[Weekly Meeting] 2026-01-20

[Secretary of MAGLab]

Hello all,

Thank you for attending our weekly meeting.

As usual, the meeting minutes are here in verbatim along with the doc at this link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EIOaEJPsFyRqhNy93LjO7AKc1lAcACyf6JkWeohtR6A/

2026-01-20 Meeting Minutes

Call to order: 20:41

Attendees

• Brandon

• Kevin Y. (Perry)

• Ben C

• Kevn Y (Sam)

Past Events

• Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-01-16)

• Nothing of note :) 

Upcoming Events

• Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-01-23)

• Brandon can host

• Board Game Night (Saturday / Sunday)

• Everybody is getting sick

• We are entering times of ranked, competitive sickness

• Horse Carving Day (Chinese Zodiac / Lunar New Year) (18:00, Sat 2026-02-07)

• Ed to bring wood

• Brandon can host

• Promotional material may feature Charles the unicorn

• Bike Maintenance Day / Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-01-30)

• Bring your bicycle so that we can un-destroy it

• West Fork Scenic Bike Ride (10:00, Sun 2026-02-01)

• 5mi, Relatively flat

• Picnic spot at the end

• Maybe try to light a fire and potato around it.

• Aggressively Single Day MAGLab Field Trip (TBD)

• Go to scenic places and help take photos of each other

• Shabarum trail portion

• Good chance to bring your nicer outfits and update your profile

Section Lead Updates

• Brandon (CTO, Curator)

• Security torx s/b in the drawer

• HMI under works

• Modbus Auto Direction Project Nearing Completion

• Inverter Decoder (MCU) Project starting (New!)

Discussion Items

• We have an opportunity to apply for the Walmart SparkGood grant

• Next round of apps are in March

• Likely to look at other grants

• Lowes

• Home Depot

• Target?

• Harbor Freight?

• Ifixit? 

• Who spilled the glitter?

• Cleaning with conductive brushes may work

Motion to end: Brandon, Ben

Meeting ended: 21:07