Regular Member Meeting 2022 07 12

Time and Location

Date Tue 12 Jul 2022

Called to order at 7:35 pm by Michelle

Members present: Michelle, John, Matt, Gabe, Oby, Kevin, Bobby

Members remote: (none)

Others present: Fernand Gouveia

Quorum

Quorum met? YES

Recognition

• Gabe for getting free complementary admission for HacDC people to the 9th Annual Official Cyber Security Summit (Thursday July 28th, 2022) and a $500 donation to HacDC from the summit organizers.

Old Business

• The Persistence of Vision (POV) Bike Light Project event scheduled for the last weekend in July has been canceled due to a change in the schedule of the organizer, Tayeb, who is leaving the DC area. However, if anyone wants to take up the mantle, requisite steps outlined by Tayeb are:
  • determine if parts and supplies are available online (See https://lab64.stanford.edu/bike-light-pov)
  • reach out to DC Bike Party and/or other groups and add to Facebook, Twitter, Blabber, etc.
  • ensure that participants bring/buy their own supplies beforehand
• Inventory Refinement - Spring Cleaning 2022 --
  • "Retain, Redistribute, or Recycle?" survey - a work-in-progress.
  • Basement water issues are not critical at this point.
• Mail in workroom - Matt and Michelle discussed regular mail pickup and have worked out a schedule between them. Tentatively, second and forth Monday pickup from the office, and drop at the space. John is also offering to check the mail once a week.
• 3D printers - The server is now up-to-date with installed software, but not yet configured to work with the printers currently in the space. Tayeb and Matt previously worked configuration settings that need to be incorporated into the server software. Kevin and Matt will schedule a meeting at the space to do that. Gabe and Bobby have expressed interest in being there for that as well. (Best to keep the gathering small, at this point.)
  • Offer OctoPrint as the new default standard for printing, as it is friendlier to newcomers.
  • Keep Printrun available for advanced users. And, because it has code contributions from HacDC members accepted into the official published code
  • Bobby is offering to write new documentation...
  • Matt recommends weather-proof containers, NinjaFlex, "dessicant powder" (moisture reducing), etc. He had an estimate of $300 (The Container Store, ...) and now has official approval to purchase.
• Matt brought filters and dropped them off in the space.

New Business

• Mesh Networking Project - Michelle met with professor who also runs a "university makerspace" at Univ Maryland Baltimore County and partnered with Project Waves via NSF grant to put up mesh networking in low-income neighborhoods; would like similar partnership going for HacDC even if just an MVP that is funded; will talk with HAM Radio Club about more next week & any interested parties now
• The Official Cyber Security Summit - on July 28, 2022; working with them promotionally to get free tickets plus donation (Gabe); will send emails Today and July 20, 2022 to our members
• [email protected] email list - any BOD member who wants notifications of financials we can add you here
• Financial & Mail Automation - working en tandem with Matt once a month to start tracking financials automatically in organized (and visualized format) for BOD in something like AirTable with Napier
• Web Hosting Payment - Kevin will update on status of this
• Machine Learning Classes (oo-oo-oo!) - Oby might have something to share here

Adjournment

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