Meeting Minutes April 11th

[Andrew Wendling]

Dayton Diode Monthly Meeting: April 11th

Agenda

Roll Call:

Joe M.

Jesse Crosse

Steve Tattershall

Jay Krull

Ken Bailey,

Rick Gleitz

Andrew W.

Pat Craig

Bill Bohrer

Sean Polete

Tom Seldof

Mark Camden

Ken Phelps

Brent and Joy

Treasurers Report:

Paypall: 577.09

Bank: 1713.31

Insurance to pay: 700

Rent to pay: 500

Will leave us with $1090.40

No update on UD Group

Future of Diode Report:

Joe’s Brief synopsis. Diode to be a large community workshop with core ideologies of affordable and accessible.

24/7 access

Open hours for non members

One stop shop

Educational programs

Shared tools and equipment

Rentable studio space

Membership types - Student, full, Volunteer

Do corporate memberships fit into this design?

Storage Cubes

Rick is moving in July - prorated cube rental approved by members in attendance

Scratch Class Update

Mark C and Pat C

See: Available Classes Handout

$65 full pay w/ gear

$15 user provides own computer and gear

Intro to scratch programming

Intro to Raspberry Pi

Ready to start in May.

Dry run of the class is Sunday the 24th.

Mark would like to advertise Diode to DMA

Makerspace collider

Clair and Joe attended the collider at Tech Edge

Wright State’s makerspace had a presence

If we are a 1 stop shop, how do other makerspaces work into collaboration with other spaces?

Collaboration with other spaces should stay on our radar.

Steamworks Labs - Sean intending to be present at next meeting for some talking points

Mercury Transit Event:

Pat Craig

Monday May 9th 7am to 2pm

To be advertised - looking to get schools involved