TinkerMill: The Longmont Hackerspace meeting

Sept. 3rd Meeting Agenda

No more boring meetings. Interaction isn't just wanted, it's needed. We need more give and take in these meetings.

Speak up! Step up! Start something!

Dues

for Sept. are due now. Jeff to track.checks or cash in the dues box on the desk in back. Credit cards via Jeff or Scott. Autopay via your billpay system is encourage (Jeff to provide details).

Founders

: Please pay your pledges or get with/email Scott on how you'll be taking care of it.

Membership

report.

Lessons

Learned: Forges can explode, by Lee.

(video)

NoCo Makerfaire

projects. Updates on existing projects. New ones?

NASA

robotic challenge...work with SVVSD? (Steve, update?)

Flour Mill planning

group: Rubber meets the road: Sign up now if you want to be involved. See Scott after the meeting for more info on what's involved.

Work Stations

: TEXTILES: up.

What other workstations do we need to create?

-Soldering-Electronics-Small tools-3D printing -Textiles-Laser Cutter

-Other? What do we need?).

Classes

: (Dav and Trent) At least one per week (every Saturday), more are better. Start with basics: Soldering (who will teach it? What do we need?). 3D Printing basics. (Who will teach it? What do we need?). Intro to Arduino (who will teach it? What do we need?)

SparkFun educational resources: https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials

Let's go over this list of Sparkfun Tutorials and decide which ones we should start with as classes.

What sparkfun stuff should we buy for projects (Lindsay to give us an overview on what's possible).

Remember: ANYONE can teach a class on anything. The do not need to be members. Do you know anyone that can teach an interesting class? Can you ask them if they'd be interested in doing that at TinkerMill?

Thursday FoF meeting

at TinkerMill.

Friday Game night

(Poker, munchin, board games, ping pong smack down).

Saturday: Open house and Classes

What did we decide we'd do? (Hopefully someone with the initial L.L. will be available). If anyone has a BBQ, bring it and let's set it up outside the back door.

After the meeting: A short class on

electronics and textiles

by Lindsay (mabye).