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Regular Member Meeting 2015 07 14

2015-07-14T20:56:09Z

Sitwon: /* Project BYZANTIUM */ Status Update

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:July 14, 2015
:Called to order at by
:Members present:
:Members remote:
:Others present:
:[[Quorum]]
:: Quorum met?

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2015 06 09]]

== Recognition ==
* Everyone who helped at the National Maker Faire: Bobby, Julia, Matt, Matt Sr., Enrique, Christine, Phil
* Don & HARC for Amateur Radio Field Day.
* Matt for repairing the church's fire alarm system.
* Mike for restoring and backing up the Wiki.
* Matt & Phil for work on the Edmunds Optics grant application.
* Matt & Phil for work on the Capital One grant application.
* ITechGeek for continued consultation regarding network configuration.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===
==== Etiquette ====
Apparently, quoting bylaws in overly formal requests for IT admin credentials after a busy day is not the best way to make friends. Well, my mistake. Anyway, my use of "please" and "thank you" might have been rather sparse these last few months while getting things done, so please don't take offense.

==== Old Occupancy Sensor, Hacking ====
Old occupancy sensor is a nifty hack, an OpenWRT WiFi router sporting an internal microcontroller wired to the serial port. Since there haven't been any major issues with it in over a year, I am thinking of leaving it in place for the light sensors.

For the new, NetPLC system RFID support, we still need an appropriately sized electronic latch.

==== Starlight ====
New Shell/VPS server, [[Starlight]], is now online, 8 cores, 16GB RAM. It tends to run a bit hot though, with the RAM DIMMs reaching ~105C.

==== Grants ====
===== CapitalOne, AngelHack =====
At the Maker Faire, we reached out to Capital One. We are still following up with them. Coincidentally, AngelHack, partnering with CapitalOne, would like to make us a community partner for their event (some free PR), in exchange for sharing some PR on their behalf as follows.

<blockquote>
Interested in making a difference in your community using the power of technology? Here is your chance to do just that, join the Small Biz Dev Hackathon presented by Capital One in Washington DC on 8th & 9th August for an unique opportunity to help small business owners with their everyday struggles. The winning hack will go through the AngelHack HACKcelerator program and have an opportunity to see their idea come to life and help thousands of small business owners. Get FREE tickets with the code “AngelHACK” @ http://bit.ly/smallbizdevhack!
</blockquote>

Business minded hackers (*ahem* Nell) should especially check this out.

===== Edmund Optics =====
Bit of a long shot, but if we win, we get up to $10k in much-needed high-end optical products. Finalists will be announced September 2nd. Greatly appreciate Phil Stewart's advice narrowing the scope of our application to a specific project (microscopic projection/scanning/alignment tool for 3D printers).

=== Treasurer's Report ===

=== Secretary's Report ===
I don't have a roster of members in good standing until we get a report of PayPal dues.

A date for a TOOOL Intro Lockpicking class is still to be decided, but upcoming.

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

==== Don ====

==== Phil ====

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

=== Project LASER ===

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
Development has been halted indefinitely. Basically, none of us have the time or motivation to continue to the project. I don't see that changing in the foreseeable future. This PA project should be canceled and any earmarked funds reclaimed to the general fund.
[[User:Sitwon|Sitwon]] ([[User talk:Sitwon|talk]]) 13:56, 14 July 2015 (PDT)

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===

=== Project EXPANSION ===

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
* We need to file a bianual report with the District of Columbia Dept. of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs, and we need to change our registered agent. This was previously Martin, who doesn't live in DC anymore. A DC resident must be the registered agent for HacDC.

* Let's discuss establishing a 'qualified users,' list for things like the CNC Mill, Lathe, Laser Cutter, SEM, some chemicals, etc. I think that means appointing some people as qualifiers and doing some kind of training or qualification assessment.-Enrique

* Let's charge fees on MeetUp RSVPs and refund the fees to those who come to the event. I think this will give us a more accurate RSVP count from the start. The events will still be free in the end but we'll be charging a no-show penalty. Discuss... -Enrique

* CryptoParty 2015?

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned by at

Regular Member Meeting 2015 03 10

2015-03-11T01:02:29Z

Sitwon: /* Adjournment */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:March 10, 2015
:Called to order at 20:02 by Celeste
:Members present: Celeste, Enrique, Don, Ben, Matt H., Julia, Evan, Jamie,
:Members remote: Hunter (Gary Sparkes)
:Others present: James, Andrew C3EDB

:[[Quorum]] 12
:: Quorum met? N

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09]]

== Recognition ==
* Dan Barlow - Taking the initiative to setup CNC Mill dedicated computer disk backup.
* haxwithaxe - Making NAS server storage available.
* Julia Longtin - Thursday event, 3D printing related.
* Kevin Cole - Notifying other HacDC members of the LulzBot giveaway.
* Evan - Hosting the Raspberry Jam!

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
* To help keep the space clean, IN ADDITION TO THROWING AWAY YOUR OWN TRASH, please throw away one thing you see that is obviously trash or has no value every time you leave. If the trash is full, tie it up and replace the trash bag. There is a box of trash bags by the sink. If you have random crap laying around that looks like trash but isn't, make sure it is put away or clearly labeled.
* TTG has gotten a lot of good feedback: Looking for a sponsor to help organize a monthly Table Top Gaming day (picking a date, encouraging members to participate, bringing games, herding cats, etc.)

=== Vice President's Report ===
Bunch of things have been done, more are in progress. Please be patient, and tolerate the resources presently being deployed.

* We WON a LulzBot in the recent giveaway!
* WYSE terminals now have two USB flashdrive images. DSL works well for GUI (eg. kiosk) or simple SSH (eg. fileserver) uses. Knoppix offers kernel 2.6, which can be used to chainload full-scale distributions (eg. Debian) for more advanced servers (eg. Apache, Lighttpd, MySQL, Email, IMAP, etc). Relatively cheap, sporting x86 CPUs, and offering audio ports, these can be useful as 'embedded' computers.
* Configuration kiosk (WYSE terminal based) will be provided for the NetPLC based RFID system in progress. NetPLC would have been ready for delivery today, but local IT issues kept me busy yesterday.
* First instance of mirage335OS (precompiled Gentoo/Funtoo image with custom software) installed to a modern ThinkPad. Intended to host our Epson Stylus Pro 4800 2D printer, allowing large-format printouts at low cost (compared to >$20/job Kinkos pricing).
* AutoSSH through Shimmer tested successfully. Will be used to remotely administrate and backup important computers, preventing recurrence of the sort of file-corruption incident which struck our CNC Mill recently.
* RostockMax 3D printer back online. Some wires are corroding, and will be replaced with a dedicated PCB.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
*Please Forgive My absence. I am on I-95N by the time you see this. Probably in South Carolina. Also, please forgive the external links. I have a terrible internet connection and will upload them directly when i return to DC

Notes:
Thanks to everyone tat has converted to Dwolla. ~25% of membership has converted
To the rest of you, Please either convert to Dwola or Re-subscribe your paypal memberships @$60. This is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
Special Thanks to Teaching For Change for a $175 Donation as a result of ITechGeek's helping them with their phone lines
Thanks Again to Dan Barlow for his solitary work on the aluminum milling which netted the final $300 donation from Transcend Robotics
Project KitBuild has been reinstated
$339.88 has been donated by Lee and earmarked for HARC.
i will be initiating a complete transfer of funds from Dwolla to BB&T and a Partial transfund from PayPal to BB&T in March

There is nothing significant to report in the financials so they are presented without comment. if you have any questions about this months financials Please email treasurer@hacdc.org Subject: March Financials and i will keep an eye out and get back to you.

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTRS1UYUlUQVBlbEU/view?usp=sharing

==== Project Awesome ====
*

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTODFINWtpTlNUa2c/view?usp=sharing

=== Secretary's Report ===
*

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Don ====
* Was at Radio USA and spoke about HacDC.
* Will introduce a grant writer to HacDC in April.
* Will attend classes on grants.
* HARC has some new members.
* HARC has been active with contests.

==== Phil ====
* We have been meeting in an informal capacity with Christine to formulate a development strategy for HacDC.
* We have been making some progress on identifying our stake holders and developing personas to better understand them.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
* Dan has been busy, so no change.

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
* Still waiting on a box from California

=== Project KITBUILD ===
* Alberto is still alive and plans to do more classes to teach people soldering and Processing.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
* Authorized purchase of some 3D printer filament.
* New WSM1 soldering iron tips have arrived. Please use the needle tip specifically for surface-mount work.
* Requested purchase of hobbed bolts for the Rostock Max.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
* Authorized purchase of Wheels for OpticalTableRobot. AFAIK, the vendor has not been able to ship them yet.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
* Preparing for Field Day in June.
** Possibly going to Hains Point.
** Weekend of June 28th
* Our radio is in the repair shop getting fixed.
* Jamie has brought one in to use in the mean time.

== Member Reports ==
=== Don ===
Would like to create an inventory of equipment at HacDC.
Would like to get volunteers to help with the work, and is seeking permission to compensate them with membership or something else.

== Old Business ==
*

== New Business ==
*
'''Proposal for “Planning and Development” Committee'''
Submitted by Phil Stewart, February 24th, 2015

To Vote Upon: The following proposal to form this committee that will report to the board and to membership, by which vote the committee's work will be authorized with the mandate of the membership.

'''Summary:'''

I propose the creation of a “Planning and Development” Committee to create a coherent package of proposals geared towards refocusing HacDC’s priorities and aligning its activities and expenditures with its primary goals and purposes.

'''Background:'''

Recent discussions of our budget have highlighted the need for a renewal of purpose at HacDC. A number of proposals have been offered: to put together a fund-raising document, to fix one or another by-law, to re-assess the content of our 501c3 application (or otherwise notify the IRS of a planned change to our activities).

The budget concerns we need to address arise from the convergence of twin trends: a rise in rent over the last few years and a flattening of growth in membership subscriptions (our principle source of revenue). As members have left the area, or founded their own hackerspaces in DC’s suburbs, HacDC has not attracted new members at a similar rate. This most likely has multiple causes, but is at least partially linked to some changes in the direction and scope of our activities—acquiring equipment vs. offering programs, for example—paired with some less pleasant consequences of our light-handed approach to group governance: disorganization, a messy shop, incivility in our email discussions. With fewer members, fewer activities can be carried on, recursively impacting our capacity to attract and retain members. These interacting forces form a coordinated system. To solve them, we need to formulate a coordinated response.

'''Proposal:'''

To this end I propose that a limited-term committee be formed to create a coherent package of proposals that looks at our activities, expenditures, funding sources, by-laws, organizational operations, and anything else it deems to be relevant to get us back on track as a nonprofit organization serving the greater good of our community. For the purpose of this proposal, I am calling this the “Planning and Development Committee” (PDC).

The PDC should be composed of a mix of volunteers, board members (one or more), and people recruited by the board for their particular skills and experience relevant to this committee’s work. It should also actively consult with members who may not have the time to serve but whose input is needed. While the PDC should report to the board, its progress and findings should be fully communicated to the membership at large. The PDC is not conceived as a permanent committee. Once its proposals have been delivered and accepted / rejected / acted upon, the PDC will be dissolved and its useful functions reassigned to officers, the board, or standing committees.

The PDC should as part of its duties undertake the following:

• The PDC’s first task should be to find out what is working and what isn’t for HacDC. I have in mind a poll or survey of members, former members, and would-be members (e.g. who participate on Blabber). It may also be useful to survey or interview visitors to the space, and members or directors of other hackerspaces. Such a survey could be conducted online (at a site such as SurveyMonkey).

• As importantly, the PDC (or a separate subcommittee if appropriate) should explore ways to improve revenues, including grants, fees for workshops and events, dues increases—whatever will work, consistent with our mission. This may include entering in consultations with outside experts.

• The PDC should formulate a proposal to create several task-specific standing committees within HacDC as a way to address the club’s ongoing needs and activities.
Standing committees would allow for focused attention to ongoing concerns while providing for continuity across terms of the board and the changing commitments of club

• The PDC should develop and present a coherent communication strategy for HacDC to ensure all potential donors, granting organizations, and the public at large are presented a consistent, accurate, and positive portrayal of what we do. Included in this task would be to create procedures and a reporting structure for HacDC to document its own activities (e.g. annual reports).

• The PDC should re-examine avenues for recruitment and retention of members, as well as assessing members’ satisfaction and future needs.

• The PDC should assess, report upon, and make proposals as needed for the suitable enhancement of the strong educational component of HacDC’s mission.

A PDC report including recommendations would be delivered to the board in a timely manner, with all action items requiring a vote at a subsequent regular members’ meeting. Interim reports would recur at intervals to be decided by the board.

Again, it is my feeling that we need to look at the big picture and develop a coordinated set of plans in response to our current fiscal and organizational challenges. Friendly amendments in the spirit of this proposal are welcome and invited.

== New Members ==
* Andrew
Found out about HacDC through a Maker Faire. Joined through HARC, interested in Amateur radio.
Works as a scientist, pharmacology. Has a PhD.

* James
Came by and has been working on 3D printers with Julia and Mirage.
Works as a Sys Admin for a small company.

Both approved

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at 9:01 by Celeste

Regular Member Meeting 2015 03 10

2015-03-11T01:01:53Z

Sitwon: /* New Members */

Regular Member Meeting 2015 03 10

2015-03-11T00:42:02Z

Sitwon: /* Member Reports */

Regular Member Meeting 2015 03 10

2015-03-11T00:34:54Z

Sitwon: /* Project HAMRADIO */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:March 10, 2015
:Called to order at 20:02 by Celeste
:Members present: Celeste, Enrique, Don, Ben, Matt H., Julia, Evan, Jamie,
:Members remote: Hunter (Gary Sparkes)
:Others present: James, Andrew C3EDB

:[[Quorum]] 12
:: Quorum met? N

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09]]

== Recognition ==
* Dan Barlow - Taking the initiative to setup CNC Mill dedicated computer disk backup.
* haxwithaxe - Making NAS server storage available.
* Julia Longtin - Thursday event, 3D printing related.
* Kevin Cole - Notifying other HacDC members of the LulzBot giveaway.
* Evan - Hosting the Raspberry Jam!

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
* To help keep the space clean, IN ADDITION TO THROWING AWAY YOUR OWN TRASH, please throw away one thing you see that is obviously trash or has no value every time you leave. If the trash is full, tie it up and replace the trash bag. There is a box of trash bags by the sink. If you have random crap laying around that looks like trash but isn't, make sure it is put away or clearly labeled.
* TTG has gotten a lot of good feedback: Looking for a sponsor to help organize a monthly Table Top Gaming day (picking a date, encouraging members to participate, bringing games, herding cats, etc.)

=== Vice President's Report ===
Bunch of things have been done, more are in progress. Please be patient, and tolerate the resources presently being deployed.

* We WON a LulzBot in the recent giveaway!
* WYSE terminals now have two USB flashdrive images. DSL works well for GUI (eg. kiosk) or simple SSH (eg. fileserver) uses. Knoppix offers kernel 2.6, which can be used to chainload full-scale distributions (eg. Debian) for more advanced servers (eg. Apache, Lighttpd, MySQL, Email, IMAP, etc). Relatively cheap, sporting x86 CPUs, and offering audio ports, these can be useful as 'embedded' computers.
* Configuration kiosk (WYSE terminal based) will be provided for the NetPLC based RFID system in progress. NetPLC would have been ready for delivery today, but local IT issues kept me busy yesterday.
* First instance of mirage335OS (precompiled Gentoo/Funtoo image with custom software) installed to a modern ThinkPad. Intended to host our Epson Stylus Pro 4800 2D printer, allowing large-format printouts at low cost (compared to >$20/job Kinkos pricing).
* AutoSSH through Shimmer tested successfully. Will be used to remotely administrate and backup important computers, preventing recurrence of the sort of file-corruption incident which struck our CNC Mill recently.
* RostockMax 3D printer back online. Some wires are corroding, and will be replaced with a dedicated PCB.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
*Please Forgive My absence. I am on I-95N by the time you see this. Probably in South Carolina. Also, please forgive the external links. I have a terrible internet connection and will upload them directly when i return to DC

Notes:
Thanks to everyone tat has converted to Dwolla. ~25% of membership has converted
To the rest of you, Please either convert to Dwola or Re-subscribe your paypal memberships @$60. This is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
Special Thanks to Teaching For Change for a $175 Donation as a result of ITechGeek's helping them with their phone lines
Thanks Again to Dan Barlow for his solitary work on the aluminum milling which netted the final $300 donation from Transcend Robotics
Project KitBuild has been reinstated
$339.88 has been donated by Lee and earmarked for HARC.
i will be initiating a complete transfer of funds from Dwolla to BB&T and a Partial transfund from PayPal to BB&T in March

There is nothing significant to report in the financials so they are presented without comment. if you have any questions about this months financials Please email treasurer@hacdc.org Subject: March Financials and i will keep an eye out and get back to you.

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTRS1UYUlUQVBlbEU/view?usp=sharing

==== Project Awesome ====
*

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTODFINWtpTlNUa2c/view?usp=sharing

=== Secretary's Report ===
*

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Don ====
* Was at Radio USA and spoke about HacDC.
* Will introduce a grant writer to HacDC in April.
* Will attend classes on grants.
* HARC has some new members.
* HARC has been active with contests.

==== Phil ====
* We have been meeting in an informal capacity with Christine to formulate a development strategy for HacDC.
* We have been making some progress on identifying our stake holders and developing personas to better understand them.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
* Dan has been busy, so no change.

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
* Still waiting on a box from California

=== Project KITBUILD ===
* Alberto is still alive and plans to do more classes to teach people soldering and Processing.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
* Authorized purchase of some 3D printer filament.
* New WSM1 soldering iron tips have arrived. Please use the needle tip specifically for surface-mount work.
* Requested purchase of hobbed bolts for the Rostock Max.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
* Authorized purchase of Wheels for OpticalTableRobot. AFAIK, the vendor has not been able to ship them yet.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
* Preparing for Field Day in June.
** Possibly going to Hains Point.
** Weekend of June 28th
* Our radio is in the repair shop getting fixed.
* Jamie has brought one in to use in the mean time.

== Member Reports ==
*

== Old Business ==
*

== New Business ==
*
'''Proposal for “Planning and Development” Committee'''
Submitted by Phil Stewart, February 24th, 2015

To Vote Upon: The following proposal to form this committee that will report to the board and to membership, by which vote the committee's work will be authorized with the mandate of the membership.

'''Summary:'''

I propose the creation of a “Planning and Development” Committee to create a coherent package of proposals geared towards refocusing HacDC’s priorities and aligning its activities and expenditures with its primary goals and purposes.

'''Background:'''

Recent discussions of our budget have highlighted the need for a renewal of purpose at HacDC. A number of proposals have been offered: to put together a fund-raising document, to fix one or another by-law, to re-assess the content of our 501c3 application (or otherwise notify the IRS of a planned change to our activities).

The budget concerns we need to address arise from the convergence of twin trends: a rise in rent over the last few years and a flattening of growth in membership subscriptions (our principle source of revenue). As members have left the area, or founded their own hackerspaces in DC’s suburbs, HacDC has not attracted new members at a similar rate. This most likely has multiple causes, but is at least partially linked to some changes in the direction and scope of our activities—acquiring equipment vs. offering programs, for example—paired with some less pleasant consequences of our light-handed approach to group governance: disorganization, a messy shop, incivility in our email discussions. With fewer members, fewer activities can be carried on, recursively impacting our capacity to attract and retain members. These interacting forces form a coordinated system. To solve them, we need to formulate a coordinated response.

'''Proposal:'''

To this end I propose that a limited-term committee be formed to create a coherent package of proposals that looks at our activities, expenditures, funding sources, by-laws, organizational operations, and anything else it deems to be relevant to get us back on track as a nonprofit organization serving the greater good of our community. For the purpose of this proposal, I am calling this the “Planning and Development Committee” (PDC).

The PDC should be composed of a mix of volunteers, board members (one or more), and people recruited by the board for their particular skills and experience relevant to this committee’s work. It should also actively consult with members who may not have the time to serve but whose input is needed. While the PDC should report to the board, its progress and findings should be fully communicated to the membership at large. The PDC is not conceived as a permanent committee. Once its proposals have been delivered and accepted / rejected / acted upon, the PDC will be dissolved and its useful functions reassigned to officers, the board, or standing committees.

The PDC should as part of its duties undertake the following:

• The PDC’s first task should be to find out what is working and what isn’t for HacDC. I have in mind a poll or survey of members, former members, and would-be members (e.g. who participate on Blabber). It may also be useful to survey or interview visitors to the space, and members or directors of other hackerspaces. Such a survey could be conducted online (at a site such as SurveyMonkey).

• As importantly, the PDC (or a separate subcommittee if appropriate) should explore ways to improve revenues, including grants, fees for workshops and events, dues increases—whatever will work, consistent with our mission. This may include entering in consultations with outside experts.

• The PDC should formulate a proposal to create several task-specific standing committees within HacDC as a way to address the club’s ongoing needs and activities.
Standing committees would allow for focused attention to ongoing concerns while providing for continuity across terms of the board and the changing commitments of club

• The PDC should develop and present a coherent communication strategy for HacDC to ensure all potential donors, granting organizations, and the public at large are presented a consistent, accurate, and positive portrayal of what we do. Included in this task would be to create procedures and a reporting structure for HacDC to document its own activities (e.g. annual reports).

• The PDC should re-examine avenues for recruitment and retention of members, as well as assessing members’ satisfaction and future needs.

• The PDC should assess, report upon, and make proposals as needed for the suitable enhancement of the strong educational component of HacDC’s mission.

A PDC report including recommendations would be delivered to the board in a timely manner, with all action items requiring a vote at a subsequent regular members’ meeting. Interim reports would recur at intervals to be decided by the board.

Again, it is my feeling that we need to look at the big picture and develop a coordinated set of plans in response to our current fiscal and organizational challenges. Friendly amendments in the spirit of this proposal are welcome and invited.

