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Pete Soper - Multiple attempts to contact Ed Robertson have been fruitless. I propose we send Ed some registered mail, carefully document his stuff and get it out of the way for a fixed amount of time before disposing of it and sending him a check for any net proceeds (assuming he doesn't respond). I propose Splat Space establish a policy aimed at avoiding space constraint problems as there's nothing to prevent other members having surprise circumstances in the future. As I've said before, I will personally do any/all work to do with this for the sake of getting the room space back while giving Ed and his property absolute respect. ED: IF YOU ARE READING THIS, CALL ME AT 919 270 9433 or send mail to pete@soper.us.
 
Pete Soper - Multiple attempts to contact Ed Robertson have been fruitless. I propose we send Ed some registered mail, carefully document his stuff and get it out of the way for a fixed amount of time before disposing of it and sending him a check for any net proceeds (assuming he doesn't respond). I propose Splat Space establish a policy aimed at avoiding space constraint problems as there's nothing to prevent other members having surprise circumstances in the future. As I've said before, I will personally do any/all work to do with this for the sake of getting the room space back while giving Ed and his property absolute respect. ED: IF YOU ARE READING THIS, CALL ME AT 919 270 9433 or send mail to pete@soper.us.
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Geoff Tattersfield -
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* Special Funds - I'd like to propose allowing for separately tracked buckets of money for specific purchases, in general.  Specifically, a collection for a laser cutter (outside of regular dues).
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* Donation Requests - I'd like to continue allowing free, if chaperoned, access to the space for events sponsored by other groups, but I'm not so high-minded to be unwilling to ask for voluntary donations.
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* Guerrilla marketing campaign :)
  
 
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Revision as of 22:15, 4 September 2012

Contents

September 4th, 2012

Agenda

  1. Approve draft minutes of the last meeting
  2. Consent Agenda
  3. Officer Annual Reports
    1. President
    2. Vice-President
    3. Treasurer
    4. Secretary
    5. Public Relations
  4. New Business
  5. Old Business
  6. Member Reports
  7. Adjournment

Minutes

Initialization

Consent Agenda

Officer Reports

President
  • Lightning talks: happening in t-minus 3-ish weeks (date TBD today)
  • Great meeting with Durham Library board w/ Jeff
Vice-President
Treasurer
  • Account balances:
    • Paypal balance as of 09/04: $0.00
    • BB&T balance as of 09/04: $5897.84
    • WePay balance as of 09/04: $824.18
    • Total balance as of 09/04: $6722.02


  • This month's income:
    • Paypal - $0.00
    • WePay - $1131.68
    • BB&T Deposits - $31.00
    • Total: $1162.68


  • This month's expenses:
    • CREH-Snow (rent) - $920.00
    • Total: $920


  • Income - expenses = $242.68
  • Maintenance fund ($107.20 + $20) = $127.20
  • Tool fund ($991.13 - $235.44 + $121.34) = $877.03

Pete Soper bought a bunch of tools for the workbench totaling $235.44 which was reimbursed and reduced from the tool fund.

Secretary
Public Relations

New Business

Jeff Crews- Before the Lightning Talks happen we need to do another Cleanup Day. This should include some final decision about how to organize the fabrication workbench/pegboard area in the left rear corner.

Pete Soper - Multiple attempts to contact Ed Robertson have been fruitless. I propose we send Ed some registered mail, carefully document his stuff and get it out of the way for a fixed amount of time before disposing of it and sending him a check for any net proceeds (assuming he doesn't respond). I propose Splat Space establish a policy aimed at avoiding space constraint problems as there's nothing to prevent other members having surprise circumstances in the future. As I've said before, I will personally do any/all work to do with this for the sake of getting the room space back while giving Ed and his property absolute respect. ED: IF YOU ARE READING THIS, CALL ME AT 919 270 9433 or send mail to pete@soper.us.

Geoff Tattersfield -

  • Special Funds - I'd like to propose allowing for separately tracked buckets of money for specific purchases, in general. Specifically, a collection for a laser cutter (outside of regular dues).
  • Donation Requests - I'd like to continue allowing free, if chaperoned, access to the space for events sponsored by other groups, but I'm not so high-minded to be unwilling to ask for voluntary donations.
  • Guerrilla marketing campaign :)

Old Business

Jeff Crews- I think this is Old Business: The 2nd Repair Cafe Durham is still scheduled for next Monday, Sept 10, from 6:30-8:30 in the Space. We should discuss how to move forward with them- where they are with their non-profit status, where any donations will go, etc.

Member Reports

  • ECE Workbench
    • Summary. All the stuff approved for purchase is on the bench except the Seeed Studio stuff that's coming tonight (Dangerous Proto Logic Analyzer and it's probes, and the probes to be wired into adapters for the V4 Bus Pirate). Executive summary: there should be a dedicated Arduino Uno and basic shield on the bench to go along with the MSP430 LaunchPad.
    • Tutorials. The idea floated on the list is that general info can be conveyed in 15 minute tutorials before the general meetings (but somebody else has to cover for the 11th), and there's reason to carve out time before/during/after other meetings such as Software Sunday to go into more detail. But the current plan is to focus on this from 6:40-6:55 before the Tuesday meetings to go over the bench equipment, convey what's known, and determine what needs to be gathered up for the next tutorial. I pinged Chris Covington about doing a Bus Pirate Tutorial, but if he's back at VT then we're out of luck on that (any volunteers?). A tutorial on the Dangerous Prototypes Open Logic Sniffer is what I'm preparing for, except a high school band "thing" is hosing up the agenda for the 11th (so it would be ideal if Chris or somebody else could talk about BP that night). But I can jump start folks tonight and chat and we'll of course change the plan to adapt to the situation. Carving out time during one of the other regular meetings such as the Sunday software meeting, or something like that might make sense.
    • Here and now. My problem today is that I can't get to Splat Space until shortly before 6:40 if I'm lucky, so it's going to be casual tonight. If others want to engage with this that would be a good thing.

Regards, Pete

Pepakura Workshop: an initial asking-around and goofy email thread indicates that there is interest. We need to set a date. Also, I'd *like* to see someone actually cad something up in Blender (or whatever) and convert it to a Pep file. -jsc

Adjournment