makerspaceurbana.org" target="_blank">makerspaceurbana.org</a><br></div><div> -- Post a list of workshops on the website<br>
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</div><div>*) Membership/Financial Update<br>
<div><div><div><div> -- Financial status<br></div></div></div>
</div><div> -- Funding ideas<br></div><div>
$) Selling bike light cross-stitch kits on Etsy<br></div><div class="im"><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><div> $) Yahoo! Employee Foundation (YEF) funding (due Monday, 3/31)<br></div><div class="im"> $) Put up a "Did you enjoy the space? Donate here" sign next to the donation jar<br>
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<div><div class="im"> $) Should we have a wider range of soldering kits?<br></div>
</div> $) Funding from Acorn Media for Help Desk<br><div class="im"> $) Awesome Foundation grant (for TUFL workshops?)<br></div></div><div></div><div><div class="im"> $) 3D printing keychains for a $1<br>
</div><div><div class="im"> $) We should have a list of 3D printer usage rules (including donation amounts)<br></div> #) Colten to get that done<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> -- Visit from Radical Homemakers from Bloomington, IL (Wed, March 12)<br> -- <a href="http://www.hfday.org/" target="_blank">Hardware Freedom Day</a> (Saturday, March 15)<br></div><div> -- Open Hours & Arduino's 10th Birthday celebration (Saturday, March 29)<br>
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*) Upcoming/potential events:<br> -- Family Science Day @ Redbird Arena, Normal, IL (Saturday, April 5, 2014, 11am-4pm)<br>
</div><div class="im"> -- MU table @ Midwest Zine Fest: postponed<br></div><div class="im"> -- LED workshop @ Dr. Howard Elementary (Wed, April 16 or 23)<br></div><div class="im"> -- MU table @ Champaign Public Library's 2014 Home School Fair (Saturday, April 19, 10am-noon)<br>
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</div><div class="im"><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><div> $) MU is recipient of 2014 Urbana Arts Grant! Reception on Thurs, April 3 @ 5:30pm at Pizza M<br>
</div></div> -- <a href="http://spacejamboree.com/" target="_blank">Space Jamboree</a> participation (Brian)<br></div><div>
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-- Potential Orpheum workshops<br></div></div> -- Glass bead workshop (Dena)<br></div><div class="im">
-- Urbana's Market @ the Square; Art @ the Market<br></div> -- Touch synthesizer workshop (Saturday, April 19, 3pm)<br></div> $) Hosted by IEEE, open to collaboration with MU<br><div><div> -- Potential sewing workshops with Shared Threads<br>
</div><div> -- Google Glass workshop (Liz)<br></div><div> -- Jamie Nelson from UofI's Emerging Technologies group<br></div><div> $) Panel on Makerspaces & Illinois Emerging Technologies Report<br></div>
<div> -- U of I Public Engagement Grant collaboration with Design for America group<br></div><div><div>*) Other things of interest:<br></div> -- <a href="http://www.library.illinois.edu/ediblebooks/">Edible Book Festival</a> (Tuesday, April 1 @ University YMCA)<br>
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<br></div><div>If there's anything else, bring it with you to the meeting.<br><br>See ya,<br></div><div>~Gergana<br></div></div>