== New Members ==
*

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at XXX by XXX

Regular Member Meeting 2015 03 10

2015-03-11T00:32:08Z

Sitwon: /* Project LASER */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:March 10, 2015
:Called to order at 20:02 by Celeste
:Members present: Celeste, Enrique, Don, Ben, Matt H., Julia, Evan, Jamie,
:Members remote: Hunter (Gary Sparkes)
:Others present: James, Andrew C3EDB

:[[Quorum]] 12
:: Quorum met? N

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09]]

== Recognition ==
* Dan Barlow - Taking the initiative to setup CNC Mill dedicated computer disk backup.
* haxwithaxe - Making NAS server storage available.
* Julia Longtin - Thursday event, 3D printing related.
* Kevin Cole - Notifying other HacDC members of the LulzBot giveaway.
* Evan - Hosting the Raspberry Jam!

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
* To help keep the space clean, IN ADDITION TO THROWING AWAY YOUR OWN TRASH, please throw away one thing you see that is obviously trash or has no value every time you leave. If the trash is full, tie it up and replace the trash bag. There is a box of trash bags by the sink. If you have random crap laying around that looks like trash but isn't, make sure it is put away or clearly labeled.
* TTG has gotten a lot of good feedback: Looking for a sponsor to help organize a monthly Table Top Gaming day (picking a date, encouraging members to participate, bringing games, herding cats, etc.)

=== Vice President's Report ===
Bunch of things have been done, more are in progress. Please be patient, and tolerate the resources presently being deployed.

* We WON a LulzBot in the recent giveaway!
* WYSE terminals now have two USB flashdrive images. DSL works well for GUI (eg. kiosk) or simple SSH (eg. fileserver) uses. Knoppix offers kernel 2.6, which can be used to chainload full-scale distributions (eg. Debian) for more advanced servers (eg. Apache, Lighttpd, MySQL, Email, IMAP, etc). Relatively cheap, sporting x86 CPUs, and offering audio ports, these can be useful as 'embedded' computers.
* Configuration kiosk (WYSE terminal based) will be provided for the NetPLC based RFID system in progress. NetPLC would have been ready for delivery today, but local IT issues kept me busy yesterday.
* First instance of mirage335OS (precompiled Gentoo/Funtoo image with custom software) installed to a modern ThinkPad. Intended to host our Epson Stylus Pro 4800 2D printer, allowing large-format printouts at low cost (compared to >$20/job Kinkos pricing).
* AutoSSH through Shimmer tested successfully. Will be used to remotely administrate and backup important computers, preventing recurrence of the sort of file-corruption incident which struck our CNC Mill recently.
* RostockMax 3D printer back online. Some wires are corroding, and will be replaced with a dedicated PCB.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
*Please Forgive My absence. I am on I-95N by the time you see this. Probably in South Carolina. Also, please forgive the external links. I have a terrible internet connection and will upload them directly when i return to DC

Notes:
Thanks to everyone tat has converted to Dwolla. ~25% of membership has converted
To the rest of you, Please either convert to Dwola or Re-subscribe your paypal memberships @$60. This is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
Special Thanks to Teaching For Change for a $175 Donation as a result of ITechGeek's helping them with their phone lines
Thanks Again to Dan Barlow for his solitary work on the aluminum milling which netted the final $300 donation from Transcend Robotics
Project KitBuild has been reinstated
$339.88 has been donated by Lee and earmarked for HARC.
i will be initiating a complete transfer of funds from Dwolla to BB&T and a Partial transfund from PayPal to BB&T in March

There is nothing significant to report in the financials so they are presented without comment. if you have any questions about this months financials Please email treasurer@hacdc.org Subject: March Financials and i will keep an eye out and get back to you.

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTRS1UYUlUQVBlbEU/view?usp=sharing

==== Project Awesome ====
*

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTODFINWtpTlNUa2c/view?usp=sharing

=== Secretary's Report ===
*

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Don ====
* Was at Radio USA and spoke about HacDC.
* Will introduce a grant writer to HacDC in April.
* Will attend classes on grants.
* HARC has some new members.
* HARC has been active with contests.

==== Phil ====
* We have been meeting in an informal capacity with Christine to formulate a development strategy for HacDC.
* We have been making some progress on identifying our stake holders and developing personas to better understand them.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
* Dan has been busy, so no change.

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
* Still waiting on a box from California

=== Project KITBUILD ===
* Alberto is still alive and plans to do more classes to teach people soldering and Processing.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
* Authorized purchase of some 3D printer filament.
* New WSM1 soldering iron tips have arrived. Please use the needle tip specifically for surface-mount work.
* Requested purchase of hobbed bolts for the Rostock Max.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
* Authorized purchase of Wheels for OpticalTableRobot. AFAIK, the vendor has not been able to ship them yet.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
*

== Member Reports ==
*

== Old Business ==
*

== New Business ==
*
'''Proposal for “Planning and Development” Committee'''
Submitted by Phil Stewart, February 24th, 2015

To Vote Upon: The following proposal to form this committee that will report to the board and to membership, by which vote the committee's work will be authorized with the mandate of the membership.

'''Summary:'''

I propose the creation of a “Planning and Development” Committee to create a coherent package of proposals geared towards refocusing HacDC’s priorities and aligning its activities and expenditures with its primary goals and purposes.

'''Background:'''

Recent discussions of our budget have highlighted the need for a renewal of purpose at HacDC. A number of proposals have been offered: to put together a fund-raising document, to fix one or another by-law, to re-assess the content of our 501c3 application (or otherwise notify the IRS of a planned change to our activities).

The budget concerns we need to address arise from the convergence of twin trends: a rise in rent over the last few years and a flattening of growth in membership subscriptions (our principle source of revenue). As members have left the area, or founded their own hackerspaces in DC’s suburbs, HacDC has not attracted new members at a similar rate. This most likely has multiple causes, but is at least partially linked to some changes in the direction and scope of our activities—acquiring equipment vs. offering programs, for example—paired with some less pleasant consequences of our light-handed approach to group governance: disorganization, a messy shop, incivility in our email discussions. With fewer members, fewer activities can be carried on, recursively impacting our capacity to attract and retain members. These interacting forces form a coordinated system. To solve them, we need to formulate a coordinated response.

'''Proposal:'''

To this end I propose that a limited-term committee be formed to create a coherent package of proposals that looks at our activities, expenditures, funding sources, by-laws, organizational operations, and anything else it deems to be relevant to get us back on track as a nonprofit organization serving the greater good of our community. For the purpose of this proposal, I am calling this the “Planning and Development Committee” (PDC).

The PDC should be composed of a mix of volunteers, board members (one or more), and people recruited by the board for their particular skills and experience relevant to this committee’s work. It should also actively consult with members who may not have the time to serve but whose input is needed. While the PDC should report to the board, its progress and findings should be fully communicated to the membership at large. The PDC is not conceived as a permanent committee. Once its proposals have been delivered and accepted / rejected / acted upon, the PDC will be dissolved and its useful functions reassigned to officers, the board, or standing committees.

The PDC should as part of its duties undertake the following:

• The PDC’s first task should be to find out what is working and what isn’t for HacDC. I have in mind a poll or survey of members, former members, and would-be members (e.g. who participate on Blabber). It may also be useful to survey or interview visitors to the space, and members or directors of other hackerspaces. Such a survey could be conducted online (at a site such as SurveyMonkey).

• As importantly, the PDC (or a separate subcommittee if appropriate) should explore ways to improve revenues, including grants, fees for workshops and events, dues increases—whatever will work, consistent with our mission. This may include entering in consultations with outside experts.

• The PDC should formulate a proposal to create several task-specific standing committees within HacDC as a way to address the club’s ongoing needs and activities.
Standing committees would allow for focused attention to ongoing concerns while providing for continuity across terms of the board and the changing commitments of club

• The PDC should develop and present a coherent communication strategy for HacDC to ensure all potential donors, granting organizations, and the public at large are presented a consistent, accurate, and positive portrayal of what we do. Included in this task would be to create procedures and a reporting structure for HacDC to document its own activities (e.g. annual reports).

• The PDC should re-examine avenues for recruitment and retention of members, as well as assessing members’ satisfaction and future needs.

• The PDC should assess, report upon, and make proposals as needed for the suitable enhancement of the strong educational component of HacDC’s mission.

A PDC report including recommendations would be delivered to the board in a timely manner, with all action items requiring a vote at a subsequent regular members’ meeting. Interim reports would recur at intervals to be decided by the board.

Again, it is my feeling that we need to look at the big picture and develop a coordinated set of plans in response to our current fiscal and organizational challenges. Friendly amendments in the spirit of this proposal are welcome and invited.

== New Members ==
*

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at XXX by XXX

Regular Member Meeting 2015 03 10

2015-03-11T00:31:16Z

Sitwon: /* Project KITBUILD */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:March 10, 2015
:Called to order at 20:02 by Celeste
:Members present: Celeste, Enrique, Don, Ben, Matt H., Julia, Evan, Jamie,
:Members remote: Hunter (Gary Sparkes)
:Others present: James, Andrew C3EDB

:[[Quorum]] 12
:: Quorum met? N

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09]]

== Recognition ==
* Dan Barlow - Taking the initiative to setup CNC Mill dedicated computer disk backup.
* haxwithaxe - Making NAS server storage available.
* Julia Longtin - Thursday event, 3D printing related.
* Kevin Cole - Notifying other HacDC members of the LulzBot giveaway.
* Evan - Hosting the Raspberry Jam!

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
* To help keep the space clean, IN ADDITION TO THROWING AWAY YOUR OWN TRASH, please throw away one thing you see that is obviously trash or has no value every time you leave. If the trash is full, tie it up and replace the trash bag. There is a box of trash bags by the sink. If you have random crap laying around that looks like trash but isn't, make sure it is put away or clearly labeled.
* TTG has gotten a lot of good feedback: Looking for a sponsor to help organize a monthly Table Top Gaming day (picking a date, encouraging members to participate, bringing games, herding cats, etc.)

=== Vice President's Report ===
Bunch of things have been done, more are in progress. Please be patient, and tolerate the resources presently being deployed.

* We WON a LulzBot in the recent giveaway!
* WYSE terminals now have two USB flashdrive images. DSL works well for GUI (eg. kiosk) or simple SSH (eg. fileserver) uses. Knoppix offers kernel 2.6, which can be used to chainload full-scale distributions (eg. Debian) for more advanced servers (eg. Apache, Lighttpd, MySQL, Email, IMAP, etc). Relatively cheap, sporting x86 CPUs, and offering audio ports, these can be useful as 'embedded' computers.
* Configuration kiosk (WYSE terminal based) will be provided for the NetPLC based RFID system in progress. NetPLC would have been ready for delivery today, but local IT issues kept me busy yesterday.
* First instance of mirage335OS (precompiled Gentoo/Funtoo image with custom software) installed to a modern ThinkPad. Intended to host our Epson Stylus Pro 4800 2D printer, allowing large-format printouts at low cost (compared to >$20/job Kinkos pricing).
* AutoSSH through Shimmer tested successfully. Will be used to remotely administrate and backup important computers, preventing recurrence of the sort of file-corruption incident which struck our CNC Mill recently.
* RostockMax 3D printer back online. Some wires are corroding, and will be replaced with a dedicated PCB.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
*Please Forgive My absence. I am on I-95N by the time you see this. Probably in South Carolina. Also, please forgive the external links. I have a terrible internet connection and will upload them directly when i return to DC

Notes:
Thanks to everyone tat has converted to Dwolla. ~25% of membership has converted
To the rest of you, Please either convert to Dwola or Re-subscribe your paypal memberships @$60. This is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
Special Thanks to Teaching For Change for a $175 Donation as a result of ITechGeek's helping them with their phone lines
Thanks Again to Dan Barlow for his solitary work on the aluminum milling which netted the final $300 donation from Transcend Robotics
Project KitBuild has been reinstated
$339.88 has been donated by Lee and earmarked for HARC.
i will be initiating a complete transfer of funds from Dwolla to BB&T and a Partial transfund from PayPal to BB&T in March

There is nothing significant to report in the financials so they are presented without comment. if you have any questions about this months financials Please email treasurer@hacdc.org Subject: March Financials and i will keep an eye out and get back to you.

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTRS1UYUlUQVBlbEU/view?usp=sharing

==== Project Awesome ====
*

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTODFINWtpTlNUa2c/view?usp=sharing

=== Secretary's Report ===
*

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Don ====
* Was at Radio USA and spoke about HacDC.
* Will introduce a grant writer to HacDC in April.
* Will attend classes on grants.
* HARC has some new members.
* HARC has been active with contests.

==== Phil ====
* We have been meeting in an informal capacity with Christine to formulate a development strategy for HacDC.
* We have been making some progress on identifying our stake holders and developing personas to better understand them.

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
* Still waiting on a box from California

=== Project KITBUILD ===
* Alberto is still alive and plans to do more classes to teach people soldering and Processing.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
* Authorized purchase of some 3D printer filament.
* New WSM1 soldering iron tips have arrived. Please use the needle tip specifically for surface-mount work.
* Requested purchase of hobbed bolts for the Rostock Max.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
* Authorized purchase of Wheels for OpticalTableRobot. AFAIK, the vendor has not been able to ship them yet.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
*

== Member Reports ==
*

== Old Business ==
*

== New Business ==
*
'''Proposal for “Planning and Development” Committee'''
Submitted by Phil Stewart, February 24th, 2015

To Vote Upon: The following proposal to form this committee that will report to the board and to membership, by which vote the committee's work will be authorized with the mandate of the membership.

'''Summary:'''

I propose the creation of a “Planning and Development” Committee to create a coherent package of proposals geared towards refocusing HacDC’s priorities and aligning its activities and expenditures with its primary goals and purposes.

'''Background:'''

Recent discussions of our budget have highlighted the need for a renewal of purpose at HacDC. A number of proposals have been offered: to put together a fund-raising document, to fix one or another by-law, to re-assess the content of our 501c3 application (or otherwise notify the IRS of a planned change to our activities).

The budget concerns we need to address arise from the convergence of twin trends: a rise in rent over the last few years and a flattening of growth in membership subscriptions (our principle source of revenue). As members have left the area, or founded their own hackerspaces in DC’s suburbs, HacDC has not attracted new members at a similar rate. This most likely has multiple causes, but is at least partially linked to some changes in the direction and scope of our activities—acquiring equipment vs. offering programs, for example—paired with some less pleasant consequences of our light-handed approach to group governance: disorganization, a messy shop, incivility in our email discussions. With fewer members, fewer activities can be carried on, recursively impacting our capacity to attract and retain members. These interacting forces form a coordinated system. To solve them, we need to formulate a coordinated response.

'''Proposal:'''

To this end I propose that a limited-term committee be formed to create a coherent package of proposals that looks at our activities, expenditures, funding sources, by-laws, organizational operations, and anything else it deems to be relevant to get us back on track as a nonprofit organization serving the greater good of our community. For the purpose of this proposal, I am calling this the “Planning and Development Committee” (PDC).

The PDC should be composed of a mix of volunteers, board members (one or more), and people recruited by the board for their particular skills and experience relevant to this committee’s work. It should also actively consult with members who may not have the time to serve but whose input is needed. While the PDC should report to the board, its progress and findings should be fully communicated to the membership at large. The PDC is not conceived as a permanent committee. Once its proposals have been delivered and accepted / rejected / acted upon, the PDC will be dissolved and its useful functions reassigned to officers, the board, or standing committees.

The PDC should as part of its duties undertake the following:

• The PDC’s first task should be to find out what is working and what isn’t for HacDC. I have in mind a poll or survey of members, former members, and would-be members (e.g. who participate on Blabber). It may also be useful to survey or interview visitors to the space, and members or directors of other hackerspaces. Such a survey could be conducted online (at a site such as SurveyMonkey).

• As importantly, the PDC (or a separate subcommittee if appropriate) should explore ways to improve revenues, including grants, fees for workshops and events, dues increases—whatever will work, consistent with our mission. This may include entering in consultations with outside experts.

• The PDC should formulate a proposal to create several task-specific standing committees within HacDC as a way to address the club’s ongoing needs and activities.
Standing committees would allow for focused attention to ongoing concerns while providing for continuity across terms of the board and the changing commitments of club

• The PDC should develop and present a coherent communication strategy for HacDC to ensure all potential donors, granting organizations, and the public at large are presented a consistent, accurate, and positive portrayal of what we do. Included in this task would be to create procedures and a reporting structure for HacDC to document its own activities (e.g. annual reports).

• The PDC should re-examine avenues for recruitment and retention of members, as well as assessing members’ satisfaction and future needs.

• The PDC should assess, report upon, and make proposals as needed for the suitable enhancement of the strong educational component of HacDC’s mission.

A PDC report including recommendations would be delivered to the board in a timely manner, with all action items requiring a vote at a subsequent regular members’ meeting. Interim reports would recur at intervals to be decided by the board.

Again, it is my feeling that we need to look at the big picture and develop a coordinated set of plans in response to our current fiscal and organizational challenges. Friendly amendments in the spirit of this proposal are welcome and invited.

== New Members ==
*

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at XXX by XXX

Regular Member Meeting 2015 03 10

2015-03-11T00:30:44Z

Sitwon: /* Project BYZANTIUM */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:March 10, 2015
:Called to order at 20:02 by Celeste
:Members present: Celeste, Enrique, Don, Ben, Matt H., Julia, Evan, Jamie,
:Members remote: Hunter (Gary Sparkes)
:Others present: James, Andrew C3EDB

:[[Quorum]] 12
:: Quorum met? N

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09]]

== Recognition ==
* Dan Barlow - Taking the initiative to setup CNC Mill dedicated computer disk backup.
* haxwithaxe - Making NAS server storage available.
* Julia Longtin - Thursday event, 3D printing related.
* Kevin Cole - Notifying other HacDC members of the LulzBot giveaway.
* Evan - Hosting the Raspberry Jam!

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
* To help keep the space clean, IN ADDITION TO THROWING AWAY YOUR OWN TRASH, please throw away one thing you see that is obviously trash or has no value every time you leave. If the trash is full, tie it up and replace the trash bag. There is a box of trash bags by the sink. If you have random crap laying around that looks like trash but isn't, make sure it is put away or clearly labeled.
* TTG has gotten a lot of good feedback: Looking for a sponsor to help organize a monthly Table Top Gaming day (picking a date, encouraging members to participate, bringing games, herding cats, etc.)

=== Vice President's Report ===
Bunch of things have been done, more are in progress. Please be patient, and tolerate the resources presently being deployed.

* We WON a LulzBot in the recent giveaway!
* WYSE terminals now have two USB flashdrive images. DSL works well for GUI (eg. kiosk) or simple SSH (eg. fileserver) uses. Knoppix offers kernel 2.6, which can be used to chainload full-scale distributions (eg. Debian) for more advanced servers (eg. Apache, Lighttpd, MySQL, Email, IMAP, etc). Relatively cheap, sporting x86 CPUs, and offering audio ports, these can be useful as 'embedded' computers.
* Configuration kiosk (WYSE terminal based) will be provided for the NetPLC based RFID system in progress. NetPLC would have been ready for delivery today, but local IT issues kept me busy yesterday.
* First instance of mirage335OS (precompiled Gentoo/Funtoo image with custom software) installed to a modern ThinkPad. Intended to host our Epson Stylus Pro 4800 2D printer, allowing large-format printouts at low cost (compared to >$20/job Kinkos pricing).
* AutoSSH through Shimmer tested successfully. Will be used to remotely administrate and backup important computers, preventing recurrence of the sort of file-corruption incident which struck our CNC Mill recently.
* RostockMax 3D printer back online. Some wires are corroding, and will be replaced with a dedicated PCB.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
*Please Forgive My absence. I am on I-95N by the time you see this. Probably in South Carolina. Also, please forgive the external links. I have a terrible internet connection and will upload them directly when i return to DC

Notes:
Thanks to everyone tat has converted to Dwolla. ~25% of membership has converted
To the rest of you, Please either convert to Dwola or Re-subscribe your paypal memberships @$60. This is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
Special Thanks to Teaching For Change for a $175 Donation as a result of ITechGeek's helping them with their phone lines
Thanks Again to Dan Barlow for his solitary work on the aluminum milling which netted the final $300 donation from Transcend Robotics
Project KitBuild has been reinstated
$339.88 has been donated by Lee and earmarked for HARC.
i will be initiating a complete transfer of funds from Dwolla to BB&T and a Partial transfund from PayPal to BB&T in March

There is nothing significant to report in the financials so they are presented without comment. if you have any questions about this months financials Please email treasurer@hacdc.org Subject: March Financials and i will keep an eye out and get back to you.

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTRS1UYUlUQVBlbEU/view?usp=sharing

==== Project Awesome ====
*

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTODFINWtpTlNUa2c/view?usp=sharing

=== Secretary's Report ===
*

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Don ====
* Was at Radio USA and spoke about HacDC.
* Will introduce a grant writer to HacDC in April.
* Will attend classes on grants.
* HARC has some new members.
* HARC has been active with contests.

==== Phil ====
* We have been meeting in an informal capacity with Christine to formulate a development strategy for HacDC.
* We have been making some progress on identifying our stake holders and developing personas to better understand them.

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
* Still waiting on a box from California

=== Project KITBUILD ===
*

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
* Authorized purchase of some 3D printer filament.
* New WSM1 soldering iron tips have arrived. Please use the needle tip specifically for surface-mount work.
* Requested purchase of hobbed bolts for the Rostock Max.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
* Authorized purchase of Wheels for OpticalTableRobot. AFAIK, the vendor has not been able to ship them yet.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
*

== Member Reports ==
*

== Old Business ==
*

== New Business ==
*
'''Proposal for “Planning and Development” Committee'''
Submitted by Phil Stewart, February 24th, 2015

To Vote Upon: The following proposal to form this committee that will report to the board and to membership, by which vote the committee's work will be authorized with the mandate of the membership.

'''Summary:'''

I propose the creation of a “Planning and Development” Committee to create a coherent package of proposals geared towards refocusing HacDC’s priorities and aligning its activities and expenditures with its primary goals and purposes.

'''Background:'''

Recent discussions of our budget have highlighted the need for a renewal of purpose at HacDC. A number of proposals have been offered: to put together a fund-raising document, to fix one or another by-law, to re-assess the content of our 501c3 application (or otherwise notify the IRS of a planned change to our activities).

The budget concerns we need to address arise from the convergence of twin trends: a rise in rent over the last few years and a flattening of growth in membership subscriptions (our principle source of revenue). As members have left the area, or founded their own hackerspaces in DC’s suburbs, HacDC has not attracted new members at a similar rate. This most likely has multiple causes, but is at least partially linked to some changes in the direction and scope of our activities—acquiring equipment vs. offering programs, for example—paired with some less pleasant consequences of our light-handed approach to group governance: disorganization, a messy shop, incivility in our email discussions. With fewer members, fewer activities can be carried on, recursively impacting our capacity to attract and retain members. These interacting forces form a coordinated system. To solve them, we need to formulate a coordinated response.

