Regular Member Meeting 20150611

This meeting will be held in MIBS SRC3 format.

Time, location

20:00, Dallas Makerspace

Approval of prior minutes

Prior minutes

Officer/Committee reports

Committee chairs are requested to provide their reports in writing. Reports can be short bullet-points.

Committee Chairs

• 3d Fabrication Committee - Lisa Selk
  • Our "Midnight Maker" classes were a success; and, we now have a new PrintrBot Simple Metal 3D Printer.
    • Our new printer prints pretty good for a kit-built 3D printer. Naturally, it cannot compare to our PolyPrinter 3D printers; but, it's still pretty nifty!. It still needs a bit more calibration before we bring it online officially.
    • Classes to be authorized to use it will begin in about two weeks. A new thread will be started on the TALK forums once the classes are set-up and scheduled. They will also be posted on the Calendar, of course.
    • Here is a link to see one of the test prints being printed: https://www.facebook.com/3DFABatDallasMakerSpace/videos/vb.836048339768553/990082571031795/?type=2&theater

• • Last month the Board of Directors Meeting approved funds to purchase a High Definition 3D Scanner.
    • We have ordered the scanner; however, the last update I had, there was still about a 30 day backlog before they ship it.
    • I'll post on the ongoing thread in the TALK forum as I receive additional updates on it: https://talk.dallasmakerspace.org/t/3d-scanner-for-the-space/943

• • REMINDER: 3D Fab Support options include:
    • An e-mail address set up to report any break/fix issues for 3D Fab equipment. The e-mail address is: [email protected].
    • A 3D FAB Maintenance & Repair log book (to log issues reported via e-mail, as well as maintenance/repairs). Inside the binder, there are sheets to tape to the affected printer so others are aware of the issue and that it's been reported already.

• Aerospace Committee - Romeo Espana

• Amateur Radio Committee - Justin Edwards

• Automotive Committee - Brandon Green

• Blacksmith Committee - John Haskins

• Civic Hacking - Stephen Wylie

• Classroom Committee - Gus Reiter

• Creative Arts Committee - Haley Moore & Nicole Franczvai

• Electronics Robotics Committee - Ken Purcell
  • LabView 2014 Home Edition is available on the eLab PC
  • Working with Atmel to be a stop on the international Atmel Tech on Tour.
  • Pick & Place machine has has it's first use by a member
  • Group Electronics/Robotics Build coming Soon
  • Had group order of LED Filements

• Financial Committee - Benjamin Groves
  • Send me your receipts, I must have receipts
  • Ramping up on May's accounting now

• Foundry Committee - John Kuhlenschmidt

• Infrastructure Committee - Andrew LeCody
  • A few HVAC units servicing the Warehouse areas were leaking onto ceiling tiles. The ceiling tiles were removed due to damage and will be replaced.
    • The cause of this turned out to be a clogged drain line that is shared with all of our suite's HVAC units. A plumber was called and is working on clearing the lines.
    • In the meantime, the drain lines were disconnected (so the condensation "drains" on the roof itself) to avoid damage to the ceiling tiles and and tools near the affected areas.
  • Two network drops were flipped from the back of the Lecture Hall to the new Arts room.
    • Arts was severely lacking in network ports and the ports were almost never utilized in the Lecture Hall. There are still 4 live network drops in the front of the Lecture Hall
    • Two more network ports were found to be dead in the new Arts room, and require rewiring in order to function. We are working on getting these working.
    • A new line was run for the camera to be relocated to the new Arts room.
  • Most of the public-use HP laptops are locked up until their configurations can be corrected.
    • There was an unauthorized change in Operating Systems (and its configuration) that caused this.
  • Power is being run for the new Lasersaur, Server Room, 3D Fabrication, and the Woodworking room.

• Laser Committee - William Petefish

• Logistics Committee - Allen Wan

• Machine Shop Committee - Bryan Gangwere

• Metal Shop Committee - Danny Meeks

• Public Relations Committee - Krissy Heishman

• Science Committee - Richard Alexander

• VECTOR Committee - Nicholas Schell

• Wood Shop Committee - Alex Rhodes and Tom Cook

Agenda

Note: The normal cut-off time for agenda items is the Sunday prior at 11:59pm.

Minutes

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