Well now, I think last night's meeting was the start of something good!
- Tyler offered the Big Idea Lab as a "home base" for BHS to meet on a
regular basis (when no other scheduled events are occurring). We should
have a small amount of storage space, and as long as we clean up after
ourselves we should be able to keep a limited amount of gear there. I plan
on bringing soldering equipment, breadboards, wire, various components
(resistors, capacitors, etc.), and an o-scope.
- Paul showed us a thing or two about constant flow stripper stills, and we
tossed around the idea of a vertical shaker-bed design for a barley malting
facility.
- At this point we have chosen to meet weekly, every Friday at 6pm. The
idea is that we have a regularly scheduled weekly meeting and BHS members
can simply show up, work on their projects, and/or check out what other BHS
members are doing. The key elements to a successful BHS group are 1) a
stable space to meet, store gear, and work on projects, 2) consistent
meeting times, 3) social comradery 4) membership critical mass that
guarantees there is always at least a few BHS members attending every
meeting - I think we've got at least 2 out of 4 so far.
- The BIL is a secure space. Someone who is local and is available to
commit to door duty will need to take the reigns manning the door at the
start of each meeting... or we need to play hot potato with the key card.
- We have a decent space now, so let's start marketing BHS! Think of ways
to get the word out. There are plenty of electronics students starting fall
quarter at the college... anyone know the prof?
- Website; Tril has confirmed that hack.bellingham.wa.us is available and
he can snag it for free. I also checked the "standard" TLD options and
hackbham.com/net/org are all available, so I snagged them and set up
WordPress. We will need people to post entries and work the wikis, let me
know if you're interested and I'll forward credentials to you. The primary
thing I need is more information for the two wikis I've created; "The
Group" and "The Space". Authors welcome!
- "Hack Bellingham" - Admittedly I'm kind of just taking the reigns on this
one and running with it, but as we discussed at the meeting, a space is
important but it's the people that matter the most. To that end, I'm just
running with the "Hack Bellingham" motif and downplaying the "space" part
of the BHS concept. Anyone with any thoughts one way or the other, please
share!
- What to bring to meetings; 1) something to work on/share, 2) a positive
enthusiastic attitude for what you/others are doing
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 9:23 AM, ThatGuy <ishm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well now, I think last night's meeting was the start of something good!
> - Tyler offered the Big Idea Lab as a "home base" for BHS to meet on a
> regular basis (when no other scheduled events are occurring). We should have
> a small amount of storage space, and as long as we clean up after ourselves
> we should be able to keep a limited amount of gear there. I plan on bringing
> soldering equipment, breadboards, wire, various components (resistors,
> capacitors, etc.), and an o-scope.
> - Paul showed us a thing or two about constant flow stripper stills, and we
> tossed around the idea of a vertical shaker-bed design for a barley malting
> facility.
> - At this point we have chosen to meet weekly, every Friday at 6pm. The idea
> is that we have a regularly scheduled weekly meeting and BHS members can
> simply show up, work on their projects, and/or check out what other BHS
> members are doing. The key elements to a successful BHS group are 1) a
> stable space to meet, store gear, and work on projects, 2) consistent
> meeting times, 3) social comradery 4) membership critical mass that
> guarantees there is always at least a few BHS members attending every
> meeting - I think we've got at least 2 out of 4 so far.
> - The BIL is a secure space. Someone who is local and is available to commit
> to door duty will need to take the reigns manning the door at the start of
> each meeting... or we need to play hot potato with the key card.
> - We have a decent space now, so let's start marketing BHS! Think of ways to
> get the word out. There are plenty of electronics students starting fall
> quarter at the college... anyone know the prof?
> - Website; Tril has confirmed that hack.bellingham.wa.us is available and he
> can snag it for free. I also checked the "standard" TLD options and
> hackbham.com/net/org are all available, so I snagged them and set up
> WordPress. We will need people to post entries and work the wikis, let me
> know if you're interested and I'll forward credentials to you. The primary
> thing I need is more information for the two wikis I've created; "The Group"
> and "The Space". Authors welcome!
> - "Hack Bellingham" - Admittedly I'm kind of just taking the reigns on this
> one and running with it, but as we discussed at the meeting, a space is
> important but it's the people that matter the most. To that end, I'm just
> running with the "Hack Bellingham" motif and downplaying the "space" part of
> the BHS concept. Anyone with any thoughts one way or the other, please
> share!
> - What to bring to meetings; 1) something to work on/share, 2) a positive
> enthusiastic attitude for what you/others are doing
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sorry i didnt make it. I got switched to night shift and fri was my first night on. so it will be 3 more weeks before i have a friday off. but i will see you then.
On Saturday, September 29, 2012 9:23:15 AM UTC-7, amal wrote:
> Well now, I think last night's meeting was the start of something good!
> - Tyler offered the Big Idea Lab as a "home base" for BHS to meet on a > regular basis (when no other scheduled events are occurring). We should > have a small amount of storage space, and as long as we clean up after > ourselves we should be able to keep a limited amount of gear there. I plan > on bringing soldering equipment, breadboards, wire, various components > (resistors, capacitors, etc.), and an o-scope.
