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Regular Member Meeting 2013 01 08

2013-01-09T01:45:54Z

DigiFAB: /* Member Reports */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

== Time and Location ==
January 8, 2013

Meeting called to order at 19:36 by Eric

Members Present: Eric, Tim, Timothy, Chris, Alberto, Jamie, David, Martin, Dan, David, Tim Slagle, Andy, Liz, Nadir, Philip, Joseph
Others Present: TJ

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2012 12 11]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Matt Hines - Occupancy sensor getting better. Will be hooked up to twitter. Web cams exist and may be hooked up. There will be a switch to turn them on and off so as not to be creepy.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Planning activities for the year

BOD meeting planned. Everyone may join. Standing rules will be discussed. 15 people limit joining online.

Working on non-discrimination policy and anti-harassment policy. Will distribute to list for edits.

Looking at other hack spaces to copy their ideas. Will report back on cool stuff.

Annual meeting is postponed to March to make room for rules and policy changes.

^^ the above will also be announced on the members list.

Ivy invited us to run a table at shmoo con. Security conference. Security capture the flag. Will bring stickers and brochures. Mentioned that we do more maker stuff. Our choice, but will be a bunch of geeks there, so whatever we do will be interesting, but may not be relevant. Will not hand out all our stickers. Also lobby con, no ticket required -- just hang out outside the conference and talk to everyone.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Ben is not here.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2012: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2012_12.pdf]]. We gained two new members (Paul Commons and Christine Prefontaine), and lost two (Daniel Watson and Greg Rice). We had 53 paying members and 4 non-paying members (two are in transition between payment methods). This leaves us below the 57 we need to meet expenses with dues alone again. Members kicking in extra are keeping us positive again this month - thanks!

We had some extra expenses ($100 guard tip and $120 for a year of Clear internet service) so we finished slightly negative (-$12) on regular expenses compared to dues and non-earmarked donations.

Quorum remains at 14.

==== Project Awesome ====

Since we were net negative in regular income and expenses, there is no Project Awesome dividend for December. However there were a large amount of earmarked donations for Project LASER - thanks everyone! Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2012_12.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
====Martin====

FCC radio certification. Could do a cram course and then promote that outside of hacdc to get more attention.

====Andy====
Nothing to report. No excuses. Not nerding out.

Cutting clear acrylic with a student and got hit with laser in eye. Guide laser. Freak accident, what. Spent 5 hrs in ER, sucked.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==

=== Project LASER ===

We received a total of almost $1900 in donations earmarked for Project LASER in December! That brings the total to $4459, which is enough to buy the Full Spectrum Engineering "newhobby" laser. More funding will be needed for the cooling pump, protective eyewear, and venting hardware however.

I continue to read (on CNCzone.com) some stories of shabby treatment of customers by FSLaser - not honoring warranties, not paying for shipping on defective parts, lasers arriving pretty trashed from China, etc. So I want to do a full search of alternatives before pulling the trigger. If we are able to afford a 60W from somewhere else I think I'd go for that instead - the 40W FSlaser needs multiple passes to cut 1/4" materials. --TMS

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

Not much. Code sprint guy from the neighborhood who work with Sean came in and got him working with that, and that's about it.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

No action unfortunately. Being realistic, I probably won't have time to put a workshop together until the end of February. If someone else wants to do one they could use my collection of soldering irons and tools. --TMS

== Member Reports ==

=== Tim Slagle ===
I'm hoping to set up info@hacdc.org as our inbox for help and information requests. Google Groups has a collaborative inbox feature we will use to try and track the requests to make sure stuff isn't getting lost in the cracks.

I'm putting together a "Stuff and Space" committee to help write Standing Rules on how we manage and disposition our stuff, and allocate space. We have myself, Martin, DanB, and are waiting to hear from David Whiteis. With luck we will have something to vote on at the annual meeting.

=== Chris ===

Sound abatement panels completed. Do not squish them please. Will make it so the work area does not get so loud. If you have extra whiteboards, cork boards, plastic bins, etc, we would like these. Dry erase crayons are awesome. Dry-erase friendly paint? Board stuff is cheaper than paint. Other options discussed. Plexiglass. Glass also works. Diamonds. Gold. Terapin trader run anyone?

More free stuff = less buying of things. Contact Eric before bringing things in. This is a good time of year to get free stuff from dumpsters. We do not need more printers.

=== Alberto ===

Proposes repeating the Arduino processing class. Duplicate of Artosphere class from May. Crash course intro to electronics. Arduino, processing, then arduino processing. Supplanted by a kit build from sparkfun. Willing to teach that one. Three organizations from which to leverage attendees.

=== Andy ===

Learning software for dance music. If you are interested in electronic music with digital audio workstations, let's chat.

=== Matt ===

Working on occupancy sensor, basement salvage, frequency mixer.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

TJ - Moved done a year ago. Used to do embedded design. Builds CNC machines. 3D printers. Aviation electronics. In between projects. Licensed pilot.

Eric nominates Alberto seconds. Voted? Accepted

== Adjournment ==

Adjourned at: 8:42.

Regular Member Meeting 2013 01 08

2013-01-09T01:43:01Z

DigiFAB: /* Adjournment */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

== Time and Location ==
January 8, 2013

Meeting called to order at 19:36 by Eric

Members Present: Eric, Tim, Timothy, Chris, Alberto, Jamie, David, Martin, Dan, David, Tim Slagle, Andy, Liz, Nadir, Philip, Joseph
Others Present: TJ

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2012 12 11]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Matt Hines - Occupancy sensor getting better. Will be hooked up to twitter. Web cams exist and may be hooked up. There will be a switch to turn them on and off so as not to be creepy.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Planning activities for the year

BOD meeting planned. Everyone may join. Standing rules will be discussed. 15 people limit joining online.

Working on non-discrimination policy and anti-harassment policy. Will distribute to list for edits.

Looking at other hack spaces to copy their ideas. Will report back on cool stuff.

Annual meeting is postponed to March to make room for rules and policy changes.

^^ the above will also be announced on the members list.

Ivy invited us to run a table at shmoo con. Security conference. Security capture the flag. Will bring stickers and brochures. Mentioned that we do more maker stuff. Our choice, but will be a bunch of geeks there, so whatever we do will be interesting, but may not be relevant. Will not hand out all our stickers. Also lobby con, no ticket required -- just hang out outside the conference and talk to everyone.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Ben is not here.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2012: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2012_12.pdf]]. We gained two new members (Paul Commons and Christine Prefontaine), and lost two (Daniel Watson and Greg Rice). We had 53 paying members and 4 non-paying members (two are in transition between payment methods). This leaves us below the 57 we need to meet expenses with dues alone again. Members kicking in extra are keeping us positive again this month - thanks!

We had some extra expenses ($100 guard tip and $120 for a year of Clear internet service) so we finished slightly negative (-$12) on regular expenses compared to dues and non-earmarked donations.

Quorum remains at 14.

==== Project Awesome ====

Since we were net negative in regular income and expenses, there is no Project Awesome dividend for December. However there were a large amount of earmarked donations for Project LASER - thanks everyone! Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2012_12.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
====Martin====

FCC radio certification. Could do a cram course and then promote that outside of hacdc to get more attention.

====Andy====
Nothing to report. No excuses. Not nerding out.

