Meeting notes 2010-05-14

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Attendance

• John
• Joe
• Mitzi
• Dan
• Daniel
• James
• Chris
• Peggy Sue
• Mark
• Marshall
• Denise
• Charles
• T.K.
• John
• Marc
• Jason
• Kevin
• Brandi

Count: 18

Pictures

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Agenda

• Picking a weekend to visit some of the other hackerspaces
• Fundraising Update
  • Recycling
    • We are able to recycle
      • Coke Cans
      • Scrap Aluminum (larger scrap)
      • Scrap Iron
      • Brass
      • Copper/Copper Wire
      • Cardboard
      • Office Paper
    • Everyone who can, start collecting anything that fits the description of what we can recycle
    • They are open from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM, Monday through Friday
    • Get the collected materials to Daniel and he will run them when we have a full load
    • Daniel may need an extra person to go with him on some occasions, preferably before work at 7:30 AM
  • Barbecue
    • When? Where? How? What? Who?
    • Lets start the process to do one
• Social/Public Events
  • LAN Party discussion
    • When? Where? How? What? Who?
    • Lets start the process to do one or make it a regular occurrence
  • Movie Night
    • Anyone game? If so, when?
    • Can be here or in theater
• Publicity
  • Update on Flyer "Raid"
  • When is the next flyer raid?
• Discussions (try for around 5 minutes)
  • Daniel Hess and James Hill talk on concept of Core/Node structured computer program for the group
  • Other craft projects that people brought in
  • Anyone else who wants to discuss/show/present/or anything else

Activity

Soldering Class #2

Notes

Comes to Order @ 7:10 PM

• Visiting other hackerspaces
  • We are going to Nashville on the June 5, 2010
  • We are going to Huntsville on the June 26, 2010
• Recycling
  • Daniel has found a place that will let us recycle stuff, he'll be heading up the effort to use it to bring in a little more money for the group
• Show'n'Tell (Craft Edition)
  • T.K. brought in a phone circuit that he designed a while back
  • Joe brought in a handmade wire orc from cat5 cable
  • John brought in his own chain mail that he put together, including making his own links
  • Mary (while not here) brought in a lamp that she made with the skyline of Memphis on it
• Talks
  • Dan and Jim explain a concept for a program they plan to write
• On to the soldering
  • Almost everyone was successful in getting their circuit to work