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=== May 4, 2021 ===
 
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==== Member Reports ====
 
==== Member Reports ====
  
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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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* Blake: Showed his pizza cutter made from Purple Heart wood, brass rivets, and stainless steel. Commented how hard the steel was to work with. Also showed his Lego Empiral Probe Droid.
  
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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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* Scott: Talked about the model train show this weekend at the State Fairgrounds.  N-Track had a bunch of modules connected for 500-ft of layout.  The Lego Trains layout was setup for 16x30 ft.  The club had a huge loop of 16x30 ft with 3 tracks of O-Scale along the outside, a loop of S-Scale inside that, a loop of HO-scale inside that, and a loop of N-Scale inside that --  lots of noise and lots of kids using their phones and throttles to run the trains.
  
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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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* Justin: Talked about using a Raspberry-Pi in his truck running Crank-Shaft, allowing one to access navigation and media functions through your phone using Android Auto. Doing a lot of Raspberry-Pi stuff.
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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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* Ryan: Using Helium ad-hoc network communications. Got offer from Duke to build a website to track persons.
  
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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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* Tom: Used the Chicken manure from Lewis to streak out a dozen independent bacterial cultures, have prepped DNA from these and stocked the strains; next step is to PCR up a 16S amplicon to sequence the DNA in order to identify at the genus, and possibly the species level.  Trying to cultivate bacteria other than E. coli, including some possibly dangerous ones. Only doing this at home, and not at the space to keep things safe.
  
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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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==== Guest Introductions ====
 
==== Guest Introductions ====
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A guest, Eli, visited the space over the weekend for DIY bio. He's interested in biology. He's working with Tom to learn more. Recently, he's been working on systems for very small seeds. In the lab, people work with tweezers, which is highly inefficient. He's worked with anti-static vaccuum needles. Recently, he's worked with immersing the seeds with oil, precisely moving oil+seed droplets.  
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* Charlie Groves: Software developer interested in woodworking. Wife is an upholsterer. Found SplatSpace by searching for woodworking.
  
 
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==== Minutes ====
 
==== Minutes ====
  
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* Approve minutes from Apr 6th, 2021
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* Approve minutes from Apr 6th, 2021<br> approved
  
 
==== Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising ====
 
==== Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising ====
  
 
===== Member Attendance =====
 
===== Member Attendance =====
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51 dues-paying (voting) members
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XX dues-paying (voting) members
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YY members in attendence
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Quorum = ZZ members
 
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11 members in attendence
 
  
 
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===== Pinned Items =====
 
===== Pinned Items =====
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''Let's make this a permanent part of the TODO Action Items section of the meeting agenda.''
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''Permanent items of the Old Business section carried from month to month.''
  
 
* Blake created an accountability spreadsheet to track ideas and actuators: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DhrKFV9pf3FqGPViB5spfvg2n9gHp0L-OCm-krcgT5k/edit#gid=0
 
* Blake created an accountability spreadsheet to track ideas and actuators: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DhrKFV9pf3FqGPViB5spfvg2n9gHp0L-OCm-krcgT5k/edit#gid=0
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* Ryan created a New Member Onboarding sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15GAPfC5lDiWzTwhWOXBdhtjgEoBocAib/view
 
* Ryan created a New Member Onboarding sheet: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15GAPfC5lDiWzTwhWOXBdhtjgEoBocAib/view
  
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* Mid-month meeting set up for 3rd Tuesdays, with Mark and others facilitating. Noted that invitations likely need to be emailed each month and a link on the webpage.
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* <span style="color:#C0C0C0">Justin is working on a SplatSpace floor plan he created for members to use for planning purposes and reference.</span>
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* 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.
  
 
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** <span style="color:#C0C0C0">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.</span>
 
** <span style="color:#C0C0C0">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.</span>
  
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* <span style="color:#C0C0C0">Door and Gate system - remains delayed, requires "jiggle."</span>
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* Doorduino system - remains delayed, requires "jiggle."
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** <span style="color:#C0C0C0">Identify and maintain (online) lists of SME's for each equipment or space.</span>
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* Identify and maintain (online) lists of SME's for each equipment or space.
  
 
* Lewis hit a formatting wall on the onesheet. It contains a lot of good information, but isn't organized well yet.
 
* Lewis hit a formatting wall on the onesheet. It contains a lot of good information, but isn't organized well yet.
  