Cutting clear acrylic with a student and got hit with laser in eye. Guide laser. Freak accident, what. Spent 5 hrs in ER, sucked.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==

=== Project LASER ===

We received a total of almost $1900 in donations earmarked for Project LASER in December! That brings the total to $4459, which is enough to buy the Full Spectrum Engineering "newhobby" laser. More funding will be needed for the cooling pump, protective eyewear, and venting hardware however.

I continue to read (on CNCzone.com) some stories of shabby treatment of customers by FSLaser - not honoring warranties, not paying for shipping on defective parts, lasers arriving pretty trashed from China, etc. So I want to do a full search of alternatives before pulling the trigger. If we are able to afford a 60W from somewhere else I think I'd go for that instead - the 40W FSlaser needs multiple passes to cut 1/4" materials. --TMS

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

Not much. Code sprint guy from the neighborhood who work with Sean came in and got him working with that, and that's about it.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

No action unfortunately. Being realistic, I probably won't have time to put a workshop together until the end of February. If someone else wants to do one they could use my collection of soldering irons and tools. --TMS

== Member Reports ==

=== Tim Slagle ===
I'm hoping to set up info@hacdc.org as our inbox for help and information requests. Google Groups has a collaborative inbox feature we will use to try and track the requests to make sure stuff isn't getting lost in the cracks.

I'm putting together a "Stuff and Space" committee to help write Standing Rules on how we manage and disposition our stuff, and allocate space. We have myself, Martin, DanB, and are waiting to hear from David Whiteis. With luck we will have something to vote on at the annual meeting.

=== Chris ===

Sound abatement panels completed. Do not squish them please. Will make it so the work area does not get so loud. If you have extra whiteboards, cork boards, plastic bins, etc, we would like these. Dry erase crayons are awesome. Dry-erase friendly paint? Board stuff is cheaper than paint. Other options discussed. Plexiglass. Glass also works. Diamonds. Gold. Terapin trader run anyone?

More free stuff = less buying of things. Contact Eric before bringing things in. This is a good time of year to get free stuff from dumpsters. We do not need more printers.

=== Alberto ===

Proposes repeating the Arduino processing class. Duplicate of Artosphere class from May. Crash course intro to electronics. Arduino, processing, then arduino processing. Supplanted by a kit build from sparkfun. Willing to teach that one. Three organizations from which to leverage attendees.

=== Andy ===

Learning software for dance music. If you are interested in electronic music with digital audio workstations, let's chat.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

TJ - Moved done a year ago. Used to do embedded design. Builds CNC machines. 3D printers. Aviation electronics. In between projects. Licensed pilot.

Eric nominates Alberto seconds. Voted? Accepted

== Adjournment ==

Adjourned at: 8:42.

Regular Member Meeting 2013 01 08

2013-01-09T01:42:00Z

DigiFAB: /* New Members */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

== Time and Location ==
January 8, 2013

Meeting called to order at 19:36 by Eric

Members Present: Eric, Tim, Timothy, Chris, Alberto, Jamie, David, Martin, Dan, David, Tim Slagle, Andy, Liz, Nadir, Philip, Joseph
Others Present: TJ

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2012 12 11]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Matt Hines - Occupancy sensor getting better. Will be hooked up to twitter. Web cams exist and may be hooked up. There will be a switch to turn them on and off so as not to be creepy.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Planning activities for the year

BOD meeting planned. Everyone may join. Standing rules will be discussed. 15 people limit joining online.

Working on non-discrimination policy and anti-harassment policy. Will distribute to list for edits.

Looking at other hack spaces to copy their ideas. Will report back on cool stuff.

Annual meeting is postponed to March to make room for rules and policy changes.

^^ the above will also be announced on the members list.

Ivy invited us to run a table at shmoo con. Security conference. Security capture the flag. Will bring stickers and brochures. Mentioned that we do more maker stuff. Our choice, but will be a bunch of geeks there, so whatever we do will be interesting, but may not be relevant. Will not hand out all our stickers. Also lobby con, no ticket required -- just hang out outside the conference and talk to everyone.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Ben is not here.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2012: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2012_12.pdf]]. We gained two new members (Paul Commons and Christine Prefontaine), and lost two (Daniel Watson and Greg Rice). We had 53 paying members and 4 non-paying members (two are in transition between payment methods). This leaves us below the 57 we need to meet expenses with dues alone again. Members kicking in extra are keeping us positive again this month - thanks!

We had some extra expenses ($100 guard tip and $120 for a year of Clear internet service) so we finished slightly negative (-$12) on regular expenses compared to dues and non-earmarked donations.

Quorum remains at 14.

==== Project Awesome ====

Since we were net negative in regular income and expenses, there is no Project Awesome dividend for December. However there were a large amount of earmarked donations for Project LASER - thanks everyone! Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2012_12.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
====Martin====

FCC radio certification. Could do a cram course and then promote that outside of hacdc to get more attention.

====Andy====
Nothing to report. No excuses. Not nerding out.

Cutting clear acrylic with a student and got hit with laser in eye. Guide laser. Freak accident, what. Spent 5 hrs in ER, sucked.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==

=== Project LASER ===

We received a total of almost $1900 in donations earmarked for Project LASER in December! That brings the total to $4459, which is enough to buy the Full Spectrum Engineering "newhobby" laser. More funding will be needed for the cooling pump, protective eyewear, and venting hardware however.

I continue to read (on CNCzone.com) some stories of shabby treatment of customers by FSLaser - not honoring warranties, not paying for shipping on defective parts, lasers arriving pretty trashed from China, etc. So I want to do a full search of alternatives before pulling the trigger. If we are able to afford a 60W from somewhere else I think I'd go for that instead - the 40W FSlaser needs multiple passes to cut 1/4" materials. --TMS

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

Not much. Code sprint guy from the neighborhood who work with Sean came in and got him working with that, and that's about it.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

No action unfortunately. Being realistic, I probably won't have time to put a workshop together until the end of February. If someone else wants to do one they could use my collection of soldering irons and tools. --TMS

== Member Reports ==

=== Tim Slagle ===
I'm hoping to set up info@hacdc.org as our inbox for help and information requests. Google Groups has a collaborative inbox feature we will use to try and track the requests to make sure stuff isn't getting lost in the cracks.

I'm putting together a "Stuff and Space" committee to help write Standing Rules on how we manage and disposition our stuff, and allocate space. We have myself, Martin, DanB, and are waiting to hear from David Whiteis. With luck we will have something to vote on at the annual meeting.

=== Chris ===

Sound abatement panels completed. Do not squish them please. Will make it so the work area does not get so loud. If you have extra whiteboards, cork boards, plastic bins, etc, we would like these. Dry erase crayons are awesome. Dry-erase friendly paint? Board stuff is cheaper than paint. Other options discussed. Plexiglass. Glass also works. Diamonds. Gold. Terapin trader run anyone?

More free stuff = less buying of things. Contact Eric before bringing things in. This is a good time of year to get free stuff from dumpsters. We do not need more printers.

=== Alberto ===

Proposes repeating the Arduino processing class. Duplicate of Artosphere class from May. Crash course intro to electronics. Arduino, processing, then arduino processing. Supplanted by a kit build from sparkfun. Willing to teach that one. Three organizations from which to leverage attendees.

