12/19/2023 Meeting Minutes

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2023-12-19 Meeting Minutes

Call to order: 8:34 PM by Richard L.


Attendees

  • David H.

  • Kevin Y.

  • Brandon L.

  • Richard L.

  • Hong

  • Rosa

Past Events

  • Open Project Night (6:30 PM, Fri Dec 15th)

    • Brandon hosted.

    • It was pretty dead.

  • Trip to UMakers (3:00 PM, Dec 16th)

    • Came up with a few collab ideas.

      • Joint membership?

        • E.g. $75/mo. Half to MagLab, half to UMakers.

          • This is less than the general.

          • How about $100/mo for both?

          • Needs to be a mutually-beneficial price.

        • What does UMakers have that we don’t?

          • We have a lot of what they have, but their stuff is more quality. E.g. much nicer CNC. Two bigger laser cutters. Large format banner/sticker printer. (broken) CNC router.

          • Do they have project storage? Weird. It gets assimilated by UMakers?

          • Driveway working area? More constrained.

          • They have more internal working space.

        • “Probably not going to be able to go with the membership split”.

          • Membership changes require a bylaws update.

        • Likely to have better cultural affinity with UMakers than a school-associated space (too much red tape).

          • Is a Nonprofit Mutual Benefit Corporation

        • Richard suggests pursuing until we find a hard incompatibility (legal or otherwise).

          • May get to it next year - Hong

      • Share tools?

      • Joint event/party?

        • Friendly competitions?

          • Roomba death fight

          • Cook-off

          • Weld-off

          • Trebuchet-off

            • “Their landlord is not friendly to shenanigans”

            • Maybe they can come to us then.

    • Learned stuff about laser cutting.

      • UMakers has a rotary table for their laser cutter. E.g. engrave glass tumblers.

      • Laser marking with Moly spray.

    • Got soap from their soap-making neighbor.

Upcoming Events

  • Open Project Night (6:30 PM, Fri Dec 22th)

    • Brandon hosting.

  • Touching Grass Pt. 3. (Sometime in January)

  • Welding class part 2?

    • David still picking out a time. Probably August  October. Not until next year

    • After the 4th of December? - David

      • David is back. Class before he’s gone?

      • Will know more on Friday…

      • BYOWelder?

  • A “How to basically use the mill or lathe” class?

    • Trent is busy… after Bantam Mill is done… after Wasteland Weekend… after readjustment to non-party life.

    • Richard available for super duper basically how to use the mill or lathe.

    • Please express interest to Richard or Trent on Discord.

      • Richard available for impromptu classes.

    • Make something as simple as a coin?

    • Complex as a d20?

    • Customizable totem (like from Inception)

    • BYO3Dmodel beforehand.

    • “👍” - Trent.

    • HI TRENT. WHAT’S UP?

      • Trent pls?

      • Trent u there?

  • How to use the new CNC mill class?

    • We can advertise that we have a “user friendly” CNC…

    • Please express interest to Richard or Trent on Discord.

    • Bantam mill needs tooling caddy

    • Bantam mill has a home

    • Would like 2 weeks or a month of notice to advertise.

    • Combine with the mill or lathe class?

  • Ovitt Family Community Library Maker Event (June 2024)

    • A change to show what makerspaces/MagLab is about.

    • Interested

      • Brandon L.

      • Kevin Y.

      • Richard

    • What are booth size, event specifics?

      • When? Where? What is it about?

      • Target age group.

      • Can we get lots of table space and power?

      • If it’s just handing out flyers, probably not interested.

    • Probably some sort of activity?

      • 3D printing

        • Kind of slow.

        • 5 printers would be quite a show, staffing permitting.

      • Arduino robot/rover

        • Pre-canned commands/movements.

      • Bring the Bantam?

    • Needs more than 3 people.

    • Hong is in contact with someone at the library.

      • Still in pre-planning.

      • Jun 2024 on a Sat.

      • Targeting all ages.

      • Outdoor venue.

      • Electrical provided.

      • 2023-12-19: No further updates.

    • Shared booth with UMakers?

  • December Event (3:00PM - ???? Sat Dec 30th)

    • 1.5 hrs to build?

    • Ideas

      • Gingerbread Destruction

        • ft. lithium battery fire resistance test

          • Bring all your spicy pillows.

        • ft. a yule goat getting set on fire.

      • Maybe Food

        • Gingerbread - Rosa on Saturday

      • Food

        • Drinks, chips, pizza, Christmas tunes, etc.

        • Little Caesar’s pizza - Brandon

        • Chips - Richard

        • Drinks - Rosa

        • Desert - Jeff F.

          • Pumpkin and apple pie.

      • Karaoke?

    • Advertising

      • Rosa to send Richard a picture and event description.

      • Rosa to post on Meetup.

Section Lead Updates

  • Brandon (CTO)

    • Laser cutter crosshairs implemented. There is an intensity knob on the side of the laser cutter.

    • Everything’s connected in the server rack and the rack is locked.

    • Power meter needs to be connected.

    • Either put a cover over the server rack outlet, or move the outlet into it.

    • Wax seal the door with an CNC’ed aluminum seal?

  • David (Quartermaster)

    • Need to talk to Jeff about the drill bit holders.

    • Curator hours resumed.

  • Michaell (Quartermaster)

    • The sockets became unorganized again. Tis’ a constant battle.

      • Richard recommends a punishment from David’s dungeon for those who don’t put back the sockets.

Discussion Items

  • The gray floor maps in the hand tools area are very dirty and hard to clean?

    • Can we remove them for now?

      • Yes, remove and set aside as an experiment with an explanatory sign.

    • They are comfortable to stand on.

    • They are hard to sweep and the edges of the mat are hard to sweep.

    • The floor mats were removed.

      • Brandon’s quality of being has improved and thinks it is easier to clean.

      • Kevin likes the mat-less floor.

  • The robot vacuum and mop that appeared.

    • David to reach out to the person who maybe dropped it off.


  • Lincoln 140 machine

    • Still tabled.

    • “Gimme til Friday” - David.

  • Out of medium-sized every-other-size gloves.

    • Kevin has ordered XL.

  • Bylaw amendment for Code of Conduct.

    • Special meeting ended with quorum 12 met.

    • Passes 11 to 1.

    • Updated bylaws.

    • Special Meeting has its own minutes.

  • Sponsorship packet. (On hold because Richard is busy)

    • Expect a final draft to send out by the meeting of 11/21.

    • Richard has a final draft.

    • Now to find where to send these too.

    • Richard to CC Rosa on company list and outgoing emails.

    • Companies in consideration:

      • Monoprice

      • Hackaday /  Supplyframe

      • Olympus Controls

      • Digikey?

      • Mcmaster Carr?

      • Send more suggestions…

    • Feedback is generally bad.

      • Cold calling is difficult.

        • Organizations with prior relationships are better.

        • Doesn’t have to be a big business.

          • Such a scrap materials from the woodworking neighbor?

      • Making event or class.

        • Combined fundraising/advertising.

        • Solicit sponsorships for an event/hackathon.

        • Donate materials or money.

        • Possibly a very big organized event.

    • Keep an eye out for events we can participate in.

      • Fundraising profit-sharing programs. (E.g. Krispy Kreme donuts or Pieology)

        • These tend to become us indirectly donating to ourselves.

    • Paid ads? - Michael

      • Talk to Rosa.

  • VoyageLA interview request.

    • Invite to a class? (mill/lathe/welding/laser/3D printer/etc.)

    • Rosa to respond back on 2023-12-20.


Motion to end: DAVID, Brandon

Meeting ended: 10:06 PM.


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