2/27/2024 Meeting Minutes
Vice President of MAGLaboratory
2024-02-27 Meeting Minutes
Call to order: 8:42 PM by Richard L.
Attendees
Richard L.
Brandon L.
Kevin Y.
Michael J.
Rosa C.
Past Events
Open Project Night (6:30 PM, Fri Feb 23th)
A few people showed up. No new faces.
February Cookie-Painting Event (3:00 PM, Sat Feb 24th)
It went well.
A couple people showed and frosted cookies.
Found out the sugar pearls contain mica powder.
Went to Jolibees afterwards.
Maybe next time something art related, but not cookies.
Edible rice paper?
Bring back the bow and arrow?
Upcoming Events
Open Project Night (6:30 PM, Fri Mar 1st)
Brandon is hosting.
Flatcam dry run.
Touching Grass Pt. 3. (8:00 AM, Sun March 3rd)
Locations
Richard’s front lawn
Antonovich trail to Ikea/Jollibee
Leave a car at the other end of the trail.
Interested
Richard L.
Prefer Sun. March 3rd?
Kevin Y.
Brandon L. (needs waking)
Michael J. (needs ride)
Welding class part 2 (2:00 PM, Sat March 2nd)
Playing content by ear depending on who shows up.
BYOWelder? (If you want. We have enough welders though.)
Needs a description and picture to send to Rosa.
Any pictures from the last welding class?
Richard to confirm with David.
Belated Pi(e) and Corndogs day (4:00 PM, Sat March 16th)
Ideas
Pi(e) day.
3/16 daily holidays.
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.
Trent almost done putting together. Time and date TBD.
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.
2023-12-26: No further updates.
2023-01-09: No further updates.
2023-01-13: Hong sent an email asking for updates, but no response.
2023-02-20: No response.
2023-02-27: No updates.
Shared booth with UMakers?
Kicad/PCB Milling/Flatcam Class
Proposed by Brandon
Single-layer copper with holes.
Date TBD
Dry-run on Friday.
Still need to do a dry run.
Brandon wants to use the Little Machine Shop CNC.
Richard will yell at Brandon.
Section Lead Updates
Brandon L. (CTO)
Discovered that the privacy switch indicator on HAL is broken.
Still making progress on the touch wall switch for the outdoor light and machining area light.
Rosa C. (Public Relations)
Facebook and Twitter/X are quiet.
Don’t get much engagement on Bluesky unless you post ~every 3 days.
Discussion Items
Bylaw amendment for Code of Conduct.
Still need to file with the state (usually done around tax time). Not time-critical.
“I voted” gift cards to be distributed.
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.
Let’s think of a big event for the first half of 2024 that we can use as a fundraising event.
An event that we would market more.
Post to local newsletters, like Walnuts or Pomonas.
Bike tune-up event
Suggested shop rate
Does Mt. Sac or CPP have co-ops/clubs?
Host an event in preparation for (formerly known as) 626 Golden Streets? (April 28th, 2024)
Purpose
Giving back to the community.
Practice for fundraising, sponsorship, and running events.
Attracting people outside of MagLab
Lower cost “day use”/”guest use”/”trial membership”
Not a full membership
no storage
no voting rights
no large dangerous tools.
1 day is not enough to check for trust and competence.
What is the sweet spot?
$20/day?
For reference, bicycle kitchen is $8/hr.
Pose questions to guests and visitors to events and open project nights.
Other questions
What days?
What hours?
Nobody really shows up for David’s curator hours 1pm-5pm.
What tools?
Concerns
Is this in line with what we want community/culture wise.
Abuse of tools & materials.
Type of people this attracts.
Previous bad experiences with transient use.
Require vouching by existing member?
Space isn’t always open.
Dedicated hours? Need volunteers.
At open project night?
Your $20 reserves an at least 4 hour appointment one of these days:
Friday: 10 AM to 10 PM (Brandon)
Saturday: 1 PM to 5-6 PM (David), 5-6 PM to 10 PM (Brandon)
Sunday: 4 PM to 9 PM (Brandon)
Monday & Wednesday: 1 PM to 8 PM (David).
At appointment time, they should give an idea of what they want to do during that time.
A way to get people in the door.
Will need a bylaws change.
Maybe not needed for experimental “fundraising days”.
Need a special meeting.
Should give a questions/comments period during the special meeting, then voting after that.
Market Research
$20/day seems reasonable from the people we have asked.
Additional benefits
“Project kits”?
For people who don’t already have a project in mind.
Edge-lit acrylic sign
Cal Poly Pomona Rover Team sponsorship request
Team dropped by on Jan 26th Open Project Night
Space seems generally useful to them. They have a shop, but not a mill or lathe.
MagLab is not in a position to financially sponsor.
Sponsor 1 general member and space for only the rover project?
Rolled over into keyed membership is they’re still interested in exchange for advertising.
Vote for Richard sponsoring 1 general member, rolling into keyed membership after a tryout period. Plus dedicated storage space for the rover project:
For: Unanimous
Richard to draft email to rover team.
Email sent. Waiting on them to respond.
They need to ask their advisor.
They asked if we have a logo for them to use.
Richard to send MagLab’s logo to rover team.
Follow up near mid-March.
One person from their team could be a member, and the rest “help” them work on their rover project.
Proposal to have a $60 3D printing class fee + general membership. Get a printer at the end of the class?
Not sure if we can do this.
Trying to get in touch with the principal of the school with the printers.
Farhan talking with the school first.
When a new person arrives at the space, ask them to sign the liability waiver (not the membership sign-up). Take the liability waiver from them, and stick it into the slot on the locked cabinet.
Richard got colored paper for the different types of forms.
MagLab business cards
Rosa created a few drafts. Need to finalize.
Color doesn’t cost more.
The one with the black bottom box.
“You have the project, we have the tools”
QR code
MagLab flag
Richard’s workplace is creating a demo center where MagLab can have a flag.
Richard to make the flag.
What file format?
Motion to end: Rosa C., Brandon L.
Meeting ended: 9:58 PM