=== Andy ===

Learning software for dance music. If you are interested in electronic music with digital audio workstations, let's chat.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

TJ - Moved done a year ago. Used to do embedded design. Builds CNC machines. 3D printers. Aviation electronics. In between projects. Licensed pilot.

Eric nominates Alberto seconds. Voted? Accepted

== Adjournment ==

Adjourned at:

Regular Member Meeting 2013 01 08

2013-01-09T01:31:41Z

DigiFAB: /* Time and Location */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

== Time and Location ==
January 8, 2013

Meeting called to order at 19:36 by Eric

Members Present: Eric, Tim, Timothy, Chris, Alberto, Jamie, David, Martin, Dan, David, Tim Slagle, Andy, Liz, Nadir, Philip, Joseph
Others Present: TJ

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2012 12 11]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Matt Hines - Occupancy sensor getting better. Will be hooked up to twitter. Web cams exist and may be hooked up. There will be a switch to turn them on and off so as not to be creepy.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Planning activities for the year

BOD meeting planned. Everyone may join. Standing rules will be discussed. 15 people limit joining online.

Working on non-discrimination policy and anti-harassment policy. Will distribute to list for edits.

Looking at other hack spaces to copy their ideas. Will report back on cool stuff.

Annual meeting is postponed to March to make room for rules and policy changes.

^^ the above will also be announced on the members list.

Ivy invited us to run a table at shmoo con. Security conference. Security capture the flag. Will bring stickers and brochures. Mentioned that we do more maker stuff. Our choice, but will be a bunch of geeks there, so whatever we do will be interesting, but may not be relevant. Will not hand out all our stickers. Also lobby con, no ticket required -- just hang out outside the conference and talk to everyone.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Ben is not here.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2012: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2012_12.pdf]]. We gained two new members (Paul Commons and Christine Prefontaine), and lost two (Daniel Watson and Greg Rice). We had 53 paying members and 4 non-paying members (two are in transition between payment methods). This leaves us below the 57 we need to meet expenses with dues alone again. Members kicking in extra are keeping us positive again this month - thanks!

We had some extra expenses ($100 guard tip and $120 for a year of Clear internet service) so we finished slightly negative (-$12) on regular expenses compared to dues and non-earmarked donations.

Quorum remains at 14.

==== Project Awesome ====

Since we were net negative in regular income and expenses, there is no Project Awesome dividend for December. However there were a large amount of earmarked donations for Project LASER - thanks everyone! Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2012_12.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
====Martin====

FCC radio certification. Could do a cram course and then promote that outside of hacdc to get more attention.

====Andy====
Nothing to report. No excuses. Not nerding out.

Cutting clear acrylic with a student and got hit with laser in eye. Guide laser. Freak accident, what. Spent 5 hrs in ER, sucked.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==

=== Project LASER ===

We received a total of almost $1900 in donations earmarked for Project LASER in December! That brings the total to $4459, which is enough to buy the Full Spectrum Engineering "newhobby" laser. More funding will be needed for the cooling pump, protective eyewear, and venting hardware however.

I continue to read (on CNCzone.com) some stories of shabby treatment of customers by FSLaser - not honoring warranties, not paying for shipping on defective parts, lasers arriving pretty trashed from China, etc. So I want to do a full search of alternatives before pulling the trigger. If we are able to afford a 60W from somewhere else I think I'd go for that instead - the 40W FSlaser needs multiple passes to cut 1/4" materials. --TMS

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

Not much. Code sprint guy from the neighborhood who work with Sean came in and got him working with that, and that's about it.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

No action unfortunately. Being realistic, I probably won't have time to put a workshop together until the end of February. If someone else wants to do one they could use my collection of soldering irons and tools. --TMS

== Member Reports ==

=== Tim Slagle ===
I'm hoping to set up info@hacdc.org as our inbox for help and information requests. Google Groups has a collaborative inbox feature we will use to try and track the requests to make sure stuff isn't getting lost in the cracks.

I'm putting together a "Stuff and Space" committee to help write Standing Rules on how we manage and disposition our stuff, and allocate space. We have myself, Martin, DanB, and are waiting to hear from David Whiteis. With luck we will have something to vote on at the annual meeting.

=== Chris ===

Sound abatement panels completed. Do not squish them please. Will make it so the work area does not get so loud. If you have extra whiteboards, cork boards, plastic bins, etc, we would like these. Dry erase crayons are awesome. Dry-erase friendly paint? Board stuff is cheaper than paint. Other options discussed. Plexiglass. Glass also works. Diamonds. Gold. Terapin trader run anyone?

More free stuff = less buying of things. Contact Eric before bringing things in. This is a good time of year to get free stuff from dumpsters. We do not need more printers.

=== Alberto ===

Proposes repeating the Arduino processing class. Duplicate of Artosphere class from May. Crash course intro to electronics. Arduino, processing, then arduino processing. Supplanted by a kit build from sparkfun. Willing to teach that one. Three organizations from which to leverage attendees.

=== Andy ===

Learning software for dance music. If you are interested in electronic music with digital audio workstations, let's chat.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==

Adjourned at:

Regular Member Meeting 2013 01 08

2013-01-09T01:30:41Z

DigiFAB: /* President's Report */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

== Time and Location ==
January 8, 2013

Meeting called to order at 19:36 by Eric

Members Present: Eric, Tim, Timothy, Chris, Alberto, Jamie, David, Martin, Dan, David, Tim Slagle, Andy, Liz, Nadir, Philip
Others Present: TJ

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2012 12 11]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Matt Hines - Occupancy sensor getting better. Will be hooked up to twitter. Web cams exist and may be hooked up. There will be a switch to turn them on and off so as not to be creepy.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Planning activities for the year

BOD meeting planned. Everyone may join. Standing rules will be discussed. 15 people limit joining online.

Working on non-discrimination policy and anti-harassment policy. Will distribute to list for edits.

Looking at other hack spaces to copy their ideas. Will report back on cool stuff.

Annual meeting is postponed to March to make room for rules and policy changes.

^^ the above will also be announced on the members list.

Ivy invited us to run a table at shmoo con. Security conference. Security capture the flag. Will bring stickers and brochures. Mentioned that we do more maker stuff. Our choice, but will be a bunch of geeks there, so whatever we do will be interesting, but may not be relevant. Will not hand out all our stickers. Also lobby con, no ticket required -- just hang out outside the conference and talk to everyone.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Ben is not here.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2012: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2012_12.pdf]]. We gained two new members (Paul Commons and Christine Prefontaine), and lost two (Daniel Watson and Greg Rice). We had 53 paying members and 4 non-paying members (two are in transition between payment methods). This leaves us below the 57 we need to meet expenses with dues alone again. Members kicking in extra are keeping us positive again this month - thanks!

We had some extra expenses ($100 guard tip and $120 for a year of Clear internet service) so we finished slightly negative (-$12) on regular expenses compared to dues and non-earmarked donations.

Quorum remains at 14.

==== Project Awesome ====

Since we were net negative in regular income and expenses, there is no Project Awesome dividend for December. However there were a large amount of earmarked donations for Project LASER - thanks everyone! Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2012_12.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
====Martin====

FCC radio certification. Could do a cram course and then promote that outside of hacdc to get more attention.

