[Weekly Meeting] 2025-09-23

[Vice President of MAGLaboratory]

Hello all,

Thank you for attending our weekly meeting.  As you are aware, our annual meeting is on the 27th at 17:00.  As always, here is the link to the meeting along with the contents on the meeting minutes:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FpJNmSFI4XHZqAgK4s6eVumzEL0DEJ1mPvd2JuUrOBE/ 

2025-09-23 Meeting Minutes

Call to order: 20:40

Attendees

• Brandon

• Hong

• Kevin Y. (Perry)

• Kevin Y. (Sam)

• Richard (In person)

Past Events

• Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2025-09-19)

• Members working on projects

• Members are printing projects

• No new faces

• Many members and previous guests showed up

• Curator Hours

• Members have been printing things

• Member has been working on aluminum extrusion project

Upcoming Events

• Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2025-09-26)

• Brandon is hosting

• Annual meeting (Sat, 2025-09-27 17:00)

• Need at least 30 days of notice (bylaws 6.5)

• (later half of August)

• Poll scheduling to be sent out

• Notice from G. Calendar + Discord + E-mail 

• ~1/6th of the membership has responded

• Entice people with food

• BBQ going

• Grill

• Burgers

• Get rid of excess charcoal

• Remote meeting attendance setup todo

• Richard nominates officers to their previous positions

• President

• Webmaster, CTO, Curator, Vice President

• Treasurer

• Regular Actual Social Hangouts (like a Movie Night)

• Play Monopoly

• Eat a salad

• Play Twister

• Play a movie (winter thing)

• Play a TV series (Battlestar Galactica)

• Board Game Night

• Ontario Makercon (Sat, 2025-10-04 13:00 - 16:00)

• When: get there 1h early, leave 1h late

• What (are we presenting):  Line following robots

• Also need a way to transport a semi-large whiteboard

• 8’ x 4’

• We are not bringing the XL printer

• We can bring the stunt printer (IIIP)

• We can figure out transportation soon.

• Hong to bring rechargeable batteries (USB-C!)

• Asked for a video…  

• Who (is going):

• Brandon (late)

• Hong

• Kevin

• Richard (maybe)

• Ontario Makercon poster can be shared on social media

• Maybe we can find another “touching grass” event in October

• No haunted cemetery touching.

Section Lead Updates

• Brandon L. (CTO)

• Webmaster

• PR’s already submitted

• To test on local sandbox

• 3d printing 

• New filament (blue sparkle)

• New filament (black PLA+)

• Still printing gridfinity

• Could be printing low-poly bulbasaurs the size of a persimmon

• Hong (Treasurer)

• Membership list to keep track of members

• Membership list received

Discussion Items

• Marketing Kiosk

• Kiosk in kitchen - by corkboard

• “Takeable Item” for market (fidget toy, maglab logo with QR)

• Tray of candy

• Front Bay area on wall (the HAL wall)

• Brochure, Flyers, Takeable Item, Donation Jar

• BUSINESS CARDS!!!

• Flyer

• Pictures of past events, groups (lunar rover, repair cafe, etc), and projects

• Toolbox style portable marketing kiosk

• Tried to find one from offerup

• Beginnings of a marketing kiosk

• Maybe should be nicer than a cardboard box 

• Print Queueing 

• Could implement remote printer monitoring.

• Kevin to implement camera for the XL.

• Harvest leather from couches. Richard will do a leather workshop if there is supplies.

• Digital Microscope

• Tried it, magnification is un-amazing.

• It is a microscope

• It is portable

• To go where the unsanctioned 3d printing pen was.

• Formalize day use

• Form for day use

• Formalize <18

• Signature form for <18

• Need guardian signing on-site 

• Requirements for day-use, day-use handoff policy

• Responsibility in terms of space belong to the keyed member

• You can still submit maglab b-roll.

• Meeting thumbnail

• Guy at desk should be using a tool too.

• Brandon is still working on it

• Box for evaporative cooler to be thrown away

Motion to end: Brandon, Hong

Meeting ended: 21:08