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== Time and Location ==  
== Time and Location ==  
:Date
:Date May 8, 2018
:Called to order at 7:45 pm by Karen
:Called to order at 7:45 pm by Karen
:Members present: Tayeb, Kevin, Bobby, Cliff, Tom, Ken, Karen
:Members present: Tayeb, Kevin, Bobby, Cliff, Tom, Ken, Karen

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Time and Location

Date May 8, 2018
Called to order at 7:45 pm by Karen
Members present: Tayeb, Kevin, Bobby, Cliff, Tom, Ken, Karen
Members remote: Julia
Others present:
Quorum 7
Quorum met? Yes

Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes

Recognition

New Members

Old Business

New Business

Capitol Hill Maker Faire

  • Call participants: Trey, Tom, Ken and Kevin
  • Faire Date: June 12
  • Faire Time: 9:00 AM - 8:00 PM
    • 9:00 - 3:00 = Panels
    • 5:00 - 8:00 = Faire / exhibits
  • Faire Place: Rayburn Building
    • Indoors. Table and power provided
    • Trey is gathering a list of acceptable materials
  • Faire Target audience:
    • 1/5 (?) congressional representatives
    • 1/3 (?) funding agencies: (NSF, NIH, IMLF, etc.)
    • General public
  • 100 tickets to the panel sessions
  • Decide by 2018.05.09 (after member's meeting) but can be revised later:
    • List of projects
    • Point of contact
    • Materials being brought in
    • Table should include info (brochures, fliers, posters, video), at least one "participatory" demo, other projects
    • Soldering / desoldering probably allowed. Trey is checking
  • Previous faires in 2015 and 2016. None last year.
  • In cooperation with Nation of Makers
  • Trey is (was?) a biologist who got into the educational aspects of making / hacking. He and Dorothy (Nation of Makers) largely responsible for the first DC Mini Maker Faire down at the Waterfront a few years ago.
  • Congressional Maker Caucus is composed of "about 20" Congress-things, and is "very bipartisan"

Project Awesome Reports

Project SUPPLIES - Mirage

Project EXPANSION - Mirage

Project HAMRADIO - Jeff

Project Electron Microscope (SEM) - Julia

Project Optical Table Robot (OTR) - Julia

Project CRISPR -Enrique

- Report and updates

Project SpaceBlimp -Enrique

- Report and updates

Project Media Outreach - Matt

Project IT Infrastructure - Tom

Member Reports

Director Reports (Governance related stuff)

President's Report

Vice President's Report

Treasurer's Report

Secretary's Report

Director-at-Large Reports

Kevin

Ken

Adjournment

Adjourned by at xxx by xxx