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Revision as of 18:58, 28 March 2022
Contents |
March 1st, 2022
Link to join online meeting: https://meet.google.com/roo-ozzn-jne
Agenda
Summary
- Guest Introductions
- Member Reports
- Upcoming Events
- Recurring Events
- Non-Recurring Events
- Previous Minutes
- Member Attendance
- Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising
- Old Business
- Pinned items
- Action Items
- New Business
- Officer Reports
- Other
- Trash/Recycling Volunteer
- Adjournment
Initialization
Meeting started at 7:10 pm.
Guest Introductions
- CY lives in Raleigh and does a lot of paint and chalk lettering. They are interested in making neon LED signs and are interested in using the laser cutter and learning how to solder.
Member Reports
- Lewis has been working hard on shiitake logs from an accidental log delivery he had delivered. He offered a black walnut log that he has access to for any woodworkers. He's been working on a bootagen (a wooden mortar for grinding corn and hazelnuts).
- Adam has been working on experiments with Lora radio. He discovered R-node, a modem driver for Arduino, and ported it to Linux. You can use R-nodes as network adapters, so he's got rPi's pinging each other over the slow and low-bandwidth Lora radio. Theoretically this could stretch over several km. Adam is experimenting with SSH.
- Ernesto got his Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations Associate certification and spent the last month studying to get that. He is an apprectice at Max Potential and was invited to participate on a panel in Virginia, and did a hacking/vulnerability demo with virtual machines in front of an audience of students. He recently got a rPi and discussed the shortage. He hooked a waterproof temperature to his rPi and used it to measure his aquarium. He plans to improve his project housing in the next month.
- Joshua has been working on the idea of building a contrabass trombone out of a mix of parts, but hasn't dived too deep into it yet. He stopped by the Tuba Exchange in December. A new one can cost many thousands of dollars.
- Justin has been on a grind to teach himself webscript and java development. He's waiting to find out if he got accepted into a bootcamp. He's been doing coding challenges recently. Justin described a video by a youtuber Mathaloger about "vortex math." He challenged viewers to create a web app to show data calculated by his system. Justin made a handy svg vortex math generator for easy lasercutting. He is getting comfortable with javascript and has been considering making a 2d CAD program, and now has a leg up with his recent work with svg.
- Scott has been busy renovated parts of his house. He's been working on material for the upcoming Raspberry Jam and wants to put together some projects to celebrate Pi Day. He suggested the Ham fest as a way to sell/offload some material from the boneyard.
- Blake has also been doing "some house stuff." He's been working on renovating his linen closet, and reflected on his love-hate relationship with MDF, and discussed how it's good for shelving. He's also been working on some guitars from the basement, needing still to cut a pickguard.
Upcoming Events
New calendar for 2022 External Outreach Events list
- As usual, check https://www.meetup.com/splatspace/events/calendar for posted events.
Some highlights: | ||
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TriBRAE Raspberry Jam Celebrating 10 year aniversary of the Raspberry Pi |
Sat, Mar 12, 2022 1:00pm - 5:00pm |
SplatSpace, Durham |
Maker Faire Lynchburg | Sun, Apr 3, 2022 | Randolf College 2500 Rivermont Ave, Lynchburg, VA |
RARSfest Raleigh Amateur Radio Society's Annual Hamfest |
Sat, Apr. 16, 2022 8:00am - 3:00pm |
Jim Graham Bldg, NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh, NC |
Maker Faire Asheville | Sat, May 7, 2022 | Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College 340 Victoria Rd, Asheville, NC 28801 |
Nuese River Valley Spring Into Trains Show Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Club |
Sat-Sun, May 7-8, 2022 9:00am - 5:00pm |
Kerr Scott Building, State Fair Grounds, Raleigh, NC |
Recurring Events
Regular events carried from month to month.
