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Tom picked up some chicken feces from Lewis's chicken operation in order to isolate wild site bacteria. He needs something other than lab-grown e-coli to test cannabalistic bacteria with which he is working. He streaked out the chicken feces on a few different media and noted that "things are growing." The next step is to find out what kind of bacteria is growing, in hopes of finding dangerous bacteria which he can try to feed to the bacteria he's working with. He is considering geese next for another source of bacteria.
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Ryan notes that chicken feces used to be used to poison weapons in order to make wounds more infectious.
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[member name needed!] is brewing beer and demoed his homemade system. He's got a controller hooked up to a kettle, it drives a water heater element. A pump recirculates the contents.
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He also built a motorized grain mill using repurposed parts from a washing machine and lawnmower. He is brewing beer for a friend's bachelor party. He's been brewing for 7 or 8 years.
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Lewis got 3 new chickens and they were being bullied by his 6 older birds. He was working on integrating them into his flock.
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Justin used to work at the New York Museum of Sex and got a contract to build one of the games. He has a raspberry pi and arduino controlling sensors and a motor, and has been working hard for the last several weeks to finish this carnival game called the Siren. It's a mermaid stimulation simulation, using a rotary encoder and vial-delivery system. Justin referenced another game at the Museum of Sex that was "like whack a mole," but he didn't give many further details.
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Ryan interviewed at Duke for a senior lab administrator at the biomechanical engineering department. He's also been getting much more into Helium, a cryptocurrency that he's been following for a year. It does what other cryptocurrencies do, but it incentivies a decentralized network and uses less power. It uses proof of coverage vs proof of work using a decentralized network. Low power, low range. They each take 5 watts of power.
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During Covid, Mark S has gotten into 3d printers, raspberry pi, and drones. Over easter, he tried to build a drone delivery system. The trick was releasing the object, and used a remote to communicate with the drone. He also made a chicken mcnugget clock with resin. He discussed how intense it was to work with an industrial drone that he bought.
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Jade got a composter and is interested in experimenting with it.
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Blake has been printing a lot with the Ender 3. A discussion on the fine details of Ender 3 printing ensued. On the woodworking side, he made an egg holder, and he'll give it to Lewis.
 
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Revision as of 19:47, 24 April 2021

Contents

April 6, 2021

Agenda

Summary
  1. Member Reports
  2. Guest Introductions
  3. Minutes
  4. Member Attendance
  5. Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising
  6. Consent Agenda
  7. Old Business
    1. Pinned items
    2. Action Items
  8. New Business
  9. Officer Reports
    1. President
    2. Vice-President
    3. Treasurer
    4. Secretary
    5. Public Relations
    6. At-Large
  10. Upcoming Events
  11. Trash/Recycling Volunteer
  12. Adjournment


Member Reports

Tom picked up some chicken feces from Lewis's chicken operation in order to isolate wild site bacteria. He needs something other than lab-grown e-coli to test cannabalistic bacteria with which he is working. He streaked out the chicken feces on a few different media and noted that "things are growing." The next step is to find out what kind of bacteria is growing, in hopes of finding dangerous bacteria which he can try to feed to the bacteria he's working with. He is considering geese next for another source of bacteria.

Ryan notes that chicken feces used to be used to poison weapons in order to make wounds more infectious.

[member name needed!] is brewing beer and demoed his homemade system. He's got a controller hooked up to a kettle, it drives a water heater element. A pump recirculates the contents. He also built a motorized grain mill using repurposed parts from a washing machine and lawnmower. He is brewing beer for a friend's bachelor party. He's been brewing for 7 or 8 years.

Lewis got 3 new chickens and they were being bullied by his 6 older birds. He was working on integrating them into his flock.

Justin used to work at the New York Museum of Sex and got a contract to build one of the games. He has a raspberry pi and arduino controlling sensors and a motor, and has been working hard for the last several weeks to finish this carnival game called the Siren. It's a mermaid stimulation simulation, using a rotary encoder and vial-delivery system. Justin referenced another game at the Museum of Sex that was "like whack a mole," but he didn't give many further details.

Ryan interviewed at Duke for a senior lab administrator at the biomechanical engineering department. He's also been getting much more into Helium, a cryptocurrency that he's been following for a year. It does what other cryptocurrencies do, but it incentivies a decentralized network and uses less power. It uses proof of coverage vs proof of work using a decentralized network. Low power, low range. They each take 5 watts of power.

During Covid, Mark S has gotten into 3d printers, raspberry pi, and drones. Over easter, he tried to build a drone delivery system. The trick was releasing the object, and used a remote to communicate with the drone. He also made a chicken mcnugget clock with resin. He discussed how intense it was to work with an industrial drone that he bought.

Jade got a composter and is interested in experimenting with it.

Blake has been printing a lot with the Ender 3. A discussion on the fine details of Ender 3 printing ensued. On the woodworking side, he made an egg holder, and he'll give it to Lewis.

