February 24 2014

Meeting Time: 5:30pm Location: Bluebird Arthouse

All members are welcome to attend, and non-board members can join the conversation when invited.

Legal/Financial

• Treasurer Report
  • Bank balance: $381.65
  • Paypal: $742.22
  • Total: $1123.87
• Wild Apricot trial will expire at end of month - $50 to continue
  • Jens/Tom to continue evaluating, may make phone call to find answers

Policies and Procedures

• No updates to report

Check on progress of Building Topics/Projects

• Door access update
  • Rye to borrow some parts from Tom (screw terminals, headers, etc)
  • Can currently read a card and pull pin high
  • Team to start meeting on Tuesday nights (6pm), starting this Tuesday
• EL Sign
  • Everything is wired, ready to mount
  • Not going to implement rotating gears ATM
  • Mike D. suggests another sign in the Bluebird front window
• Bus
  • Acquired controller, new brake cylinder
  • Confirmed master brake cylinder is good
  • Battery wells cleaned and painted
  • John seems to be happy about the documentation of the controller and how to hook it up
  • New windshield to be installed free-of-charge by Safelite AutoGlass

Check on progress of Member Projects

• Tom M. built a PCB board for the motor controllers on the desktop milling machine - it plugs in like a shield!

New equipment/donations

• There is a box with the parts to a laptop. It is unlabeled and has been here for over a week
  • Dominic C suggests a policy where unmarked items are labeled with a date. If they remain unclaimed (via labeling and storing), it will be available for anyone to claim for a project or disposal.

Events

• RECAP: Toner Transfer Workshop (February 15, 1 pm)
  • Turnout could've been better
  • Example etch was really good
  • Personal, anecdotal feedback was positive
  • Identified potential for separate EagleCad workshop
• RECAP: SWE Expo (February 22)
  • Put a 3D printer explanation video on the laptop, so people can watch the video themselves
  • Suggestion to create a "booth bag"
  • Next year, have an activity for the kids to make something
  • Recommend more than 2 people to run the booth
  • Need to have ability to sign new members
• Intro to CNC (March 15th)
  • Tom M says he will be ready, only needs a projector
• Intro to Programming for Humans and other Non-robots (March 29)
  • Dominic C to run
• Wichita Art and Book Fair (May 9-11)
  • Plan to be present, but not to do big demo or activity
  • Ideas for things to bring
    • Remote control balloon
    • Laser spirograph
    • Mechanical spirograph
    • Scott's Drawbot
    • Touch table
    • Infinity mirror
    • The usual suspects
    • Robot Arm
      • 3D printer
      • Small foam cutter
      • PCB Mill
  • Tom M to communicate plans to Chris G
  • Tom M to confirm booth size
• Basic Sewing Workshop (May 17)
• Riverfest (May 30-June 6)
  • STEM Activities
    • "We are go"
    • Meeting tomorrow to discuss and narrow projects list
    • Next meeting to meet w/ other organizations involved with STEM-related activities
  • Non-STEM Presence
    • Need to decide if we're going to do this
    • Need to decide projects/activities for this
      • Tom M suggests a collaborative, additive styrofoam-project
      • Mike suggests asking other orgs to collaborate with us on a public event at Riverfest

Any topics from members who are present

• Taxes
  • James has offered to donate towards the cost of taxes
  • Will have them completed by his H&R block

Meeting closed at 19:05