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** Create safety documents.  
** Create safety documents.  
** Tristan posted a link to [https://www.osha.gov/laser-hazards OSHA's Laser Hazards page].
** Tristan posted a link to [https://www.osha.gov/laser-hazards OSHA's Laser Hazards page].
** Kevin has [https://miskellanie.blogspot.com/2015/09/adventures-in-laser-cutting.html old notes from MLK Library Fab Lab training / certification]
** Get information on goggles: What to buy, where to buy, etc.
** Get information on goggles: What to buy, where to buy, etc.
** See also and '''ADD TO / IMPROVE''':
*** [[Cheap_Chinese_Laser|Cheap Chinese Laser]]
*** [[Laser_Cutter_Settings|Laser Cutter Settings]]


== New Business ==
== New Business ==
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** Tentative slate: Obi for President, Tristan for Treasurer, Draft Phil Shapiro for.. At-Large?, Matt may also do At-Large
** Tentative slate: Obi for President, Tristan for Treasurer, Draft Phil Shapiro for.. At-Large?, Matt may also do At-Large
*** Michelle will reach out to Phil
*** Michelle will reach out to Phil
* HacDC automated phone service not working? Again? According to a visitor on Jan 5 Visitors' Night, the phone menu is still there, but no longer rings the space, and somewhere else in the tree it says the space has been "closed since March" (year unspecified).
* Reach out to the wider hackerspace community for better training,  
* Reach out to the wider hackerspace community for better training,  
** [https://www.nationofmakers.us/ Nation of Makers]
** [https://www.nationofmakers.us/ Nation of Makers]
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** Combine Web Scraping and Machine Learning classes
** Combine Web Scraping and Machine Learning classes
* Use Discord more.
* Use Discord more.
* HacDC automated phone service not working? Again? According to a visitor on Jan 5 Visitors' Night, the phone menu is still there, but no longer rings the space, and somewhere else in the tree it says the space has been "closed since March" (year unspecified). Revert to a regular phone.


== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
== [[:Category:Project_Awesome|Project Awesome]] Reports ==
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== Adjournment ==
== Adjournment ==
Adjourned by at ??? by ???
Adjourned by at 8:46 by Michelle

Latest revision as of 02:02, 11 January 2023


Time and Location

Date
Called to order at 19:40 pm by ???
Members present: Tristan, Gabe, Kevin, Matt, Michelle
Members remote:
Others present: Si, Michael Wang, Calli
Quorum
Quorum met? Yes

Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes

Approved.

Recognition

  • Gabe for fixing the old server (jobs / renderman)
  • Obi for filling in last month
  • Tristan for addin a new course (Nix)

New Members

  • Calli

Old Business

New Business

  • Elections
    • Michelle is stepping down as president at the end of her term. (Building a house, doing more bio research with John Hopkins, etc.)
    • Matt's third year as treasurer is up.
    • Kevin reluctant to be on the board again, but could do Secretary if push comes to shove.
    • Tentative slate: Obi for President, Tristan for Treasurer, Draft Phil Shapiro for.. At-Large?, Matt may also do At-Large
      • Michelle will reach out to Phil
  • Reach out to the wider hackerspace community for better training,
    • Nation of Makers
      • Dorothy Jones-Davis has stepped down as Executive Director at Nation of Makers
      • $350 per year membership
  • Chris Knight and Daniel Aaron are interested in cyber-security / Capture the Flag etc, on the server Chris is bringing to life.
  • Possible one-off courses.
    • Calli offering to run a small series on web scraping/indexing, or perhaps user experience design.
    • Tristan talking about Capture the Flag and/or FreeCAD class.
    • Combine Web Scraping and Machine Learning classes
  • Use Discord more.
  • HacDC automated phone service not working? Again? According to a visitor on Jan 5 Visitors' Night, the phone menu is still there, but no longer rings the space, and somewhere else in the tree it says the space has been "closed since March" (year unspecified). Revert to a regular phone.

Project Awesome Reports

Project SUPPLIES - ???

Project EXPANSION - ???

Project HAMRADIO - ???

Project Electron Microscope (SEM) - ???

Project Media Outreach - ???

Project IT Infrastructure - ???

Member Reports

Director Reports (Governance related stuff)

President's Report

Vice President's Report

Treasurer's Report

  • When Coinbase hits $400 we're pulling the money out of that. $458.00 at present.
  • Jeffrey Dahn gave $15
  • Changing the reporting schedule from "meeting-to-meeting" to "1st-of-month-to-1st-of-month". This means the current report is a few days short.
  • In cooperation with MoCo Makers / DMV Petri Dish, money was won at the Hack for NF - Children's Tumor Foundation, some of which was donated (we think) to HacDC.

Secretary's Report

Director-at-Large Reports

Gabe

John

Adjournment

Adjourned by at 8:46 by Michelle