Meeting 20100304

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Ed, brought home-made CNC
Steve brought in small PC for driving it.
1915 Initial introductions
1916 Question what does the $100 get you
- goes to the initial startup, how much is required for it
- membership fee is different
budget models
monthly goal
6 members so far

- Makerspace items

WHO IS AT THIS MEETING, TAKE ROLL
- sent around a sheet for people to put in their name and how the Makerspace knows them
create maker space member recruitment flyer(s) for placement around town
plan presentations for upcoming meetings
speak to local groups with potential members also print and put up flyers in shops you frequent
find potential spaces - List of Space Requirements
1928
roundtable group introduction
- while the intros are going around, Ed is setting up the PC to the CNC
1938
1943 introductions complete
1945 CNC machine
- problems w/ the PC, it can't boot from CD.
- 1948 borrowing someone's IBM Thinkpad w/ a parallel port to handle it
1950 Dale Wheat's CNC platform

1958 Back to Ed's CNC/etcher/engraver
- 2001 Lights!
- 2003 Parallel port on laptop just isn't working.
- 2014 Attempting to get laptop working, and discussing vertical unit on CNC
- 2019 Choosing the last remaining parallel port option in the BIOS

2140 End

Attendees