[Weekly Meeting] 2026-02-10

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Feb 11, 2026, 12:02:13 AM (10 days ago) Feb 11
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Hello all,

Thank you for attending our weekly meeting.  As always, here are the meeting minutes in link form and in verbatim:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1be4DYnpAxAgjZxS-Y4nd0sl8QUaYzVy_4TWXRfY2fZE/ 


2026-02-10 Meeting Minutes

Call to order: 20:38


  • In person meetings are coming back to MAGLab? (J)


Attendees

  • Kevin Y. (Perry)

  • Kevin Y. (Sam)

  • Ben C.

  • Brandon K.

  • Hong Q.

Past Events

  • Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-02-06)


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

    • One horse carved

    • Would we do a wood carving themed event for Lunar New Year?

      • Surewhynot

      • Sheep Carving 2026

Upcoming Events

  • Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-02-13)

    • Brandon Lu hosting

  • Aggressively Single Day MAGLab Field Trip (16:00, Sat 2026-02-14)

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

    • Ikea showroom posing

    • Shabarum trail portion

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

  • Open House Party (18:00 Sun 2026-02-15)

    • A better time than Saturday

    • Kevin Yang hosting.

Section Lead Updates

  • Brandon (CTO, Curator)

    • Inverter protocol board coming

    • Modbus board also coming

  • Hong (Treasurer)

    • Has not changed much.

    • Ben has started a second keyed membership

      • Could sponsor the rover team and get his logo on the rover

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?

  • Lowe’s Hometowns grant

    • We fit criteria fairly well. Fits better than any other one seen so far. Fit so nicely, we might try applying every year.

    • Applications opening soon.

    • Funds be used for shop improvements.

      • Designed for renovation, repairs, accessibility.

  • Manual mill table (knee) suspiciously hard to raise and lower.

    • First noticed a month ago.

    • Maybe it needs grease???

    • Maybe the screw is binding?

      • Maybe prop the knee up with a 2x4 and check the screw.

  • There is a monitor in the tools area now

    • Software TBD


Motion to end: Brandon L., Ben C.

Meeting ended: 20:58





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