Regular Member Meeting 20161013

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
• Automotive Committee
• Blacksmith Committee
• Civic Hacking
• Classroom Committee
• Creative Arts Committee
• Meeting was yesterday- all went well
• Nicole Franczvai will stay on as Chair, David Kessenger will move up to be sub-chair,
• David Kessenger recommended for procurement officer to help CA
• 10X10 went well - next show will be a wood showcase, after that wasteland weekend showcase
• We bought class sets of airbrush tools, a new vinyl cutter, $800 in leather and another $200 just today so expect some dynamic things happening, flash drying unit for silkscreen
• Annex is in the works as soon as Mark Reynolds is done moving his house (expect parties and worknights both)
• Into to the room classes will begin in November "on boarding" to see if it helps
• new receipt/envelope system was rolled out yesterday
• I don't see anyone else making notes - am I still supposed to do this??
• Digital Media Committee
• Electronics Robotics Committee
  • Amateur Radio SIG
    • Substantial progress on the HF antenna (a big Thank You to the board for funding these efforts)
      • Old dipole removed
      • Donated multi-band dipole raised and is 6ft taller
      • New guy wires for antenna
      • Coax (LMR400) and power cable run from BYOR bench to roof
      • Auto-transmatch mounted in enclosure, waiting for next work day to attach antenna to coax
      • Hope to be on-the-air by ARRL November Sweepstakes!
• Financial Committee
• Foundry Committee
• Infrastructure Committee
• Jewelry and Small Metals Committee
• Laser Committee
• Logistics Committee
• Machine Shop Committee
• Metal Shop Committee
• Public Relations Committee
• Reloading and Gunsmithing 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.