Board meeting notes 2017-06-29

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Attendance

Danny C, Brandon B, Kara F, Joe F, Cliff G, Ed, Count: 6

Agenda

Previous Action Item Update

• Bristle Bot Kits
• Lego Kits - REALLY expensive >.<
• Purchase Nametags
• Monday Member Meat Your Maker July 20th Pizza
  • Send planning docs info
• DAN > oil/gas kiln > else sell > else throw away

• Notes from last meeting for this meeting:
  • https://www.harborfreight.com/welding-cart-69340.html
  • https://hackaday.io/project/25265-an-unfortunate-smd-project

Financial

• Treasurer Report

Space/Organization

• We bought and built the Welding Table
• Start building wood working table in July
  • Make something like this: http://www.homeconstructionimprovement.com/outfeed-table-for-delta-unisaw/
  • Purchase power supply for Powermatic: http://www.ebay.com/itm/UPDATED-220V-4KW-5HP-VARIABLE-FREQUENCY-DRIVE-INVERTER-VFD-NEW-/111490143307
• Dead angle grinder, broken broom handle, cutoff tool valve seized.
• Purchase table saw blade (and extra for reserve)
• Brandon: Identify needed equipment
  • $163.44
  • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MYEwYoKrN0wmpdkDwSqXGPRcudrYhSBLFoIquTD-FEM/edit#gid=1911579621
• (From Ben E.): Donating stuff that is "too good to throw away" to the north mississippi makerspace. I.e. foundry, surplus monitors/tv, duplicate power tools. Plan on visiting them 7/4/2017
• (From Ben E.): Recycling run. Cans are excessive atm.
• (From Ben E.): Tablesaw outfeed table is slated for July build
• Other purchases
  • Toilet Paper
  • Bar Height stools for shop (stackable if possible)
  • 3D Printer Filament?

Events

• New event workflow:
  • "Pencil in date" on Board Google Calendar
  • When event date is final, add "FINAL" to title
  • Todd (or anyone else) then creates Meetup.com for the event.

• Class Ideas
  • Welding class
  • OX class/carbon fiber/class
  • From Maker to Sold: A class on getting started with Etsy
• Trucker's Wallet Leatherworking class led by Brandon B.
  • Groups of 3 or 4. 3-3.5 hours
  • Material cost ~$31/person @ 10 people.

• Monthly Event nights
  • Leather working (later)
  • 901FPV tech nights (Joe/Alec)
  • Cookout night >> Family night
    • June went well, not huge turn out but still good event
  • Board game night

Notes

1. Midsouth Makers Board Meeting 6/29

• Financials look good
• Green Light for brandon to buy leather working supplies + bag
  • Danny investigate elite business level /w Tandy Leather
• Claudio:
  • no cheap way to do bristle bot kits yet
  • potential intermediate soldering class
    • [An Unfortunate SMD Project | Hackaday.io](https://hackaday.io/project/25265-an-unfortunate-smd-project)
  • 50-60$ BOM for 10-12 People
  • Minty Boost is another option
• Brandon
  • Trucker wallet class
    • Might be too big
  • Will be making tri and bi fold version
    • need to test
    • Probably cheaper
  • Rivets easier for a class to do
  • Possibly do pint or can coozies
• Cliff
  • Order Nametags off amazon
  • Toilet Paper
• Meat your Maker July 20th - Ready to Push out
  • Members only pizza night
  • Social gathering
  • 6-8pm
• Claudio and Ben building Woodworking Table in July
  • Brandon / Danny will help
  • Ed will do general woodworking class in the fall
• Woodworking table based around powermatic
  • new motor ~160
  • other materials is 400-500
• Need new angle grinder and cutoff valve
  • Cutoff tool claudio will checking on warranty
• Ed will look into pricing a joiner
• Need to purchase tablesaw blades
• July 15th ~930am
  • Cliff will do can recycling run
• Bar Height Stools
  • Ikea metal stools?
• Buy some filament from Bluff City
• Possible event: “junkyard wars”
  • couple of teams build something out of stuff from the catacombs
• Alec follow up with FPV night