Guest Introductions


Minutes

  • Approve minutes from Mar 2nd, 2021

Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising

Member Attendance

51 dues-paying (voting) members
 

11 members in attendence

Consent Agenda

{none}
 

Old Business

Pinned Items

Let's make this a permanent part of the TODO Action Items section of the meeting agenda.


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.)

  • Pete Soper reports that the FSL Hobby Laser may not be fully functional, may be out of focus in one corner.
    • Justin will look at replacing the air assist hose and cleaning/realigning the mirrors if needed. After some research, Justin got it in focus, but had a hard time getting it to cut. He's found a forum.
  • Door and Gate system - remains delayed, requires "jiggle."
    • Identify and maintain (online) lists of SME's for each equipment or space.
  • Lewis has some progress on the member infosheet. Mark added some language.
  • Due to an immediate situation, the electronics donation from Fred Ebling that was at Pete Soper's place is now at the space in the main room. Progress is being made to incorporate it into the electronics parts area.
  • Blake's donated laptops are in place. Several are still available, talk to him if you want to use any for projects in the space.


New Business

  • On 3rd Tuesdays (and another undecided time), members will host show and tell hangouts to contrast Business/Membership meetings.
  • Scott has made process wiring up zoned amplifiers to wire up multiple speakers in each room for music and paging system. This is on pause as Scott focuses on shelving and cleanup efforts.
  • The 2nd Splatspace Pizza Cleanup party was successful. The boneyard has been overhauled. A future cleanup party is planned for March 28.
  • Mark referenced a self-storage area that is close to Splatspace and mused over members sharing costs in order to rent space for excess stuff. He talks about how Splatspace shouldn't get in the business of renting space to members. Justin addressed how projects can get abandoned and how this can eat space quickly.
  • Justin will provide update about the SplatSpace floor plan he created for members to use for planning purposes and reference.
  • Discuss centralized, online file storage for SplatSpace documents and files.
  • Google Drive file storage system to implement:
    • Ryan shared idea to separate SplatSpace files by access rights:
      • Treasurer Google Drive Folder - contains all files only for officers.
      • President Google Drive Folder - contains all files for general public.
      • Vice President/Secretary - contains all fils for SplatSpace general members.
  • Web team update: wordpress is out. Blake, Andrew, Ryan, Justin, and others are still working on the new SplatSpace website.
    • Blake shared about the web site updates.
      • Showed the new draft he's been working on.
      • Blake will invite a small group to soon to do the last push (move the Wiki to Wordpress) and add Stripe portal, then publish the site and update the domain.



Officer Reports

President


Vice-President


Treasurer

Account balances as of 3/31/2021:

+ BB&T + Cash Total - Outstanding - Escrow - 3 mo reserve Non-committed
  $3000.47     $94     $3094.47     $0     $672     $7500     $-5077.53  
  $3000.47     $94     $3094.47     $0     $672     $0     $2422.47  


This month's income (cash in):

Member Dues Donations Other Total
  $3427.26     $300     $0     $3727.26  

This month's expenses (cash out):

UDI Rent Linode.com Spectrum Misc Total
  $2913.80     $7.13     $89.99     $0.00     $3010.92  

Income - Expenses =   $716.34
Potentially recoverable back dues = ~$100


Active Member count as of 4/6/2021:
(Active = paid dues within past 60 days)

Membership Type # Members Expected Dues Target # Members Target Dues
Full 30 $1800 27 $1620
Full (Legacy) 10 $500
Associate 5 $125
Associate (Legacy) 4 $80
Student 2 $75
Recurring Donors (4) $300
Total 51 $2880 52 $2545
Monthly Expected Expenses

Current = $2510

Deficit/Surplus

Current = $2880 - $2510 = $370/mo

Departing Members:

New Members: Seth B., Don N., Eli H.

Paused: 1 member

Arrears: 1 members


With our current Membership & Expenses, it will take about 13 months to fully fund our reserve. -- Note: projection is based on member dues and recurring donations.

https://wiki.splatspace.org/images/f/f2/Reserve_Projection_2021-04-06.pdf


Current steps to increase revenue / decrease expenses:

  • Donations: Thank you to Andrew S, Blake, Graham & Tom, for sweetening the pot with your donations, for helping to keep us in the game!


 

Secretary


Public Relations

No report
 

At-Large


Other

Mark C. thinks that we should welcome students, but not chase them because the student rate isn't as financially supportive. Mark suggests posting fliers on Foster street where there are condos and apartments with no workspace. Mark suggests that people need to pursue hanging up fliers repeatedly, but notes that turnover of places where posting is allowed becomes a problem. He also discussed the Motorco/Fullsteam area neighborhoods. Coco Cinnamon is another option.


Upcoming Events

  • Library Fest
    Week-Long Celebration of the Durham County Library, Mon-Sun. Apr 5-10; Live events hosted on Zoom
    • In the past SplatSpace has participated


Trash/Recycling Volunteer


Adjournment