2009-08-04 Meeting Notes

Location

Baltimore Node Workshop @ 7:30

Agenda

1. Discuss the space and what will go in it
2. Answer questions for non-members and members
3. Work out details about the DIY Mod your pedal workshop

People in Attendance

• Todd
• Adam
• Alan
• Michael
• Joel
• Zach
• Martin
• Steve
• Matthew
• Erich
• Eric
• Sepideh
• Matt
• Dave
• Gary
• Venkatesh
• Avery
• James
• Nathaniel
• Aaron
• Suhas

Decisions Made

• Avery with the help of Wes will organize the incoming equipment
• We will be stripping and painting the space Saturday morning
• Details of the DIY Mod your pedal workshop will be determined online

Action Items

• Alan will contact a contractor he knows to see if he could design a structure for us
• Acquire paint
• Acquire a really big AC unit
  • there's already a window unit sitting on the floor in the corner. the previous tenants will be leaving it. Abachman 19:38, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

Minutes

• Introductions
  • Someone took attendance on a notepad (Aaron Brewer?)
• Gary from Robot Fest cordially invited us to Electronica Fest,
  • tickets are $6 and if you would like to come it’s September 5th
  • There will be a Theremin workshop and you can purchase a kit on site
  • He is looking for workshop volunteers (would you like to teach something?) and logistics volunteers, get a hold of him for more info. Where’s his contact info?
  • more details at http://www.nationalelectronicsmuseum.org/’
• Space Discussion
  • We need rules on how to handle donations, loans and personal projects
  • There will need to be an inventory system and we will need to define what goes into the inventory (loans?)
  • Furnishing and initial spec up
    • Avery volunteered to be the Czar organize what we have and figure out how to make it fit with the help of Wes
    • Alan said he would contact a contractor friend of his to assess the space and determine what kind of structure we could potentially build
  • After the meeting we started taking down the wallpaper and will now need to pain
  • It was decided that we will need to procure the biggest AC that can fit in the area above the doorway
• Membership
  • There was a discussion about trust and keys and perhaps we should amend the bylaws, options proposed:
    • Deposit on the key
    • Must be a member for ‘X’ months
    • Must pay ‘X’ months of dues in advance
  • Voting people in, when is that going to start?
  • How will we handle things being stolen/broken
• Blog/Website
  • It was proposed that we create a federated blog that combines the blogs of multiple members into one blog
  • We need clearly present information on the website (contact info of our members, twitter directory?)
  • Czar of web was proposed
  • I’m adding that we need a small web development/design committee, preferably someone that can mock it up and someone that can build it out
• E-Waste
  • Recycling program to move things out on a regular basis, I think this will go under maintaining the space
• DIY Mod Shop
  • We concluded that we would work out a day to do this via the discussion list
  • We decided that we will work with multiple kits
  • Matt volunteered to coordinate the workshop and Erich volunteered to teach the electronics component
    • There was a request for someone to explain the science behind sound modulation