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* 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. Scott is working the shelf, and wants to build a small shelf to go under the gray door cabinet. He's working with Justin on this.
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* The electronics donation from Fred Ebling that was at Pete Soper's place has mostly been positioned in the electronics area, some is in the space in the main room.  Progress is being made to incorporate it into the electronics parts area. Scott has made a large shelf to hold the parts, and a small shelf to go under the gray door cabinet. Ryan has made sure it is tip-proof.
  
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* 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.  
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* Mark notes that we are 1-2 months away from majority vaccinated population. Blake says that he is watching the CDC and governor's guidelines for advice for future in-person meetings. Board decided not to make vaccines required.
  
 
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==== New Business ====
 
==== New Business ====
  
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* Mark notes that we are 1-2 months away from majority vax-ed population. Blake says that he is watching the CDC for advice for future in-person meetings.
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* <span style="color:#C0C0C0">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.</span>
  
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* Mid-month meeting set up for 3rd Tuesdays, with Mark facilitating. He noted that invitations likely need to be emailed.  
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* 3rd pizza party on April 23th was a success - more progress cleaning out the main room, getting things to the electronics area, and further organizing the woodshop and 3D-printer area (now in the Boneyard).
  
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* 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.
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* Centralized online file storage for SplatSpace documents and files was discussed.  Scott working on the SplatDrive at the space, Ryan working on the Internet-accessible storage and archive</span>
  
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* 3rd pizza party on March 28th was a success - projects were moved out of the basement area.  
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* Website: progress has been made. Blake is still working on a lot of the layout, but it's getting there. He solicited help for anyone interested in front-end work.
  
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* Justin is working on a SplatSpace floor plan he created for members to use for planning purposes and reference.
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* Lewis floated the idea of making the audio recordings of meetings public. He liked the idea of tagging important moments of conversation, but agreed with Mark that meetings may be better to be ephemeral. It was discussed that for various reasons having recordings online may have negative consequences, and the meeting minutes tend to capture whatall people have to say.
  
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* Discuss centralized, online file storage for SplatSpace documents and files.
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* Scott announced that he's starting to hold the TriBRAE Beginning Microcontrollers & Electronics in-person in the space again beginning in May. Note that it is now scheduled for May 15, but may be moved to May 22 due to many other efforts going on.
  
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* Website: progress has been made. Blake is still working on a lot of the layout, but it's getting there. He solicited help for anyone interested in front-end work.
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* Talk of 0rganizing a possible Mini-Mini-Makerfaire
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** Talk to area community groups
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** Contact Durham local makerspaces
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** Let's get a Food Truck or two
  
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==== Officer Reports ====
 
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=====[[President]]=====
 
=====[[President]]=====
  
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Blake is getting back to working on the TV raspberry pi sign, and is trying to find a place to put it. The mount is a little smaller than the TV - Justin suggested using plywood to turn the smaller mount into something made universal.
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* Welcome sign is failing, but work is in progress.  May need to reload.  But when working, it looks great.
  
 
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=====[[Vice-President]]=====
 
=====[[Vice-President]]=====
  
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Justin wants to get the shelves set up so he can finalize the move of the electronics from the space. He floated the idea of a cleanup on the 25th.
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''no comment'' - personal projects taking priority
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Justin also found Makerstock, a materials merchant site that he wants to see if he can get wholesale prices from them.
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!
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Account balances as of 3/31/2021:
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Account balances as of 4/30/2021:
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
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|-
 
! + BB&T !! + Cash !! '''Total''' !! - Outstanding !! - Escrow !! - 3 mo reserve !! '''Non-committed'''
 
! + BB&T !! + Cash !! '''Total''' !! - Outstanding !! - Escrow !! - 3 mo reserve !! '''Non-committed'''
 
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|-   
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| <span style="color:#C0C0C0"> &nbsp; $3000.47 &nbsp;</span>    || <span style="color:#C0C0C0">&nbsp; $94 &nbsp;  </span>  || <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''&nbsp; $3094.47 &nbsp;'''</span> ||  <span style="color:#C0C0C0">&nbsp; $0 &nbsp; </span>    || <span style="color:#C0C0C0">&nbsp; $672 &nbsp;  </span>  || <span style="color:#C0C0C0">&nbsp; $7500 &nbsp; </span>|| <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''&nbsp; $-5077.53 &nbsp;'''</span>  
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| <span style="color:#C0C0C0"> &nbsp; $2794.31 &nbsp;</span>    || <span style="color:#C0C0C0">&nbsp; $94 &nbsp;  </span>  || <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''&nbsp; $2888.31 &nbsp;'''</span> ||  <span style="color:#C0C0C0">&nbsp; $0 &nbsp; </span>    || <span style="color:#C0C0C0">&nbsp; $784 &nbsp;  </span>  || <span style="color:#C0C0C0">&nbsp; $7500 &nbsp; </span>|| <span style="color:#C0C0C0">'''&nbsp; $-5395.69 &nbsp;'''</span>  
 
