[Imc-makerspace] February Membership Meeting, Sunday (2/23) @ 6pm
Gergana Slavova
gergana.s.slavova at gmail.com
Mon Feb 24 03:39:55 UTC 2014
Thanks for coming tonight, everyone! Here are a few notes of our
discussions.
Attendees: Jeff, Liz, Emily, Tim, Barry, Stewart, Monica, Gergana, Jacob,
Colten
Agenda:
*) Opens
-- Mailing list move to @makerspaceurbana.org
-- Google Glass update
$) Liz will be working on setting up a workshop with the Glass
-- 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>
$) Decided not to do this; Barry has agreed to drop batteries off
at a local recycling center
-- Getting a table saw?
$) No table saw yet, waiting on specs
*) Membership/Financial Update
-- Financial status
$) Current at around $1000 (including the Google Glass
reimbursement)
$) Stripe account update (Erich): no update
$) Membership levels: now posted on website (thanks, Emily)!
-- Funding ideas
$) Selling bike light cross-stitch kits on Etsy: no major update
$) 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: still working on it
$) 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?
#) Yes, group approves spending $100 on more kits (from
AdaFruit)
#) *Jeff *will get that rolling (can combine AdaFruit order
with others)
$) Funding from Acorn Media for Help Desk: no update
$) Awesome Foundation grant (for TUFL workshops?)
#) Gergana and Emily to work on that
$) 3D printing keychains for a $1
$) We should have a list of 3D printer usage rules (including
donation amounts)
#) Colten to get that done, no update
*) Help Desk: staying busy, volunteer has been working out great
*) RFID lock project: no update
*) Py-CU
-- Still working on the WIT open house, finalized on date
-- Continue brainstorming on potential projects
*) 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)
-- Electric Waste Orchestra concert (Thursday, Feb. 20, 7-9pm)
-- UIUC Fine Arts class visit @ MU (Friday, Feb. 21, 8-9:30pm)
-- Saturday Open Hours (Saturday, Feb. 22, 11am-4pm)
$) Good turn-out, should consider doing this regularly
*) Upcoming/potential events:
-- Hardware Freedom Day <http://www.hfday.org/> (Saturday, March 15)
$) MU interested in participating, working on an Arduino
workshop + Open Hours (11am-4pm)
$) *Gergana* to sign MU up
-- Zine Reading event with Tomas of Rad Dad (Monday, March 17)
$) Might be a better fit for the Zine library?
$) *Gergana* to reply and get him in touch with Emily
-- 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)
$) Will also participate in a panel about making
-- 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): no
update
-- Arduino Workshop - sometime in March?
$) Perfect event for the Hardware Freedom Day (March 15)
-- Potential Orpheum workshops (Gergana)
$) Colten is meeting with the education coordinator at the
Orpheum on Wed during Open Hours
-- Glass bead workshop (Dena): no update
-- Aromatherapy workshop with the food co-op (Emily)
$) Not happening, seems to be a misunderstanding
-- Urbana's Market @ the Square; Art @ the Market
$) *Jeff* will ping the new organizer of Art @ the Market
-- Skot from UIUC's ECE dept wants to do a 60 note polyphonic analog
synthesizer workshop: no update
-- Presentation/Visit from a new Bloomington hackerspace
$) We should invite them to the March 15 workshop
-- Questionnaire from UIUC student re: Makerspace Urbana
$) Anyone wants to fill it out? Stewart will do it.
-- Potential sewing workshops with Shared Threads
$) *Monica*'s working on it
*) 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
That should be it. If anything else, just drop a note here.
~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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