Regular Member Meeting 2023 10 10

Time and Location

Date

Called to order at 7:37 pm by Obioma

Members present:

Members remote: Calliope Kyle Obi Marshall Gabriel Bobby

Others present:

Quorum

Quorum met? Yes! 6 / 21 members.

Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes

Minutes approved.

Recognition

Callie - Don - Kyle - Chris

hauling the laser cutter and repairing network, ahead of LAN party.

New Members

Kyle: Background in electrical and mechanical engineering - helping his building manage keyfobs refitting an RV Acoustics and oscilloscope art; San Diego comic-con this year, and DC Bike Party mods.

Approved by board, can pick up key Sunday or Monday.

Old Business

• Schedule Movie night
• Speaker sessions

 * Once a month, ease up on scheduling pressure.

• Phil has withdrawn his membership, so no more printer plans.
• Either move soldering desk or build a second one in basement

 * less-used electrical gear: oscilloscopes and cameras

• electricity problems

 * Don rearranged, isolated the HAM radio on the back wall circuit.
 * Rack is on the sink wall

• HacDC is on circuit breaker #20

 * box is in same hall as bathrooms
 * Gabe can bring in additional circuitbreakers

• Chris ran another solid LAN party!

 * Ran parsec and paperspace
 * On paperspace you need permission to run their high-end GPUs
   * Usually a 14-day delay

• YouTube channel

 * Unable to access old / sign up again
 * Can proceed in livestreams on a per-speaker basis.

New Business

Treasurer's report August lease - $900; needs to be applied Members: 21 -> 22

No longer need to replace boiler - some mechanics are able to make repairs. Parking rehab: likely replacing sidewalks & front-entrance stairs.

Tayeb came back on Monday. Movie night:

 * Gabe: the creator
 * Place recommendations in Discord

• check among church mgmt: can our group help clean solar panels?

Adjournment

8:03 pm: Adjourned by Obioma, seconded by Gabriel