====Andy====
Nothing to report. No excuses. Not nerding out.

Cutting clear acrylic with a student and got hit with laser in eye. Guide laser. Freak accident, what. Spent 5 hrs in ER, sucked.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==

=== Project LASER ===

We received a total of almost $1900 in donations earmarked for Project LASER in December! That brings the total to $4459, which is enough to buy the Full Spectrum Engineering "newhobby" laser. More funding will be needed for the cooling pump, protective eyewear, and venting hardware however.

I continue to read (on CNCzone.com) some stories of shabby treatment of customers by FSLaser - not honoring warranties, not paying for shipping on defective parts, lasers arriving pretty trashed from China, etc. So I want to do a full search of alternatives before pulling the trigger. If we are able to afford a 60W from somewhere else I think I'd go for that instead - the 40W FSlaser needs multiple passes to cut 1/4" materials. --TMS

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

Not much. Code sprint guy from the neighborhood who work with Sean came in and got him working with that, and that's about it.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

No action unfortunately. Being realistic, I probably won't have time to put a workshop together until the end of February. If someone else wants to do one they could use my collection of soldering irons and tools. --TMS

== Member Reports ==

=== Tim Slagle ===
I'm hoping to set up info@hacdc.org as our inbox for help and information requests. Google Groups has a collaborative inbox feature we will use to try and track the requests to make sure stuff isn't getting lost in the cracks.

I'm putting together a "Stuff and Space" committee to help write Standing Rules on how we manage and disposition our stuff, and allocate space. We have myself, Martin, DanB, and are waiting to hear from David Whiteis. With luck we will have something to vote on at the annual meeting.

=== Chris ===

Sound abatement panels completed. Do not squish them please. Will make it so the work area does not get so loud. If you have extra whiteboards, cork boards, plastic bins, etc, we would like these. Dry erase crayons are awesome. Dry-erase friendly paint? Board stuff is cheaper than paint. Other options discussed. Plexiglass. Glass also works. Diamonds. Gold. Terapin trader run anyone?

More free stuff = less buying of things. Contact Eric before bringing things in. This is a good time of year to get free stuff from dumpsters. We do not need more printers.

=== Alberto ===

Proposes repeating the Arduino processing class. Duplicate of Artosphere class from May. Crash course intro to electronics. Arduino, processing, then arduino processing. Supplanted by a kit build from sparkfun. Willing to teach that one. Three organizations from which to leverage attendees.

=== Andy ===

Learning software for dance music. If you are interested in electronic music with digital audio workstations, let's chat.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==

Adjourned at:

Regular Member Meeting 2013 01 08

2013-01-09T01:29:51Z

DigiFAB: /* Member Reports */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

== Time and Location ==
January 8, 2013

Meeting called to order at 19:36 by Eric

Members Present: Eric, Tim, Timothy, Chris, Alberto, Jamie, David, Martin, Dan, David, Tim Slagle, Andy, Liz, Nadir, Philip
Others Present: TJ

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2012 12 11]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Matt Hines - Occupancy sensor getting better. Will be hooked up to twitter. Web cams exist and may be hooked up. There will be a switch to turn them on and off so as not to be creepy.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Planning activities for the year

Meeting planned. Everyone may join. Standing rules will be discussed. 15 people limit joining online.

Working on non-discrimination policy and anti-harassment policy. Will distribute to list for edits.

Looking at other hack spaces to copy their ideas. Will report back on cool stuff.

Annual meeting is postponed to March to make room for rules and policy changes.

^^ the above will also be announced on the members list.

Ivy invited us to run a table at shmoo con. Security conference. Security capture the flag. Will bring stickers and brochures. Mentioned that we do more maker stuff. Our choice, but will be a bunch of geeks there, so whatever we do will be interesting, but may not be relevant. Will not hand out all our stickers. Also lobby con, no ticket required -- just hang out outside the conference and talk to everyone.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Ben is not here.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2012: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2012_12.pdf]]. We gained two new members (Paul Commons and Christine Prefontaine), and lost two (Daniel Watson and Greg Rice). We had 53 paying members and 4 non-paying members (two are in transition between payment methods). This leaves us below the 57 we need to meet expenses with dues alone again. Members kicking in extra are keeping us positive again this month - thanks!

We had some extra expenses ($100 guard tip and $120 for a year of Clear internet service) so we finished slightly negative (-$12) on regular expenses compared to dues and non-earmarked donations.

Quorum remains at 14.

==== Project Awesome ====

Since we were net negative in regular income and expenses, there is no Project Awesome dividend for December. However there were a large amount of earmarked donations for Project LASER - thanks everyone! Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2012_12.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
====Martin====

FCC radio certification. Could do a cram course and then promote that outside of hacdc to get more attention.

====Andy====
Nothing to report. No excuses. Not nerding out.

Cutting clear acrylic with a student and got hit with laser in eye. Guide laser. Freak accident, what. Spent 5 hrs in ER, sucked.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==

=== Project LASER ===

We received a total of almost $1900 in donations earmarked for Project LASER in December! That brings the total to $4459, which is enough to buy the Full Spectrum Engineering "newhobby" laser. More funding will be needed for the cooling pump, protective eyewear, and venting hardware however.

I continue to read (on CNCzone.com) some stories of shabby treatment of customers by FSLaser - not honoring warranties, not paying for shipping on defective parts, lasers arriving pretty trashed from China, etc. So I want to do a full search of alternatives before pulling the trigger. If we are able to afford a 60W from somewhere else I think I'd go for that instead - the 40W FSlaser needs multiple passes to cut 1/4" materials. --TMS

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

Not much. Code sprint guy from the neighborhood who work with Sean came in and got him working with that, and that's about it.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

No action unfortunately. Being realistic, I probably won't have time to put a workshop together until the end of February. If someone else wants to do one they could use my collection of soldering irons and tools. --TMS

== Member Reports ==

=== Tim Slagle ===
I'm hoping to set up info@hacdc.org as our inbox for help and information requests. Google Groups has a collaborative inbox feature we will use to try and track the requests to make sure stuff isn't getting lost in the cracks.

I'm putting together a "Stuff and Space" committee to help write Standing Rules on how we manage and disposition our stuff, and allocate space. We have myself, Martin, DanB, and are waiting to hear from David Whiteis. With luck we will have something to vote on at the annual meeting.

=== Chris ===

Sound abatement panels completed. Do not squish them please. Will make it so the work area does not get so loud. If you have extra whiteboards, cork boards, plastic bins, etc, we would like these. Dry erase crayons are awesome. Dry-erase friendly paint? Board stuff is cheaper than paint. Other options discussed. Plexiglass. Glass also works. Diamonds. Gold. Terapin trader run anyone?

More free stuff = less buying of things. Contact Eric before bringing things in. This is a good time of year to get free stuff from dumpsters. We do not need more printers.

=== Alberto ===

Proposes repeating the Arduino processing class. Duplicate of Artosphere class from May. Crash course intro to electronics. Arduino, processing, then arduino processing. Supplanted by a kit build from sparkfun. Willing to teach that one. Three organizations from which to leverage attendees.

