Member meeting 7/17/2021

Opening remarks

Meeting Opened by Rick Green on 7/17/2021 11:10am

Member attendance: Rick, Kat, Ray, Greg, Brian, Derek, Matthew

Visitor attendance:

Officer reports

What have you accomplished since the last meeting

• President - Rick Green
  • Hosting on Monday and Friday nights.
  • Repaired Library 3D printers. Ordered and received printer parts for stock.
  • Organized the electronics workbench. Still in progress.
  • Registered several new members. Gave several tours.
  • Participated in Artwalk and Maker Social. 3 visitors.
  • Hosted a 3D printing workshop and Retro computing group.
  • Participated in the IP workshop.

• Vice President - Kat Steel
  • Hosted Tuesday nights

• Secretary - NA
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• Treasurer - Brian Wright - Financial report for June 2021
  • Gross income: $2470.36
  • Gross expense: $2701.52
  • Net income: -$231.16
  • Current Balance: $2114.41
  • Notes:
    • We need more members, donations, and other funding opportunities (Grants).
    • July report will include a $1500 donation.
  • Financial report link here: File:Treasury Report 2021-07-17.pdf

• Membership -
  • Numbers report for June 2021
    • 38 memberships - 38 Full members, 8 Family member add-ons, 8 student/retired
  • Total: 54 active members

Host and Volunteer reports

• Hosts
  • Monday (Rick): 2 - 3
  • Tuesday (Kat): 2 - 5
  • Thursday (Ray): 2 - 4
  • Wednesday night (Matthew): 2 - 4
  • Friday night: 5 - 10
  • Sunday (Barbara): No one showing up. Need to advertise. Open from 12pm - 3pm.

• • Any issues

• Marketing -
  • Brian has been posting on Instagram and targeted ads on Facebook.
  • Rick is posting on Facebook, Meetup, Reddit and the Web site.
  • Hosts - send photos to Brian to post online.
  • Visitor (Dylan) has experience in marketing and business admin, and is part of the Porch Creek Indians. He will see about how we can be involved with them.

Old Business

• Previous meeting minutes here: http://makerspacemobile.org/wiki/index.php/Member_meeting_6/27/2021
• Artwalk for July was not well attended due to the rain, but there was a small crowd. Thanks to Barbara and Brian for helping out. We took the Izzy Swann table, which drew some interest - it needs to go every artwalk. 1 person from Artwalk showed up for Maker Social day and signed up.
• Landlord has yet to install the promised floodlight out front. The wood in the parking lot was in the building across from us - it is being rebuilt on the inside, so this is temporary. He said we could have the wooden pallets, but not the plastic ones.
• James is making more progress on the new CNC, but has been out of town.
• Need an update from the planning committee for the metal working shop. Ray and James volunteered, and Kat will work with them. Derek volunteered to help.
  • Need to double the space. Woodpile has been cleaned up.
  • Ideas voted in for increasing income (June business meeting):
    • Charge for lockers. Suggest $15/mo for large lockers, $10/mo for smaller lockers, $5/mo for square lockers, $10/mo for a laundry basket/bin sized container to go on the shelf in the closet (will need to clean the closet). Need to coordinate with treasurer on how we will collect this.
  • Sell excess/unused stuff, or sell things we make/build. Need a plan of action for this. Matthew offered to host a class on pricing items, using Etsy and e-bay.

New Business

• New members to be voted in: Derek voted in.

• Elections
  • The only persons that expressed any interest in a position was Daryl Faulkner for Vice President. Brian has agreed to continue as Treasurer, and I am OK with continuing as President. We still need a secretary (Kat!!!)
  • List of members in good standing that meet the qualifications outlined in the Bylaws:
    • Rick Green
    • Kat Steele
    • Brian Wright
    • Russell Milling*
    • John Peebles*
    • Daryl Faulkner
    • Laura Faulkner
    • Jacob Barton*
    • Sarat Saini
    • Richard Foreman
    • Matthew Hinton
    • Josh Rhodes*
    • Dan Brown*
    • Bruce Marr*
    • Richard Harris
    • Ray Lamb
    • Jordan Daugherty*
    • Charles Westley Green*
    • Michael Chang*
    • Smith M Wyckoff*
    • Barbara Kelley
    • Norman Cooke*
  • David Leard

• Events
  • 3D Printing enthusiasts - meets today (and monthly)
  • Retro Computer enthusiasts - meets today (and monthly)
  • Joel can be here on August 20th all day with the mobile makerspace. Needs money. Members voted down due to financial difficulty.

