Member meeting 8/8/2020

Opening remarks

• Meeting Opened at 11:00 by Rick Green (8/8/2020)
• Remote meeting via Jitsi.

• Member attendance: Rick Green, Westley Green, Bruce Marr, Barbara Kelly, Daryll Faulkner*, Brian Wright, Rachel Bothe (Visitor)

Officer reports

What have you accomplished since the last meeting?

• President - Rick Green

Sick and in quarantine through July 8, but I recovered and am now negative for the virus. Continue to attend weekly online meetings with NoM. Was a guest speaker for Joel Leodard at a virtual Maker Faire session. Continue to host on Friday nights - also covered for Matthew on a Wednesday night and came in on a Thursday for a pickup of face shields. Continue to maintain the 3D printers making face shields and communicating with the library.

• Vice-president - Kat Steel

• Treasurer - Brian Wright
  • Gross Income July: $1060.63
  • Expenses: $2607.81
  • Net income: -$1547.28
  • Balance: $12,683.36
  • Operating Balance: $9982.67
  • Link to report: Finance Report July 2020

• Membership - NA
  • Members in good standing: 24
  • Members with late dues < 2 mo: 4
  • Members with late dues > 2mo: 1
  • Link to report: Membership Report July 2020

• Marketing - NA
  • Slack: 101 members
  • Facebook page: 788 followers
  • Facebook group: 308 members
  • Meetup: 687 followers
  • Instagram: 958 followers
  • Google stats this month:
    • 445 views
    • 358 searches
    • 32 website visits

Old Business

• Previous meeting minutes here: Member_meeting_7/11/2020

New Business

• New members to get keyfobs: Bruce Marr
• Future events planning
  • Movie night: Need ideas for old SciFi movies.
    • Stargate
    • Firefly
  • New members needed. Need a membership drive.
    • Covid Survivor t-shirts
    • Contact members that have been inactive
    • Contacts from social media - Facebook, Meetup, Instagram, Reddit
  • New funding ideas needed
    • Any updates from Westley on connection to rotary clubs? Mobile rotary has an extensive website.
    • Selling items online, Artwalk is now virtual
    • Kimberly Brown has volunteered to work on grant writing for us. She is attending a workshop this morning on grant writing.
  • Equipment inventory needed - Bruce to look into a system for this using a web based program

Equipment/supplies

• New equipment/supplies this month
  • AnaJet has been repaired and delivered back
  • SawStop has a new brake and blade installed
• Equipment wish list
  • Drill bits for metal
  • Machine tool (Ray Lamb?) Needs a stand built.
  • Welding equipment - Bruce has a Lincoln welder and will bring it in.
    • Rick Baskin was going to contact Lincoln Electric
  • 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)
  • Ceramics/pottery - Westley is very interested.
    • Need tongs, hammers, safety equipment (gloves, face shields) Westley has a crucible, firebrick, 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)
  • Duct-work for dust collector to woodworking equipment (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?

• In need of service/repair/parts
  • Old MakerBot printer. The stepper cables between the motherboard and the extruders need replacing (at minimum).
• Other
  • Vacuum Forming machines in the closet - Update from Kat?

Project status

• Completed
  • AnaJet DTG is setup and working. Evan has been testing it out. Still need to work out the logistics for membership usage.
  • SawStop has a new brake and blade installed. It is back in service.
• In progress
  • Downdraft sanding tables being built by Westley Green

• Project Ideas
  • Lego table
  • Small airbrush station in clean room (using existing exhaust duct and blower)
  • Growroom - https://space10.com/space10-open-sources-the-growroom/
    • Potentially talk with HOA's about this in a common space in neighborhoods/apartments.
    • Community garden on Dauphin street.
  • Floating table/planter (tensegrity table) can be made from scrap wood(https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/floating-table-looks-like-magic-how-possible-part1-79914)
  • 3D printed lithophanes from photographs. Rick has test printed one on the Z18.
  • More Izzy Swan tables - Rick and Westley to consider building a new demo model, perhaps using it as a woodworking workshop.
  • Magic Mirror (https://magicmirror.builders/)

• Workshop planning and ideas
  • Plan to resume arduino workshops
  • Plan to resume 3D printing group. Robert Bean from Daphne is interested in getting it started (found on Meetup). Check with Bruce on a meeting room in Daphne.
  • Simple woodwork shops. Bruce and Westley can give these woodworking shops.
  • BEST robotics are going virtual this year. We may be able to participate in some of this through Brian Wright. Check with Flightworks.

Closing

• Meeting next month September 5th

Meeting adjourned: 12:39pm