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|  &nbsp; $3000.47 &nbsp;    || &nbsp; $94 &nbsp;    || '''&nbsp; $3094.47 &nbsp;''' ||  &nbsp; $0 &nbsp;    || &nbsp; $672 &nbsp;    || &nbsp; $0 &nbsp; || <span style="color:#0000FF">'''&nbsp; $2422.47 &nbsp;'''</span>
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|  &nbsp; $2794.31 &nbsp;    || &nbsp; $94 &nbsp;    || '''&nbsp; $2888.31 &nbsp;''' ||  &nbsp; $0 &nbsp;    || &nbsp; $784 &nbsp;    || &nbsp; $0 &nbsp; || <span style="color:#0000FF">'''&nbsp; $2104.31 &nbsp;'''</span>
 
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! Member Dues !! Donations !! Other !! '''Total'''
 
! Member Dues !! Donations !! Other !! '''Total'''
 
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|  &nbsp; $3427.26 &nbsp;    || &nbsp; $300 &nbsp;    || &nbsp; $0 &nbsp;  || &nbsp; '''$3727.26''' &nbsp;
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|  &nbsp; $1890.96 &nbsp;    || &nbsp; $400 &nbsp;    || &nbsp; $0 &nbsp;  || &nbsp; '''$2290.96''' &nbsp;
 
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! UDI Rent !! Linode.com !! Spectrum !! Misc !! '''Total'''
 
! UDI Rent !! Linode.com !! Spectrum !! Misc !! '''Total'''
 
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|  &nbsp; $2913.80 &nbsp;  || &nbsp; $7.13 &nbsp;  || &nbsp; $89.99 &nbsp; ||&nbsp; $0.00 &nbsp; || &nbsp; '''$3010.92''' &nbsp;
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|  &nbsp; $2400 &nbsp;  || &nbsp; $7.13 &nbsp;  || &nbsp; $89.99 &nbsp; ||&nbsp; $0.00 &nbsp; || &nbsp; '''$2497.12''' &nbsp;
 
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'''Income - Expenses = &nbsp;  <span style="color:#00BB00"> $716.34 </span>'''
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'''Income - Expenses = &nbsp;  <span style="color:#BB0000"> -$206.16 </span>'''
 
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Potentially recoverable back dues = ~$100
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Potentially recoverable back dues = ~$120
 
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Active Member count as of 4/6/2021:<br>
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Active Member count as of 5/4/2021:<br>
 
(Active = paid dues within past 60 days)
 
(Active = paid dues within past 60 days)
 
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! Membership Type !! # Members !! Expected Dues !! <span style="color:#99A3A4"> Target # Members</span> !! <span style="color:#99A3A4"> Target Dues </span>
 
! Membership Type !! # Members !! Expected Dues !! <span style="color:#99A3A4"> Target # Members</span> !! <span style="color:#99A3A4"> Target Dues </span>
 
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|  Full    || 30 || $1800 || <span style="color:#99A3A4"> 27 </span>  || <span style="color:#99A3A4"> $1620 </span>
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|  Full    || 31 || $1860 || <span style="color:#99A3A4"> 27 </span>  || <span style="color:#99A3A4"> $1620 </span>
 
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|  Full (Legacy)    || 10    || $500
 
|  Full (Legacy)    || 10    || $500
 
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|  Associate    || 5   || $125
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|  Associate (Legacy)    || 4    || $80
 
|  Associate (Legacy)    || 4    || $80
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|  Recurring Donors    || <span style="color:#C0C0C0"> (4) </span>  || $300
 
|  Recurring Donors    || <span style="color:#C0C0C0"> (4) </span>  || $300
 
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|  '''Total'''    || '''51'''      || '''<span style="color:#0000FF">$2880</span>''' ||  '''<span style="color:#99A3A4">  52 </span>''' || '''<span style="color:#99A3A4"> $2545 </span>'''  
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|  '''Total'''    || '''54'''      || '''<span style="color:#0000FF">$2990</span>''' ||  '''<span style="color:#99A3A4">  52 </span>''' || '''<span style="color:#99A3A4"> $2545 </span>'''  
 
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'''Current = $2880 - $2510 = <span style="color:#00BB00"> $370/mo </span>'''  
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'''Departing Members''':  
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'''Departing Members''': Xinli Z.
  