'''Proposal:'''

To this end I propose that a limited-term committee be formed to create a coherent package of proposals that looks at our activities, expenditures, funding sources, by-laws, organizational operations, and anything else it deems to be relevant to get us back on track as a nonprofit organization serving the greater good of our community. For the purpose of this proposal, I am calling this the “Planning and Development Committee” (PDC).

The PDC should be composed of a mix of volunteers, board members (one or more), and people recruited by the board for their particular skills and experience relevant to this committee’s work. It should also actively consult with members who may not have the time to serve but whose input is needed. While the PDC should report to the board, its progress and findings should be fully communicated to the membership at large. The PDC is not conceived as a permanent committee. Once its proposals have been delivered and accepted / rejected / acted upon, the PDC will be dissolved and its useful functions reassigned to officers, the board, or standing committees.

The PDC should as part of its duties undertake the following:

• The PDC’s first task should be to find out what is working and what isn’t for HacDC. I have in mind a poll or survey of members, former members, and would-be members (e.g. who participate on Blabber). It may also be useful to survey or interview visitors to the space, and members or directors of other hackerspaces. Such a survey could be conducted online (at a site such as SurveyMonkey).

• As importantly, the PDC (or a separate subcommittee if appropriate) should explore ways to improve revenues, including grants, fees for workshops and events, dues increases—whatever will work, consistent with our mission. This may include entering in consultations with outside experts.

• The PDC should formulate a proposal to create several task-specific standing committees within HacDC as a way to address the club’s ongoing needs and activities.
Standing committees would allow for focused attention to ongoing concerns while providing for continuity across terms of the board and the changing commitments of club

• The PDC should develop and present a coherent communication strategy for HacDC to ensure all potential donors, granting organizations, and the public at large are presented a consistent, accurate, and positive portrayal of what we do. Included in this task would be to create procedures and a reporting structure for HacDC to document its own activities (e.g. annual reports).

• The PDC should re-examine avenues for recruitment and retention of members, as well as assessing members’ satisfaction and future needs.

• The PDC should assess, report upon, and make proposals as needed for the suitable enhancement of the strong educational component of HacDC’s mission.

A PDC report including recommendations would be delivered to the board in a timely manner, with all action items requiring a vote at a subsequent regular members’ meeting. Interim reports would recur at intervals to be decided by the board.

Again, it is my feeling that we need to look at the big picture and develop a coordinated set of plans in response to our current fiscal and organizational challenges. Friendly amendments in the spirit of this proposal are welcome and invited.

== New Members ==
*

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at XXX by XXX

Regular Member Meeting 2015 03 10

2015-03-11T00:30:25Z

Sitwon: /* Director-at-Large Reports */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:March 10, 2015
:Called to order at 20:02 by Celeste
:Members present: Celeste, Enrique, Don, Ben, Matt H., Julia, Evan, Jamie,
:Members remote: Hunter (Gary Sparkes)
:Others present: James, Andrew C3EDB

:[[Quorum]] 12
:: Quorum met? N

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09]]

== Recognition ==
* Dan Barlow - Taking the initiative to setup CNC Mill dedicated computer disk backup.
* haxwithaxe - Making NAS server storage available.
* Julia Longtin - Thursday event, 3D printing related.
* Kevin Cole - Notifying other HacDC members of the LulzBot giveaway.
* Evan - Hosting the Raspberry Jam!

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
* To help keep the space clean, IN ADDITION TO THROWING AWAY YOUR OWN TRASH, please throw away one thing you see that is obviously trash or has no value every time you leave. If the trash is full, tie it up and replace the trash bag. There is a box of trash bags by the sink. If you have random crap laying around that looks like trash but isn't, make sure it is put away or clearly labeled.
* TTG has gotten a lot of good feedback: Looking for a sponsor to help organize a monthly Table Top Gaming day (picking a date, encouraging members to participate, bringing games, herding cats, etc.)

=== Vice President's Report ===
Bunch of things have been done, more are in progress. Please be patient, and tolerate the resources presently being deployed.

* We WON a LulzBot in the recent giveaway!
* WYSE terminals now have two USB flashdrive images. DSL works well for GUI (eg. kiosk) or simple SSH (eg. fileserver) uses. Knoppix offers kernel 2.6, which can be used to chainload full-scale distributions (eg. Debian) for more advanced servers (eg. Apache, Lighttpd, MySQL, Email, IMAP, etc). Relatively cheap, sporting x86 CPUs, and offering audio ports, these can be useful as 'embedded' computers.
* Configuration kiosk (WYSE terminal based) will be provided for the NetPLC based RFID system in progress. NetPLC would have been ready for delivery today, but local IT issues kept me busy yesterday.
* First instance of mirage335OS (precompiled Gentoo/Funtoo image with custom software) installed to a modern ThinkPad. Intended to host our Epson Stylus Pro 4800 2D printer, allowing large-format printouts at low cost (compared to >$20/job Kinkos pricing).
* AutoSSH through Shimmer tested successfully. Will be used to remotely administrate and backup important computers, preventing recurrence of the sort of file-corruption incident which struck our CNC Mill recently.
* RostockMax 3D printer back online. Some wires are corroding, and will be replaced with a dedicated PCB.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
*Please Forgive My absence. I am on I-95N by the time you see this. Probably in South Carolina. Also, please forgive the external links. I have a terrible internet connection and will upload them directly when i return to DC

Notes:
Thanks to everyone tat has converted to Dwolla. ~25% of membership has converted
To the rest of you, Please either convert to Dwola or Re-subscribe your paypal memberships @$60. This is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
Special Thanks to Teaching For Change for a $175 Donation as a result of ITechGeek's helping them with their phone lines
Thanks Again to Dan Barlow for his solitary work on the aluminum milling which netted the final $300 donation from Transcend Robotics
Project KitBuild has been reinstated
$339.88 has been donated by Lee and earmarked for HARC.
i will be initiating a complete transfer of funds from Dwolla to BB&T and a Partial transfund from PayPal to BB&T in March

There is nothing significant to report in the financials so they are presented without comment. if you have any questions about this months financials Please email treasurer@hacdc.org Subject: March Financials and i will keep an eye out and get back to you.

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTRS1UYUlUQVBlbEU/view?usp=sharing

==== Project Awesome ====
*

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTODFINWtpTlNUa2c/view?usp=sharing

=== Secretary's Report ===
*

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Don ====
* Was at Radio USA and spoke about HacDC.
* Will introduce a grant writer to HacDC in April.
* Will attend classes on grants.
* HARC has some new members.
* HARC has been active with contests.

==== Phil ====
* We have been meeting in an informal capacity with Christine to formulate a development strategy for HacDC.
* We have been making some progress on identifying our stake holders and developing personas to better understand them.

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
*

=== Project KITBUILD ===
*

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
* Authorized purchase of some 3D printer filament.
* New WSM1 soldering iron tips have arrived. Please use the needle tip specifically for surface-mount work.
* Requested purchase of hobbed bolts for the Rostock Max.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
* Authorized purchase of Wheels for OpticalTableRobot. AFAIK, the vendor has not been able to ship them yet.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
*

== Member Reports ==
*

== Old Business ==
*

== New Business ==
*
'''Proposal for “Planning and Development” Committee'''
Submitted by Phil Stewart, February 24th, 2015

To Vote Upon: The following proposal to form this committee that will report to the board and to membership, by which vote the committee's work will be authorized with the mandate of the membership.

'''Summary:'''

I propose the creation of a “Planning and Development” Committee to create a coherent package of proposals geared towards refocusing HacDC’s priorities and aligning its activities and expenditures with its primary goals and purposes.

'''Background:'''

Recent discussions of our budget have highlighted the need for a renewal of purpose at HacDC. A number of proposals have been offered: to put together a fund-raising document, to fix one or another by-law, to re-assess the content of our 501c3 application (or otherwise notify the IRS of a planned change to our activities).

The budget concerns we need to address arise from the convergence of twin trends: a rise in rent over the last few years and a flattening of growth in membership subscriptions (our principle source of revenue). As members have left the area, or founded their own hackerspaces in DC’s suburbs, HacDC has not attracted new members at a similar rate. This most likely has multiple causes, but is at least partially linked to some changes in the direction and scope of our activities—acquiring equipment vs. offering programs, for example—paired with some less pleasant consequences of our light-handed approach to group governance: disorganization, a messy shop, incivility in our email discussions. With fewer members, fewer activities can be carried on, recursively impacting our capacity to attract and retain members. These interacting forces form a coordinated system. To solve them, we need to formulate a coordinated response.

'''Proposal:'''

To this end I propose that a limited-term committee be formed to create a coherent package of proposals that looks at our activities, expenditures, funding sources, by-laws, organizational operations, and anything else it deems to be relevant to get us back on track as a nonprofit organization serving the greater good of our community. For the purpose of this proposal, I am calling this the “Planning and Development Committee” (PDC).

The PDC should be composed of a mix of volunteers, board members (one or more), and people recruited by the board for their particular skills and experience relevant to this committee’s work. It should also actively consult with members who may not have the time to serve but whose input is needed. While the PDC should report to the board, its progress and findings should be fully communicated to the membership at large. The PDC is not conceived as a permanent committee. Once its proposals have been delivered and accepted / rejected / acted upon, the PDC will be dissolved and its useful functions reassigned to officers, the board, or standing committees.

The PDC should as part of its duties undertake the following:

• The PDC’s first task should be to find out what is working and what isn’t for HacDC. I have in mind a poll or survey of members, former members, and would-be members (e.g. who participate on Blabber). It may also be useful to survey or interview visitors to the space, and members or directors of other hackerspaces. Such a survey could be conducted online (at a site such as SurveyMonkey).

• As importantly, the PDC (or a separate subcommittee if appropriate) should explore ways to improve revenues, including grants, fees for workshops and events, dues increases—whatever will work, consistent with our mission. This may include entering in consultations with outside experts.

• The PDC should formulate a proposal to create several task-specific standing committees within HacDC as a way to address the club’s ongoing needs and activities.
Standing committees would allow for focused attention to ongoing concerns while providing for continuity across terms of the board and the changing commitments of club

• The PDC should develop and present a coherent communication strategy for HacDC to ensure all potential donors, granting organizations, and the public at large are presented a consistent, accurate, and positive portrayal of what we do. Included in this task would be to create procedures and a reporting structure for HacDC to document its own activities (e.g. annual reports).

• The PDC should re-examine avenues for recruitment and retention of members, as well as assessing members’ satisfaction and future needs.

• The PDC should assess, report upon, and make proposals as needed for the suitable enhancement of the strong educational component of HacDC’s mission.

A PDC report including recommendations would be delivered to the board in a timely manner, with all action items requiring a vote at a subsequent regular members’ meeting. Interim reports would recur at intervals to be decided by the board.

Again, it is my feeling that we need to look at the big picture and develop a coordinated set of plans in response to our current fiscal and organizational challenges. Friendly amendments in the spirit of this proposal are welcome and invited.

== New Members ==
*

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at XXX by XXX

Regular Member Meeting 2015 03 10

2015-03-11T00:11:12Z

Sitwon: /* Recognition */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:March 10, 2015
:Called to order at 20:02 by Celeste
:Members present: Celeste, Enrique, Don, Ben, Matt H., Julia, Evan, Jamie,
:Members remote: Hunter (Gary Sparkes)
:Others present: James, Andrew C3EDB

:[[Quorum]] 12
:: Quorum met? N

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09]]

== Recognition ==
* Dan Barlow - Taking the initiative to setup CNC Mill dedicated computer disk backup.
* haxwithaxe - Making NAS server storage available.
* Julia Longtin - Thursday event, 3D printing related.
* Kevin Cole - Notifying other HacDC members of the LulzBot giveaway.
* Evan - Hosting the Raspberry Jam!

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
* To help keep the space clean, IN ADDITION TO THROWING AWAY YOUR OWN TRASH, please throw away one thing you see that is obviously trash or has no value every time you leave. If the trash is full, tie it up and replace the trash bag. There is a box of trash bags by the sink. If you have random crap laying around that looks like trash but isn't, make sure it is put away or clearly labeled.
* TTG has gotten a lot of good feedback: Looking for a sponsor to help organize a monthly Table Top Gaming day (picking a date, encouraging members to participate, bringing games, herding cats, etc.)

=== Vice President's Report ===
Bunch of things have been done, more are in progress. Please be patient, and tolerate the resources presently being deployed.

* We WON a LulzBot in the recent giveaway!
* WYSE terminals now have two USB flashdrive images. DSL works well for GUI (eg. kiosk) or simple SSH (eg. fileserver) uses. Knoppix offers kernel 2.6, which can be used to chainload full-scale distributions (eg. Debian) for more advanced servers (eg. Apache, Lighttpd, MySQL, Email, IMAP, etc). Relatively cheap, sporting x86 CPUs, and offering audio ports, these can be useful as 'embedded' computers.
* Configuration kiosk (WYSE terminal based) will be provided for the NetPLC based RFID system in progress. NetPLC would have been ready for delivery today, but local IT issues kept me busy yesterday.
* First instance of mirage335OS (precompiled Gentoo/Funtoo image with custom software) installed to a modern ThinkPad. Intended to host our Epson Stylus Pro 4800 2D printer, allowing large-format printouts at low cost (compared to >$20/job Kinkos pricing).
* AutoSSH through Shimmer tested successfully. Will be used to remotely administrate and backup important computers, preventing recurrence of the sort of file-corruption incident which struck our CNC Mill recently.
* RostockMax 3D printer back online. Some wires are corroding, and will be replaced with a dedicated PCB.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
*Please Forgive My absence. I am on I-95N by the time you see this. Probably in South Carolina. Also, please forgive the external links. I have a terrible internet connection and will upload them directly when i return to DC

Notes:
Thanks to everyone tat has converted to Dwolla. ~25% of membership has converted
To the rest of you, Please either convert to Dwola or Re-subscribe your paypal memberships @$60. This is ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL.
Special Thanks to Teaching For Change for a $175 Donation as a result of ITechGeek's helping them with their phone lines
Thanks Again to Dan Barlow for his solitary work on the aluminum milling which netted the final $300 donation from Transcend Robotics
Project KitBuild has been reinstated
$339.88 has been donated by Lee and earmarked for HARC.
i will be initiating a complete transfer of funds from Dwolla to BB&T and a Partial transfund from PayPal to BB&T in March

There is nothing significant to report in the financials so they are presented without comment. if you have any questions about this months financials Please email treasurer@hacdc.org Subject: March Financials and i will keep an eye out and get back to you.

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTRS1UYUlUQVBlbEU/view?usp=sharing

==== Project Awesome ====
*

https://drive.google.com/a/hacdc.org/file/d/0B-gL3hld3MyTODFINWtpTlNUa2c/view?usp=sharing

=== Secretary's Report ===
*

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
*

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
*

=== Project KITBUILD ===
*

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
* Authorized purchase of some 3D printer filament.
* New WSM1 soldering iron tips have arrived. Please use the needle tip specifically for surface-mount work.
* Requested purchase of hobbed bolts for the Rostock Max.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
* Authorized purchase of Wheels for OpticalTableRobot. AFAIK, the vendor has not been able to ship them yet.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
*

== Member Reports ==
*

== Old Business ==
*

== New Business ==
*
'''Proposal for “Planning and Development” Committee'''
Submitted by Phil Stewart, February 24th, 2015

To Vote Upon: The following proposal to form this committee that will report to the board and to membership, by which vote the committee's work will be authorized with the mandate of the membership.

'''Summary:'''

I propose the creation of a “Planning and Development” Committee to create a coherent package of proposals geared towards refocusing HacDC’s priorities and aligning its activities and expenditures with its primary goals and purposes.

'''Background:'''

Recent discussions of our budget have highlighted the need for a renewal of purpose at HacDC. A number of proposals have been offered: to put together a fund-raising document, to fix one or another by-law, to re-assess the content of our 501c3 application (or otherwise notify the IRS of a planned change to our activities).

The budget concerns we need to address arise from the convergence of twin trends: a rise in rent over the last few years and a flattening of growth in membership subscriptions (our principle source of revenue). As members have left the area, or founded their own hackerspaces in DC’s suburbs, HacDC has not attracted new members at a similar rate. This most likely has multiple causes, but is at least partially linked to some changes in the direction and scope of our activities—acquiring equipment vs. offering programs, for example—paired with some less pleasant consequences of our light-handed approach to group governance: disorganization, a messy shop, incivility in our email discussions. With fewer members, fewer activities can be carried on, recursively impacting our capacity to attract and retain members. These interacting forces form a coordinated system. To solve them, we need to formulate a coordinated response.

'''Proposal:'''

To this end I propose that a limited-term committee be formed to create a coherent package of proposals that looks at our activities, expenditures, funding sources, by-laws, organizational operations, and anything else it deems to be relevant to get us back on track as a nonprofit organization serving the greater good of our community. For the purpose of this proposal, I am calling this the “Planning and Development Committee” (PDC).

The PDC should be composed of a mix of volunteers, board members (one or more), and people recruited by the board for their particular skills and experience relevant to this committee’s work. It should also actively consult with members who may not have the time to serve but whose input is needed. While the PDC should report to the board, its progress and findings should be fully communicated to the membership at large. The PDC is not conceived as a permanent committee. Once its proposals have been delivered and accepted / rejected / acted upon, the PDC will be dissolved and its useful functions reassigned to officers, the board, or standing committees.

The PDC should as part of its duties undertake the following:

• The PDC’s first task should be to find out what is working and what isn’t for HacDC. I have in mind a poll or survey of members, former members, and would-be members (e.g. who participate on Blabber). It may also be useful to survey or interview visitors to the space, and members or directors of other hackerspaces. Such a survey could be conducted online (at a site such as SurveyMonkey).

• As importantly, the PDC (or a separate subcommittee if appropriate) should explore ways to improve revenues, including grants, fees for workshops and events, dues increases—whatever will work, consistent with our mission. This may include entering in consultations with outside experts.

• The PDC should formulate a proposal to create several task-specific standing committees within HacDC as a way to address the club’s ongoing needs and activities.
Standing committees would allow for focused attention to ongoing concerns while providing for continuity across terms of the board and the changing commitments of club

• The PDC should develop and present a coherent communication strategy for HacDC to ensure all potential donors, granting organizations, and the public at large are presented a consistent, accurate, and positive portrayal of what we do. Included in this task would be to create procedures and a reporting structure for HacDC to document its own activities (e.g. annual reports).

• The PDC should re-examine avenues for recruitment and retention of members, as well as assessing members’ satisfaction and future needs.

• The PDC should assess, report upon, and make proposals as needed for the suitable enhancement of the strong educational component of HacDC’s mission.

A PDC report including recommendations would be delivered to the board in a timely manner, with all action items requiring a vote at a subsequent regular members’ meeting. Interim reports would recur at intervals to be decided by the board.

Again, it is my feeling that we need to look at the big picture and develop a coordinated set of plans in response to our current fiscal and organizational challenges. Friendly amendments in the spirit of this proposal are welcome and invited.

== New Members ==
*

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at XXX by XXX

Annual Meeting 2015

2015-01-10T21:03:00Z

Sitwon: Meeting notes

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}
== Purpose ==

From the HacDC Bylaws, Article III, Section 2:
:At the annual meeting, the voting members shall elect the Board of Directors, review and vote on the standing rules and policies of the corporation, receive reports on the activities of the corporation, approve the budget and determine the direction of corporation in the coming year.

This meeting will also serve as the monthly meeting for the month of January.

== Time and Location ==
January 10, 2015

Meeting called to order at __3:13__ by __Ben the Pyrate___.

Members Present: Enrique, Katie, Zack, Kevin, Travis, Shawn, Don, Pat, Phil Stewart, Hunter, Celeste, Mirage

Others Present: Danish, A-KO

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09]]
Approved

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Not Present

=== Vice President's Report ===
Not Present

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2014: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2014_12.pdf]]. We gained Gary Sparkes (Hunter) as a new member, re-gained Ann Millspaugh as a returning member, and lost Christine Prefontaine and Phillip Walker. We have 44 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

The CFC charity application is proving non-trivial to complete. By January 23 we must, in addition to the forms completed thus far:
* submit supporting statements and/or documentation of substantial local presence in the geographical area covered by the local campaign and a description of the programs, services, benefits, etc. provided by the organization in calendar year 2014 and how those programs, services, benefits, etc. affect human health and welfare of the target population.
* complete and submit a Pro Forma [http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f990.pdf IRS Form 990]. The following sections must be completed: Page 1, Items A-M; Part I (Summary and Part II, Signature Block), Lines 1-4 only; Part VII (Compensation section A only); Part VIII (Statement of Revenues); Part IX (Statement of Functional Expenses), and; Part XII (Financial Statements and Reporting).
* prohibit the sale or lease of CFC contributor lists

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2014_12.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
No Report.

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Travis ====
CNC will be running by end of the month.
Prusa is running.

==== Zack ====
No report.

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

=== Project LASER ===
No report. Hand-off required?

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
We're re-factoring the project. Slowly because we all have jobs now.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
Nothing new to report. Still hoping to organize a kit build in concert with a Learn to Solder event sometime this spring.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Ordered replacement extruder for Rostock Max. Also ordered 0.35mm nozzle for dramatically improved resolution.

When finances become less strained, a Rev.7 PCB heater would be a nice addition. More even heating across the glass would reduce thermal stress and greatly improve adhesion.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still conservative.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
Don has installed a 2 element 10m and a 160m dipole antenna. Don fitted a narrow (CW) filter in the main HF radio to improve narrow signal performance. We have participated in a number of on-air contests and contacted more than 100 countries.

Lee N4TCW

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
==== Lessons from Kamal Jain of Lowell Makes ====
Met Kamal Jain from [[http://lowellmakes.com/ Lowell Makes]], Massachusetts hackerspace last month. Among other things, we discussed revenue/sponsor structures. Recently received email detailing these opportunities. In particular, we should look into [[https://doublethedonation.com/blog/2014/08/donation-requests/]].
==== Shimmer ====
HacDC server Shimmer is proving stable. Please contact me by email (directly or members@hacdc.org) for an account.
==== RFID ====
NetPLC boards and parts are in, so RFID system will be implemented soon.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
=== Cams ===
Funding and installation of 'lights-on' cameras, and authorize BoD to examine other relevant footage (ie. hallway cams) to correlate incidents. Members' identities would not be recorded in any way not already documented (ie. hallway cam).

