Meeting notes 2011-11-18

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Attendance

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Finances

Current Funds: ~$2400 after paying rent
Current # Paying Members: 34
"1(?) Probationary member that comes out of prob in a week or 2? I think his name was chris?" - Claudio
Please donate for events, join in and participate in events.

LAN Party
- Talked about Minecraft Tournament and winners. Showed picture of my trophy (http://i.imgur.com/YlQ2A.jpg) and explained how Dan used Sonny's laser to etch them.
- Everyone was pleased with the turn out.
Artist Involvement
- We want to stir up activity of the artistic individuals in the group. It would be nice to provide them with a little more benefit from the group as well.
- Next artist meeting: 11/9, 6:30pm-7:30pm at the space
Skydog Con
- November 4th - 6th in Nashville
- We have a booth (Showed pic from con: http://i.imgur.com/EjHdB.jpg)
- Explained that we are doing 3D printer demonstrations
- Sonny will be giving a presentation, and Dan & Claudio are there as well.
RepRap Build Off
- Possible build off of several repraps by means of a bulk order
- Hope to do so in Nashville, sometime after Skydog Con
Events Poll
- http://www.midsouthmakers.org/potential-events-poll/
  - HAM Radio class 8 32%
  - Bath Salts and Balms gift class 6 24%
  - Soldering: Boarduino (again) 8 32
  - Intro to the Linux Shell - Screen and Irssi 8 32%
  - Simple Website creation / Design / Marketing 7 28%
  - Printed Circuit Board Fabrication / Etching 18 72%
  - OpenVZ Virtual Machines - Linux Usage 7 28%
  - Cisco II Class 9 36%
  - Welding Class 15 60%
  - Analog Photography class 8 32%

Group Information

Project Discussion

What is everyone up to?
Home brew beer is available please consider helping out with costs of the next batch of ingredients.

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