Computer Committee Meeting 20190515
Contents
Agenda
Chair nomination
Unanimous - For Dwight S. No Other contestant.
Expansion location
Take 104 lobby but if something opens up better then we'll take that. Cavate (spelling?) committee to work on a project to secure items on display and tools in the area.
Events and fun
- Texas Linux Fest May 31st - June 1st (Irving convention center)
- Lets play (Aug 9-11)
- Booth $175
- General Avaliblity
- 50/50 2x2 classes with SDC and VCC
- Chat with vector about attendance
- QuakeCon
- Defcon
- approach the board about a single booth for presence
Projects
- Meetup Pilot Program (vcc and dms promotion)
- Jo (lead)
- Peter (support)
- Phone phreaking with payphone
- Mame Terminal and Racky McRack
Classes
- Work on core classes and promotional material about them
- Jo is A+ cert and can teach CompTIA A+ prep
- Material
- Comptia prep
- Intro to Web Dev (js, html5, css, etc.) via freecodecamp
- Python and ML Classes (coding dojo)
- MLH hackathons
- CTF
- Locksport
- Docker
- DevOps
- Further discussion online (talk/chat)
- history of computers and general intro to computers for people that don't like computers (@jo)
- Microcontrollers
PR
- Core mission message - Build a connection with Retro computer meetup (david f.)
Museum
- Expansion To be a clean slate
- Next machine: Document first before on display
- Dwight to lead documentation of 'racky mcrack' and mime cab terminal
- Dwight to document docker cluster
- Should have demo and instructions for the machine
Open floor
- David volunteers as program directory for radio and youtube - 8-bit guy collab
Meeting notes
Attendance
- Ben - Capt - Bill - Dwight - Helen (mojop) - Peter - Mike_Fredick
Start: 7pm
End: 8:30pm
Action Items
- Get attendees access to kanboard - Update kanboard with user stories based on above - Team to plan PR events online - Team to document events, projects, and classes - Jo to lead test pilot for meetup