This proposal is not a plan of action (ie. we may not need to buy cams), just a provision for future improvement.

Approved the installation of camera.
Funding and technical details to be revisited.

=== Dues Structure ===
We may benefit from some sort of multi-level membership structure, perhaps particularly to ensure fair compensation for renting the office space.

Needs to be discussed and revisited in a separate meeting.

=== Increase Dues by $10 for one year ===
Approved.

== Board of Directors Elections ==
Results of the elections are as follows:
=== President ===
Celeste

=== Vice-President ===
Haxwithaxe

=== Treasurer ===
Travis

=== Secretary ===
Enrique

=== At-Large Directors (two) ===
Phil
Don

== New Members ==
Danish

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at ___4:02____.

Annual Meeting 2015

2015-01-10T20:18:11Z

Sitwon: Attendance

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}
== Purpose ==

From the HacDC Bylaws, Article III, Section 2:
:At the annual meeting, the voting members shall elect the Board of Directors, review and vote on the standing rules and policies of the corporation, receive reports on the activities of the corporation, approve the budget and determine the direction of corporation in the coming year.

This meeting will also serve as the monthly meeting for the month of January.

== Time and Location ==
January 10, 2015

Meeting called to order at __3:13__ by __Ben the Pyrate___.

Members Present: Enrique, Katie, Zack, Kevin, Travis, Shawn, Don, Pat, Phil Stewart, Hunter, Celeste

Others Present: Danish, A-KO

[[Quorum]] met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09]]

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for December 2014: [[File:HacDC_Financials_2014_12.pdf]]. We gained Gary Sparkes (Hunter) as a new member, re-gained Ann Millspaugh as a returning member, and lost Christine Prefontaine and Phillip Walker. We have 44 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

The CFC charity application is proving non-trivial to complete. By January 23 we must, in addition to the forms completed thus far:
* submit supporting statements and/or documentation of substantial local presence in the geographical area covered by the local campaign and a description of the programs, services, benefits, etc. provided by the organization in calendar year 2014 and how those programs, services, benefits, etc. affect human health and welfare of the target population.
* complete and submit a Pro Forma [http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f990.pdf IRS Form 990]. The following sections must be completed: Page 1, Items A-M; Part I (Summary and Part II, Signature Block), Lines 1-4 only; Part VII (Compensation section A only); Part VIII (Statement of Revenues); Part IX (Statement of Functional Expenses), and; Part XII (Financial Statements and Reporting).
* prohibit the sale or lease of CFC contributor lists

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for December: [[File:HacDC_PA_Projects-2014_12.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
No report.

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

=== Project LASER ===

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

=== Project KITBUILD ===
Nothing new to report. Still hoping to organize a kit build in concert with a Learn to Solder event sometime this spring.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Ordered replacement extruder for Rostock Max. Also ordered 0.35mm nozzle for dramatically improved resolution.

When finances become less strained, a Rev.7 PCB heater would be a nice addition. More even heating across the glass would reduce thermal stress and greatly improve adhesion.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still conservative.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
Don has installed a 2 element 10m and a 160m dipole antenna. Don fitted a narrow (CW) filter in the main HF radio to improve narrow signal performance. We have participated in a number of on-air contests and contacted more than 100 countries.

Lee N4TCW

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
==== Lessons from Kamal Jain of Lowell Makes ====
Met Kamal Jain from [[http://lowellmakes.com/ Lowell Makes]], Massachusetts hackerspace last month. Among other things, we discussed revenue/sponsor structures. Recently received email detailing these opportunities. In particular, we should look into [[https://doublethedonation.com/blog/2014/08/donation-requests/]].
==== Shimmer ====
HacDC server Shimmer is proving stable. Please contact me by email (directly or members@hacdc.org) for an account.
==== RFID ====
NetPLC boards and parts are in, so RFID system will be implemented soon.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
=== Cams ===
Funding and installation of 'lights-on' cameras, and authorize BoD to examine other relevant footage (ie. hallway cams) to correlate incidents. Members' identities would not be recorded in any way not already documented (ie. hallway cam).

This proposal is not a plan of action (ie. we may not need to buy cams), just a provision for future improvement.

=== Dues Structure ===
We may benefit from some sort of multi-level membership structure, perhaps particularly to ensure fair compensation for renting the office space.

== Board of Directors Elections ==
Results of the elections are as follows:
=== President ===

=== Vice-President ===

=== Treasurer ===

=== Secretary ===

=== At-Large Directors (two) ===

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _______.

Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09

2014-12-10T01:37:33Z

Sitwon: last updates

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:December 9, 2014
:Called to order at 19:34 by Dan B.
:Members present: Dan B, Enrique, Kevin, Phil, Mirage, Don, Katie, Travis, Celeste, Zack, Chris, Shawn
:Members remote: Jamie ITG
:Others present: Camilla, Rob, Xavier, Randy

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? Yes.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 11 18]]

== Recognition ==
*Anonymous $100 donor
*Dan Barlow - Nose to the grindstone, CNC milling ground drone parts.
*Don Jones - Grant research, equipment setup, and maintaining friendly relations with the Church.
*Lee Ciereszko - License plate proceeds and other donations to HAMRADIO.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
We have cards for the security guards, please sign them.

Declares that our next Annual Meeting will be Saturday, January 10th, 2015 at 3pm.

We've had some debate over how to approach HacDC's funding and financing. "I want everyone to think about one thing that they personally can do to help HacDC generate revenue."

=== Vice President's Report ===
* I should have some green tomato jam for people to try tonight
** Forgot to bring it tonight.
* The blue tubing is for running fiber to the basement via the network closet. appologies for leaving it hanging around.
* No further info about the comcast upgrade yet. They have to dig a trench to the church from a few doors down so it should be apparent when that happens.
** Estimated completion date is 12/22.
* Just some reminders:
** The internet upgrade (71/15 + 3/3) is for the whole church (10+ other tennants) not just us. We need to keep our outbound traffic to a normal (for us) level once it's in. We need to at least get a baseline of "normal" useage before we get to pounding out the packets to the internet. So hosting websites and other services to the outside world won't happen until we're confident of how much bandwidth "normal" useage entials. I don't expect that we will need to be super stingy on the upload bandwidth but we need to know that "normal" isn't being squished by us running remote desktop protocols and webservers and proxies. Meaning quality of service for the other tennants isn't being unduely restricted by our using a disproportionate amount of upload bandwidth from the start.
** The front table isn't a good place to leave random things it's supposed to be there to display '''our''' propaganda.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for November 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 11.pdf]]. We gained Christine Axsmith as a new member. We have 42 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

I'll put together materials for HacDC to [http://cfcnca.org/charities-federations/charity-applications/2015-application-info apply to be part of the 2015 Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area], which will provide an easy way for federal workers to donate to us.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for November: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 11.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :( In accordance with [[Project Awesome Rules]], Project SPACECAM was canceled and its $50 balance returned to our unallocated reserves.

=== Secretary's Report ===
Nothing special to report.

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

==== Travis ====
We received a donation of a functional analog projector.
Members need to make sure the big red doors are kept locked after 10pm.
Building a CNC for member use. 2x3 foot build area.

==== Zack ====
Nothing to report.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
Haven't done anything, because busy with the robots.

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
* work has begun on a new type of system
** inorder to meet the needs of the many developers who have wanted to use subsets of byzantium we are making a modular set of packages and then slapping them in a liveCD as an deployment method.
** we are also limiting the scope of features to groundstation (and associated systems) and automated mesh configuration.
* Will seek written permission to move the remaining grant funds into the general fund.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
No news due to busy-ness.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Still conservative. SEM filament expense reimbursed.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still conservative.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
No update.

== Member Reports ==
===Mirage?===
*[[Shimmer]]. New Shell/VPS server online, along with Gentoo/Funtoo build service. Please request an account.
*Taken over RFID project. Planning to use NetPLC as the inter-connected high-reliability brains. Will not affect regular key entry.
*Still eagerly looking into more revenue sources.
** Visitor stopped by from MA hackerspace, has relationship with Intel and can help us seek funding. On the back of the brocure is their membership dues: base of $50 with pay for use of some tools, $75 for unlimited access, corporate level that allows scheduling of some time on the tools.
* Will fix the 3D printer.

===Julia===
* PRESENTING AT CCC :D
** Presenting [https://events.ccc.de/congress/2014/Fahrplan/events/6417.html 3D Printed Aluminum Casting] (self signed) at 31C3

===Phil===
Put up a proposal on the list for addressing the direction and finances of the organization. Wants people to take a look and comment on the proposal.

===Don===
Radio club made over 2,000 contacts in the last month. We'll get some QSL cards printed and do some mailers to HAM operators in the area to try and recruit new members. We have contacted 130 countries.

===Dan===
Please be respectful of each other and the space. Clean up after yourself. Communicate clearly and calmly with others.

There have been some behavior problems, and it is causing friction between members and between us and the church.

===Hunter===
<pre>
20:28 < Hunterkll> SEM - filmanet installed and electrically tests good
20:29 < Hunterkll> High voltage circutiry getting a workdown. Will approach it this weekend
20:29 < Hunterkll> We have workable vaccuum at the levels needed for beam generation and imagery
20:29 < Hunterkll> microprocessor in the control panel is 100% functional, even though it's not required for image taking, it's nice to have
20:30 < Hunterkll> I'm working with someone on getting a spare / slightly different vacuum control/interlock board as well for a spare, that's a
failure component that's board replaceable, but i'll be taking a trip to new york to acquire more parts as well as this board i'm
working on getting
20:30 < Hunterkll> If HV checks out, i should be generating a beam in the next few weeks, if not an image.
20:31 < Hunterkll> Control panel is fully functional except for a few toggle switches, and those are mechanical (switch) issues, not circuit. i can
manually trigger the circuitry
20:31 < Hunterkll> Cam1lla, we'd like to have some 1gbit SFP modules for fiber runs for the network infrastructure if it hasn't been mentione dbefore
20:31 < Hunterkll> and LC-LC connectored (or adapted) fiber
20:32 < Hunterkll> we'll need at least one 100ft (prefferably greater, but we think 100ft will be enough. couplers can compensate if not) LC-LC
connectored run
20:32 < Hunterkll> hax can fill in a bit about this if he's there
20:32 < Hunterkll> this is for inter-switch linking on the core side
20:33 < Hunterkll> better bandwidth for internal services and reliability on connection runs
20:33 < Hunterkll> (file server, VMs, etc)
20:33 < Hunterkll> otherwise, a 19 inch network breakout rack
20:33 < Hunterkll> one of those 2U units that mounts to a wall that can hold a switch
20:33 < Hunterkll> we acquired one, but it wasn't deep enough
20:34 < Hunterkll> we have a 24 port patch panel for it, but the switch didn't fit :(
20:34 < Hunterkll> trying to get it all off shelving areas to return usable space in that section
20:35 < Hunterkll> none of this is required, but it's been some stuff we've been discussing for a while to get things better organized and connected
20:36 < Hunterkll> been putting a lot of effort into gear acquisition on all of our parts (A-KO, ITG, Hax, me, etc) so we can start making things work
smoother and less breaky and annoying
</pre>

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==
===Camilla===
Been in DC for a year, walks dogs. Big fan of Linux. Interested in user interface stuff. Mirage sponsors, Phil seconds.
Membership approved.

===Randy Brown===
Visited a year ago. Very impressed with the stuff we do (3d printers, laser cutter). Interested in exploring what HacDC is about. Not sure about becoming a member yet.

===Xavier===
Spoke at the Cryptoparty. Interested in security. Offered to teach about security if anyone is interested.

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at 8:36 by Dan B

Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09

2014-12-10T01:36:39Z

Sitwon: Updates

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:December 9, 2014
:Called to order at 19:34 by Dan B.
:Members present: Dan B, Enrique, Kevin, Phil, Mirage, Don, Katie, Travis, Celeste, Zack, Chris, Shawn
:Members remote: Jamie ITG
:Others present: Camilla, Rob, Xavier, Randy

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? Yes.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 11 18]]

== Recognition ==
*Anonymous $100 donor
*Dan Barlow - Nose to the grindstone, CNC milling ground drone parts.
*Don Jones - Grant research, equipment setup, and maintaining friendly relations with the Church.
*Lee Ciereszko - License plate proceeds and other donations to HAMRADIO.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
We have cards for the security guards, please sign them.

Declares that our next Annual Meeting will be Saturday, January 10th, 2015 at 3pm.

We've had some debate over how to approach HacDC's funding and financing. "I want everyone to think about one thing that they personally can do to help HacDC generate revenue."

=== Vice President's Report ===
* I should have some green tomato jam for people to try tonight
** Forgot to bring it tonight.
* The blue tubing is for running fiber to the basement via the network closet. appologies for leaving it hanging around.
* No further info about the comcast upgrade yet. They have to dig a trench to the church from a few doors down so it should be apparent when that happens.
** Estimated completion date is 12/22.
* Just some reminders:
** The internet upgrade (71/15 + 3/3) is for the whole church (10+ other tennants) not just us. We need to keep our outbound traffic to a normal (for us) level once it's in. We need to at least get a baseline of "normal" useage before we get to pounding out the packets to the internet. So hosting websites and other services to the outside world won't happen until we're confident of how much bandwidth "normal" useage entials. I don't expect that we will need to be super stingy on the upload bandwidth but we need to know that "normal" isn't being squished by us running remote desktop protocols and webservers and proxies. Meaning quality of service for the other tennants isn't being unduely restricted by our using a disproportionate amount of upload bandwidth from the start.
** The front table isn't a good place to leave random things it's supposed to be there to display '''our''' propaganda.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for November 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 11.pdf]]. We gained Christine Axsmith as a new member. We have 42 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

I'll put together materials for HacDC to [http://cfcnca.org/charities-federations/charity-applications/2015-application-info apply to be part of the 2015 Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area], which will provide an easy way for federal workers to donate to us.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for November: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 11.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :( In accordance with [[Project Awesome Rules]], Project SPACECAM was canceled and its $50 balance returned to our unallocated reserves.

=== Secretary's Report ===
Nothing special to report.

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

==== Travis ====
We received a donation of a functional analog projector.
Members need to make sure the big red doors are kept locked after 10pm.
Building a CNC for member use. 2x3 foot build area.

==== Zack ====
Nothing to report.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
Haven't done anything, because busy with the robots.

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
* work has begun on a new type of system
** inorder to meet the needs of the many developers who have wanted to use subsets of byzantium we are making a modular set of packages and then slapping them in a liveCD as an deployment method.
** we are also limiting the scope of features to groundstation (and associated systems) and automated mesh configuration.
* Will seek written permission to move the remaining grant funds into the general fund.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
No news due to busy-ness.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Still conservative. SEM filament expense reimbursed.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still conservative.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
No update.

== Member Reports ==
===Mirage?===
*[[Shimmer]]. New Shell/VPS server online, along with Gentoo/Funtoo build service. Please request an account.
*Taken over RFID project. Planning to use NetPLC as the inter-connected high-reliability brains. Will not affect regular key entry.
*Still eagerly looking into more revenue sources.
** Visitor stopped by from MA hackerspace, has relationship with Intel and can help us seek funding. On the back of the brocure is their membership dues: base of $50 with pay for use of some tools, $75 for unlimited access, corporate level that allows scheduling of some time on the tools.
* Will fix the 3D printer.

===Julia===
* PRESENTING AT CCC :D
** Presenting [https://events.ccc.de/congress/2014/Fahrplan/events/6417.html 3D Printed Aluminum Casting] (self signed) at 31C3

===Phil===
Put up a proposal on the list for addressing the direction and finances of the organization. Wants people to take a look and comment on the proposal.

===Don===
Radio club made over 2,000 contacts in the last month. We'll get some QSL cards printed and do some mailers to HAM operators in the area to try and recruit new members. We have contacted 130 countries.

===Dan===
Please be respectful of each other and the space. Clean up after yourself. Communicate clearly and calmly with others.

There have been some behavior problems, and it is causing friction between members and between us and the church.

===Hunter===
<pre>
20:28 < Hunterkll> SEM - filmanet installed and electrically tests good
20:29 < Hunterkll> High voltage circutiry getting a workdown. Will approach it this weekend
20:29 < Hunterkll> We have workable vaccuum at the levels needed for beam generation and imagery
20:29 < Hunterkll> microprocessor in the control panel is 100% functional, even though it's not required for image taking, it's nice to have
20:30 < Hunterkll> I'm working with someone on getting a spare / slightly different vacuum control/interlock board as well for a spare, that's a
failure component that's board replaceable, but i'll be taking a trip to new york to acquire more parts as well as this board i'm
working on getting
20:30 < Hunterkll> If HV checks out, i should be generating a beam in the next few weeks, if not an image.
20:31 < Hunterkll> Control panel is fully functional except for a few toggle switches, and those are mechanical (switch) issues, not circuit. i can
manually trigger the circuitry
20:31 < Hunterkll> Cam1lla, we'd like to have some 1gbit SFP modules for fiber runs for the network infrastructure if it hasn't been mentione dbefore
20:31 < Hunterkll> and LC-LC connectored (or adapted) fiber
20:32 < Hunterkll> we'll need at least one 100ft (prefferably greater, but we think 100ft will be enough. couplers can compensate if not) LC-LC
connectored run
</pre>

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==
===Camilla===
Been in DC for a year, walks dogs. Big fan of Linux. Interested in user interface stuff. Mirage sponsors, Phil seconds.
Membership approved.

===Randy Brown===
Visited a year ago. Very impressed with the stuff we do (3d printers, laser cutter). Interested in exploring what HacDC is about. Not sure about becoming a member yet.

===Xavier===
Spoke at the Cryptoparty. Interested in security. Offered to teach about security if anyone is interested.

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at 8:36 by Dan B

Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09

2014-12-10T01:31:24Z

Sitwon:

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:December 9, 2014
:Called to order at 19:34 by Dan B.
:Members present: Dan B, Enrique, Kevin, Phil, Mirage, Don, Katie, Travis, Celeste, Zack, Chris, Shawn
:Members remote: Jamie ITG
:Others present: Camilla, Rob, Randy

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? Yes.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 11 18]]

== Recognition ==
*Anonymous $100 donor
*Dan Barlow - Nose to the grindstone, CNC milling ground drone parts.
*Don Jones - Grant research, equipment setup, and maintaining friendly relations with the Church.
*Lee Ciereszko - License plate proceeds and other donations to HAMRADIO.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
We have cards for the security guards, please sign them.

Declares that our next Annual Meeting will be Saturday, January 10th, 2015 at 3pm.

We've had some debate over how to approach HacDC's funding and financing. "I want everyone to think about one thing that they personally can do to help HacDC generate revenue."

=== Vice President's Report ===
* I should have some green tomato jam for people to try tonight
** Forgot to bring it tonight.
* The blue tubing is for running fiber to the basement via the network closet. appologies for leaving it hanging around.
* No further info about the comcast upgrade yet. They have to dig a trench to the church from a few doors down so it should be apparent when that happens.
** Estimated completion date is 12/22.
* Just some reminders:
** The internet upgrade (71/15 + 3/3) is for the whole church (10+ other tennants) not just us. We need to keep our outbound traffic to a normal (for us) level once it's in. We need to at least get a baseline of "normal" useage before we get to pounding out the packets to the internet. So hosting websites and other services to the outside world won't happen until we're confident of how much bandwidth "normal" useage entials. I don't expect that we will need to be super stingy on the upload bandwidth but we need to know that "normal" isn't being squished by us running remote desktop protocols and webservers and proxies. Meaning quality of service for the other tennants isn't being unduely restricted by our using a disproportionate amount of upload bandwidth from the start.
** The front table isn't a good place to leave random things it's supposed to be there to display '''our''' propaganda.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for November 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 11.pdf]]. We gained Christine Axsmith as a new member. We have 42 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

I'll put together materials for HacDC to [http://cfcnca.org/charities-federations/charity-applications/2015-application-info apply to be part of the 2015 Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area], which will provide an easy way for federal workers to donate to us.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for November: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 11.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :( In accordance with [[Project Awesome Rules]], Project SPACECAM was canceled and its $50 balance returned to our unallocated reserves.

=== Secretary's Report ===
Nothing special to report.

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

==== Travis ====
We received a donation of a functional analog projector.
Members need to make sure the big red doors are kept locked after 10pm.
Building a CNC for member use. 2x3 foot build area.

==== Zack ====
Nothing to report.

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
Haven't done anything, because busy with the robots.

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
* work has begun on a new type of system
** inorder to meet the needs of the many developers who have wanted to use subsets of byzantium we are making a modular set of packages and then slapping them in a liveCD as an deployment method.
** we are also limiting the scope of features to groundstation (and associated systems) and automated mesh configuration.
* Will seek written permission to move the remaining grant funds into the general fund.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
No news due to busy-ness.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Still conservative. SEM filament expense reimbursed.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still conservative.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===
No update.

== Member Reports ==
===Mirage?===
*[[Shimmer]]. New Shell/VPS server online, along with Gentoo/Funtoo build service. Please request an account.
*Taken over RFID project. Planning to use NetPLC as the inter-connected high-reliability brains. Will not affect regular key entry.
*Still eagerly looking into more revenue sources.
** Visitor stopped by from MA hackerspace, has relationship with Intel and can help us seek funding. On the back of the brocure is their membership dues: base of $50 with pay for use of some tools, $75 for unlimited access, corporate level that allows scheduling of some time on the tools.
* Will fix the 3D printer.

===Julia===
* PRESENTING AT CCC :D
** Presenting [https://events.ccc.de/congress/2014/Fahrplan/events/6417.html 3D Printed Aluminum Casting] (self signed) at 31C3

===Phil===
Put up a proposal on the list for addressing the direction and finances of the organization. Wants people to take a look and comment on the proposal.

===Don===
Radio club made over 2,000 contacts in the last month. We'll get some QSL cards printed and do some mailers to HAM operators in the area to try and recruit new members. We have contacted 130 countries.

===Dan===
Please be respectful of each other and the space. Clean up after yourself. Communicate clearly and calmly with others.

There have been some behavior problems, and it is causing friction between members and between us and the church.