• Future Events planning
  • Need more workshops and/or workgroups to plan and put on the events calendar. Are there any nights or weekends that can be dedicated to a particular topic?
    • Hot metal night with Kat (Derek also volunteered) - Tuesdays

• New workshop, workgroup and class ideas
  • Inkscape class. Used for vinyl cutters, embroidery machine, CNC machine, and laser cutter.
  • TinkerCAD class for beginners. FreeCAD, OpenSCAD, Blender, Onshape, and/or Fusion 360 classes for intermediate and advanced. Used for 3D printing.
  • Embroidery class - Ethel and Laura?
  • Sewing/costuming/cosplay class - Ethel and Laura? Kat.
  • Upholstery class
  • Vinyl cutting class - Laura?
  • Screenprinting class - Laura?
  • Wood turning, box making, dove tail joint - David?
  • Welding class - James?
  • Gaming enthusiasts (board games, arcade games, gaming development, VR) - Brian and Daryl?
  • Hacking enthusiasts (SDR, networks, computers, blockchain, etc) - Any interest?
  • Personal finance and investing enthusiasts (Barbara is interested in this).
  • Patenting and crowdfunding enthusiasts
  • Advertising - Dylan?
  • Hat boxes for military E7 chiefs call to initiation - Derek
• Woodshop expansion
  • The doors between the two rooms will be blocked off for extra space to use in both rooms.

Equipment/supplies

• New equipment this month
  • Tektronix Oscilloscope
  • Signal generator
  • Variac
  • Plumbing starter kit for air compressor (needs installation)
  • Extension cord reel
  • 3D printing parts for stock

• Equipment wish list
  • 220v outlet for welding machine - Tim can finance this. No response from electrician - will search for another one.
  • New jointer would be nice. The Delta has been adjusted.
  • Large, floor standing bandsaw would be nice
  • Foundry (Casting liquid metal) (Kat/Westley)
    • Westley to bring in a Big Green Egg. Need some help getting it to the space. No gas burner - coal only.
  • Forge (knife making, aluminum casting) (Kat/Westley)
  • Plasma cutter
  • Ceramics/pottery - Westley is very interested. - Direct them to Mobile Arts council.
    • Need tongs, hammers, safety equipment (gloves, face shields) Westley has a crucible, blower/ductwork, fuel(charcoal), consumables
    • Kat will be in charge of safety and training of all metal working equipment
  • Plumbing for air compressor (Rick Baskin)
  • Sand-blasting cabinet (Rick Baskin)
  • Ductwork for downdraft sanding table - May be able to repurpose the one from the recalled sliding radial arm saw?
  • Ductwork for the new Delta dust collector
  • 3D Scanner. Could possibly use the Kinect.
  • Industrial sewing machine. Ethel is working on getting one - this has been confirmed, and we should have it in a couple weeks.
  • Heat press for Vinyl and t-shirts
  • Hat loom for the embroidery machine - arrived
  • Sheet metal for welding table top - Kat is working on it
  • Brass heated inserts for 3D printer

• In need of service/repair/parts
  • Old MakerBot printer. The stepper cables between the motherboard and the extruders need replacing (at minimum).
  • Wacom screen has died. Appears to be the backlight. Looking into a repair.
  • Prusa printer had a meltdown trying to print PC. New parts in and being installed.
  • Roland Sign Maker needs the PC - Bruce is supposed to be bringing it in.

• Back in service
  • The chop saw safety guard was repaired - thanks Derek.

• Next Meeting: August 21st 2021

Meeting adjourned 12:18pm