March 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: $741.65
  • Paypal: $395.78
  • Total: $1137.43
• Taxes
  • James will submit taxes at HR Block
  • Working on annual report
• Wild Apricot
  • Everyone is in system but not active yet
  • Continued work to activate member profiles and add functionality

Check on progress of Building Topics/Projects

• Door access update (PC board not working)
  • basic web interface working (on bit bucket)
  • need to troubleshoot card reader
• EL Sign (we have a new inverter)
  • working!
  • need instruct able
• Bus
  • brakes are done
  • batteries are installed
  • ready to connect controller
  • windshield ordered
  • doors being painted
• 3D printer explanation video
  • to do
• Cleanup Dropbox/Google Drive
  • to do

Check on progress of Member Projects

• James competing with Dustin on Hack a day contest
• drawbot being revamped
• tesla coil functioning

Events

• Arduino Day (March 29th)
• (Real) Computing for Humans and other Non-robots (April 19th)
• Wichita Art and Book Fair (May 9-11)
• Basic Sewing Workshop (May 17)
• Riverfest (May 30-June 6)
• School STEM Days
  • April 17 - Mead Middleschool
  • May 1 - Mclean Magnet
• Kansas City Makerfaire (June 28-29)
• Hello World Program (summer) - need to let them know if we will host them for a weekend [1]

Any topics from members who are present

• Network Kansas
  • suggestions to network with peers in resource library
  • want to make their services available to our members
  • suggested a physical resources space at bluebird

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