[Weekly Meeting] 2026-03-17

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Mar 17, 2026, 11:58:13 PMMar 17
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Hello all,

Thank you for attending our weekly meeting.  As always, the minutes are linked here and copied below:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xXUnhLSw6IP6HS4OEol6QVQocFloqiho6uRR3WM7GhI/ 

2026-03-17 Meeting Minutes

Call to order: 20:49


Attendees

  • Richard L.

  • Ben C.

  • Brandon K.

  • Kevin Y. (Perry)

  • Kevin Y. (Sam)

  • Daniel E.

Past Events

  • Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-03-13)

    • Mike S. showed up

    • Richard was here

  • Open House Party / Ham and Pi Day

    • DJ Petesake came -- took a long time because of the connections

      • Invited to go along for the D line opening

      • Need shirts like now

    • Two new people

  • OpenClaw lab (19:00 - 21:00, Mon. 2026-04-13)

    • Lots of activity on discord

    • 3 people showed up in person

Upcoming Events

  • Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2026-03-20)

    • Brandon Lu hosting

Section Lead Updates

  • Brandon (CTO, Curator)

    • CPP Manufacturing Team is grinding an axe

    • CPP Robotics is building their robot baseplate

    • Solder pot socket is in progress

    • SV08 ventilation is coming along 

    • Security monitor software is stale, needs updates.

Discussion Items

  • Richard’s Items

    • Thanks for the Argon gas

    • Random orbital sander on-loan!

  • We have an opportunity to apply for the Walmart SparkGood grant

    • Applied to two sparkgood grant locations

      • Diamond Bar & Chino

  • Likely to look at other grants

    • Home Depot

    • Target?

    • Harbor Freight?

    • Ifixit?

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

    • First noticed a month ago.

    • Greased

    • Likely the thrust bearing on the ACME screw needs replacement

    • Still bad

    • A random screw showed up on the mill table, it seems like it’s from the mill.

      • Still on mill table


Motion to end: Richard L., Ben C

Meeting ended: 20:54


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Brandon Lu
Secretary
MAG Laboratory
3960 Valley Blvd
Ste G
Walnut CA, 91789
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