2018-03-21 meeting minutes

2018-03-21 Blabs meeting agenda / minutes

Agenda:

• Treasurers report presented - prepared by Heath
• Workshop planning for spring and summer
• The new parking ticket stickers provided by Adam
• Pete provided dust collection system maps for people to submit their preferred layout

Hidden agenda: Post meeting activities organized after 7pm:

• Secure member storage area setup with shelves
• Air compressor moved to final location in wood shop
• Upper deck of storage unit cleared of all Blabs stuff
• Good progress in moving smaller stuff back into space
• Discarded some junk which made the move.
• Car lift stood up in final location

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Workshop discussion notes:

• Blender 3D Modelling and Animation - $150 - April Alex - Tuesdays 7-9pm
  • 9 weeks, 2 hours per week

• Needle Felting - $15 - April 7th - Dan & frieind - 2 hours

• Soldering - $15-20 - April 20th - Gavin & Nathan - 2 hours x2
  • 2nd date - July 30th Monday

• Laser Cutter - $40 per person + $25 materials = $65
  • April 21 and 28, 2018 - Dan - 4 hours x2

• Machining - Nathan / April days

• Retr0bright Day - $TBD May 5th /

• Welding Day - Nathan, Adam, Neal - June 23rd, Sat
  • / Adam unavail June 8-10th

• Arduino - $30
  • Steve and Jenett - April 21st / Saturday / 3-4 hours / Dates changed after the meeting

• MicroPython & microcontrollers — $TBD - Vic - July / 2wks / 3-4 hours / Tuesday evenings
  • July 10th & 17th

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TBD workshops and other notes: ones which did not yet have dates

• Neopixel/IoT or Addressable RGB LED - anytime after Arduino, followup in May - TBD
  • Dan would like to help with a workshop on this

• Oscilloscope workshop - Gavin - Later, maby August - TBD

• Video Editing - Jason - Summer - TBD
• Powerpoint Roulette - Jason - TBD
• Rain Barrel/Planters - Heath - TBD
• Amateur Radio - Gavin / Shelved until antennas back up, TBD

• Full Stack class / Joey / July - TBD

• Encryption class like we tried last year and failed - Jimmy/Steve/Nathan

• August Laser workshop - Dan - TBD

• Pete - wanted 4 workshop slots held for auction at Girls Inc