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Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2012 13:13:24 -0700
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Subject: Re: [bhs] 9/29 Meeting notes
From: Charles Banas <greyf...@gmail.com>
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Dangit. Fridays at 6 is when I'm at Chuckanut for Liter Night. :(

I knew I should have tried to come to the last couple meetings, but
last night was a friend's birthday as well as Liter Night. :\

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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Charles Banas