===Hunter===
20:28 < Hunterkll> SEM - filmanet installed and electrically tests good
20:29 < Hunterkll> High voltage circutiry getting a workdown. Will approach it this weekend
20:29 < Hunterkll> We have workable vaccuum at the levels needed for beam generation and imagery
20:29 < Hunterkll> microprocessor in the control panel is 100% functional, even though it's not required for image taking, it's nice to have
20:30 < Hunterkll> I'm working with someone on getting a spare / slightly different vacuum control/interlock board as well for a spare, that's a
failure component that's board replaceable, but i'll be taking a trip to new york to acquire more parts as well as this board i'm
working on getting
20:30 < Hunterkll> If HV checks out, i should be generating a beam in the next few weeks, if not an image.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==
===Camilla===
Been in DC for a year, walks dogs. Big fan of Linux. Interested in user interface stuff. Mirage sponsors, Phil seconds.
Approved.

===Randy Brown===
Visited a year ago. Very impressed with the stuff we do (3d printers, laser cutter). Interested in exploring what HacDC is about. Not sure about becoming a member yet.

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _______ by ________

Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09

2014-12-10T01:06:04Z

Sitwon: updates

Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09

2014-12-10T00:49:04Z

Sitwon: updates

Regular Member Meeting 2014 12 09

2014-12-10T00:20:37Z

Sitwon: /* Secretary's Report */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:December 9, 2014
:Called to order at ______ by _______
:Members present:
:Members remote:
:Others present:

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met?

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 11 18]]

== Recognition ==
*Anonymous $100 donor
*Dan Barlow - Nose to the grindstone, CNC milling ground drone parts.
*Don Jones - Grant research, equipment setup, and maintaining friendly relations with the Church.
*Lee Ciereszko - License plate proceeds and other donations to HAMRADIO.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===
* I should have some green tomato jam for people to try tonight
* The blue tubing is for running fiber to the basement via the network closet. appologies for leaving it hanging around.
* No further info about the comcast upgrade yet. They have to dig a trench to the church from a few doors down so it should be apparent when that happens.
* Just some reminders:
** The internet upgrade (71/15 + 3/3) is for the whole church (10+ other tennants) not just us. We need to keep our outbound traffic to a normal (for us) level once it's in. We need to at least get a baseline of "normal" useage before we get to pounding out the packets to the internet. So hosting websites and other services to the outside world won't happen until we're confident of how much bandwidth "normal" useage entials. I don't expect that we will need to be super stingy on the upload bandwidth but we need to know that "normal" isn't being squished by us running remote desktop protocols and webservers and proxies. Meaning quality of service for the other tennants isn't being unduely restricted by our using a disproportionate amount of upload bandwidth from the start.
** The front table isn't a good place to leave random things it's supposed to be there to display '''our''' propaganda.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for November 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 11.pdf]]. We gained Christine Axsmith as a new member. We have 42 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

I'll put together materials for HacDC to [http://cfcnca.org/charities-federations/charity-applications/2015-application-info apply to be part of the 2015 Combined Federal Campaign of the National Capital Area], which will provide an easy way for federal workers to donate to us.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for November: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 11.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :( In accordance with [[Project Awesome Rules]], Project SPACECAM was canceled and its $50 balance returned to our unallocated reserves.

=== Secretary's Report ===
Nothing special to report.

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

==== Travis ====

==== Zack ====

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
* work has begun on a new type of system
** inorder to meet the needs of the many developers who have wanted to use subsets of byzantium we are making a modular set of packages and then slapping them in a liveCD as an deployment method.
** we are also limiting the scope of features to groundstation (and associated systems) and automated mesh configuration.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Still conservative. SEM filament expense reimbursed.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still conservative.

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==
===Mirage?===
*[[Shimmer]]. New Shell/VPS server online, along with Gentoo/Funtoo build service. Please request an account.
*Taken over RFID project. Planning to use NetPLC as the inter-connected high-reliability brains. Will not affect regular key entry.
*Still eagerly looking into more revenue sources.

===Julia===
* PRESENTING AT CCC :D
** Presenting [https://events.ccc.de/congress/2014/Fahrplan/events/6417.html 3D Printed Aluminum Casting] (self signed) at 31C3

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _______ by ________

Board Of Directors Meeting 2014 12 02

2014-12-03T16:24:35Z

Sitwon:

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]]

=== Time And Location ===

HacDC @ 7pm 2014-12-02

Present: Zach, Travis, Ben

=== Discussion Topics ===

# Proposed Rule Changes
## Grant the BoD limited powers to revoke memberships
## Set a floor on the dynamic quorum
## Raise membership dues
### Raise dues with inflation?

# BoD becomes the financial committee and education committee

=== Meeting Adjourned ===

Meeting Adjourned 7:30pm

Board Of Directors Meeting 2014 12 02

2014-12-03T00:32:02Z

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Regular Member Meeting 2014 11 18

2014-11-19T02:06:33Z

Sitwon: New members

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:November 18, 2014
:Called to order at ___20:00___ by ___Dan Barlow____
:Members present: Don, Evan, Phil, Enrique, Zack, Travis, Katie, Ben, Dan
:Members remote: Chris, Jamie, Celeste, Mirage
:Others present: Bobby, Christine

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 10 14]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Dan Barlow - CNC machining on behalf of HacDC.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Phil's grounddrone Kickstarter is going well and is probably going to make it.

=== Vice President's Report ===

Please direct all design inquiries to the members list. Thisservers as a notice of plans not a binding policy. It should be discussed outside of the meeting.

* the church has signed up for Comcast business class (75/15)! Eta ~50 days.
* the church also has the existing 3x3 ethernet for another year.
* new network infrastructure is actively in progress.
** wired connections
** chaos VPN
* currently running shell server in the space (email admin@hacdc.org for an account)
* soon to be running transparent apt proxy. It will intercept almost all unencrypted requests for Debian, Ubuntu, and mint packages and store the results locally. This will be paired with mirroring of repos done during off hours to (midnight to 6am). Meaning you will be able to run updates in less than a decade and without changing settings. There will be non-debian-based distros supported as well. There will also be locally accessible rsync, ftp, and http repos for those that want to skip the proxy.
* there will not be any hosting of websites to the interwebs avaiable until after comcast is installed and broken in, and really we shouldn't be hosting anything to the internet for various reasons.
* there will be tos for all the communal services. Mostly just the usual disclaimers of liability and various forms of "don't be a dick", things we shouldn't do. They will not in any way assert ownership over anything passing though or residing on the servers. ***Discus on members list!***
* hardware required for remaining servers:
** RAM : DDR2 FB-DIMMs, 2GB or larger modules.
** HDD : all SATA, faster is better but 3Gb/s is enough. 1TB or more.
*** 2.5": 8+
*** 3.5": 10+
** Sound absorption: Any fiberglass furnace filters would be appreciated. They will be used as air filters on a custom server muffler. Any ~19" quiet fans would also be apreciated.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for October 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 10.pdf]]. We gained Don Jones as a new member. We lost Blake Wintermute, Christopher Hermance, Harry Detwiler, and Abraham Abbas. We have 41 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for October: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 10.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

Project LASER is in suspended status and needs to report this month to avoid cancellation. Project SPACECAM should technically have been cancelled but I believe its liaison made a September report that was unrecorded in the minutes so it will have another week to fill in the minutes before its status is re-evaluated.

Project SPACECAM is cancelled.

=== Secretary's Report ===
I installed that door handle that I bought two months ago for the Pirate bathroom. Otherwise, haven't done much.

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
Travis
++++++
HackDC issue has been mostly resolved. They have agreed to cease use of the "HackDC" name and stop using the domain name by the end of the year.

Looking into ways of bringing money into the space to help with our finances. We need volunteers to keep the website up to date.

We need to show appreciation to Julia for her legal help with the "HackDC" issue. Ben will write a thank you letter.

Zack
++++++++
I participated in the UCP Life Labs Designathon two weeks ago where my team won the award for best prototype, a 3d printed bathroom stall latch for those with limited dexterity or strength [https://technical.ly/dc/2014/11/12/dcs-enabled-design-athon-promotes-universal-design/ Technical.ly DC]. Life Labs is UCP's in-house technology initiative and they'd never heard of HacDC. I talking with them about how we locally (HacDC, LifeLabs, whomever else) can form a partnership to develop new technology and products to help those with disabilities. Regardless, I hope to get them all to visit us to see our space and talk about the problems they'd like help with...

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
Officially reported that he hasn't been doing anything.

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
No change.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Reimbursed SEM filament. Otherwise, not much happening.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still running a deficit, still have tools in the basement to setup. Nothing spent.

=== Project SPACECAM ===
Cancelled!

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==
Phil S. has made no progress this past month because of apartment troubles.

Enrique is looking for help with planning another cryptoparty for January 20th. Please contact him if you can help.

Don: Pat and Don have been active with the HAM radio station. They've participated in some world wide contests. Trying to reach out to more HAMs in the area to get the word out about HARC. Offered to look into getting grants for us.

New server ready for delivery to HacDC. Emphasis will be availability and uptime. Suitable for build servers, databases, IRC bouncers, etc. Will announce on members when plugged in at HacDC. Normal users get shell accounts on the host system, with privileges to launch OpenVZ guests. Acceptable use may be enforced through resource limits or loss of remote credentials. See [[:Category:Servers]] and [[HacDC-shared-m335-1]].

Full Gentoo/Funtoo OS tarballs with KDE and various customizations preinstalled now automatically generated and available for unpacking on fresh computers.

[https://github.com/mirage335/NetPLC NetPLC] finished. Low-cost, ultra-rugged, dual Ethernet/WiFi/XBee network connectivity, no dependency on external computer, and supports many peripherals. Intended to replace existing OccupancySensor, among other uses. [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mirage335/NetPLC/master/productionStatic/cad/NetPLC/Render.png PCB photo].

RostockMax has been wired for 24V heated bed. Need to add connectors, a better heatsink, and enable higher temperatures in firmware.

Sincere apologies for not getting to the space sooner and helping with Phil Walker's CNC milling project.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Vote to approve $100 gift to each of our two security guards: Passed.

== New Members ==
Christine Axsmith: Very active in HARC. She has helped us out a ton with publicity.
Approved.

Pat: Also active in HARC. Thinks we're cool.
Approved.

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at ___21:06____ by ___Dan B_____

Regular Member Meeting 2014 11 18

2014-11-19T01:54:15Z

Sitwon: member reports

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:November 18, 2014
:Called to order at ___20:00___ by ___Dan Barlow____
:Members present: Don, Evan, Phil, Enrique, Zack, Travis, Katie, Ben, Dan
:Members remote: Chris, Jamie, Celeste, Mirage
:Others present: Bobby, Christine

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 10 14]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Dan Barlow - CNC machining on behalf of HacDC.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Phil's grounddrone Kickstarter is going well and is probably going to make it.

=== Vice President's Report ===

Please direct all design inquiries to the members list. Thisservers as a notice of plans not a binding policy. It should be discussed outside of the meeting.

* the church has signed up for Comcast business class (75/15)! Eta ~50 days.
* the church also has the existing 3x3 ethernet for another year.
* new network infrastructure is actively in progress.
** wired connections
** chaos VPN
* currently running shell server in the space (email admin@hacdc.org for an account)
* soon to be running transparent apt proxy. It will intercept almost all unencrypted requests for Debian, Ubuntu, and mint packages and store the results locally. This will be paired with mirroring of repos done during off hours to (midnight to 6am). Meaning you will be able to run updates in less than a decade and without changing settings. There will be non-debian-based distros supported as well. There will also be locally accessible rsync, ftp, and http repos for those that want to skip the proxy.
* there will not be any hosting of websites to the interwebs avaiable until after comcast is installed and broken in, and really we shouldn't be hosting anything to the internet for various reasons.
* there will be tos for all the communal services. Mostly just the usual disclaimers of liability and various forms of "don't be a dick", things we shouldn't do. They will not in any way assert ownership over anything passing though or residing on the servers. ***Discus on members list!***
* hardware required for remaining servers:
** RAM : DDR2 FB-DIMMs, 2GB or larger modules.
** HDD : all SATA, faster is better but 3Gb/s is enough. 1TB or more.
*** 2.5": 8+
*** 3.5": 10+
** Sound absorption: Any fiberglass furnace filters would be appreciated. They will be used as air filters on a custom server muffler. Any ~19" quiet fans would also be apreciated.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for October 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 10.pdf]]. We gained Don Jones as a new member. We lost Blake Wintermute, Christopher Hermance, Harry Detwiler, and Abraham Abbas. We have 41 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for October: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 10.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

Project LASER is in suspended status and needs to report this month to avoid cancellation. Project SPACECAM should technically have been cancelled but I believe its liaison made a September report that was unrecorded in the minutes so it will have another week to fill in the minutes before its status is re-evaluated.

Project SPACECAM is cancelled.

=== Secretary's Report ===
I installed that door handle that I bought two months ago for the Pirate bathroom. Otherwise, haven't done much.

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
Travis
++++++
HackDC issue has been mostly resolved. They have agreed to cease use of the "HackDC" name and stop using the domain name by the end of the year.

Looking into ways of bringing money into the space to help with our finances. We need volunteers to keep the website up to date.

We need to show appreciation to Julia for her legal help with the "HackDC" issue. Ben will write a thank you letter.

Zack
++++++++
I participated in the UCP Life Labs Designathon two weeks ago where my team won the award for best prototype, a 3d printed bathroom stall latch for those with limited dexterity or strength [https://technical.ly/dc/2014/11/12/dcs-enabled-design-athon-promotes-universal-design/ Technical.ly DC]. Life Labs is UCP's in-house technology initiative and they'd never heard of HacDC. I talking with them about how we locally (HacDC, LifeLabs, whomever else) can form a partnership to develop new technology and products to help those with disabilities. Regardless, I hope to get them all to visit us to see our space and talk about the problems they'd like help with...

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
Officially reported that he hasn't been doing anything.

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
No change.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Reimbursed SEM filament. Otherwise, not much happening.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still running a deficit, still have tools in the basement to setup. Nothing spent.

=== Project SPACECAM ===
Cancelled!

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==
Phil S. has made no progress this past month because of apartment troubles.

Enrique is looking for help with planning another cryptoparty for January 20th. Please contact him if you can help.

Don: Pat and Don have been active with the HAM radio station. They've participated in some world wide contests. Trying to reach out to more HAMs in the area to get the word out about HARC. Offered to look into getting grants for us.

New server ready for delivery to HacDC. Emphasis will be availability and uptime. Suitable for build servers, databases, IRC bouncers, etc. Will announce on members when plugged in at HacDC. Normal users get shell accounts on the host system, with privileges to launch OpenVZ guests. Acceptable use may be enforced through resource limits or loss of remote credentials. See [[:Category:Servers]] and [[HacDC-shared-m335-1]].

Full Gentoo/Funtoo OS tarballs with KDE and various customizations preinstalled now automatically generated and available for unpacking on fresh computers.

[https://github.com/mirage335/NetPLC NetPLC] finished. Low-cost, ultra-rugged, dual Ethernet/WiFi/XBee network connectivity, no dependency on external computer, and supports many peripherals. Intended to replace existing OccupancySensor, among other uses. [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mirage335/NetPLC/master/productionStatic/cad/NetPLC/Render.png PCB photo].

RostockMax has been wired for 24V heated bed. Need to add connectors, a better heatsink, and enable higher temperatures in firmware.

Sincere apologies for not getting to the space sooner and helping with Phil Walker's CNC milling project.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _______ by ________

Regular Member Meeting 2014 11 18

2014-11-19T01:40:30Z

Sitwon: PA reports

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:November 18, 2014
:Called to order at ___20:00___ by ___Dan Barlow____
:Members present: Don, Evan, Phil, Enrique, Zack, Travis, Katie, Ben, Dan
:Members remote: Chris, Jamie, Celeste, Mirage
:Others present: Bobby, Christine

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 10 14]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Dan Barlow - CNC machining on behalf of HacDC.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Phil's grounddrone Kickstarter is going well and is probably going to make it.

=== Vice President's Report ===

Please direct all design inquiries to the members list. Thisservers as a notice of plans not a binding policy. It should be discussed outside of the meeting.

* the church has signed up for Comcast business class (75/15)! Eta ~50 days.
* the church also has the existing 3x3 ethernet for another year.
* new network infrastructure is actively in progress.
** wired connections
** chaos VPN
* currently running shell server in the space (email admin@hacdc.org for an account)
* soon to be running transparent apt proxy. It will intercept almost all unencrypted requests for Debian, Ubuntu, and mint packages and store the results locally. This will be paired with mirroring of repos done during off hours to (midnight to 6am). Meaning you will be able to run updates in less than a decade and without changing settings. There will be non-debian-based distros supported as well. There will also be locally accessible rsync, ftp, and http repos for those that want to skip the proxy.
* there will not be any hosting of websites to the interwebs avaiable until after comcast is installed and broken in, and really we shouldn't be hosting anything to the internet for various reasons.
* there will be tos for all the communal services. Mostly just the usual disclaimers of liability and various forms of "don't be a dick", things we shouldn't do. They will not in any way assert ownership over anything passing though or residing on the servers. ***Discus on members list!***
* hardware required for remaining servers:
** RAM : DDR2 FB-DIMMs, 2GB or larger modules.
** HDD : all SATA, faster is better but 3Gb/s is enough. 1TB or more.
*** 2.5": 8+
*** 3.5": 10+
** Sound absorption: Any fiberglass furnace filters would be appreciated. They will be used as air filters on a custom server muffler. Any ~19" quiet fans would also be apreciated.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for October 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 10.pdf]]. We gained Don Jones as a new member. We lost Blake Wintermute, Christopher Hermance, Harry Detwiler, and Abraham Abbas. We have 41 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for October: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 10.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

Project LASER is in suspended status and needs to report this month to avoid cancellation. Project SPACECAM should technically have been cancelled but I believe its liaison made a September report that was unrecorded in the minutes so it will have another week to fill in the minutes before its status is re-evaluated.

Project SPACECAM is cancelled.

=== Secretary's Report ===
I installed that door handle that I bought two months ago for the Pirate bathroom. Otherwise, haven't done much.

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
Travis
++++++
HackDC issue has been mostly resolved. They have agreed to cease use of the "HackDC" name and stop using the domain name by the end of the year.

Looking into ways of bringing money into the space to help with our finances. We need volunteers to keep the website up to date.

We need to show appreciation to Julia for her legal help with the "HackDC" issue. Ben will write a thank you letter.

Zack
++++++++
I participated in the UCP Life Labs Designathon two weeks ago where my team won the award for best prototype, a 3d printed bathroom stall latch for those with limited dexterity or strength [https://technical.ly/dc/2014/11/12/dcs-enabled-design-athon-promotes-universal-design/ Technical.ly DC]. Life Labs is UCP's in-house technology initiative and they'd never heard of HacDC. I talking with them about how we locally (HacDC, LifeLabs, whomever else) can form a partnership to develop new technology and products to help those with disabilities. Regardless, I hope to get them all to visit us to see our space and talk about the problems they'd like help with...

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
Officially reported that he hasn't been doing anything.

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
No change.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Reimbursed SEM filament. Otherwise, not much happening.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still running a deficit, still have tools in the basement to setup. Nothing spent.

=== Project SPACECAM ===
Cancelled!

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==
New server ready for delivery to HacDC. Emphasis will be availability and uptime. Suitable for build servers, databases, IRC bouncers, etc. Will announce on members when plugged in at HacDC. Normal users get shell accounts on the host system, with privileges to launch OpenVZ guests. Acceptable use may be enforced through resource limits or loss of remote credentials. See [[:Category:Servers]] and [[HacDC-shared-m335-1]].

Full Gentoo/Funtoo OS tarballs with KDE and various customizations preinstalled now automatically generated and available for unpacking on fresh computers.

[https://github.com/mirage335/NetPLC NetPLC] finished. Low-cost, ultra-rugged, dual Ethernet/WiFi/XBee network connectivity, no dependency on external computer, and supports many peripherals. Intended to replace existing OccupancySensor, among other uses. [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mirage335/NetPLC/master/productionStatic/cad/NetPLC/Render.png PCB photo].

RostockMax has been wired for 24V heated bed. Need to add connectors, a better heatsink, and enable higher temperatures in firmware.

Sincere apologies for not getting to the space sooner and helping with Phil Walker's CNC milling project.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _______ by ________

Regular Member Meeting 2014 11 18

2014-11-19T01:30:21Z

Sitwon: BoD Reports

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:November 18, 2014
:Called to order at ___20:00___ by ___Dan Barlow____
:Members present: Don, Evan, Phil, Enrique, Zack, Travis, Katie, Ben, Dan
:Members remote: Chris, Jamie, Celeste, Mirage
:Others present: Bobby, Christine

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 10 14]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Dan Barlow - CNC machining on behalf of HacDC.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Phil's grounddrone Kickstarter is going well and is probably going to make it.

=== Vice President's Report ===

Please direct all design inquiries to the members list. Thisservers as a notice of plans not a binding policy. It should be discussed outside of the meeting.

* the church has signed up for Comcast business class (75/15)! Eta ~50 days.
* the church also has the existing 3x3 ethernet for another year.
* new network infrastructure is actively in progress.
** wired connections
** chaos VPN
* currently running shell server in the space (email admin@hacdc.org for an account)
* soon to be running transparent apt proxy. It will intercept almost all unencrypted requests for Debian, Ubuntu, and mint packages and store the results locally. This will be paired with mirroring of repos done during off hours to (midnight to 6am). Meaning you will be able to run updates in less than a decade and without changing settings. There will be non-debian-based distros supported as well. There will also be locally accessible rsync, ftp, and http repos for those that want to skip the proxy.
* there will not be any hosting of websites to the interwebs avaiable until after comcast is installed and broken in, and really we shouldn't be hosting anything to the internet for various reasons.
* there will be tos for all the communal services. Mostly just the usual disclaimers of liability and various forms of "don't be a dick", things we shouldn't do. They will not in any way assert ownership over anything passing though or residing on the servers. ***Discus on members list!***
* hardware required for remaining servers:
** RAM : DDR2 FB-DIMMs, 2GB or larger modules.
** HDD : all SATA, faster is better but 3Gb/s is enough. 1TB or more.
*** 2.5": 8+
*** 3.5": 10+
** Sound absorption: Any fiberglass furnace filters would be appreciated. They will be used as air filters on a custom server muffler. Any ~19" quiet fans would also be apreciated.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for October 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 10.pdf]]. We gained Don Jones as a new member. We lost Blake Wintermute, Christopher Hermance, Harry Detwiler, and Abraham Abbas. We have 41 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for October: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 10.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

Project LASER is in suspended status and needs to report this month to avoid cancellation. Project SPACECAM should technically have been cancelled but I believe its liaison made a September report that was unrecorded in the minutes so it will have another week to fill in the minutes before its status is re-evaluated.

