[Imc-makerspace] February Membership Meeting, Sunday (2/23) @ 6pm

[Gergana Slavova]

Hi everyone,

Just a reminder about our meeting tonight.

Chuck, you're more than welcome to stop by and we can discuss possible
collaborations.  It'll be good to know what you've already done and what
workshops we have available.

Regards,
~Gergana


On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Gergana Slavova <
gergana.s.slavova at gmail.com> wrote:

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