[Weekly Meeting] 2025-06-03

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Hello all,

Thank you for participating in our weekly meeting.  The minutes are below and at the following link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PElek0NjgltOzz2kXxwzSLY2mhTXltRjXmF99oxbew4/

2025-06-03 Meeting Minutes

Call to order: 20:45 by Kevin


Attendees

  • Brandon

  • Richard

  • Hong

  • Kevin

Past Events

  • Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2025-05-30)

    • Brandon L. hosted.

    • Board games

  • Flame Straightening Party (19:00, Sat 2025-05-31)

    • Play with fire at MAG Lab

      • Flame straightening oxy / fuel torch

      • Polyaramid tiki torch dancing balls may be optional

      • Fire dancing

    • Table successfully straightened

      • Flames + Pounding

      • (Table bottom constrained table)

Upcoming Events

  • Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2025-06-06)

    • Brandon is hosting

  • Open House Party (18:00, Sat 2025-06-14)

    • Brandon can host 

  • Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2025-06-20)

    • We can make this event the repair cafe

      • We can make coffee at the cafe

  • Annual meeting (later half of September)

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

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

Section Lead Updates

  • Brandon L. (CTO)

    • Still working on the outdoor awning lights

      • Circuitry inside HAL

    • Still working on low voltage system

      • “My LDO exploded my microcontroller, uwu”

    • Screen in conference room crashing.  To hook up watchdog.  Woof.

  • Hong (Treasurer)

    • To have monthly report ready soon

Discussion Items

  • We can take down the projector on the ceiling to transfer it to mobile, outdoor use.

  • A water event would make sense this summer

    • Water balloons

    • Water cannon

    • Water trebuchet

    • Water water (???)

    • Probably better for August

  • Outdoor lightbulb needs replacement

    • Now shopping for LED fixtures

    • Tried to find one from offerup

    • Outdoor light was found plugged in and buzzing “the other day”

  • Spring cleaning should be in the works

    • Upholstery cleaner to be returned to owner

  • How to make more money

    • “Literally art.”

    • “Literally welding.”

    • Can not go further in “Literally electronics”

    • Find + Court a mysterious benefactor that will give us money

    • Reach out to the universities

      • Bulletin boards at local college / university

        • Need approvals. 

      • Could consider a discount for students

        • More for marketing/showing that students are a target demographic.

      • Competing with library makerspace which is free.

        • They have 3D printers and laser cutter.

        • MagLab advantages would be big machines, maybe hand tools, loud stuff, Prusa XL.

    • Hold a collaborative event with local businesses

      • Cafe

      • Batting cages

      • SCAR robotics (already collaborative.  Just show up.)

      • Hold a local convention

    • Hold a child-friendly event

    • Create a business-friendly flyer and recruit members from the local industrial park

      • What kind of tools we have, etc.

      • President to ask Rosa, the flyermaster 

      • Daniel to make flyer as well 

    • Art classes

    • Sewing classes

      • Sewing cosplays

      • Sewing repairs

      • Sewing plushies

      • Harbor freight microfiber plushie

    • Repair cafe

      • The repair cafes from SGV Hack have rooms for fabrics / sewing

    • Emphasis on the benefits of the space

      • Larger amount of space to do projects compared to an apartment etc

  • Print Queueing

    • Could implement remote printer monitoring.

    • Kevin to implement camera for the XL.

  • Prius has been moved.

  • Curator update

    • Two people showed up to work on a larger woodworking project

    • Want to chamfer the wood


Motion to end: Richard, Brandon

Meeting ended: 21:32 by Kevin


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