Minutes: May 14, 2013

  • Regular Items
    • 7 members present; not enough for quorum
    • Reports on Committees
      • Workshop Committee
        • Report on previous workshops (which were successful, which weren't, what we could have done better)
          • Good turnout for free workshops
          • Lots of new people came out to see them
          • Al felt PCB workshop could have been better, but was happy with how the casting and molding went
          • Would like more hands-on, but is difficult for some topics (like 3D printing)
          • Example: could have had lots of molds ready so that each person could do a cast
          • Probably can't go much bigger than 10 people. Could maybe split into two groups; one in clean room, one in shop.
          • Better prep and organization
        • Reminder about upcoming workshops (soap making, basic electronics)
        • Class requests?
          • Welding workshop: can ask Dennis; Andrew also knows somebody.
    • Membership
      • 3 associates, 24 full members as of today
    • Facebook advertising update
      • Ads didn't run for 2 weeks because of payment issue, but fixed. Spent $13 this month. Got 17 clicks and 39 conversions.
    • MoSo conference (anything new?)
      • Still waiting to hear back from them
      • Al volunteered to man it
      • Can get two passes
    • Kilobots 25: May 18-19
    • Tools: new bandsaw, CNC vacuum shoe
      • Ryan told Al to build CNC vacuum shoe
      • We have our new bandsaw. Working well enough. Other bandsaw has a metal blade.
  • New business
    • space security & the value of the associate membership
      • James will put together a procedure for how to do new signups so that we're prepared when people ask to sign up
    • 3d printing rates (member rate & public rate)
      • $20 setup + $5/hr for commission
      • Members by donation
    • Fundraising
      • Raffle? Need an event and something to raffle
      • Voucher for laser / 3D printing / CNC mill time?
      • Make a quad? Everybody likes the idea. We should order it.
      • What are we raising money for? A bigger space? A plasma cutter? Setup for PCB manufacturing? Shop reno? Metal multitool (shear, break, and roller).
    • Need to make sure we have active members with access to IT accounts
    • Need to update banking contacts
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