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Regular Member Meeting 20191018

2019-10-18 19:00, Dallas Makerspace

Officers/Groups are requested to provide a brief summary of activities; bullet points sufficient for a 30-90 second presentation are ideal

  • Education and PR now report to President w/ coordinators rather than Chairs
    • Doug Emes Education coordinator
      • Looking for Committee Chairs and Do’ers
      • Trying to get classes on the calendar on a regular basis
      • Looking to improve Infra automation around education
      • Trying to find a home for orphaned SIGs
      • Looking to increase online training to supplement classes
    • JJ PR new coordinator
      • Streamlining process
      • Hoping to increase outreach

Completed Contracts

  • Men’s restroom Ste 102 restoration ($857)
  • Electrical work in flex area; 47 outlets ($11,300)
  • Machine shop cable trays installed by DMS volunteers ($1150)
  • Power cords fabricated by DMS volunteers for 102 flex area, ~$20 @ $105/ea, still need ~5 more made

Pending Quotes

  • New concrete for wheelchair accessibility
  • Replace water heater, add plumbing for Science, Warehouse sinks
  • Air handler for kilns
  • Air handler and ductwork for blacksmithing and electrical room/amateur radio

Expansion meetings

  • Tuesdays at 7 PM, please contact Rich for an invite
  • Please note that the Group’s scope is determined by the board

Committees are requested to provide a brief summary of activities; bullet points sufficient for a 30-90 second presentation are ideal

  • Old kiln works, new kiln working
  • Holiday project classes planned
  • Moving along post-expansion
  • Potluck went well, good fellowship
  • Member potluck planned for November
  • Wide format printer still has issues - Paul has given it his best but is unable to remedy; Rich Meyer has offered to help
  • E-lab + SIGs scheduling elections…
  • Shawn is not interested in being vice-chair
  • Please attend meetings and election - committee desires more member involvement
  • Election 10/30
  • Hackerspace interest areas
    • Small board computers
    • Microcode/microcontrollers
    • Retro computers
  • Auction netted approx ~$200
  • Working w/ Expansion on electrical needs
  • New kilns planned in the near future
  • Elections scheduled (Tuesday the 5th?)
  • Trays for power/air hung
  • Expansion ongoing, working towards readiness
  • Compressed air to be installed pre-move
  • New chair election Monday
  • Judy retiring as Chair
  • Members are encouraged to submit discussion items suitable for civil discussion in an open forum
  • Discussion items should be DMS business related
  • Open Forum should be used for more general discussion items no necessarily DMS business related
  • Got a cool project? An idea spawned from the Discussion Items? Something that just occurred to you? Now is the time to mention it.
  • Try to keep the initial delivery in elevator pitch territory of 30-90 seconds

Minutes are in DRAFT status.

MEETING CALLED TO ORDER 19:00
13 MEMBERS PRESENT, NO PROXIES PRESENT, NO QUORUM TO CONDUCT BUSINESS
MEETING ADJOURNED BY CONSENSUS 19:01

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