[Weekly Meeting] 2026-09-08
Secretary of MAGLab
2026-09-08 Meeting Minutes
Call to order: 20:37
Attendees
Kevin Y (President)
Brandon L
Richard O-L
Ben C
Hong Q
Past Events
Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-09-04)
Brandon hosted
Upcoming Events
Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-09-11)
Brandon is hosting
Annual Meeting (18:00, Sat 2026-09-19)
26 Sept. - Rejected due to personnel limitations
Candidate nomination - traditionally, hong nominates all the current officers
Proxy decision
Start talking to people
~12 people to meet quorum
Do we want a grill - we can possibly do skewers with the I-beam or use the regular grill
Update the soundboard on discord
360 cam for the remote attendees
Google Meet vs Discord
Google Meet is easier because members will not have to download discord
Open House Party (18:00, Sat 2026-09-12)
ideas
Ninja Cream-ii vs Slush-
Ben is willing to bring the machine with 2 mixes
More slushie mixes (syrup)
Sala Syrup
Matcha?
Earl Grey
Pickle Flavor?
Ginseng (bottled drink)
Ikea flavors
Section Lead Updates
Brandon (CTO, Curator)
3d printing
SV08 ventilation stalled (brandon busy) - open to strategic partnerships
Creality Parts Showed up:
Extruder + hotend
GilaX Stethoscope Project for HS robotics printing
Emailed back, parts printed, address provided
Waiting for shipping label
Ambient Light Sensor working
Installed and working
“Air Quality Sensor” (RADAR human presence detection project)
Correct RADAR modules came in
Proposed HAL Project
Automatic temperature differential fan operation
Fan turns on if there is a 5 degree difference between inside and outside where inside is hotter
HAL outage
Anti-scraping measures from NFS network, disabled.
500 server error - likely a deprecated PHP call
Future work - move API calls to a separate subdomain, keep anti-scraping measures on main site
Hong (Treasurer)
Insurance … cheaper?!
May be due to Hong’s good credit report
Discussion Items
Concrete Saw
Ryan has finally acquired a concrete saw
Plan to cut a slit to drain the space and prevent flooding
BILLEE’s CNC Tool Mishap
Tappy tap limited edition hammer can be replaced from members
BILLEE has paid back the monetary value of the tools lost
Tools need to be re-bought
Where the phuck is the deburring tool?
We have lost our freehand deburring tool
Don’t want to use files. Too slow.
Bought the cheap replacement tools from aliexpress
Plastic handle + aluminum handle, to be left in the machining tool box
Desktop Robotics group in OC / DTLA
Likely a better fit for SCAR, they will both be at makerfaire OC
Looking at “Spam” emails to contact at maglaboratory.org
Many were not spam. Most were spam.
Motion to end: Brandon L, Richard O-L
Meeting ended: 21:11
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