Project SPACECAM is cancelled.

=== Secretary's Report ===
I installed that door handle that I bought two months ago for the Pirate bathroom. Otherwise, haven't done much.

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
Travis
++++++
HackDC issue has been mostly resolved. They have agreed to cease use of the "HackDC" name and stop using the domain name by the end of the year.

Looking into ways of bringing money into the space to help with our finances. We need volunteers to keep the website up to date.

We need to show appreciation to Julia for her legal help with the "HackDC" issue. Ben will write a thank you letter.

Zack
++++++++
I participated in the UCP Life Labs Designathon two weeks ago where my team won the award for best prototype, a 3d printed bathroom stall latch for those with limited dexterity or strength [https://technical.ly/dc/2014/11/12/dcs-enabled-design-athon-promotes-universal-design/ Technical.ly DC]. Life Labs is UCP's in-house technology initiative and they'd never heard of HacDC. I talking with them about how we locally (HacDC, LifeLabs, whomever else) can form a partnership to develop new technology and products to help those with disabilities. Regardless, I hope to get them all to visit us to see our space and talk about the problems they'd like help with...

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
No change.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Reimbursed SEM filament. Otherwise, not much happening.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still running a deficit, still have tools in the basement to setup. Nothing spent.

=== Project SPACECAM ===
Cancelled!

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==
New server ready for delivery to HacDC. Emphasis will be availability and uptime. Suitable for build servers, databases, IRC bouncers, etc. Will announce on members when plugged in at HacDC. Normal users get shell accounts on the host system, with privileges to launch OpenVZ guests. Acceptable use may be enforced through resource limits or loss of remote credentials. See [[:Category:Servers]] and [[HacDC-shared-m335-1]].

Full Gentoo/Funtoo OS tarballs with KDE and various customizations preinstalled now automatically generated and available for unpacking on fresh computers.

[https://github.com/mirage335/NetPLC NetPLC] finished. Low-cost, ultra-rugged, dual Ethernet/WiFi/XBee network connectivity, no dependency on external computer, and supports many peripherals. Intended to replace existing OccupancySensor, among other uses. [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mirage335/NetPLC/master/productionStatic/cad/NetPLC/Render.png PCB photo].

RostockMax has been wired for 24V heated bed. Need to add connectors, a better heatsink, and enable higher temperatures in firmware.

Sincere apologies for not getting to the space sooner and helping with Phil Walker's CNC milling project.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _______ by ________

Regular Member Meeting 2014 11 18

2014-11-19T01:10:54Z

Sitwon: Prez report

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:November 18, 2014
:Called to order at ___20:00___ by ___Dan Barlow____
:Members present: Don, Evan, Phil, Enrique, Zack, Travis, Katie, Ben, Dan
:Members remote: Chris, Jamie, Celeste
:Others present: Bobby, Christine

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 10 14]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Dan Barlow - CNC machining on behalf of HacDC.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===
Phil's grounddrone Kickstarter is going well and is probably going to make it.

=== Vice President's Report ===

Please direct all design inquiries to the members list. Thisservers as a notice of plans not a binding policy. It should be discussed outside of the meeting.

* the church has signed up for Comcast business class (75/15)! Eta ~50 days.
* the church also has the existing 3x3 ethernet for another year.
* new network infrastructure is actively in progress.
** wired connections
** chaos VPN
* currently running shell server in the space (email admin@hacdc.org for an account)
* soon to be running transparent apt proxy. It will intercept almost all unencrypted requests for Debian, Ubuntu, and mint packages and store the results locally. This will be paired with mirroring of repos done during off hours to (midnight to 6am). Meaning you will be able to run updates in less than a decade and without changing settings. There will be non-debian-based distros supported as well. There will also be locally accessible rsync, ftp, and http repos for those that want to skip the proxy.
* there will not be any hosting of websites to the interwebs avaiable until after comcast is installed and broken in, and really we shouldn't be hosting anything to the internet for various reasons.
* there will be tos for all the communal services. Mostly just the usual disclaimers of liability and various forms of "don't be a dick", things we shouldn't do. They will not in any way assert ownership over anything passing though or residing on the servers. ***Discus on members list!***
* hardware required for remaining servers:
** RAM : DDR2 FB-DIMMs, 2GB or larger modules.
** HDD : all SATA, faster is better but 3Gb/s is enough. 1TB or more.
*** 2.5": 8+
*** 3.5": 10+
** Sound absorption: Any fiberglass furnace filters would be appreciated. They will be used as air filters on a custom server muffler. Any ~19" quiet fans would also be apreciated.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for October 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 10.pdf]]. We gained Don Jones as a new member. We lost Blake Wintermute, Christopher Hermance, Harry Detwiler, and Abraham Abbas. We have 41 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for October: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 10.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

Project LASER is in suspended status and needs to report this month to avoid cancellation. Project SPACECAM should technically have been cancelled but I believe its liaison made a September report that was unrecorded in the minutes so it will have another week to fill in the minutes before its status is re-evaluated.

=== Secretary's Report ===
I installed that door handle that I bought two months ago for the Pirate bathroom. Otherwise, haven't done much.

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

Zack
++++++++
I participated in the UCP Life Labs Designathon two weeks ago where my team won the award for best prototype, a 3d printed bathroom stall latch for those with limited dexterity or strength [https://technical.ly/dc/2014/11/12/dcs-enabled-design-athon-promotes-universal-design/ Technical.ly DC]. Life Labs is UCP's in-house technology initiative and they'd never heard of HacDC. I talking with them about how we locally (HacDC, LifeLabs, whomever else) can form a partnership to develop new technology and products to help those with disabilities. Regardless, I hope to get them all to visit us to see our space and talk about the problems they'd like help with...

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
No change.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Reimbursed SEM filament. Otherwise, not much happening.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still running a deficit, still have tools in the basement to setup. Nothing spent.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==
New server ready for delivery to HacDC. Emphasis will be availability and uptime. Suitable for build servers, databases, IRC bouncers, etc. Will announce on members when plugged in at HacDC. Normal users get shell accounts on the host system, with privileges to launch OpenVZ guests. Acceptable use may be enforced through resource limits or loss of remote credentials. See [[:Category:Servers]] and [[HacDC-shared-m335-1]].

Full Gentoo/Funtoo OS tarballs with KDE and various customizations preinstalled now automatically generated and available for unpacking on fresh computers.

[https://github.com/mirage335/NetPLC NetPLC] finished. Low-cost, ultra-rugged, dual Ethernet/WiFi/XBee network connectivity, no dependency on external computer, and supports many peripherals. Intended to replace existing OccupancySensor, among other uses. [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mirage335/NetPLC/master/productionStatic/cad/NetPLC/Render.png PCB photo].

RostockMax has been wired for 24V heated bed. Need to add connectors, a better heatsink, and enable higher temperatures in firmware.

Sincere apologies for not getting to the space sooner and helping with Phil Walker's CNC milling project.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _______ by ________

Regular Member Meeting 2014 11 18

2014-11-19T01:05:32Z

Sitwon: Attendance

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:November 18, 2014
:Called to order at ___20:00___ by ___Dan Barlow____
:Members present: Don, Evan, Phil, Enrique, Zack, Travis, Katie, Ben, Dan
:Members remote: Chris, Jamie
:Others present: Bobby, Christine

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 10 14]] Approved.

== Recognition ==
Dan Barlow - CNC machining on behalf of HacDC.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===

Please direct all design inquiries to the members list. Thisservers as a notice of plans not a binding policy. It should be discussed outside of the meeting.

* the church has signed up for Comcast business class (75/15)! Eta ~50 days.
* the church also has the existing 3x3 ethernet for another year.
* new network infrastructure is actively in progress.
** wired connections
** chaos VPN
* currently running shell server in the space (email admin@hacdc.org for an account)
* soon to be running transparent apt proxy. It will intercept almost all unencrypted requests for Debian, Ubuntu, and mint packages and store the results locally. This will be paired with mirroring of repos done during off hours to (midnight to 6am). Meaning you will be able to run updates in less than a decade and without changing settings. There will be non-debian-based distros supported as well. There will also be locally accessible rsync, ftp, and http repos for those that want to skip the proxy.
* there will not be any hosting of websites to the interwebs avaiable until after comcast is installed and broken in, and really we shouldn't be hosting anything to the internet for various reasons.
* there will be tos for all the communal services. Mostly just the usual disclaimers of liability and various forms of "don't be a dick", things we shouldn't do. They will not in any way assert ownership over anything passing though or residing on the servers. ***Discus on members list!***
* hardware required for remaining servers:
** RAM : DDR2 FB-DIMMs, 2GB or larger modules.
** HDD : all SATA, faster is better but 3Gb/s is enough. 1TB or more.
*** 2.5": 8+
*** 3.5": 10+
** Sound absorption: Any fiberglass furnace filters would be appreciated. They will be used as air filters on a custom server muffler. Any ~19" quiet fans would also be apreciated.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for October 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 10.pdf]]. We gained Don Jones as a new member. We lost Blake Wintermute, Christopher Hermance, Harry Detwiler, and Abraham Abbas. We have 41 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for October: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 10.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

Project LASER is in suspended status and needs to report this month to avoid cancellation. Project SPACECAM should technically have been cancelled but I believe its liaison made a September report that was unrecorded in the minutes so it will have another week to fill in the minutes before its status is re-evaluated.

=== Secretary's Report ===
I installed that door handle that I bought two months ago for the Pirate bathroom. Otherwise, haven't done much.

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

Zack
++++++++
I participated in the UCP Life Labs Designathon two weeks ago where my team won the award for best prototype, a 3d printed bathroom stall latch for those with limited dexterity or strength [https://technical.ly/dc/2014/11/12/dcs-enabled-design-athon-promotes-universal-design/ Technical.ly DC]. Life Labs is UCP's in-house technology initiative and they'd never heard of HacDC. I talking with them about how we locally (HacDC, LifeLabs, whomever else) can form a partnership to develop new technology and products to help those with disabilities. Regardless, I hope to get them all to visit us to see our space and talk about the problems they'd like help with...

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
No change.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Reimbursed SEM filament. Otherwise, not much happening.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still running a deficit, still have tools in the basement to setup. Nothing spent.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==
New server ready for delivery to HacDC. Emphasis will be availability and uptime. Suitable for build servers, databases, IRC bouncers, etc. Will announce on members when plugged in at HacDC. Normal users get shell accounts on the host system, with privileges to launch OpenVZ guests. Acceptable use may be enforced through resource limits or loss of remote credentials. See [[:Category:Servers]] and [[HacDC-shared-m335-1]].

Full Gentoo/Funtoo OS tarballs with KDE and various customizations preinstalled now automatically generated and available for unpacking on fresh computers.

[https://github.com/mirage335/NetPLC NetPLC] finished. Low-cost, ultra-rugged, dual Ethernet/WiFi/XBee network connectivity, no dependency on external computer, and supports many peripherals. Intended to replace existing OccupancySensor, among other uses. [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mirage335/NetPLC/master/productionStatic/cad/NetPLC/Render.png PCB photo].

RostockMax has been wired for 24V heated bed. Need to add connectors, a better heatsink, and enable higher temperatures in firmware.

Sincere apologies for not getting to the space sooner and helping with Phil Walker's CNC milling project.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _______ by ________

Regular Member Meeting 2014 11 18

2014-11-19T01:02:08Z

Sitwon:

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:November 18, 2014
:Called to order at ___20:00___ by ___Dan Barlow____
:Members present:
:Members remote:
:Others present:

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met?

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 10 14]]

== Recognition ==
Dan Barlow - CNC machining on behalf of HacDC.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===

Please direct all design inquiries to the members list. Thisservers as a notice of plans not a binding policy. It should be discussed outside of the meeting.

* the church has signed up for Comcast business class (75/15)! Eta ~50 days.
* the church also has the existing 3x3 ethernet for another year.
* new network infrastructure is actively in progress.
** wired connections
** chaos VPN
* currently running shell server in the space (email admin@hacdc.org for an account)
* soon to be running transparent apt proxy. It will intercept almost all unencrypted requests for Debian, Ubuntu, and mint packages and store the results locally. This will be paired with mirroring of repos done during off hours to (midnight to 6am). Meaning you will be able to run updates in less than a decade and without changing settings. There will be non-debian-based distros supported as well. There will also be locally accessible rsync, ftp, and http repos for those that want to skip the proxy.
* there will not be any hosting of websites to the interwebs avaiable until after comcast is installed and broken in, and really we shouldn't be hosting anything to the internet for various reasons.
* there will be tos for all the communal services. Mostly just the usual disclaimers of liability and various forms of "don't be a dick", things we shouldn't do. They will not in any way assert ownership over anything passing though or residing on the servers. ***Discus on members list!***
* hardware required for remaining servers:
** RAM : DDR2 FB-DIMMs, 2GB or larger modules.
** HDD : all SATA, faster is better but 3Gb/s is enough. 1TB or more.
*** 2.5": 8+
*** 3.5": 10+
** Sound absorption: Any fiberglass furnace filters would be appreciated. They will be used as air filters on a custom server muffler. Any ~19" quiet fans would also be apreciated.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for October 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 10.pdf]]. We gained Don Jones as a new member. We lost Blake Wintermute, Christopher Hermance, Harry Detwiler, and Abraham Abbas. We have 41 dues-paying members in good standing and 6 dues-waived members.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for October: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 10.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

Project LASER is in suspended status and needs to report this month to avoid cancellation. Project SPACECAM should technically have been cancelled but I believe its liaison made a September report that was unrecorded in the minutes so it will have another week to fill in the minutes before its status is re-evaluated.

=== Secretary's Report ===
I installed that door handle that I bought two months ago for the Pirate bathroom. Otherwise, haven't done much.

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

Zack
++++++++
I participated in the UCP Life Labs Designathon two weeks ago where my team won the award for best prototype, a 3d printed bathroom stall latch for those with limited dexterity or strength [https://technical.ly/dc/2014/11/12/dcs-enabled-design-athon-promotes-universal-design/ Technical.ly DC]. Life Labs is UCP's in-house technology initiative and they'd never heard of HacDC. I talking with them about how we locally (HacDC, LifeLabs, whomever else) can form a partnership to develop new technology and products to help those with disabilities. Regardless, I hope to get them all to visit us to see our space and talk about the problems they'd like help with...

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
No change.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Reimbursed SEM filament. Otherwise, not much happening.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Still running a deficit, still have tools in the basement to setup. Nothing spent.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

=== Project HAMRADIO ===

== Member Reports ==
New server ready for delivery to HacDC. Emphasis will be availability and uptime. Suitable for build servers, databases, IRC bouncers, etc. Will announce on members when plugged in at HacDC. Normal users get shell accounts on the host system, with privileges to launch OpenVZ guests. Acceptable use may be enforced through resource limits or loss of remote credentials. See [[:Category:Servers]] and [[HacDC-shared-m335-1]].

Full Gentoo/Funtoo OS tarballs with KDE and various customizations preinstalled now automatically generated and available for unpacking on fresh computers.

[https://github.com/mirage335/NetPLC NetPLC] finished. Low-cost, ultra-rugged, dual Ethernet/WiFi/XBee network connectivity, no dependency on external computer, and supports many peripherals. Intended to replace existing OccupancySensor, among other uses. [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mirage335/NetPLC/master/productionStatic/cad/NetPLC/Render.png PCB photo].

RostockMax has been wired for 24V heated bed. Need to add connectors, a better heatsink, and enable higher temperatures in firmware.

Sincere apologies for not getting to the space sooner and helping with Phil Walker's CNC milling project.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _______ by ________

Regular Member Meeting 2014 10 14

2014-10-15T00:46:32Z

Sitwon: adjourned

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:October 14, 2014
:Called to order at _7:50_ by _Dan Barlow_
:Members present: Phil, Condew, Haxwithaxe, Ben, Dan, Mirage, Travis, Julia, Hunterkill
:Members remote: Shawn
:Others present: Don

:[[Quorum]]? 10
:: Quorum met? Yes

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 09 09]]

== Recognition ==
* ag4ve - Cryptoparty organization.
* Dan Barlow - More progress on the SEM. Continued laser cutter work. Cleanup. Awesome guy!
* Hunter - More progress on the SEM. Successfully assisting remote diagnosis and reconnection of the Occupancy Sensor.
* Julia Longtin - Funding and beginning construction of our Optical Table Robot. Supported the cryptoparty. Also obtained much-needed upgrade components for the RostockMax.
* Justin Myers - Taking on SEM filament purchase.
* Katie - Getting HacDC on eBay. Continuing timely and orderly HacDC financial reports.
* Lee - Getting HacDC on eBay.

* Cleanup Participants - Anyone who helped cleanup the space.

== Director Reports ==

=== President's Report ===

Bugging Dan about the laser cutter actually makes it harder for him to work on the laser cutter. Lay off for a while.

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for September 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 09.pdf]]. We didn't gain any new members. We lost Andrew Harris and Mike Chelen. We have 41 dues-paying members in good standing, 7 dues-waived members, and 2 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for September: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 09.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===

I put up new bathroom signs. I got a bunch of new keys cut. I got in a new handle for the Pirate bathroom, it just needs to get installed.

We're still working on the HackDC issue. We've retained legal counsel to help us. HackDC seems unresponsive to our attempts at a discussion.

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

Tokutek approached the BoD about using the space for a meetup and I volunteered to coordinate with them. The event was planned for 10/13, but was canceled and I'm now working with them to figure out new dates during the week of 12/15. They'd love for the membership to come out and hear their tech talk, and there will be beer and pizza for everyone in attendance.

We should also receive (hopefully soon?) 5 new Intel Edison development kits that Intel is donating to the space. These are dual-core Atom processors with an integrated MCU. Watch the blabber list for announcement of their arrival.

--Zack

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

No significant progress this month.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
No expenditures this month. SEM filament has been ordered, and may be reimbursed soon.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Would be nice if we had more funding.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335===
==== Tyler Durden moved in. ====
HacDC was a mess this morning, as documented on the mailing list. To make progress toward usable equipment and stable income, we need to prevent this from happening ever again.

Let's put up an RFID door entry system ASAP. Would be in favor of any expenditure, despite our limited finances, to get this done immediately, not hopefully in six months. As in, paying someone to just get it done would be fine.

In the meantime, unless there are strong objections, I would like to install a few webcam enabled WYSE terminals to take photos when the ambient light changes suddenly (ie. lights on/off). This would record 'before/after' photos, nothing more.

==== Misc ====
Making progress with other HacDC members to cleanup, build new equipment, develop business opportunities. Still, our financial situation is a bit limiting, and we can do more to stay sane.

Have heard about various successes contacting the Fire Station wireless accesspoint. Let's make it a top priority to deploy something like [http://www.ubnt.com/airfiber/airfiber24/ Ubiquity 24GHz backhaul] units at both ends ASAP. Their 900mHz [http://www.ubnt.com/airmax/rocketm/ basestation] and [http://www.ubnt.com/airmax/airmax-yagi-antenna/ highly directional antennas] may also be able to cut through the clutter at 150MBits. We could really use extra credit from our host.

HacDC's servers are still not available for regular use by members. Planning to deploy Debian Stable within the next couple weeks, borrowing a suitable machine tonight.

Much of our equipment is functional, but not accessible. This includes printers, the plotter, scanners, and more. Clearing shelves and floor space will create opportunities to deploy these tools, giving members more opportunities to accomplish projects.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
* Approve up to $300 for a new minifridge.
Julia is going to donate a new minifridge.

== New Members ==
Don - Does HAM radio, wants to learn other stuff. Recommended by Lee. Approved.

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _8:45_ by _Dan Barlow_

Regular Member Meeting 2014 10 14

2014-10-15T00:32:30Z

Sitwon:

Regular Member Meeting 2014 09 09

2014-09-09T15:33:42Z

Sitwon: /* Secretary's Report */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:September 9, 2014
:Called to order at ______ by ______
:Members present:
:Members remote:
:Others present:

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met?

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12]]

== Recognition ==
* Dan Barlow - Identifying and obtaining better laser tube.
* Julia "juri" Longtin - Bringing much needed funding to HacDC equipment.

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for August 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 08.pdf]]. We gained Celeste, Enrique, and Phillip as new members. We lost Ruben Duque, Elizabeth Smith, Dan Koestler, and Bjorn Westergard. We have X dues-paying members in good standing, Y dues-waived members, and Z members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for August: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 08.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===
I purchased a house this past Wednesday, so I'm busy and not at HacDC tonight.

I updated the members@ list with the latest regarding the Hac<b>k</b>DC situation. I will continue to pursue this issue as discussed with the rest of BoD.

The OpenPGP Card group order has arrived. I will bring the cards/readers to the Cryptoparty for people to collect their share. If you need it sooner, you'll need to schedule with me.

I have new signs for the bathrooms, but since I haven't been to the space in over two weeks I haven't had a chance to put them up. Next time I'm there I'll get them installed.

I also made ten copies of the space key, because we ran out last month, but as I haven't been to the space they're not in the BoD locker yet.

While I'm buying stuff for my house, I'll also pick up a replacement door handle for the pirate bathroom.

If there's anything else, you can call me up, but my phone currently gets no service in my new basement so don't be offended if I don't pick up, it probably means my phone didn't ring.

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
We basically blew off yet another sprint last month because I was busy with the Crab-B-Q. (By the way, you can totally cook crabs in a smoker.)

We are slacking and we really need to pull it together soon. I'm just having trouble making time for things.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Have a ~$50 receipt for various screws purchased from Fastenal, mostly for the optical table.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
For lack of incoming funding, the project coordinator (mirage335) feels that any purchase made from these funds must be well planned.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
[[File:OpticalTableRobot.png|400px|right]]
Finally designed the [[OpticalTableRobot]]. Similar to the FlexReplicator, supports multiple tools simultaneously. However, this platform is far more rigid (absolute accuracy expected to be <2um across the ~8'x4' work area). Surprisingly, it is also cheaper than a FlexReplicator, thanks to the free table and extrusions.

