Regular Member Meeting 2023 12 12

Time and Location

Date 2023-12-12

Called to order at 7:36 pm by Obioma

Members present: Christopher

Members remote: Callie, Obioma, Aure

Others present: Michael Knight, Oleksii, Curtis

Quorum

Quorum met? Yes, 5/4

Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes

By Obioma and Callie

Recognition

Aure brought in cable sheaths and small parts bins; also launched a Raspberry Pi.
Oby repaired our classroom printers.
Chris brought in spare PLA, and a couple Ubiquiti routers.
Callie rearranged near the back wall and basement, also unearthed and then broke the iMac.

New Members

Old Business

YouTube account is up!
LAN party is going
Optical Table is clear
IIIP printer uses 1.75mm PLA
Ultimaker has retooling supplies

New Business

Aure: Add LEDs on all the shelves upstairs, programmable and can add animations
Chris: Router and switch

 * enable 2fa on router, can assign admins accounts and remote access
 * made a 'HacDC Member' network (VLAN) so our VMs and apps can be more secure
 * Aure added a UPS for router

Programming for new year

 * Monday: Open Project Night
 * 3d printing / microcontroller / courses
 * "Rebuild HacDC.org"
 * Oleksii's PCB manufacturing classes in MoCo Makers
   * Breadboard prototyping
   * Equipment concerns for home manufacturing, Oleksii has been seeking a larger group
   * Aure and Callie had gone to a couple classes
   * Aure could use some breadboard help on the LED build
   * Idea of making a Raspberry Pi hat, perhaps using neopixels
 * AI group
 * Robotics group
 * Speaker series
   * Keep using speaker spreadsheet
 * "Occupancy sensor" as more of a discord / google groups alert.

Aure recommends adding sound insulation to the server room door.

Member Reports

Director Reports (Governance related stuff)

President's Report

Vice President's Report

Treasurer's Report

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1kUVLk-W-ucot2dKl6sHOHRT6G7WfO2aNcLfJzJNJKCo/edit?usp=sharing

Place a sign saying a "suggested donation" in the space.
Charge admission for some classes (as in https://www.hive76.org/membership/ )
Make additional membership plans ( https://www.hive76.org/membership/ )
Search for sponsors or grants as a plan B
Church is going to be redoing the lease pricing in the new year (mainly common spaces)

Secretary's Report

Upcoming "Rebuild HacDC.org" schedule on meetup.com; proposed language:

``` A number of issues are occurring on hacdc.org and wiki.hacdc.org; this is a large problem for a group of coding engineers, and a large shame-on-me as a board member.

As 2024 begins, our group should be ready to launch a new and much-upgraded copy of our dear online domain. This is a large challenge though; heed the dangers. Our old pages from WordPress need to be publicly backed up and screened for republication. Many images need to be dug up from the linux box running our wiki, where they're no longer rendering. Our graphic designs should include a bunch of room to expand our operations, including a means of bringing the cherished occupancy sensor back online.

Plus, hardly anyone has seen the hackerspace in the morning sun. Rise and shine. ```

Director-at-Large Reports

Michelle

Don / Brian

Adjournment

Adjourned by at 8:10 by Obioma

Quick hello by Michael, going to see when he can come by the space.