[Imc-makerspace] Show & Tell? Re: January Membership Meeting Minutes [1/22]

[Stewart Dickson]

Thanks, Gergana, for facilitating the meeting!

After I left, it occurred to me that a really great event to have -- for
the benefit of new members/visitors -- is a way to
introduce ourselves in terms of our specific interests and projects.  ( We
probably should have done better
introductions last night.)  What would everyone think of just a
Show-and-Tell event?   (A one-hour micro-mini Maker Faire?)    Champaign
Movie Makers has a monthly program of invited speakers.   Is that something
else we might want to start up?

-Stewart


On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 9:03 PM, Gergana Slavova <
gergana.s.slavova at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks to everyone for coming!  We were glad to see a few new faces :)
>
>
> Attendees: Stewart, Derek, Jeff, Brian, John, Erich, Barry, Gergana,
> Sunah, Colton
>
>
>
> - Opens
>
> - Website server crashed again, site is down; would be nice to have
> someone in charge of this so downtime is minimized; Chris is working on
> getting someone
>
> - Chris started new makerspace-keystaff mailing list; to be used for
> business-related manners, not applicable to full listserv
>
>  - Membership update
>
> - Chris is working towards getting us more volunteers, networking
> opportunities, etc.; he can provide an update next time
>
> - Help Desk pulled $80 last week
>
>             - Potential recruits could come from Community Informatics
> club
>
>  - Website domain renewals: makespaceu.{org, com, net} and
> makerspaceurbana.{org, com, net}
>
> - Jeremy already renewed them for another year.  Thanks, Jeremy!  He will
> get reimbursed
>
> - Do we need all of them?  Point is moot due to renewal; will bring this
> up again in Sept/Oct '12
>
> - Jeremy to continue as point of contact; Erich will talk to Jeremy this
> week to clarify
>
>
> - Upcoming events
>      *) Mitch Altman visit (Feb. 26 - March 1)
>
> - Stewart already in contact; Mitch will be doing Tech Knowledge on that
> Thurs morning
>
> - Can also do a potential workshop with the Makerspace while he’s here
>      *) Maker Faire (April 14)
>
> - no activity due to maternity/holidays/busy time
>
> - Erich will update list once things start to pick-up
>      *) Another movie night
>
> - Feb. 12
>
> - Potential movies:
>
> - Tron / Tron: Legacy
>
> - Real Genius
>
> - Weird Science
>
> - War Games
>
> - Blade Runner
>
> - Live Free or Die Hard
>
> - Gergana will poll the Facebook members
>
> - Possible projects:
>      *) Robot for indy sci-fi short film
>
> - Stewart will follow-up with filmmaker to check on timeframe, funding,
> etc.
>      *) DARPA's MENTOR Makerspace program
>
> - No interest
>      *) 24/7 video telepresence with another hackerspace
>
> - Postpone until UC2B is a reality; could then do this with someone local
> (FabLab?)
>
>      *) Portable desk idea; Makerspace is interested; Chris to send out
> more details once available
>      *) We should also start thinking of possible workshops for 2012
>
> - Community-oriented workshops focusing on houses with new internet access
> through the UC2B project (coming later this year); Sunah to give an update
> in the Feb/March meetings
>
> - Maybe repeat pewter casting workshop?  Person to teach it last time
> might have left town
>
> - Come with ideas next time!
>
>
> Let me know if I missed anything.
>
>
> Peace out,
>
> ~Gergana
>
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