> - Paul showed us a thing or two about constant flow stripper stills, and > we tossed around the idea of a vertical shaker-bed design for a barley > malting facility.
> - At this point we have chosen to meet weekly, every Friday at 6pm. The > idea is that we have a regularly scheduled weekly meeting and BHS members > can simply show up, work on their projects, and/or check out what other BHS > members are doing. The key elements to a successful BHS group are 1) a > stable space to meet, store gear, and work on projects, 2) consistent > meeting times, 3) social comradery 4) membership critical mass that > guarantees there is always at least a few BHS members attending every > meeting - I think we've got at least 2 out of 4 so far.
> - The BIL is a secure space. Someone who is local and is available to > commit to door duty will need to take the reigns manning the door at the > start of each meeting... or we need to play hot potato with the key card.
> - We have a decent space now, so let's start marketing BHS! Think of ways > to get the word out. There are plenty of electronics students starting fall > quarter at the college... anyone know the prof?
> - Website; Tril has confirmed that hack.bellingham.wa.us is available and > he can snag it for free. I also checked the "standard" TLD options and > hackbham.com/net/org are all available, so I snagged them and set up > WordPress. We will need people to post entries and work the wikis, let me > know if you're interested and I'll forward credentials to you. The primary > thing I need is more information for the two wikis I've created; "The > Group" and "The Space". Authors welcome!
> - "Hack Bellingham" - Admittedly I'm kind of just taking the reigns on > this one and running with it, but as we discussed at the meeting, a space > is important but it's the people that matter the most. To that end, I'm > just running with the "Hack Bellingham" motif and downplaying the "space" > part of the BHS concept. Anyone with any thoughts one way or the other, > please share!
> - What to bring to meetings; 1) something to work on/share, 2) a positive > enthusiastic attitude for what you/others are doing
Ok, so next week's meeting is still Friday the 5th at 6pm, but I put a poll
up on hackbham.com (at the bottom of the home page). Vote for your top 2
days and we'll see what shakes out for the week of the 8th-12th.
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 3:52 PM, rbisping <wizzman6...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> sorry i didnt make it. I got switched to night shift and fri was my first
> night on. so it will be 3 more weeks before i have a friday off. but i will
> see you then.
> On Saturday, September 29, 2012 9:23:15 AM UTC-7, amal wrote:
>> Well now, I think last night's meeting was the start of something good!
>> - Tyler offered the Big Idea Lab as a "home base" for BHS to meet on a
>> regular basis (when no other scheduled events are occurring). We should
>> have a small amount of storage space, and as long as we clean up after
>> ourselves we should be able to keep a limited amount of gear there. I plan
>> on bringing soldering equipment, breadboards, wire, various components
>> (resistors, capacitors, etc.), and an o-scope.
>> - Paul showed us a thing or two about constant flow stripper stills, and
>> we tossed around the idea of a vertical shaker-bed design for a barley
>> malting facility.
>> - At this point we have chosen to meet weekly, every Friday at 6pm. The
>> idea is that we have a regularly scheduled weekly meeting and BHS members
>> can simply show up, work on their projects, and/or check out what other BHS
>> members are doing. The key elements to a successful BHS group are 1) a
>> stable space to meet, store gear, and work on projects, 2) consistent
>> meeting times, 3) social comradery 4) membership critical mass that
>> guarantees there is always at least a few BHS members attending every
>> meeting - I think we've got at least 2 out of 4 so far.
>> - The BIL is a secure space. Someone who is local and is available to
>> commit to door duty will need to take the reigns manning the door at the
>> start of each meeting... or we need to play hot potato with the key card.
>> - We have a decent space now, so let's start marketing BHS! Think of ways
>> to get the word out. There are plenty of electronics students starting fall
>> quarter at the college... anyone know the prof?
>> - Website; Tril has confirmed that hack.bellingham.wa.us is available
>> and he can snag it for free. I also checked the "standard" TLD options and
>> hackbham.com/net/org are all available, so I snagged them and set up
>> WordPress. We will need people to post entries and work the wikis, let me
>> know if you're interested and I'll forward credentials to you. The primary
>> thing I need is more information for the two wikis I've created; "The
>> Group" and "The Space". Authors welcome!
>> - "Hack Bellingham" - Admittedly I'm kind of just taking the reigns on
>> this one and running with it, but as we discussed at the meeting, a space
>> is important but it's the people that matter the most. To that end, I'm
>> just running with the "Hack Bellingham" motif and downplaying the "space"
>> part of the BHS concept. Anyone with any thoughts one way or the other,
>> please share!
>> - What to bring to meetings; 1) something to work on/share, 2) a positive
>> enthusiastic attitude for what you/others are doing
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On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 9:23 AM, ThatGuy <ishm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Well now, I think last night's meeting was the start of something good!
> - Tyler offered the Big Idea Lab as a "home base" for BHS to meet on a
> regular basis (when no other scheduled events are occurring). We should
> have a small amount of storage space, and as long as we clean up after
> ourselves we should be able to keep a limited amount of gear there. I plan
> on bringing soldering equipment, breadboards, wire, various components
> (resistors, capacitors, etc.), and an o-scope.