=== Andy ===

Learning software for dance music. If you are interested in electronic music with digital audio workstations, let's chat.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==

Adjourned at:

Regular Member Meeting 2013 01 08

2013-01-09T01:24:22Z

DigiFAB: /* Andy */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

== Time and Location ==
January 8, 2013

Meeting called to order at 19:36 by Eric

Members Present: Eric, Tim, Timothy, Chris, Alberto, Jamie, David, Martin, Dan, David, Tim Slagle, Andy, Liz, Nadir, Philip
Others Present: TJ

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2012 12 11]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Matt Hines - Occupancy sensor getting better. Will be hooked up to twitter. Web cams exist and may be hooked up. There will be a switch to turn them on and off so as not to be creepy.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Planning activities for the year

Meeting planned. Everyone may join. Standing rules will be discussed. 15 people limit joining online.

Working on non-discrimination policy and anti-harassment policy. Will distribute to list for edits.

Looking at other hack spaces to copy their ideas. Will report back on cool stuff.

Annual meeting is postponed to March to make room for rules and policy changes.

^^ the above will also be announced on the members list.

Ivy invited us to run a table at shmoo con. Security conference. Security capture the flag. Will bring stickers and brochures. Mentioned that we do more maker stuff. Our choice, but will be a bunch of geeks there, so whatever we do will be interesting, but may not be relevant. Will not hand out all our stickers. Also lobby con, no ticket required -- just hang out outside the conference and talk to everyone.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Ben is not here.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2012: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2012_12.pdf]]. We gained two new members (Paul Commons and Christine Prefontaine), and lost two (Daniel Watson and Greg Rice). We had 53 paying members and 4 non-paying members (two are in transition between payment methods). This leaves us below the 57 we need to meet expenses with dues alone again. Members kicking in extra are keeping us positive again this month - thanks!

We had some extra expenses ($100 guard tip and $120 for a year of Clear internet service) so we finished slightly negative (-$12) on regular expenses compared to dues and non-earmarked donations.

Quorum remains at 14.

==== Project Awesome ====

Since we were net negative in regular income and expenses, there is no Project Awesome dividend for December. However there were a large amount of earmarked donations for Project LASER - thanks everyone! Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2012_12.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
====Martin====

FCC radio certification. Could do a cram course and then promote that outside of hacdc to get more attention.

====Andy====
Nothing to report. No excuses. Not nerding out.

Cutting clear acrylic with a student and got hit with laser in eye. Guide laser. Freak accident, what. Spent 5 hrs in ER, sucked.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==

=== Project LASER ===

We received a total of almost $1900 in donations earmarked for Project LASER in December! That brings the total to $4459, which is enough to buy the Full Spectrum Engineering "newhobby" laser. More funding will be needed for the cooling pump, protective eyewear, and venting hardware however.

I continue to read (on CNCzone.com) some stories of shabby treatment of customers by FSLaser - not honoring warranties, not paying for shipping on defective parts, lasers arriving pretty trashed from China, etc. So I want to do a full search of alternatives before pulling the trigger. If we are able to afford a 60W from somewhere else I think I'd go for that instead - the 40W FSlaser needs multiple passes to cut 1/4" materials. --TMS

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

Not much. Code sprint guy from the neighborhood who work with Sean came in and got him working with that, and that's about it.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

No action unfortunately. Being realistic, I probably won't have time to put a workshop together until the end of February. If someone else wants to do one they could use my collection of soldering irons and tools. --TMS

== Member Reports ==

=== Tim Slagle ===
I'm hoping to set up info@hacdc.org as our inbox for help and information requests. Google Groups has a collaborative inbox feature we will use to try and track the requests to make sure stuff isn't getting lost in the cracks.

I'm putting together a "Stuff and Space" committee to help write Standing Rules on how we manage and disposition our stuff, and allocate space. We have myself, Martin, DanB, and are waiting to hear from David Whiteis. With luck we will have something to vote on at the annual meeting.

=== Chris ===

Sound abatement panels completed. Do not squish them please. Will make it so the work area does not get so loud. If you have extra whiteboards, cork boards, plastic bins, etc, we would like these. Dry erase crayons are awesome. Dry-erase friendly paint? Board stuff is cheaper than paint. Other options discussed. Plexiglass. Glass also works. Diamonds. Gold. Terapin trader run anyone?

More free stuff = less buying of things. Contact Eric before bringing things in. This is a good time of year to get free stuff from dumpsters. We do not need more printers.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==

Adjourned at:

Regular Member Meeting 2013 01 08

2013-01-09T01:20:41Z

DigiFAB:

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

== Time and Location ==
January 8, 2013

Meeting called to order at 19:36 by Eric

Members Present: Eric, Tim, Timothy, Chris, Alberto, Jamie, David, Martin, Dan, David, Tim Slagle, Andy, Liz, Nadir, Philip
Others Present: TJ

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2012 12 11]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Matt Hines - Occupancy sensor getting better. Will be hooked up to twitter. Web cams exist and may be hooked up. There will be a switch to turn them on and off so as not to be creepy.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Planning activities for the year

Meeting planned. Everyone may join. Standing rules will be discussed. 15 people limit joining online.

Working on non-discrimination policy and anti-harassment policy. Will distribute to list for edits.

Looking at other hack spaces to copy their ideas. Will report back on cool stuff.

Annual meeting is postponed to March to make room for rules and policy changes.

^^ the above will also be announced on the members list.

Ivy invited us to run a table at shmoo con. Security conference. Security capture the flag. Will bring stickers and brochures. Mentioned that we do more maker stuff. Our choice, but will be a bunch of geeks there, so whatever we do will be interesting, but may not be relevant. Will not hand out all our stickers. Also lobby con, no ticket required -- just hang out outside the conference and talk to everyone.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Ben is not here.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2012: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2012_12.pdf]]. We gained two new members (Paul Commons and Christine Prefontaine), and lost two (Daniel Watson and Greg Rice). We had 53 paying members and 4 non-paying members (two are in transition between payment methods). This leaves us below the 57 we need to meet expenses with dues alone again. Members kicking in extra are keeping us positive again this month - thanks!

We had some extra expenses ($100 guard tip and $120 for a year of Clear internet service) so we finished slightly negative (-$12) on regular expenses compared to dues and non-earmarked donations.

Quorum remains at 14.

==== Project Awesome ====

Since we were net negative in regular income and expenses, there is no Project Awesome dividend for December. However there were a large amount of earmarked donations for Project LASER - thanks everyone! Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2012_12.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
====Martin====

FCC radio certification. Could do a cram course and then promote that outside of hacdc to get more attention.

====Andy====

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==

=== Project LASER ===

We received a total of almost $1900 in donations earmarked for Project LASER in December! That brings the total to $4459, which is enough to buy the Full Spectrum Engineering "newhobby" laser. More funding will be needed for the cooling pump, protective eyewear, and venting hardware however.

I continue to read (on CNCzone.com) some stories of shabby treatment of customers by FSLaser - not honoring warranties, not paying for shipping on defective parts, lasers arriving pretty trashed from China, etc. So I want to do a full search of alternatives before pulling the trigger. If we are able to afford a 60W from somewhere else I think I'd go for that instead - the 40W FSlaser needs multiple passes to cut 1/4" materials. --TMS

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

Not much. Code sprint guy from the neighborhood who work with Sean came in and got him working with that, and that's about it.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

No action unfortunately. Being realistic, I probably won't have time to put a workshop together until the end of February. If someone else wants to do one they could use my collection of soldering irons and tools. --TMS

== Member Reports ==

=== Tim Slagle ===
I'm hoping to set up info@hacdc.org as our inbox for help and information requests. Google Groups has a collaborative inbox feature we will use to try and track the requests to make sure stuff isn't getting lost in the cracks.

