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== Time and Location == | == Time and Location == | ||
:Date: | :Date: December 8th, 2020 | ||
:Called to order at 7: | :Called to order at 7:40 pm by Karen | ||
:Members present: (7) Karen, Ken, Luis, Matt, Ken, Tayeb, Kevin | :Members present: (7) Karen, Ken, Luis, Matt, Ken, Tayeb, Kevin | ||
:Members remote: None | :Members remote: None | ||
:Others present: | :Others present: Gabriel Altay | ||
:[[Quorum]] | :[[Quorum]] | ||
:: Quorum met? Yes | :: Quorum met? Yes | ||
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== New Members == | == New Members == | ||
Gabriel Altay -- looking to become a new member, a lot of interaction with the wikimedia community and could think of projects relating | |||
Karen to add a keycode for Gabriel | |||
== Old Business == | == Old Business == | ||
* Tayeb: Keep Meetup updated (members meeting) | * Tayeb: Keep Meetup updated (members meeting) | ||
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* Ken: We should capitalize on the outreach efforts we have made -- reach out to Dorothy at the Nation of Makers, Ken to send email to reach out | * Ken: We should capitalize on the outreach efforts we have made -- reach out to Dorothy at the Nation of Makers, Ken to send email to reach out | ||
Karen to follow up this month -- send email to Dorothy after we discuss a plan internally | |||
Discussion to first run an internal robotics course/Python course weekly at HacDC and then follow up with NoM after a trial run | |||
Gabriel discusses virtual environments for understanding robotics -- gives you the state of the environment: https://gym.openai.com/envs/#mujoco | |||
Action item: Ken, Kevin, Tayeb to meet in the month of December to block out rough plans to enable HacDC to run robotics classes -- let Obi know as well | |||
* Kevin: Is there a possibility of making the servers available to HacDC members? Tayeb volunteers himself to try initial setup of the servers sometime in the month of December! Reach out to Ethan Waldo | |||
Tayeb to follow up this Sunday December 13th to start server set up | |||
== New Business == | |||
== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports == | == [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports == | ||
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=== Treasurer's Report === | === Treasurer's Report === | ||
Financial Report: | Financial Report: | ||
Current Balance -- $ | Current Balance -- $5636 | ||
We currently have 16 paying members, $870 from dues and an additional $370 from donations. Rent is $732 for September, total expenses are $793 | We currently have 16 paying members, $870 from dues and an additional $370 from donations. Rent is $732 for September, total expenses are $793 | ||
HacDC Amateur Radio Club to itemize the costs of their equipment to add to the insurance -- Matt: Someone from the Ham Radio Club to talk to him so that the insurance can be updated | HacDC Amateur Radio Club to itemize the costs of their equipment to add to the insurance, John has taken first steps -- Matt: Someone from the Ham Radio Club to talk to him so that the insurance can be updated | ||
Karen to send Matt the email of a member who may be falling off the membership rolls | Karen to send Matt the email of a member who may be falling off the membership rolls | ||
Latest revision as of 01:40, 9 December 2020
Time and Location
- Date: December 8th, 2020
- Called to order at 7:40 pm by Karen
- Members present: (7) Karen, Ken, Luis, Matt, Ken, Tayeb, Kevin
- Members remote: None
- Others present: Gabriel Altay
- Quorum
- Quorum met? Yes
Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes
Approved
Recognition
New Members
Gabriel Altay -- looking to become a new member, a lot of interaction with the wikimedia community and could think of projects relating Karen to add a keycode for Gabriel
Old Business
- Tayeb: Keep Meetup updated (members meeting)
- Laptop distribution and acquisition to DCPS (could use some of the space in the church for an event if we need) invite people to come to us to donate and help -- possibly install Raspberry Pi OS. Reach out to Mike -- does he know of any organization that we could connect with, who is doing pods? Raspberry Pi 400? Look into this for seeing if possible to acquire -- Action item email for Mike to be written by Tayeb
- Tayeb: Adding software synthesizer meetup in mid-December
- John: Time of year to talk to Mike about the future years rent situation -- should we reach out to Mike or wait for him to reach out to us?
- Ken: We should capitalize on the outreach efforts we have made -- reach out to Dorothy at the Nation of Makers, Ken to send email to reach out
Karen to follow up this month -- send email to Dorothy after we discuss a plan internally Discussion to first run an internal robotics course/Python course weekly at HacDC and then follow up with NoM after a trial run Gabriel discusses virtual environments for understanding robotics -- gives you the state of the environment: https://gym.openai.com/envs/#mujoco Action item: Ken, Kevin, Tayeb to meet in the month of December to block out rough plans to enable HacDC to run robotics classes -- let Obi know as well
- Kevin: Is there a possibility of making the servers available to HacDC members? Tayeb volunteers himself to try initial setup of the servers sometime in the month of December! Reach out to Ethan Waldo
Tayeb to follow up this Sunday December 13th to start server set up
New Business
Project Awesome Reports
Project HAMRADIO - Jeff
Project Electron Microscope (SEM)
Member Reports
President's Report
Vice President's Report
Treasurer's Report
Financial Report: Current Balance -- $5636 We currently have 16 paying members, $870 from dues and an additional $370 from donations. Rent is $732 for September, total expenses are $793
HacDC Amateur Radio Club to itemize the costs of their equipment to add to the insurance, John has taken first steps -- Matt: Someone from the Ham Radio Club to talk to him so that the insurance can be updated Karen to send Matt the email of a member who may be falling off the membership rolls
Secretary's Report
Director-at-Large Reports
Adjournment
Adjourned by at 20:38 by Karen