Regular Member Meeting 20151210

This meeting will be held in MIBS SRC3 format.

Time, location

20:00, Dallas Makerspace

Approval of prior minutes

Prior minutes

Officer/Committee reports

Committee chairs are requested to provide their reports in writing. Reports can be short bullet-points.

Committee Chairs

• 3d Fabrication Committee
• Amateur Radio Committee
• Automotive Committee
  • Went racing
  • Currently brainstorming for next group project, electric minibike or hovercraft buildoff or electric miniboat are current ideas.
• Blacksmith Committee
• Civic Hacking
• Classroom Committee
• Creative Arts Committee
  • We didn't have a December CA meeting because December be cra-cra for everyone.
  • The fibers group growing and becoming a regular weekly meetup on Tuesdays.
  • We cleaned up the room and reorganized and purged a bunch as we went. The room is ever changing.
  • Leather interest is still growing and they purchased a few larger tools to enhance offerings.
  • Issues with the vinyl cutter and printer have come to attention although they aren't under CA they are in our room and it's being discussed - we are discussing several options and talking about if CA is going to take over the associated cost. I'm not willing to do this until a better system is in place. This is all TBD at a later time.
  • Bigger tool purchases for the month: Air brush compressor and hood (to be used only after class is taken).
  • David and I are hosting a dinner for all the CA teachers who have taught since October DMS funds wont be used.
  • Looking at purchasing (possibly tonight) a leather sewing machine found by Dan and David, fibers will be buying several things as well within the next few weeks to help the offerings of classes.
  • Nicole didn't do a good job of advertising the laser art show and the turnout was amazing but not enough to fill the walls. She pulled in DMS artists Val Curry and Steve Reeves to fill the walls. Some members donated 10X10 works for a semi-permanent collection at DMS. CA hopes to fill DMS with artwork from every show if the members are willing to allow that.
  • Art shows will be reduced to four shows next year. 10X10 and Makers Make being two of them - the other two are TBD but several things have been discussed.
  • I love the Christmas tree but I (Nicole Franczvai) would like to say I don't think a dick butt on top of the tree is the right thing to place so front and center on something that will be seen by so many people. It's a cute idea but I don't think the tour groups will understand the inside joke....I'm old and old fashioned. Am I allowed to have opinions here?
• Digital Media Committee
• Electronics Robotics Committee
  • Inventoried our bench gear
  • Adafuit Order under way, need to get to $250 by sunday
  • Lots of electronics parts making their way from Fred's warehouse to our eLab. All needs to find a home or they are at risk of going bye bye.
• Financial Committee
• Foundry Committee
• Infrastructure Committee
  • Several laptops and desktops were donated.
    • The laptops have been imaged with the DMS standard Win8.1 image and placed out for general use. The new machines are Intel i5 Gen2, have 4GB RAM, and some have SSDs.
    • The desktops are available to committees upon reasonable request. Please submit a ticket to request one.
      • The vinyl cutter PC has already been upgraded to one of the donated machines.
      • The Science PC has already been upgraded to one of the donated machines.
    • The CAD/CAM PC has been transferred to be the Lasersaur PC.
  • Modified switch uplinks so there is more redundancy between the core and server switches.
  • File server replacement or upgrade is being planned. We will request funding from the board when we have solidified the plan.
    • The new/upgraded server will have expanded storage and increased network bandwidth (>1 Gbps). It will also have the capability to upload files to AWS for long-term backups.
  • One of the garage doors (the one with the ramp) is broken.
    • Will be requesting funding from BOD to fix and also install an electric opener.
    • The opener will be hooked up to the auxiliary access control system, so not everyone will have access (but will be granted upon reasonable request).
    • An RFID reader will be installed on the outside, but NOT the inside. Inside will have a regular push-button.
    • When the opener is installed, we will post on Talk. You can open a ticket to request RFID access.
  • Camera reorganization in progress.
    • New camera was installed for Amateur Radio. It can see the display on the radio so frequency use can be monitored.
    • Rear warehouse entry camera was relocated for better field of view.
    • One of the Machine Shop cameras was upgraded, and the other one is pending install.
    • Electronics Room camera will be upgraded shortly.
• Laser Committee
  • Classes have been regularly taught by multiple volunteers
  • Microslice kit laser cutter previously donated has renewed interest
  • New training curriculum created
  • Newer computer hooked up to the Lasersaur
  • Thank you to all of the instructors and volunteers!
• Logistics Committee
• Machine Shop Committee
• Metal Shop Committee
• Public Relations Committee
• Remote Control Committee
• Science Committee
• VECTOR Committee
• Wood Shop Committee

Agenda

Note: The normal cut-off time for agenda items is the Sunday prior at 11:59pm.

Minutes

----DRAFT MINUTES----

1. The day after the conclusion of the board of director election all voting 
  members voting privileges will be dropped and they must request to be re-added to become voting members.
26 passed
6 against
2 abstained