Julia Longtin has successfully sought investors, and plans to use the robot to manufacture large car parts.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _______ by _________

Regular Member Meeting 2014 09 09

2014-09-09T15:32:20Z

Sitwon: /* Secretary's Report */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:September 9, 2014
:Called to order at ______ by ______
:Members present:
:Members remote:
:Others present:

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met?

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12]]

== Recognition ==
* Dan Barlow - Identifying and obtaining better laser tube.
* Julia "juri" Longtin - Bringing much needed funding to HacDC equipment.

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for August 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 08.pdf]]. We gained Celeste, Enrique, and Phillip as new members. We lost Ruben Duque, Elizabeth Smith, Dan Koestler, and Bjorn Westergard. We have X dues-paying members in good standing, Y dues-waived members, and Z members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for August: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 08.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===
I purchased a house this past Wednesday, so I'm busy and not at HacDC tonight.

I updated the members@ list with the latest regarding the Hac<b>k</b>DC situation. I will continue to pursue this issue as discussed with the rest of BoD.

The OpenPGP Card group order has arrived. I will bring the cards/readers to the Cryptoparty for people to collect their share. If you need it sooner, you'll need to schedule with me.

I have new signs for the bathrooms, but since I haven't been to the space in over two weeks I haven't had a chance to put them up. Next time I'm there I'll get them installed.

I also made ten copies of the space key, because we ran out last month, but as I haven't been to the space they're not in the BoD locker yet.

While I'm buying stuff for my house, I'll also pick up a replacement door handle for the pirate bathroom.

If there's anything else, you can call me up, but my phone currently gets no service in my new basement so don't be offended if I don't pick up.

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
We basically blew off yet another sprint last month because I was busy with the Crab-B-Q. (By the way, you can totally cook crabs in a smoker.)

We are slacking and we really need to pull it together soon. I'm just having trouble making time for things.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Have a ~$50 receipt for various screws purchased from Fastenal, mostly for the optical table.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
For lack of incoming funding, the project coordinator (mirage335) feels that any purchase made from these funds must be well planned.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
[[File:OpticalTableRobot.png|400px|right]]
Finally designed the [[OpticalTableRobot]]. Similar to the FlexReplicator, supports multiple tools simultaneously. However, this platform is far more rigid (absolute accuracy expected to be <2um across the ~8'x4' work area). Surprisingly, it is also cheaper than a FlexReplicator, thanks to the free table and extrusions.

Julia Longtin has successfully sought investors, and plans to use the robot to manufacture large car parts.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _______ by _________

Regular Member Meeting 2014 09 09

2014-09-09T15:25:50Z

Sitwon: /* Project BYZANTIUM */

Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12

2014-08-13T01:15:49Z

Sitwon: adjourned

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:August 12, 2014
:Called to order at __8:02___ by Dan Barlow
:Members present: Dan, Evan, Phil, Ben, Travis, Zack, Jamie
:Members remote: Mirage, Alberto, Chris, Shawn, Justin, Kevin, Juri
:Others present: Enrique, Reed, Celeste, Phil, Bobby

:[[Quorum]]? 14/13
:: Quorum met? Yes.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 06 10]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

Bulk approval:
7 present vote in favor.
4 remote vote in favor.
11 vote in favor, motion passes.

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===
Call to action: We need more emotional awareness in the space. Be aware of not just ourselves but others. How are others feeling, are they uncomfortable, are they being made uncomfortable? We need to make sure people have a good experience, because they have a long memory for bad experiences.

=== Vice President's Report ===
* Reminders
** LABELS!
*** bins - what is inside (generally, but create an index if you want)
*** shelves - what goes there and where on the shelf it goes
*** projects - who is in charge of it, when it is expected to be gone by, how to appropriately store it if it hasn't been removed by then
** SHOP RULES! (i am a bad human)
** Bike theft - bypassing locks outside of the space should be reported to church security/staff or the police. use your judgement when considering calling the police.

* News
** the basement has internets
** the basement may have a server in it by the time the meeting starts

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for July 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 07.pdf]]. We gained Ed O'Brien as a new member and regained founder Andrew Righter (Q). We lost William Gibb, Rob Ryan-Silva, and David Pietrocola. We have 43 dues-paying members in good standing, 7 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for July: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 07.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
Still haven't gotten the paperwork sorted for the SEM. I know I'm dropping the ball here, I'll get it worked out by tax time or you can fire me.

There are two major upcoming events.

Making Games with Stencyl is this Saturday.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/197976622/
I've convinced my friend Alex to come in and teach a one-day class on indie game development.

The annual HacDC Cryptoparty is September 20th.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/187948232/
There is a lot of prep and planning to do between now and then. We're hoping to make this year bigger and better than the previous two. We're still looking for speakers, so please sign up to give a talk. Even if you don't think you're an expert, you can probably teach somebody something useful.

If anyone could stay after the meeting to help me load junk into my car I will take another load to the dump.

Signs for the bathrooms. Do we need to have a vote on this?
No vote needed.

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

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
Laser is used up, need a new tube. The Laser tube is a consumable which we will need to replace every couple of years.

Charring is different from vaporizing. If a material chars instead of vaporizing, then it will stop vaporizing even on successive passes.

We're going to buy a new tube (with matching power supply). New tube will be twice as powerful.

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
Not much news in terms of recent development. We have radios installed on the roof. Frank Sanborn (FEMA) is adapting ByzPi for use monitoring mudslides. Had some useful discussions with ISC at HOPE, they liked our performance on the grant, they're going to get us feedback from users in crisis zones (like Ukraine and Syria). Lots of plans on paper, but the team is still distracted with other responsibilities.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
No news. Had to take personal time off. Hope to pick up in the Fall.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Bought some screws for our optical table. More importantly, we are now down to a $849.12 balance. As before, this continued loss of funding is undesirable and somewhat unexpected given recent publicity campaigns.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw, still not sure what to buy.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Beginning work on the optical table, example 3D printed mounting hardware in the basement. Have also repaired one and partially reassembled one of Dan Barlow's projectors, planning to deploy the components on the optical table.

==== FlexReplicator ====
Platform design complete, awaiting construction.

[[File:FlexReplicator.png|200px]]

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Mirage proposes the following amendment to the [[Standing Rules]]:
:Effective immediately, quorum is set to ten members. Henceforth, when quorum is not met two months in a row, the number of members required to meet quorum shall be reduced to the greatest number present in any of those months minus one.
Note that amendments to the standing rules require a 2/3 majority vote of a quorum of members.

7 present vote in favor.
4 remote vote in favor.
11 in favor, motion passes.

Authorize Dan Barlow to spend available Project Laser funds for repairs, replacement parts, and upgrades.
7 present vote in favor.
3 remote vote in favor.
10 in favor, motion passes.

== New Members ==
Enrique Cobas: Voted in.

Reed: Web programmer. Robotics hobbyist. Interested, but not becoming a member yet.

Philip Walker: Built a stair climbing robot, has a patent on it. Tired of doing software, likes hardware. Wants to build stuff on top of the patent he has, make it open-source. Has a warehouse on W St. that he's willing to share with us. Has a lab in Adam's Morgan with lots of fabrication tools too. Want to meet the community and get involved. Voted in.

Celeste: Specializes in human-computer interactions. Involved in open-source. Interested in community. Voted in.

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at __9:15__ by ___Dan Barlow___

Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12

2014-08-13T01:15:08Z

Sitwon: New members.

Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12

2014-08-13T01:01:22Z

Sitwon: laser

Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12

2014-08-13T00:22:06Z

Sitwon: Voting!

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:August 12, 2014
:Called to order at __8:02___ by Dan Barlow
:Members present: Dan, Evan, Phil, Ben, Travis, Zack, Jamie
:Members remote: Mirage, Alberto, Chris, Shawn, Justin, Kevin, Juri
:Others present: Enrique, Reed, Celeste, Phil, Bobby

:[[Quorum]]? 14/13
:: Quorum met? Yes.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 06 10]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

Bulk approval:
7 present vote in favor.
4 remote vote in favor.
11 vote in favor, motion passes.

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===
Call to action: We need more emotional awareness in the space. Be aware of not just ourselves but others. How are others feeling, are they uncomfortable, are they being made uncomfortable? We need to make sure people have a good experience, because they have a long memory for bad experiences.

=== Vice President's Report ===
* Reminders
** LABELS!
*** bins - what is inside (generally, but create an index if you want)
*** shelves - what goes there and where on the shelf it goes
*** projects - who is in charge of it, when it is expected to be gone by, how to appropriately store it if it hasn't been removed by then
** SHOP RULES! (i am a bad human)
** Bike theft - bypassing locks outside of the space should be reported to church security/staff or the police. use your judgement when considering calling the police.

* News
** the basement has internets
** the basement may have a server in it by the time the meeting starts

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for July 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 07.pdf]]. We gained Ed O'Brien as a new member and regained founder Andrew Righter (Q). We lost William Gibb, Rob Ryan-Silva, and David Pietrocola. We have 43 dues-paying members in good standing, 7 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for July: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 07.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
Still haven't gotten the paperwork sorted for the SEM. I know I'm dropping the ball here, I'll get it worked out by tax time or you can fire me.

There are two major upcoming events.

Making Games with Stencyl is this Saturday.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/197976622/
I've convinced my friend Alex to come in and teach a one-day class on indie game development.

The annual HacDC Cryptoparty is September 20th.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/187948232/
There is a lot of prep and planning to do between now and then. We're hoping to make this year bigger and better than the previous two. We're still looking for speakers, so please sign up to give a talk. Even if you don't think you're an expert, you can probably teach somebody something useful.

If anyone could stay after the meeting to help me load junk into my car I will take another load to the dump.

Signs for the bathrooms. Do we need to have a vote on this?

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
Not much news in terms of recent development. We have radios installed on the roof. Frank Sanborn (FEMA) is adapting ByzPi for use monitoring mudslides. Had some useful discussions with ISC at HOPE, they liked our performance on the grant, they're going to get us feedback from users in crisis zones (like Ukraine and Syria). Lots of plans on paper, but the team is still distracted with other responsibilities.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
No news. Had to take personal time off. Hope to pick up in the Fall.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Bought some screws for our optical table. More importantly, we are now down to a $849.12 balance. As before, this continued loss of funding is undesirable and somewhat unexpected given recent publicity campaigns.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw, still not sure what to buy.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Beginning work on the optical table, example 3D printed mounting hardware in the basement. Have also repaired one and partially reassembled one of Dan Barlow's projectors, planning to deploy the components on the optical table.

==== FlexReplicator ====
Platform design complete, awaiting construction.

[[File:FlexReplicator.png|200px]]

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Mirage proposes the following amendment to the [[Standing Rules]]:
:Effective immediately, quorum is set to ten members. Henceforth, when quorum is not met two months in a row, the number of members required to meet quorum shall be reduced to the greatest number present in any of those months minus one.
Note that amendments to the standing rules require a 2/3 majority vote of a quorum of members.

7 present vote in favor.
4 remote vote in favor.
11 in favor, motion passes.

Authorize Dan Barlow to spend available Project Laser funds for repairs, replacement parts, and upgrades.
7 present vote in favor.
3 remote vote in favor.
10 in favor, motion passes.

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by ______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12

2014-08-13T00:16:27Z

Sitwon: Kevin added, Quroum!

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:August 12, 2014
:Called to order at __8:02___ by Dan Barlow
:Members present: Dan, Evan, Phil, Ben, Travis, Zack, Jamie
:Members remote: Mirage, Alberto, Chris, Shawn, Justin, Kevin
:Others present: Enrique, Reed, Celeste, Phil, Bobby

:[[Quorum]]? 13/13
:: Quorum met? Yes.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 06 10]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===
Call to action: We need more emotional awareness in the space. Be aware of not just ourselves but others. How are others feeling, are they uncomfortable, are they being made uncomfortable? We need to make sure people have a good experience, because they have a long memory for bad experiences.

=== Vice President's Report ===
* Reminders
** LABELS!
*** bins - what is inside (generally, but create an index if you want)
*** shelves - what goes there and where on the shelf it goes
*** projects - who is in charge of it, when it is expected to be gone by, how to appropriately store it if it hasn't been removed by then
** SHOP RULES! (i am a bad human)
** Bike theft - bypassing locks outside of the space should be reported to church security/staff or the police. use your judgement when considering calling the police.

* News
** the basement has internets
** the basement may have a server in it by the time the meeting starts

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for July 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 07.pdf]]. We gained Ed O'Brien as a new member and regained founder Andrew Righter (Q). We lost William Gibb, Rob Ryan-Silva, and David Pietrocola. We have 43 dues-paying members in good standing, 7 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for July: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 07.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
Still haven't gotten the paperwork sorted for the SEM. I know I'm dropping the ball here, I'll get it worked out by tax time or you can fire me.

There are two major upcoming events.

Making Games with Stencyl is this Saturday.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/197976622/
I've convinced my friend Alex to come in and teach a one-day class on indie game development.

The annual HacDC Cryptoparty is September 20th.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/187948232/
There is a lot of prep and planning to do between now and then. We're hoping to make this year bigger and better than the previous two. We're still looking for speakers, so please sign up to give a talk. Even if you don't think you're an expert, you can probably teach somebody something useful.

If anyone could stay after the meeting to help me load junk into my car I will take another load to the dump.

Signs for the bathrooms. Do we need to have a vote on this?

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
Not much news in terms of recent development. We have radios installed on the roof. Frank Sanborn (FEMA) is adapting ByzPi for use monitoring mudslides. Had some useful discussions with ISC at HOPE, they liked our performance on the grant, they're going to get us feedback from users in crisis zones (like Ukraine and Syria). Lots of plans on paper, but the team is still distracted with other responsibilities.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
No news. Had to take personal time off. Hope to pick up in the Fall.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Bought some screws for our optical table. More importantly, we are now down to a $849.12 balance. As before, this continued loss of funding is undesirable and somewhat unexpected given recent publicity campaigns.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw, still not sure what to buy.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Beginning work on the optical table, example 3D printed mounting hardware in the basement. Have also repaired one and partially reassembled one of Dan Barlow's projectors, planning to deploy the components on the optical table.

==== FlexReplicator ====
Platform design complete, awaiting construction.

[[File:FlexReplicator.png|200px]]

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Mirage proposes the following amendment to the [[Standing Rules]]:
:Effective immediately, quorum is set to ten members. Henceforth, when quorum is not met two months in a row, the number of members required to meet quorum shall be reduced to the greatest number present in any of those months minus one.
Note that amendments to the standing rules require a 2/3 majority vote of a quorum of members.

Authorize Dan Barlow to spend available Project Laser funds for repairs, replacement parts, and upgrades.

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by ______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12

2014-08-13T00:11:46Z

Sitwon: Pres Report

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:August 12, 2014
:Called to order at __8:02___ by Dan Barlow
:Members present: Dan, Evan, Phil, Ben, Travis, Zack, Jamie
:Members remote: Mirage, Alberto, Chris, Shawn, Justin
:Others present: Enrique, Reed, Celeste, Phil, Bobby

:[[Quorum]]? 12/13
:: Quorum met? No.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 06 10]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===
Call to action: We need more emotional awareness in the space. Be aware of not just ourselves but others. How are others feeling, are they uncomfortable, are they being made uncomfortable? We need to make sure people have a good experience, because they have a long memory for bad experiences.

=== Vice President's Report ===
* Reminders
** LABELS!
*** bins - what is inside (generally, but create an index if you want)
*** shelves - what goes there and where on the shelf it goes
*** projects - who is in charge of it, when it is expected to be gone by, how to appropriately store it if it hasn't been removed by then
** SHOP RULES! (i am a bad human)
** Bike theft - bypassing locks outside of the space should be reported to church security/staff or the police. use your judgement when considering calling the police.

* News
** the basement has internets
** the basement may have a server in it by the time the meeting starts

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for July 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 07.pdf]]. We gained Ed O'Brien as a new member and regained founder Andrew Righter (Q). We lost William Gibb, Rob Ryan-Silva, and David Pietrocola. We have 43 dues-paying members in good standing, 7 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for July: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 07.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
Still haven't gotten the paperwork sorted for the SEM. I know I'm dropping the ball here, I'll get it worked out by tax time or you can fire me.

There are two major upcoming events.

Making Games with Stencyl is this Saturday.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/197976622/
I've convinced my friend Alex to come in and teach a one-day class on indie game development.

The annual HacDC Cryptoparty is September 20th.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/187948232/
There is a lot of prep and planning to do between now and then. We're hoping to make this year bigger and better than the previous two. We're still looking for speakers, so please sign up to give a talk. Even if you don't think you're an expert, you can probably teach somebody something useful.

If anyone could stay after the meeting to help me load junk into my car I will take another load to the dump.

Signs for the bathrooms. Do we need to have a vote on this?

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
Not much news in terms of recent development. We have radios installed on the roof. Frank Sanborn (FEMA) is adapting ByzPi for use monitoring mudslides. Had some useful discussions with ISC at HOPE, they liked our performance on the grant, they're going to get us feedback from users in crisis zones (like Ukraine and Syria). Lots of plans on paper, but the team is still distracted with other responsibilities.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
No news. Had to take personal time off. Hope to pick up in the Fall.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Bought some screws for our optical table. More importantly, we are now down to a $849.12 balance. As before, this continued loss of funding is undesirable and somewhat unexpected given recent publicity campaigns.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw, still not sure what to buy.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Beginning work on the optical table, example 3D printed mounting hardware in the basement. Have also repaired one and partially reassembled one of Dan Barlow's projectors, planning to deploy the components on the optical table.

==== FlexReplicator ====
Platform design complete, awaiting construction.

[[File:FlexReplicator.png|200px]]

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Mirage proposes the following amendment to the [[Standing Rules]]:
:Effective immediately, quorum is set to ten members. Henceforth, when quorum is not met two months in a row, the number of members required to meet quorum shall be reduced to the greatest number present in any of those months minus one.
Note that amendments to the standing rules require a 2/3 majority vote of a quorum of members.

Authorize Dan Barlow to spend available Project Laser funds for repairs, replacement parts, and upgrades.

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by ______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12

2014-08-13T00:09:28Z

Sitwon: bathrooms

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:August 12, 2014
:Called to order at __8:02___ by Dan Barlow
:Members present: Dan, Evan, Phil, Ben, Travis, Zack, Jamie
:Members remote: Mirage, Alberto, Chris, Shawn, Justin
:Others present: Enrique, Reed, Celeste, Phil, Bobby

:[[Quorum]]? 12/13
:: Quorum met? No.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 06 10]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===
* Reminders
** LABELS!
*** bins - what is inside (generally, but create an index if you want)
*** shelves - what goes there and where on the shelf it goes
*** projects - who is in charge of it, when it is expected to be gone by, how to appropriately store it if it hasn't been removed by then
** SHOP RULES! (i am a bad human)
** Bike theft - bypassing locks outside of the space should be reported to church security/staff or the police. use your judgement when considering calling the police.

* News
** the basement has internets
** the basement may have a server in it by the time the meeting starts

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for July 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 07.pdf]]. We gained Ed O'Brien as a new member and regained founder Andrew Righter (Q). We lost William Gibb, Rob Ryan-Silva, and David Pietrocola. We have 43 dues-paying members in good standing, 7 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for July: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 07.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
Still haven't gotten the paperwork sorted for the SEM. I know I'm dropping the ball here, I'll get it worked out by tax time or you can fire me.

There are two major upcoming events.

Making Games with Stencyl is this Saturday.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/197976622/
I've convinced my friend Alex to come in and teach a one-day class on indie game development.

The annual HacDC Cryptoparty is September 20th.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/187948232/
There is a lot of prep and planning to do between now and then. We're hoping to make this year bigger and better than the previous two. We're still looking for speakers, so please sign up to give a talk. Even if you don't think you're an expert, you can probably teach somebody something useful.

If anyone could stay after the meeting to help me load junk into my car I will take another load to the dump.

Signs for the bathrooms. Do we need to have a vote on this?

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
Not much news in terms of recent development. We have radios installed on the roof. Frank Sanborn (FEMA) is adapting ByzPi for use monitoring mudslides. Had some useful discussions with ISC at HOPE, they liked our performance on the grant, they're going to get us feedback from users in crisis zones (like Ukraine and Syria). Lots of plans on paper, but the team is still distracted with other responsibilities.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
No news. Had to take personal time off. Hope to pick up in the Fall.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Bought some screws for our optical table. More importantly, we are now down to a $849.12 balance. As before, this continued loss of funding is undesirable and somewhat unexpected given recent publicity campaigns.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw, still not sure what to buy.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Beginning work on the optical table, example 3D printed mounting hardware in the basement. Have also repaired one and partially reassembled one of Dan Barlow's projectors, planning to deploy the components on the optical table.

==== FlexReplicator ====
Platform design complete, awaiting construction.

[[File:FlexReplicator.png|200px]]

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Mirage proposes the following amendment to the [[Standing Rules]]:
:Effective immediately, quorum is set to ten members. Henceforth, when quorum is not met two months in a row, the number of members required to meet quorum shall be reduced to the greatest number present in any of those months minus one.
Note that amendments to the standing rules require a 2/3 majority vote of a quorum of members.

Authorize Dan Barlow to spend available Project Laser funds for repairs, replacement parts, and upgrades.

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by ______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12

2014-08-13T00:07:17Z

Sitwon: .

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:August 12, 2014
:Called to order at __8:02___ by Dan Barlow
:Members present: Dan, Evan, Phil, Ben, Travis, Zack, Jamie
:Members remote: Mirage, Alberto, Chris, Shawn, Justin
:Others present: Enrique, Reed, Celeste, Phil, Bobby

:[[Quorum]]? 12/13
:: Quorum met? No.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 06 10]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===
* Reminders
** LABELS!
*** bins - what is inside (generally, but create an index if you want)
*** shelves - what goes there and where on the shelf it goes
*** projects - who is in charge of it, when it is expected to be gone by, how to appropriately store it if it hasn't been removed by then
** SHOP RULES! (i am a bad human)
** Bike theft - bypassing locks outside of the space should be reported to church security/staff or the police. use your judgement when considering calling the police.

* News
** the basement has internets
** the basement may have a server in it by the time the meeting starts

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for July 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 07.pdf]]. We gained Ed O'Brien as a new member and regained founder Andrew Righter (Q). We lost William Gibb, Rob Ryan-Silva, and David Pietrocola. We have 43 dues-paying members in good standing, 7 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for July: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 07.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
Still haven't gotten the paperwork sorted for the SEM. I know I'm dropping the ball here, I'll get it worked out by tax time or you can fire me.

