Regular Member Meeting 2013 08 13
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Time and Location
- August 13, 2013
- Called to order at ___ by ___.
- Members present:
- Others present:
- Quorum?
- Quorum met?
Approval of Previous Meeting's Minutes
Regular Member Meeting 2013 07 09
Recognition
- Alberto - for running a classy class and giving the kitbuild tools a maiden voyage, and for tackling the WP autoupgrade bugs.
- Dan B & Mirage - for getting the laser up and running, and training people to use it.
- David W - for helping the church guard out by giving him a laptop and hopefully for having fixed it by this meeting.
- Sean N - 1) for successfully forking and merging his genetic code 2) for getting a bunch of us on retroshare
- ITG and Shawn S - for spearheading the next cryptoparty organization
Director Reports
President's Report
Vice President's Report
- working on the de-datacenter machine. got harddrives, need to install them.
- tvb dongle SDR is running at work with gqrx
- website performance is getting better
- planning for wired network inside the space
Treasurer's Report
Here is the financial summary spreadsheet for July 2013: File:HacDC Financials 2013 07.pdf. We gained David Pietrocola as a new member (voted in last month), and prospective members Jeffery Herrity and Robert Ryan-Silva have already started paying dues. Jason Fox and Chris Danicic were voted in as members last month but have yet to pay dues; four other members are delinquent on dues. Graham C., Timothy R., and Nicolas J. (Loki) left. Six people (members and non-members) made non-dues donations.
Project Awesome
Since we only had a surplus of $109.64, I am adding that entire amount to our reserves and declining to declare a Project Awesome dividend for the month of July. Here is the Project Awesome spreadsheet for July: File:HacDC PA Projects-2013 07.pdf. There are currently 15 votes.
Secretary's Report
Nothing to report.
Director-at-Large Reports
Shawn Nock
Rubin
Project Awesome Reports
Project LASER
Project BYZANTIUM
Project KITBUILD
Project SUPPLIES
Total expenditure: ~$120
Replenishment
- PLA filament.
- Copper clad board.
- Spare PCB milling bit.
Expansion
- PLA polishing solvent for silky smooth parts.
- Solder paste.
Unaccounted
- Light bulbs for HacDC DIY projector. Not charging to SUPPLIES unless other HacDC members agree they should be.
- IGBT Modules. We may get 3 of these for $3 each. Usual price is $100 each. Credit to Dan Barlow for the find.
Future
- Building up organized list on the wiki. Please feel free to edit. See: http://wiki.hacdc.org/index.php/Category:PA_SUPPLIES
Requests for Commentary
- Large plastic buckets. Are these within the PA_SUPPLIES project scope? If so, cleanup efforts need them urgently.
Project SPACECAM
Member Reports
mirage335
Projector
HacDC needs a new projector, ideally 1080p and >5k lumens output.
- DIY is a well-trodden path. Estimate cost around $300 and three weeks, size at 1000mm*515mm*300mm (36"*21"*12") with an 80% chance of high-performance under budget and time. Any unused optics would become core tools in our growing optical lab.
- Commercial-off-the-shelf costs $1500.
- Either way, funding is needed.
DIY
So far, technical design is by me, labor by haxwithaxe, oversight by Dan Barlow.
Progress
- Successful projection with stage light, LCD, and overhead projector lenses.
- Complete light path calculation spreadsheet for redesign.
- Basic optics experiments. Minimum beam expansion with non-laser source and Fresnel lens stacking.
- Prototyping frame (excessively large for future-proofing).
Equipment Requests
A high-power visible spectrum (ie. Ar/Kr) laser would trivialize this project.
Wiki
Most of our expensive equipment is now listed in at Category:Equipment with pictures. Might be wise to link that to the front page.
Dehumidifier
Bought, working, and draining to the outside. Steam pipe opening sealed. (cut on 3 sides to enter, tape afterwards)
- Is it sufficient?
Old Business
New Business
New Members
Adjournment
Adjourned at ___.