I'm putting together a "Stuff and Space" committee to help write Standing Rules on how we manage and disposition our stuff, and allocate space. We have myself, Martin, DanB, and are waiting to hear from David Whiteis. With luck we will have something to vote on at the annual meeting.

=== Chris ===

Sound abatement panels completed. Do not squish them please. Will make it so the work area does not get so loud. If you have extra whiteboards, cork boards, plastic bins, etc, we would like these. Dry erase crayons are awesome. Dry-erase friendly paint? Board stuff is cheaper than paint. Other options discussed. Plexiglass. Glass also works. Diamonds. Gold. Terapin trader run anyone?

More free stuff = less buying of things. Contact Eric before bringing things in. This is a good time of year to get free stuff from dumpsters. We do not need more printers.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==

Adjourned at:

Regular Member Meeting 2013 01 08

2013-01-09T01:07:18Z

DigiFAB:

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

== Time and Location ==
January 8, 2013

Meeting called to order at 19:36 by Eric

Members Present: Eric, Tim, Timothy, Chris, Alberto, Jamie, David, Martin, Dan, David, Tim Slagle, Andy, Liz, Nadir, Philip
Others Present: TJ

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2012 12 11]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Matt Hines - Occupancy sensor getting better. Will be hooked up to twitter. Web cams exist and may be hooked up. There will be a switch to turn them on and off so as not to be creepy.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Planning activities for the year

Meeting planned. Everyone may join. Standing rules will be discussed. 15 people limit joining online.

Working on non-discrimination policy and anti-harassment policy. Will distribute to list for edits.

Looking at other hack spaces to copy their ideas. Will report back on cool stuff.

Annual meeting is postponed to March to make room for rules and policy changes.

^^ the above will also be announced on the members list.

Ivy invited us to run a table at shmoo con. Security conference. Security capture the flag. Will bring stickers and brochures. Mentioned that we do more maker stuff. Our choice, but will be a bunch of geeks there, so whatever we do will be interesting, but may not be relevant. Will not hand out all our stickers. Also lobby con, no ticket required -- just hang out outside the conference and talk to everyone.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Ben is not here.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2012: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2012_12.pdf]]. We gained two new members (Paul Commons and Christine Prefontaine), and lost two (Daniel Watson and Greg Rice). We had 53 paying members and 4 non-paying members (two are in transition between payment methods). This leaves us below the 57 we need to meet expenses with dues alone again. Members kicking in extra are keeping us positive again this month - thanks!

We had some extra expenses ($100 guard tip and $120 for a year of Clear internet service) so we finished slightly negative (-$12) on regular expenses compared to dues and non-earmarked donations.

Quorum remains at 14.

==== Project Awesome ====

Since we were net negative in regular income and expenses, there is no Project Awesome dividend for December. However there were a large amount of earmarked donations for Project LASER - thanks everyone! Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2012_12.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
====Martin====

====Andy====

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==

=== Project LASER ===

We received a total of almost $1900 in donations earmarked for Project LASER in December! That brings the total to $4459, which is enough to buy the Full Spectrum Engineering "newhobby" laser. More funding will be needed for the cooling pump, protective eyewear, and venting hardware however.

I continue to read (on CNCzone.com) some stories of shabby treatment of customers by FSLaser - not honoring warranties, not paying for shipping on defective parts, lasers arriving pretty trashed from China, etc. So I want to do a full search of alternatives before pulling the trigger. If we are able to afford a 60W from somewhere else I think I'd go for that instead - the 40W FSlaser needs multiple passes to cut 1/4" materials. --TMS

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

Not much. Code sprint guy from the neighborhood who work with Sean came in and got him working with that, and that's about it.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

No action unfortunately. Being realistic, I probably won't have time to put a workshop together until the end of February. If someone else wants to do one they could use my collection of soldering irons and tools. --TMS

== Member Reports ==

=== Tim Slagle ===
I'm hoping to set up info@hacdc.org as our inbox for help and information requests. Google Groups has a collaborative inbox feature we will use to try and track the requests to make sure stuff isn't getting lost in the cracks.

I'm putting together a "Stuff and Space" committee to help write Standing Rules on how we manage and disposition our stuff, and allocate space. We have myself, Martin, DanB, and are waiting to hear from David Whiteis. With luck we will have something to vote on at the annual meeting.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==

Adjourned at:

Regular Member Meeting 2013 01 08

2013-01-09T00:58:32Z

DigiFAB:

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

== Time and Location ==
January 8, 2013

Meeting called to order at 19:36 by Eric

Members Present: Eric, Tim, Timothy, Chris, Alberto, Jamie, David, Martin, Dan, David, Tim Slagle, Andy, Liz, Nadir, Philip
Others Present: TJ

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2012 12 11]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Matt Hines - Occupancy sensor getting better. Will be hooked up to twitter. Web cams exist and may be hooked up. There will be a switch to turn them on and off so as not to be creepy.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Planning activities for the year

Meeting planned. Everyone may join. Standing rules will be discussed. 15 people limit joining online.

Working on non-discrimination policy and anti-harassment policy. Will distribute to list for edits.

Looking at other hack spaces to copy their ideas. Will report back on cool stuff.

Annual meeting is postponed to March to make room for rules and policy changes.

^^ the above will also be announced on the members list.

Ivy invited us to run a table at shmoo con, security capture the flag. Will bring stickers and brochures. Security conference. Mentioned that we do more maker stuff. Our choice, but will be a bunch of geeks there, so whatever we do will be interesting, but may not be relevant. Will not hand out all our stickers. Also lobby con, no ticket required -- just hang out outside the conference and talk to everyone.

=== Vice President's Report ===
Ben is not here.

=== Treasurer's Report ===

Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2012: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2012_12.pdf]]. We gained two new members (Paul Commons and Christine Prefontaine), and lost two (Daniel Watson and Greg Rice). We had 53 paying members and 4 non-paying members (two are in transition between payment methods). This leaves us below the 57 we need to meet expenses with dues alone again. Members kicking in extra are keeping us positive again this month - thanks!

We had some extra expenses ($100 guard tip and $120 for a year of Clear internet service) so we finished slightly negative (-$12) on regular expenses compared to dues and non-earmarked donations.

Quorum remains at 14.

==== Project Awesome ====

Since we were net negative in regular income and expenses, there is no Project Awesome dividend for December. However there were a large amount of earmarked donations for Project LASER - thanks everyone! Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2012_12.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
====Martin====

====Andy====

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==

=== Project LASER ===

We received a total of almost $1900 in donations earmarked for Project LASER in December! That brings the total to $4459, which is enough to buy the Full Spectrum Engineering "newhobby" laser. More funding will be needed for the cooling pump, protective eyewear, and venting hardware however.