> - Paul showed us a thing or two about constant flow stripper stills, and
> we tossed around the idea of a vertical shaker-bed design for a barley
> malting facility.
> - At this point we have chosen to meet weekly, every Friday at 6pm. The
> idea is that we have a regularly scheduled weekly meeting and BHS members
> can simply show up, work on their projects, and/or check out what other BHS
> members are doing. The key elements to a successful BHS group are 1) a
> stable space to meet, store gear, and work on projects, 2) consistent
> meeting times, 3) social comradery 4) membership critical mass that
> guarantees there is always at least a few BHS members attending every
> meeting - I think we've got at least 2 out of 4 so far.
> - The BIL is a secure space. Someone who is local and is available to
> commit to door duty will need to take the reigns manning the door at the
> start of each meeting... or we need to play hot potato with the key card.
> - We have a decent space now, so let's start marketing BHS! Think of ways
> to get the word out. There are plenty of electronics students starting fall
> quarter at the college... anyone know the prof?
> - Website; Tril has confirmed that hack.bellingham.wa.us is available and
> he can snag it for free. I also checked the "standard" TLD options and
> hackbham.com/net/org are all available, so I snagged them and set up
> WordPress. We will need people to post entries and work the wikis, let me
> know if you're interested and I'll forward credentials to you. The primary
> thing I need is more information for the two wikis I've created; "The
> Group" and "The Space". Authors welcome!
> - "Hack Bellingham" - Admittedly I'm kind of just taking the reigns on
> this one and running with it, but as we discussed at the meeting, a space
> is important but it's the people that matter the most. To that end, I'm
> just running with the "Hack Bellingham" motif and downplaying the "space"
> part of the BHS concept. Anyone with any thoughts one way or the other,
> please share!
> - What to bring to meetings; 1) something to work on/share, 2) a positive
> enthusiastic attitude for what you/others are doing
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Thanks for the praise :) I'm into green energy as well and worked at
OutBack Power Systems as IT director, until they were purchased by Alpha
Technologies. I'm looking forward to chatting with you at future meetings!
PS, We've got 6 votes on www.hackbham.com so far, and Friday appears to be
in the lead. Also, anyone interested in having their profile put onto the
group wiki, please ask for a wiki account or just email me your profile
info & a picture and I'll put it up there.
Thanks,
Amal ;)
On Sun, Sep 30, 2012 at 10:50 PM, Martin Passmore <dc24vo...@gmail.com>wrote:
> so I'm going to miss the scheduled meeting at BIL
> martin
> On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 9:23 AM, ThatGuy <ishm...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Well now, I think last night's meeting was the start of something good!
>> - Tyler offered the Big Idea Lab as a "home base" for BHS to meet on a
>> regular basis (when no other scheduled events are occurring). We should
>> have a small amount of storage space, and as long as we clean up after
>> ourselves we should be able to keep a limited amount of gear there. I plan
>> on bringing soldering equipment, breadboards, wire, various components
>> (resistors, capacitors, etc.), and an o-scope.
>> - Paul showed us a thing or two about constant flow stripper stills, and
>> we tossed around the idea of a vertical shaker-bed design for a barley
>> malting facility.
>> - At this point we have chosen to meet weekly, every Friday at 6pm. The
>> idea is that we have a regularly scheduled weekly meeting and BHS members
>> can simply show up, work on their projects, and/or check out what other BHS
>> members are doing. The key elements to a successful BHS group are 1) a
>> stable space to meet, store gear, and work on projects, 2) consistent
>> meeting times, 3) social comradery 4) membership critical mass that
>> guarantees there is always at least a few BHS members attending every
>> meeting - I think we've got at least 2 out of 4 so far.
>> - The BIL is a secure space. Someone who is local and is available to
>> commit to door duty will need to take the reigns manning the door at the
>> start of each meeting... or we need to play hot potato with the key card.
>> - We have a decent space now, so let's start marketing BHS! Think of ways
>> to get the word out. There are plenty of electronics students starting fall
>> quarter at the college... anyone know the prof?
>> - Website; Tril has confirmed that hack.bellingham.wa.us is available
>> and he can snag it for free. I also checked the "standard" TLD options and
>> hackbham.com/net/org are all available, so I snagged them and set up
>> WordPress. We will need people to post entries and work the wikis, let me
>> know if you're interested and I'll forward credentials to you. The primary
>> thing I need is more information for the two wikis I've created; "The
>> Group" and "The Space". Authors welcome!
>> - "Hack Bellingham" - Admittedly I'm kind of just taking the reigns on
>> this one and running with it, but as we discussed at the meeting, a space
>> is important but it's the people that matter the most. To that end, I'm
>> just running with the "Hack Bellingham" motif and downplaying the "space"
>> part of the BHS concept. Anyone with any thoughts one way or the other,
>> please share!
>> - What to bring to meetings; 1) something to work on/share, 2) a positive
>> enthusiastic attitude for what you/others are doing
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