- Cleanup parties are tentatively held on the last Sunday of each month
- Saturday Science is hosted at SplatSpace on Saturdays from 1 - 4pm. by TriDIYBio {Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/splatspace/events/wscnjsyccnbmb/}
- TriBRAE Beginning Raspberry Pi, Arduino, and Electronics is hosted at SplatSpace monthly on the 3rd Saturday. {Meetup: https://www.meetup.com/splatspace/events/bwnkksyccnbvb/}
- This month moved forward a week to Mar. 12 to participate in Raspberry Jam
"Raspberry Jams are community events for people to come together to learn about digital making with Raspberry Pi." https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/jam/jam
- This month moved forward a week to Mar. 12 to participate in Raspberry Jam
- Triangle Helium Interest Group is hosted at SplatSpace on Wednesdays from 5 - 6:30pm.
- Makers Connect Social Get-Together is held at SplatSpace monthly on the 3rd Tuesday, from 7 to 8:30pm.
Non-Recurring Events
none at this time
Previous Minutes
- Approved minutes from February 1st, 2022
Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising
Member Attendance
- ? Dues-paying (voting) members
- 8 members in attendance
- Quorum not met
Notes from the Special Action Committee:
Old Business
- Thermostat
- Review and see if anything needs edited from the 2020 Safety Code document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f7ea6mLwwgSszdfBnTaeJ-CY0YVxUPvaNR-oQjVczDs/edit?pli=1
Pinned Items
Permanent items of the Old Business section carried from month to month.
- Ryan created New Member Onboarding reference documents:
- For new members (simple version): https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WS6hGOBg1eXdSLeJK2YxhIqZXPscr0Qg/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108561949558363481608&rtpof=true&sd=true
- With Dorbo & key fob instructions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OPpWS1ZrWfCOaDLCxn67kgUAnkBFq3pc/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=108561949558363481608&rtpof=true&sd=true
ToDo Action Items
(Items carried forward from previous meetings, but not up for discussion this month. Recorded here so we don't forget about them.)
- Identify and maintain (online) lists of SMEs (subject matter experts) for each equipment or space. (No Update)
- Member info onesheet: Blake has made some progress. Want to help? Please do! (No Update) Check the link here: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sle-InQ6Vsm-1tvBai0YQDHXqFZ52FFGEkjcEAo_GTw/edit#slide=id.ga9cd7e7756_0_0
- Website: Blake and Ryan got the website onto Splatspace's github. Blake invites any interested people to join the project. The draft is currently up at https://master.d3vo4125o10qad.amplifyapp.com/index.html. Justin and Blake hope to work on this in the next few months.
- Purchasing new equipment?
- List of prospective purchases: https://splatspace.slack.com/archives/C024R8A776Z/p1635106954002400
- Process: New process added to Policies https://wiki.splatspace.org/index.php/Policies#Purchasing_Policy
- Consent agenda process is defined here: https://wiki.splatspace.org/index.php/MIBS_Simplified_Rules_of_Coordinated_Consensus_through_Chaos#The_Meeting_Agenda
New Business
- Create a wiki page for this once it is ready (not sure what this was for?)
- Building maintenance - new policy for Mr. Russel
- Dorbo
- Shares circuit with the woodshop, gets tripped sometimes from the woodshop.
- Discussed options for battery backup. Wifi would also be useful to have on a battery backup.
- Discussion items added by Ryan:
- Glowforges
- Move one or both to the metal shop to keep the classroom more usable for events?
- Hire a grant writer to apply for grants?
- Get other officers added to Business Resolution Form at Truist (Splat's Bank).
- Everyone needs to be present at the bank location, at the same time.
- Glowforges
- Durham mask mandate going away on March 7th
Officer Reports
President
- Google GSuite has been migrated to Google for Non-Profits
Vice-President
- EBay sales working
- PC for electronics bench made available
- Justin is the appointed single point of contact for UDI and Mr. Russell
Treasurer
Report for this month is pending.
Secretary
Public Relations
At-Large
- Scott
- Setup new shelf to hold microcontrollers and experimenters electronics, and another shelf to hold the electronics reference and project books
- Will be working on the SplatServer, adding capacity, reorganizing file structure, and making it auto-mounted on the various laptops and workstations in the space. Input from members welcome - contact Scott.
- Setup a new shelf to hold magazine and periodicals; start sorting the two magazine donations onto the new shelves
- Electronics bench cleanup/upgrade update
Other
- need to add item to next month's new business: we need a policy to handle donations to minimize "Mt Doom" piles taking up space and time.
Trash/Recycling Volunteer
- Ask for a volunteer