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'''New Members''': Seth B., Don N., Eli H.
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'''New Members''': Angela B., David S., Richard M., Jade V.
  
 
'''Paused''': 1 member
 
'''Paused''': 1 member
  
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'''Arrears''': 1 members
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'''Arrears''': 1 member
  
 
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With our current Membership & Expenses, it will take about 13 months to fully fund our reserve.
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With our current Membership & Expenses, it will take about 10 months to fully fund our reserve.
 
-- Note: projection is based on member dues and recurring donations.
 
-- Note: projection is based on member dues and recurring donations.
  
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https://wiki.splatspace.org/images/f/f2/Reserve_Projection_2021-04-06.pdf
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https://wiki.splatspace.org/images/1/1a/Reserve_Projection_2021-05-04.pdf
  
 
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Current steps to increase revenue / decrease expenses:
 
Current steps to increase revenue / decrease expenses:
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* Donations: Thank you to <b>Andrew S, Blake, Graham & Tom</b>, for sweetening the pot with your donations, for helping to keep us in the game!
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* Donations: Thank you to <b>Andrew S, Blake, Graham, Richard, & Tom</b>, for your donations.  Liking and subscribing to a channel may be the best way to support someone on YouTube, but likes and subscribers don't help pay our rent like you do!
  
 
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=====[[Secretary]]=====
 
=====[[Secretary]]=====
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Lewis floated the idea of making the audio recordings public. He liked the idea of tagging important moments of conversation, but agreed with Mark that meetings may be better to be ephemeral.
 
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''no report''
  
 
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=====[[At-Large]]=====
 
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Scott announced that he's starting up Beginning Electronics/Raspberry Pi again this month.
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Tom: ''no report''
  
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Scott: ''no further report''
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===== Other =====
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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.
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==== Upcoming Events ====
 
==== Upcoming Events ====
  
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* Justin discussed the Library Fest, and said that if we wanted to be involved with it, we'll need to fill out vigorous paperwork
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* Library Fest<br>Week-Long Celebration of the Durham County Library, Mon-Sun. Apr 5-10; Live events hosted on Zoom<br>{In the past SplatSpace has participated}
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** Library Fest<br>Week-Long Celebration of the Durham County Library, Mon-Sun. Apr 5-10; Live events hosted on Zoom
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** Discussed that if we wanted to be involved with it, we'll need to fill out vigorous paperwork
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*** In the past SplatSpace has participated
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==== Trash/Recycling Volunteer ====
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* Check out Oaks-N-Spokes Bike Valet: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/dine-out-downtown-oaks-and-spokes-bike-valet-tickets-151402684505?aff=erelexpmlt
  
 
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Latest revision as of 00:56, 5 May 2021

Contents

May 4, 2021

May the Forth Be With You

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

  • Blake: Showed his pizza cutter made from Purple Heart wood, brass rivets, and stainless steel. Commented how hard the steel was to work with. Also showed his Lego Empiral Probe Droid.
  • Scott: Talked about the model train show this weekend at the State Fairgrounds. N-Track had a bunch of modules connected for 500-ft of layout. The Lego Trains layout was setup for 16x30 ft. The club had a huge loop of 16x30 ft with 3 tracks of O-Scale along the outside, a loop of S-Scale inside that, a loop of HO-scale inside that, and a loop of N-Scale inside that -- lots of noise and lots of kids using their phones and throttles to run the trains.
  • Justin: Talked about using a Raspberry-Pi in his truck running Crank-Shaft, allowing one to access navigation and media functions through your phone using Android Auto. Doing a lot of Raspberry-Pi stuff.
  • Ryan: Using Helium ad-hoc network communications. Got offer from Duke to build a website to track persons.
  • Tom: Used the Chicken manure from Lewis to streak out a dozen independent bacterial cultures, have prepped DNA from these and stocked the strains; next step is to PCR up a 16S amplicon to sequence the DNA in order to identify at the genus, and possibly the species level. Trying to cultivate bacteria other than E. coli, including some possibly dangerous ones. Only doing this at home, and not at the space to keep things safe.


Guest Introductions

  • Charlie Groves: Software developer interested in woodworking. Wife is an upholsterer. Found SplatSpace by searching for woodworking.