I continue to read (on CNCzone.com) some stories of shabby treatment of customers by FSLaser - not honoring warranties, not paying for shipping on defective parts, lasers arriving pretty trashed from China, etc. So I want to do a full search of alternatives before pulling the trigger. If we are able to afford a 60W from somewhere else I think I'd go for that instead - the 40W FSlaser needs multiple passes to cut 1/4" materials. --TMS

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

=== Project KITBUILD ===

No action unfortunately. Being realistic, I probably won't have time to put a workshop together until the end of February. If someone else wants to do one they could use my collection of soldering irons and tools. --TMS

== Member Reports ==

=== Tim Slagle ===
I'm hoping to set up info@hacdc.org as our inbox for help and information requests. Google Groups has a collaborative inbox feature we will use to try and track the requests to make sure stuff isn't getting lost in the cracks.

I'm putting together a "Stuff and Space" committee to help write Standing Rules on how we manage and disposition our stuff, and allocate space. We have myself, Martin, DanB, and are waiting to hear from David Whiteis. With luck we will have something to vote on at the annual meeting.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==

Adjourned at:

Regular Member Meeting 2013 01 08

2013-01-09T00:44:59Z

DigiFAB:

2012-09-11T04:55:36Z

DigiFAB:

[[Category:Equipment]]
[[Category:RepRap]]

This is the page on how to use the newly built Prusa Mendel (iteration 2). A PC has been dedicated to run it, below you will find the toolchain used to run it and other details that you may find useful. [[File:PrusaMendel.jpg|thumb|right]]

=Current Machine Status=

'''Operational'''

=Workflow=

CAD/Thingiverse -> Netfabb -> STL -> Slic3r -> Pronterface -> PRINT!

;CAD
: Any modelling software that can output the file format STL.
: Some programs of interest might be the following: Google Sketchup, OpenSCAD, TinkerCAD, Solid Works, AutoCAD, Rhino.
: And in case you don't want to model anything and simply want to print stuff, go to [http://www.thingiverse.com Thingiverse].

;Netfabb
: software for checking the "3D printability" of the model you created. Go to [http://www.netfabb.com Netfabb] and download the Studio Basic option. You can also simply use their cloud offering and have a repaired model emailed back to you.
: if your model has issues, run the repair function with default settings and see if that remedies the issues. The repair function can be used by clicking the "first aid" symbol found at the far right on the tool bar.

; STL
: current format for 3D printing (AMF is coming around the corner).
: at this point, your file should be patched up and ready to print.

;Slic3r
: software for creating 3d printing toolpaths
: precompiled binaries can be had from [http://www.slic3r.org Slic3r.org] or be built built from [https://github.com/alexrj/Slic3r github].
: use the profiles already generated for best results.

;Pronterface
: GUI for controlling the Prusa.
: where you will connect to the printer, home, warm up and send print jobs from.
: can be built from [https://github.com/kliment/Printrun github] or download precompiled binaries for Windows/Mac [http://koti.kapsi.fi/%7Ekliment/printrun/ here].
: preview G-Code generated by Slic3r.

;Print
: File is good to go, toolpaths are generated, time to let the robot do what it does best, PRINT!

=Materials=
* PLA
* ABS

;PLA
: Polylactic Acid
: made from corn starch, smells like waffles/syrup while printing
: less prone to warping
: more brittle compared to ABS
: needs a fan, it remains much more molten after being extruded
: lower operating temperatures (160C-200C)
: Preferred plastic of choice

;ABS
: same plastic in which LEGOs are made of
: flexible
: higher operating temps (220C-240C)
: smells like death, can release carcinogens at higher temps
: requires a heated bed (110C) or warping occurs
: requires kapton/PET tape on heated print surface for best adhesion. Possibly a light sanding of the surface and slurry of dissolved ABS in acetone for further warp prevention.

=Machine Setup/Specs=

This Prusa is fitted with the following:

* Melzi - loaded with the latest Marlin firmware (as of 9/1/2012)
* 12V 30A PSU
* Makergear 0.35mm for 3mm filament hot end
* LM8UUs
* GT2 (2mm) belting and pulleys (5mm bore, 20 tooth)
* 100K Thermistors (extruder an heated bed)

For FW reference on steps per axis: (80, 80, 2560, 666.67) {X, Y, Z, E}, this is also assuming 1/16th microstepping.

=Maintenance=

*Routinely check for loose wires
*If axes show signs of binding, wipe down rods with machine oil or oil the threaded rods. Be sure not to leave excess, that may lead to more build up.
*floss the hobbed bolt in the extruder
* wash the glass surface with water and soap. If using kapton/PET tape on the glass, wipe off with acetone

=Operation=

# Check for loose wires, you don't want anything shorting out or coming undone while printing
# Make sure that all endstops are lined up and will be triggered upon homing. Do so by manually pushing X/Y axes into their switches. For the Z axis, make sure nothing is obstructing its descent to the switch and that is at a safe distance where the hot-end will not crash into the print surface
# Check the print surface for any signs of fingerprints or residue that would prevent good adhesion. Clean if necessary.
# Ensure that the filament feed is not tangled and can freely unwind itself for the duration of the print.
#Assuming that you already have your STL file of choice either made from whatever CAD program you used or downloaded from Thingiverse, generate the G-Code via Slic3r (either using the profile already generated there or one that you customized).
#Depending on your file size/complexity, Slic3r can take awhile. Use this time to connect to the printer by opening the Printrun folder and running Pronterface.py (run in terminal when asked).
#If you are printing from a microSD, save the g-code file generated to the SD card and insert it into the SD port on the Melzi board. At this time, also switch the jumper for power selection from USB to the Vreg option. This will enable the board to be powered from the PSU instead of your laptop.
#Once open, connect to the printer. Make sure the baudrate is set to the 250000 and the correct port is selected, should read "...USB0". You will know when it is connected when it spits out some basic stats of the firmware loaded. Check the box that read "Monitor Printer," this will spit out current temp readings, make sure they are reasonable (~20C at room temp).
#Double check all wires for correct placement and secureness, you may now power on the PSU by turning on the power strip it is plugged into.
#Set your heated bed to 60C for PLA or 110C for ABS. Do not turn on the heater yet!
#Click "Load" and load the G-Code file you have created. A preview of the first layer should appear in the middle of Pronterface. You can click on the preview and walk through the layers by holding shift and scrolling on the trackpad. In the console, a time estimate for the print should also appear.
#At this point, you can turn on the heater. Set to 180C for PLA and 220C for ABS. Wait for it to hit temp and prime it. You can do this by either manually turning the large extruder gear or pressing the "Extrude" button. Do so until there is a nice and steady flow.
#Once all temps are hit and stable, file is loaded and extruder is primed...you can now hit print! If you are printing from SD, at this point you will click on the SD Print option, browse the SD card and select the file to run.
#Sit back and watch as the printer homes itself and sprints off to print your file!