There are two major upcoming events.

Making Games with Stencyl is this Saturday.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/197976622/
I've convinced my friend Alex to come in and teach a one-day class on indie game development.

The annual HacDC Cryptoparty is September 20th.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/187948232/
There is a lot of prep and planning to do between now and then. We're hoping to make this year bigger and better than the previous two. We're still looking for speakers, so please sign up to give a talk. Even if you don't think you're an expert, you can probably teach somebody something useful.

If anyone could stay after the meeting to help me load junk into my car I will take another load to the dump.

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
Not much news in terms of recent development. We have radios installed on the roof. Frank Sanborn (FEMA) is adapting ByzPi for use monitoring mudslides. Had some useful discussions with ISC at HOPE, they liked our performance on the grant, they're going to get us feedback from users in crisis zones (like Ukraine and Syria). Lots of plans on paper, but the team is still distracted with other responsibilities.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
No news. Had to take personal time off. Hope to pick up in the Fall.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Bought some screws for our optical table. More importantly, we are now down to a $849.12 balance. As before, this continued loss of funding is undesirable and somewhat unexpected given recent publicity campaigns.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw, still not sure what to buy.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Beginning work on the optical table, example 3D printed mounting hardware in the basement. Have also repaired one and partially reassembled one of Dan Barlow's projectors, planning to deploy the components on the optical table.

==== FlexReplicator ====
Platform design complete, awaiting construction.

[[File:FlexReplicator.png|200px]]

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Mirage proposes the following amendment to the [[Standing Rules]]:
:Effective immediately, quorum is set to ten members. Henceforth, when quorum is not met two months in a row, the number of members required to meet quorum shall be reduced to the greatest number present in any of those months minus one.
Note that amendments to the standing rules require a 2/3 majority vote of a quorum of members.

Authorize Dan Barlow to spend available Project Laser funds for repairs, replacement parts, and upgrades.

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by ______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12

2014-08-13T00:06:45Z

Sitwon: attendance

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:August 12, 2014
:Called to order at __8:02___ by Dan Barlow
:Members present: Dan, Evan, Phil, Ben, Travis, Zack, Jamie,
:Members remote: Mirage, Alberto, Chris, Shawn, Justin
:Others present: Enrique, Reed, Celeste, Phil, Bobby

:[[Quorum]]? 12/13
:: Quorum met? No.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 06 10]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===
* Reminders
** LABELS!
*** bins - what is inside (generally, but create an index if you want)
*** shelves - what goes there and where on the shelf it goes
*** projects - who is in charge of it, when it is expected to be gone by, how to appropriately store it if it hasn't been removed by then
** SHOP RULES! (i am a bad human)
** Bike theft - bypassing locks outside of the space should be reported to church security/staff or the police. use your judgement when considering calling the police.

* News
** the basement has internets
** the basement may have a server in it by the time the meeting starts

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for July 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 07.pdf]]. We gained Ed O'Brien as a new member and regained founder Andrew Righter (Q). We lost William Gibb, Rob Ryan-Silva, and David Pietrocola. We have 43 dues-paying members in good standing, 7 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for July: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 07.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
Still haven't gotten the paperwork sorted for the SEM. I know I'm dropping the ball here, I'll get it worked out by tax time or you can fire me.

There are two major upcoming events.

Making Games with Stencyl is this Saturday.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/197976622/
I've convinced my friend Alex to come in and teach a one-day class on indie game development.

The annual HacDC Cryptoparty is September 20th.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/187948232/
There is a lot of prep and planning to do between now and then. We're hoping to make this year bigger and better than the previous two. We're still looking for speakers, so please sign up to give a talk. Even if you don't think you're an expert, you can probably teach somebody something useful.

If anyone could stay after the meeting to help me load junk into my car I will take another load to the dump.

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
Not much news in terms of recent development. We have radios installed on the roof. Frank Sanborn (FEMA) is adapting ByzPi for use monitoring mudslides. Had some useful discussions with ISC at HOPE, they liked our performance on the grant, they're going to get us feedback from users in crisis zones (like Ukraine and Syria). Lots of plans on paper, but the team is still distracted with other responsibilities.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
No news. Had to take personal time off. Hope to pick up in the Fall.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Bought some screws for our optical table. More importantly, we are now down to a $849.12 balance. As before, this continued loss of funding is undesirable and somewhat unexpected given recent publicity campaigns.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw, still not sure what to buy.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Beginning work on the optical table, example 3D printed mounting hardware in the basement. Have also repaired one and partially reassembled one of Dan Barlow's projectors, planning to deploy the components on the optical table.

==== FlexReplicator ====
Platform design complete, awaiting construction.

[[File:FlexReplicator.png|200px]]

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Mirage proposes the following amendment to the [[Standing Rules]]:
:Effective immediately, quorum is set to ten members. Henceforth, when quorum is not met two months in a row, the number of members required to meet quorum shall be reduced to the greatest number present in any of those months minus one.
Note that amendments to the standing rules require a 2/3 majority vote of a quorum of members.

Authorize Dan Barlow to spend available Project Laser funds for repairs, replacement parts, and upgrades.

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by ______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 08 12

2014-08-12T23:49:20Z

Sitwon: Adding my notes

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:August 12, 2014
:Called to order at _____ by Dan Barlow
:Members present:
:Others present:

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met?

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 06 10]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===
* Reminders
** LABELS!
*** bins - what is inside (generally, but create an index if you want)
*** shelves - what goes there and where on the shelf it goes
*** projects - who is in charge of it, when it is expected to be gone by, how to appropriately store it if it hasn't been removed by then
** SHOP RULES! (i am a bad human)
** Bike theft - bypassing locks outside of the space should be reported to church security/staff or the police. use your judgement when considering calling the police.

* News
** the basement has internets
** the basement may have a server in it by the time the meeting starts

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for July 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 07.pdf]]. We gained Ed O'Brien as a new member and regained founder Andrew Righter (Q). We lost William Gibb, Rob Ryan-Silva, and David Pietrocola. We have 43 dues-paying members in good standing, 7 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for July: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 07.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
Still haven't gotten the paperwork sorted for the SEM. I know I'm dropping the ball here, I'll get it worked out by tax time or you can fire me.

There are two major upcoming events.

Making Games with Stencyl is this Saturday.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/197976622/
I've convinced my friend Alex to come in and teach a one-day class on indie game development.

The annual HacDC Cryptoparty is September 20th.
http://www.meetup.com/hac-dc/events/187948232/
There is a lot of prep and planning to do between now and then. We're hoping to make this year bigger and better than the previous two. We're still looking for speakers, so please sign up to give a talk. Even if you don't think you're an expert, you can probably teach somebody something useful.

If anyone could stay after the meeting to help me load junk into my car I will take another load to the dump.

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
Not much news in terms of recent development. We have radios installed on the roof. Frank Sanborn (FEMA) is adapting ByzPi for use monitoring mudslides. Had some useful discussions with ISC at HOPE, they liked our performance on the grant, they're going to get us feedback from users in crisis zones (like Ukraine and Syria). Lots of plans on paper, but the team is still distracted with other responsibilities.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
No news. Had to take personal time off. Hope to pick up in the Fall.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Bought some screws for our optical table. More importantly, we are now down to a $849.12 balance. As before, this continued loss of funding is undesirable and somewhat unexpected given recent publicity campaigns.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw, still not sure what to buy.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Beginning work on the optical table, example 3D printed mounting hardware in the basement. Have also repaired one and partially reassembled one of Dan Barlow's projectors, planning to deploy the components on the optical table.

==== FlexReplicator ====
Platform design complete, awaiting construction.

[[File:FlexReplicator.png|200px]]

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Mirage proposes the following amendment to the [[Standing Rules]]:
:Effective immediately, quorum is set to ten members. Henceforth, when quorum is not met two months in a row, the number of members required to meet quorum shall be reduced to the greatest number present in any of those months minus one.
Note that amendments to the standing rules require a 2/3 majority vote of a quorum of members.

Authorize Dan Barlow to spend available Project Laser funds for repairs, replacement parts, and upgrades.

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by ______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08

2014-07-09T17:35:14Z

Sitwon: /* New Members */ Ed O'Brien

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:July 8, 2014
:Called to order at _8PM_ by _Dan Barlow_
:Members present: 12
:Others present: 1

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? No.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

* Martin, for roof expedition and photographic inspection of roof antenna condition.
* Julia Longtin (aka. juri) and Shawn Wilson (aka. AG4VE) for continued work assembling and commissioning our new 3D printers.
* Dan Barlow, Tommy Johnson, and anyone else involved in bringing us an engine hoist for deploying the optical table.
* Zach, for fixing the large TV.
* Lee & Martin for Field Day planning and antenna raising.

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===
Tommy Johnson would like his engine hoist returned as soon as possible.

=== Vice President's Report ===
None.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for June 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 06.pdf]]. We did not gain any new members. In May we lost three members: Ann Millspaugh, Griffin Boyce, and Sharad Satsangi. In June we lost Ken Kenworthy and Kasia Whiteis. We have 42 dues-paying members in good standing, 8 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for June: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 06.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
HOPE X is coming up. I have a spare bed in my room if you need a place to crash.

We have mesh radios on the roof that might actually be able to connect to things!

Toast is going to come pick up the unused arcade machine.

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

== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
=== Project LASER ===
Dan cleaned the laser again, printing much better but not perfect. Don't cut particle board!

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
The ISC published an article recognizing the work we did last year for the grant.

We are working with HARC to mesh-connect the space.

We spent some money on HARC/Byzantium-related equipment for the mesh radios on the roof. Like outdoor-rated Cat 5E STP and connectors. We plan to expense these purchases with PA funds and the remaining grant money.

=== Project KITBUILD ===
None.

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Lack of new funds comming in is starting to become mildly worrisome. This month's expenses include:

* End mills.
* Labeling tape.
* Magenta ink.
* PLA cartridges.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw instead of a band saw. Still need to get research done and validated.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Have been extremely busy with tasks hoped to become profitable soon.

Photolithography fab has been scaled up even further to larger high-resolution board. Plans, talent, and supplies have been mobilized towards a simple, automatic PCB fab workstation, with throughput in the range of about a dozen of boards per hour, with full multilayer capability.

== Old Business ==
SEM work is in progress.

== New Business ==
Presidential Suggestion: We have specific projects which get stuff done and we get recognition for. HARC is one such project. It's worth spending a small amount of space to setup a permanent HARC table in the classroom. We are not wasting space, we are spending it wisely on a project that we value.

HARC agrees to not exceed the footprint of the desk that Lee has procured. Vertical growth only, to the limit of 2' from the roof (as required by Fire Marshal.)

== New Members ==
We voted in Ed O'Brien as a new member.

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _9:26_ by _Dan_

Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08

2014-07-09T01:27:17Z

Sitwon: PA reports.

Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08

2014-07-09T00:50:31Z

Sitwon: VP report

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:July 8, 2014
:Called to order at _8PM_ by _Dan Barlow_
:Members present: 12
:Others present: 1

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? No.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

* Martin, for roof expedition and photographic inspection of roof antenna condition.
* Julia Longtin (aka. juri) and Shawn Wilson (aka. AG4VE) for continued work assembling and commissioning our new 3D printers.
* Dan Barlow, Tommy Johnson, and anyone else involved in bringing us an engine hoist for deploying the optical table.
* Zach, for fixing the large TV.
* Lee & Martin for Field Day planning and antenna raising.

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===
Tommy Johnson would like his engine hoist returned as soon as possible.

=== Vice President's Report ===
None.

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for June 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 06.pdf]]. We did not gain any new members. In May we lost three members: Ann Millspaugh, Griffin Boyce, and Sharad Satsangi. In June we lost Ken Kenworthy and Kasia Whiteis. We have 42 dues-paying members in good standing, 8 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for June: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 06.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
HOPE X is coming up. I have a spare bed in my room if you need a place to crash.

We have mesh radios on the roof that might actually be able to connect to things!

Toast is going to come pick up the unused arcade machine.

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
The ISC published an article recognizing the work we did last year for the grant.

We are working with HARC to mesh-connect the space.

We spent some money on HARC/Byzantium-related equipment for the mesh radios on the roof. Like outdoor-rated Cat 5E STP and connectors. We plan to expense these purchases with PA funds and the remaining grant money.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Lack of new funds comming in is starting to become mildly worrisome. This month's expenses include:

* End mills.
* Labeling tape.
* Magenta ink.
* PLA cartridges.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw instead of a band saw. Still need to get research done and validated.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Have been extremely busy with tasks hoped to become profitable soon.

Photolithography fab has been scaled up even further to larger high-resolution board. Plans, talent, and supplies have been mobilized towards a simple, automatic PCB fab workstation, with throughput in the range of about a dozen of boards per hour, with full multilayer capability.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Presidential Suggestion: We have specific projects which get stuff done and we get recognition for. HARC is one such project. It's worth spending a small amount of space to setup a permanent HARC table in the classroom. We are not wasting space, we are spending it wisely on a project that we value.

HARC agrees to not exceed the footprint of the desk that Lee has procured. Vertical growth only, to the limit of 2' from the roof (as required by Fire Marshal.)

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by _______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08

2014-07-09T00:36:37Z

Sitwon: Addendum

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:July 8, 2014
:Called to order at _8PM_ by _Dan Barlow_
:Members present: 12
:Others present: 1

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? No.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

* Martin, for roof expedition and photographic inspection of roof antenna condition.
* Julia Longtin (aka. juri) and Shawn Wilson (aka. AG4VE) for continued work assembling and commissioning our new 3D printers.
* Dan Barlow, Tommy Johnson, and anyone else involved in bringing us an engine hoist for deploying the optical table.
* Zach, for fixing the large TV.
* Lee & Martin for Field Day planning and antenna raising.

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===
Tommy Johnson would like his engine hoist returned as soon as possible.

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for June 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 06.pdf]]. We did not gain any new members. In May we lost three members: Ann Millspaugh, Griffin Boyce, and Sharad Satsangi. In June we lost Ken Kenworthy and Kasia Whiteis. We have 42 dues-paying members in good standing, 8 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for June: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 06.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
HOPE X is coming up. I have a spare bed in my room if you need a place to crash.

We have mesh radios on the roof that might actually be able to connect to things!

Toast is going to come pick up the unused arcade machine.

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
The ISC published an article recognizing the work we did last year for the grant.

We are working with HARC to mesh-connect the space.

We spent some money on HARC/Byzantium-related equipment for the mesh radios on the roof. Like outdoor-rated Cat 5E STP and connectors. We plan to expense these purchases with PA funds and the remaining grant money.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Lack of new funds comming in is starting to become mildly worrisome. This month's expenses include:

* End mills.
* Labeling tape.
* Magenta ink.
* PLA cartridges.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw instead of a band saw. Still need to get research done and validated.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Have been extremely busy with tasks hoped to become profitable soon.

Photolithography fab has been scaled up even further to larger high-resolution board. Plans, talent, and supplies have been mobilized towards a simple, automatic PCB fab workstation, with throughput in the range of about a dozen of boards per hour, with full multilayer capability.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Presidential Suggestion: We have specific projects which get stuff done and we get recognition for. HARC is one such project. It's worth spending a small amount of space to setup a permanent HARC table in the classroom. We are not wasting space, we are spending it wisely on a project that we value.

HARC agrees to not exceed the footprint of the desk that Lee has procured. Vertical growth only, to the limit of 2' from the roof (as required by Fire Marshal.)

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by _______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08

2014-07-09T00:31:15Z

Sitwon: Edict!

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:July 8, 2014
:Called to order at _8PM_ by _Dan Barlow_
:Members present: 12
:Others present: 1

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met? No.

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

* Martin, for roof expedition and photographic inspection of roof antenna condition.
* Julia Longtin (aka. juri) and Shawn Wilson (aka. AG4VE) for continued work assembling and commissioning our new 3D printers.
* Dan Barlow, Tommy Johnson, and anyone else involved in bringing us an engine hoist for deploying the optical table.
* Zach, for fixing the large TV.
* Lee & Martin for Field Day planning and antenna raising.

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===
Tommy Johnson would like his engine hoist returned as soon as possible.

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for June 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 06.pdf]]. We did not gain any new members. In May we lost three members: Ann Millspaugh, Griffin Boyce, and Sharad Satsangi. In June we lost Ken Kenworthy and Kasia Whiteis. We have 42 dues-paying members in good standing, 8 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for June: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 06.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
HOPE X is coming up. I have a spare bed in my room if you need a place to crash.

We have mesh radios on the roof that might actually be able to connect to things!

Toast is going to come pick up the unused arcade machine.

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
The ISC published an article recognizing the work we did last year for the grant.

We are working with HARC to mesh-connect the space.

We spent some money on HARC/Byzantium-related equipment for the mesh radios on the roof. Like outdoor-rated Cat 5E STP and connectors. We plan to expense these purchases with PA funds and the remaining grant money.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Lack of new funds comming in is starting to become mildly worrisome. This month's expenses include:

* End mills.
* Labeling tape.
* Magenta ink.
* PLA cartridges.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw instead of a band saw. Still need to get research done and validated.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Have been extremely busy with tasks hoped to become profitable soon.

Photolithography fab has been scaled up even further to larger high-resolution board. Plans, talent, and supplies have been mobilized towards a simple, automatic PCB fab workstation, with throughput in the range of about a dozen of boards per hour, with full multilayer capability.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
Presidential Suggestion: We have specific projects which get stuff done and we get recognition for. HARC is one such project. It's worth spending a small amount of space to setup a permanent HARC table in the classroom. We are not wasting space, we are spending it wisely on a project that we value.

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by _______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08

2014-07-09T00:06:57Z

Sitwon: /* Project BYZANTIUM */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:July 8, 2014
:Called to order at ______ by ______
:Members present:
:Others present:

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met?

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

* Martin, for roof expedition and photographic inspection of roof antenna condition.
* Julia Longtin (aka. juri) and Shawn Wilson (aka. AG4VE) for continued work assembling and commissioning our new 3D printers.
* Dan Barlow, Tommy Johnson, and anyone else involved in bringing us an engine hoist for deploying the optical table.
* Zach, for fixing the large TV.
* Lee & Martin for Field Day planning and antenna raising.

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===
Tommy Johnson would like his engine hoist returned as soon as possible.

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for June 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 06.pdf]]. We did not gain any new members. In May we lost three members: Ann Millspaugh, Griffin Boyce, and Sharad Satsangi. In June we lost Ken Kenworthy and Kasia Whiteis. We have 42 dues-paying members in good standing, 8 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for June: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 06.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
HOPE X is coming up. I have a spare bed in my room if you need a place to crash.

We have mesh radios on the roof that might actually be able to connect to things!

Toast is going to come pick up the unused arcade machine.

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
The ISC published an article recognizing the work we did last year for the grant.

We are working with HARC to mesh-connect the space.

We spent some money on HARC/Byzantium-related equipment for the mesh radios on the roof. Like outdoor-rated Cat 5E STP and connectors. We plan to expense these purchases with PA funds and the remaining grant money.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===
Lack of new funds comming in is starting to become mildly worrisome. This month's expenses include:

* End mills.
* Labeling tape.
* Magenta ink.
* PLA cartridges.

=== Project EXPANSION ===
Considering a chop saw instead of a band saw. Still need to get research done and validated.

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==
=== mirage335 ===
Have been extremely busy with tasks hoped to become profitable soon.

Photolithography fab has been scaled up even further to larger high-resolution board. Plans, talent, and supplies have been mobilized towards a simple, automatic PCB fab workstation, with throughput in the range of about a dozen of boards per hour, with full multilayer capability.

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by _______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 07 08

2014-07-08T23:59:49Z

Sitwon: my reports

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:July 8, 2014
:Called to order at ______ by ______
:Members present:
:Others present:

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met?

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 05 13]]

[[Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08]]

== Recognition ==

* Martin, for roof expedition and photographic inspection of roof antenna condition.
* Julia Longtin (aka. juri) and Shawn Wilson (aka. AG4VE) for continued work assembling and commissioning our new 3D printers.
* Dan Barlow, Tommy Johnson, and anyone else involved in bringing us an engine hoist for deploying the optical table.
* Zach, for fixing the large TV.
* Lee & Martin for Field Day planning and antenna raising.

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===
Tommy Johnson would like his engine hoist returned as soon as possible.

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for June 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 06.pdf]]. We did not gain any new members. In May we lost three members: Ann Millspaugh, Griffin Boyce, and Sharad Satsangi. In June we lost Ken Kenworthy and Kasia Whiteis. We have 42 dues-paying members in good standing, 8 dues-waived members, and 4 members who are behind on dues.

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for June: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 06.pdf]]. We continue to have to dip into savings to pay our rent, so no dividend this month. :(

=== Secretary's Report ===
HOPE X is coming up. I have a spare bed in my room if you need a place to crash.

We have mesh radios on the roof that might actually be able to connect to things!

Toast is going to come pick up the unused arcade machine.

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

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===
The ISC published an article recognizing the work we did last year for the grant.

We are working with HARC to mesh-connect the space.

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===

=== Project EXPANSION ===

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at _____ by _______

Regular Member Meeting 2014 04 08

2014-04-03T14:44:16Z

Sitwon: /* New Business */

[[Category:Meeting Minutes]] {{TOCright}}

== Time and Location ==
:April 8, 2014
:Called to order at ____ by _____.
:Members present:
:Others present:

:[[Quorum]]?
:: Quorum met?

== Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes ==
[[Annual Meeting 2014]]

== Recognition ==

== Director Reports ==
=== President's Report ===

=== Vice President's Report ===

=== Treasurer's Report ===
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for March 2014: [[File:HacDC Financials 2014 03.pdf]].

==== Project Awesome ====
Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for March: [[File:HacDC PA Projects-2014 03.pdf]].

=== Secretary's Report ===

=== Director-at-Large Reports ===
==== Ben ====
We moved the SEM! It was quite an adventure and I'd like to thank everyone who helped us out with this.

==== Zach ====

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

=== Project BYZANTIUM ===

=== Project KITBUILD ===

=== Project SUPPLIES ===

=== Project EXPANSION ===

=== Project SPACECAM ===

== Member Reports ==

== Old Business ==

== New Business ==
=== Ben ===
In order to move the SEM I rented a truck and drove it down to Norfolk and back. I would like to get reimbursed the $724.94 for the truck rental.

== New Members ==

== Adjournment ==
Adjourned at ______.