Minutes

  • Approve minutes from Apr 6th, 2021
    approved

Recruitment / Retention / Fundraising

Member Attendance

XX dues-paying (voting) members
  YY members in attendence
  Quorum = ZZ members
 

Consent Agenda

{none}
 

Old Business

Pinned Items

Permanent items of the Old Business section carried from month to month.

  • Mid-month meeting set up for 3rd Tuesdays, with Mark and others facilitating. Noted that invitations likely need to be emailed each month and a link on the webpage.
  • Justin is working on a SplatSpace floor plan he created for members to use for planning purposes and reference.
  • 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.


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.
  • Doorduino system - remains delayed, requires "jiggle."
  • Identify and maintain (online) lists of SME's for each equipment or space.
  • Lewis hit a formatting wall on the onesheet. It contains a lot of good information, but isn't organized well yet.
  • The electronics donation from Fred Ebling that was at Pete Soper's place has mostly been positioned in the electronics area, some is in the space in the main room. Progress is being made to incorporate it into the electronics parts area. Scott has made a large shelf to hold the parts, and a small shelf to go under the gray door cabinet. Ryan has made sure it is tip-proof.
  • Mark notes that we are 1-2 months away from majority vaccinated population. Blake says that he is watching the CDC and governor's guidelines for advice for future in-person meetings. Board decided not to make vaccines required.


New Business

  • 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.
  • 3rd pizza party on April 23th was a success - more progress cleaning out the main room, getting things to the electronics area, and further organizing the woodshop and 3D-printer area (now in the Boneyard).
  • Centralized online file storage for SplatSpace documents and files was discussed. Scott working on the SplatDrive at the space, Ryan working on the Internet-accessible storage and archive</span>
  • Website: progress has been made. Blake is still working on a lot of the layout, but it's getting there. He solicited help for anyone interested in front-end work.
  • Lewis floated the idea of making the audio recordings of meetings public. He liked the idea of tagging important moments of conversation, but agreed with Mark that meetings may be better to be ephemeral. It was discussed that for various reasons having recordings online may have negative consequences, and the meeting minutes tend to capture whatall people have to say.
  • Scott announced that he's starting to hold the TriBRAE Beginning Microcontrollers & Electronics in-person in the space again beginning in May. Note that it is now scheduled for May 15, but may be moved to May 22 due to many other efforts going on.
  • Talk of 0rganizing a possible Mini-Mini-Makerfaire
    • Talk to area community groups
    • Contact Durham local makerspaces
    • Let's get a Food Truck or two



Officer Reports

President
  • Welcome sign is failing, but work is in progress. May need to reload. But when working, it looks great.


Vice-President

no comment - personal projects taking priority


Treasurer

Account balances as of 4/30/2021:

+ BB&T + Cash Total - Outstanding - Escrow - 3 mo reserve Non-committed
  $2794.31     $94     $2888.31     $0     $784     $7500     $-5395.69  
  $2794.31     $94     $2888.31     $0     $784     $0     $2104.31  


This month's income (cash in):

Member Dues Donations Other Total
  $1890.96     $400     $0     $2290.96  

This month's expenses (cash out):

UDI Rent Linode.com Spectrum Misc Total
  $2400     $7.13     $89.99     $0.00     $2497.12  

Income - Expenses =   -$206.16
Potentially recoverable back dues = ~$120


Active Member count as of 5/4/2021:
(Active = paid dues within past 60 days)

Membership Type # Members Expected Dues Target # Members Target Dues
Full 31 $1860 27 $1620
Full (Legacy) 10 $500
Associate 7 $175
Associate (Legacy) 4 $80
Student 2 $75
Recurring Donors (4) $300
Total 54 $2990 52 $2545
Monthly Expected Expenses

Current = $2510

Deficit/Surplus

Current = $2990 - $2510 = $480/mo

Departing Members: Xinli Z.

New Members: Angela B., David S., Richard M., Jade V.

Paused: 1 member

Arrears: 1 member


With our current Membership & Expenses, it will take about 10 months to fully fund our reserve. -- Note: projection is based on member dues and recurring donations.

https://wiki.splatspace.org/images/1/1a/Reserve_Projection_2021-05-04.pdf


Current steps to increase revenue / decrease expenses:

  • Donations: Thank you to Andrew S, Blake, Graham, Richard, & Tom, for your donations. Liking and subscribing to a channel may be the best way to support someone on YouTube, but likes and subscribers don't help pay our rent like you do!


 

Secretary

no report


Public Relations

No report
 

At-Large

Tom: no report

Scott: no further report


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}
    • Discussed that if we wanted to be involved with it, we'll need to fill out vigorous paperwork


Adjournment

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