=To Do=
* Tune trimpots on motor drivers
* Binder clips for glass surface
* Kapton tape for 2nd glass plate (for ABS)
* Acetone/Cotton balls (for cleaning Kapton surface)
* Spool System (mount printed Sky Hooks)
* Cable Management (Spiral wrap loose wires and ziptie down)

Prusa Mendel Documentation

2012-09-11T04:53:43Z

DigiFAB:

Prusa Mendel Documentation

2012-09-11T04:40:39Z

Prusa Mendel Documentation

2012-09-06T19:47:01Z

DigiFAB:

Prusa Mendel Documentation

2012-09-06T19:43:12Z

DigiFAB:

Prusa Mendel Documentation

2012-09-06T19:39:26Z

DigiFAB:

2012-04-10T08:37:41Z

DigiFAB: Updated to current setup/toolchain

[[Category:Equipment]]
[[Category:3D_Printing]]

A new reprap printer will built along the lines of the Prusa Mendel. You can find details of the Prusa design at the [http://reprap.org/wiki/Prusa Prusa Mendel page] on the reprap wiki, or you can [https://github.com/prusajr/PrusaMendel view the sources for the Prusa at github][[File:Prusa_Mendel_Frame.jpg|350px|right]]

=Intro=
Having another 3d printer in the space will allow us to always have a working machine and to use one machine to help fix another if there are problems. It will also enable several people to print things out at the same time. The goal is to document this build so others can make their own printer following our documentation.

=Status=
Frame is built! Next up: axes. And we have electronics, mobo flashed with sprinter fw, use pronterface to interface with it. Have to wire in steppers to finish.

=Materials for the build=
===BOM for Prusa Mendel===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" | Quantity
! scope="col" | Description
! scope="col" | Type
! scope="col" class="unsortable" | Comments
|-
| 83 || M8 nut || Fastener || READY
|-
| 93 || M8 washer || Fastener || READY
|-
| 6 || M8×30 mudguard / fender washers || Fastener || READY
|-
| 2 || M4×20 bolt || Fastener || (John) / or use M5x20
|-
| 2 || M4 nut || Fastener || (John) / or use M5
|-
| 2 || M4 washer || Fastener || (John) / or use M5
|-
| 22 || M3×10 bolt || Fastener || READY
|-
| 8 || M3×20 bolt || Fastener || (John) / cut down 25mm or use as is
|-
| 8 || M3×25 bolt || Fastener || READY
|-
| 4 || M3×40 bolt || Fastener || (John) / cut down 50mm or use 35mm
|-
| 70 || M3 washer || Fastener || READY
|-
| 40 || M3 nut || Fastener || READY
|-
| 2 || M3 grub screw / set screw || Fastener || READY
|-
| 3 || 608 roller skate / inline skate / skateboard bearing || Bearings || READY
|-
| 4 || ballpoint pen springs || Spring || READY
|-
| 6 || M8×370mm || Threaded rod || 3 per side - READY (Thanks Mark!)
|-
| 4 || M8×294mm || Threaded rod || front / rear - READY 4 x 340 (Needs cutting)
|-
| 3 || M8×440mm || Threaded rod || top / bottom - READY
|-
| 2 || M8×210mm || Threaded rod || Z-leadscrew - READY 2 x 300 (Needs cutting)
|-
| 1 || M8×50mm || Threaded rod || or bolt for X idler - READY
|-
| 2 || 8mm×420mm || Smooth rod || X-bar - READY
|-
| 2 || 8mm×406mm || Smooth rod || Y-bar - READY
|-
| 2 || 8mm×350mm || Smooth rod || Z-bar - READY
|-
| 1 || 225mm×225mm print top plate || Thick Sheet || (space)
|-
| 1 || 140mm×225mm print bottom plate || Thick Sheet || space
|-
| 1 || 840mm×5mm T5 pitch timing belt || Belt || READY
|-
| 1 || 1380mm×5mm T5 pitch timing belt || Belt || READY
|-
| 5 || NEMA 17 bipolar stepper motor || Stepper || READY
|-
| 50 || small cable binder / ziptie || Misc || READY
|-
| 1 || Wade's Geared Extruder || || READY
|-
| 1 || Electronics + endstops || || READY (though I, Xaq, am still curious about TinyG...)
|-
| 1 || Printed parts || || READY
|}

===John===
1x RAMPS 1.2
5x steppers
1x wade's extruder (assembled and working)
1x 36mm brass barrel
1x 0.5mm mbi nozzle
1x 0.5mm makergear bighead nozzle
Insulator materials (have to make and document on lathe)
nuts/bolts/washers - I have tons
plywood/mdf for build platform

===Heated Build Platform===
1x Prusa PCB HBP Mk1
==Offers==
Alden has a Tiny G board... this is attractive

=How to flash firmware=
download Arduino23 from arduino.cc
unzip the arduino package
get the latest Sprinter fw from https://github.com/kliment/Sprinter or Marlin fw from https://github.com/ErikZalm/Marlin
open up Arduino and open the fw of choice (select either Sprinter.pde or Marlin.pde)
edit the configuration.h file to list a motherboard type of 21 (make sure right thermistor settings are chosen as well)
plug in RAMPS 1.2
set the board to Arduino Mega 2560 under "Tools"
set Serial Port to appropriate port
save/compile/upload the sketch

=How to connect and control the printer=
Download latest PrintRun from http://koti.kapsi.fi/~kliment/printrun/ for Win/Mac, https://github.com/kliment/Printrun: Linux
**If running Linux version, checkout the Readme for dependencies**
**If you dled for Win/Mac from link above, all dependencies are built in (INCLUDING Slic3r!)**
fire up pronterface.py
set the serial port to one which RAMPS is connected
make sure baudrate is set to appropriate setting (set in FW)
click connect to printer button
you should see confirmation of printer connection in the monitor box on the right
load stl and slice it with slic3r in the gui, or load up a gcode file you're already processed with other slicer

=To do=
'''PSU:''' ''Done'' The electronics need an ATX supply (200W minimum probably, 350-700W+ would be needed if we run a heated bed) to power the mobo, and we'll need to hack out a 12V and a 5V line to connect up to the larger perfboard electronics that run the extruder/heatbed (these should be on a 12v2 rail on newer psu). I've got some connectors to do this the next time I'm in the space, or we can just cut the connectors off of the atx wires.
'''Steppers:''' The P4AC 4 axis board will need to be pulled from the cupcake, and the XYZ connected to the mobo. (we'll need another 10pin idc cable. the current rainbow cable on the gen3plus setup is the X stepper cable from the cupcake stepper controller and will have to go back once we swap out the p4ac to the mendel. I have some 10pin idc cables at home I will bring in to replace the one in the gen3plus) I have the 4th pololu in the larger perfboard, but I can easily drop in a 10pin idc header so that we can have all the pololus on the one board, which I'll do the next time I'm in the space.
'''Mosfets:''' tip120 replacements are attached to the board in case the current ones die or if someone has time to do the replacement. The Nchannel Power Mosfets on the larger perfboard were ones I got from radioshack, so I'm not sure if they'll be able to run the heated bed, but they should be fine for the extruder. I have proper 50V 10A mosfets I can swap in place the next time I'm in the space or if the ones in there right now fail.
'''Motor Connections:''' The motor wires need to be connected to the pololus. Any 4 conductor cable should work fine. I have solid core 4 conductor wire I used on my bot at home, but the single conductor is a bit fragile and I'd recommend a nice stranded set instead. I have matching molex connectors and crimps so the connection to the p4ac board is via a plugged connector instead of soldered in or done with some other hacked connector.
'''Endstops:''' The ends stops need to be hooked up. The p4ac board has breakouts for the endstops, so just need to wire up microswitches on to that board. only need two wires to each switch, signal to the COMmon contact and GND to the NO (normally open) contact, the firmware uses internal pullups for the endstop pins.