[Weekly Meeting] 2025-07-08
Vice President of MAGLaboratory
2025-07-08 Meeting Minutes
Call to order: 20:45 by Kevin
Attendees
Kevin (Sam) Y.
Brandon
Hong
Daniel
Kevin (Perry) Y.
Past Events
Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2025-07-04)
AV cart did not get prepped. (projector too)
Upcoming Events
Open Project Night (18:30, Fri 2025-07-11)
Brandon is hosting
Prep the AV cart and projector
Annual meeting (later half of September)
Need at least 30 days of notice (bylaws 6.5)
(later half of August)
Poll scheduling to be sent out
Notice from G. Calendar + Discord + E-mail
July Event: A water event would make sense this summer (2025-07-19, 18:00)
Water balloon drop
Could change to be sodium acetate bottles
Water balloon cannon
Water balloon trebuchet
Ice Projectile Event
Ice projectile APFSDS
Ice balls
Drone Ice Piñata
T-Shirts with targets made from cricut vinyl
Factorio Ice Maker
Water “Legos”.
Water Balloon Battleship
Aim water balloons across walls
Modify wall to be a building
Water Bottle Rockets
Constrained to vertical motion
Water Balloon Art
Throw water balloons with dye at the Pod Bay Door
Could use a canvas drop cloth to maximize fabric coverage
Coloring book style art as a stencil (would likely be abstract)
May or may not water balloon people as well.
Probably better for August
July works.
July Event Logistics
Water Balloon Filler (manual) R. Chard
Should include water balloons
Drop cloth (canvas)(Kevin)
Could purchase from Harbor Freight
Projectile Device
Cannon (optional)
Sling (would be useful for future events) (primitive technology)
Slingshot (to find surgical tubing) (Daniel)
Atlatl (primitive technology)
Coloring Agent
Brandon to check
Food
Grill (Kevin (Perry) Ye.)
Meat (R Chard)
Drinks (Brandon) (Shasta branded soda)
Advertisement (we’re on our own)
Eventbrite (not sure who is in charge of the account)
Meetup (a given)
Facebook (Does anybody use this?)
Instagram (One member found us through this)
Bluesky (bloo-ski)
July Open House Party (07-12-2025)
Wood Crate Distressing Class
Two stain colors: golden pecan / ebony
Car Maintenance Hangout / Meetup (TBD)
Oil Change Class
Change a tire
Regular Actual Social Hangouts (like a Movie Night)
Play Monopoly
Eat a salad
Play Twister
Play a movie
Also… you can also make a chair
Section Lead Updates
Brandon L. (CTO)
Sterlite Drawer Replacement
S/B a drawer
Open mesh drawer nice
The “RAST” dresser is a nice replacement and is distressable
Do we want to register for the OC makerfaire (2025-09-13 to 14)
Register as a maker maker, not vendor maker
Should start putting out a call for volunteers
Redrawn MAGLab logo created
Traced SVG vector version exists in the drive
CR-10 S having heat creep issues
Will throw v6 nozzle and more bling at the printer to solve problems
Hong (Treasurer)
Insurance agreement came in
Gas is still on (check pilot light – pilot light still lit 💸🔥😩)
Discussion Items
We can take down the projector on the ceiling to transfer it to mobile, outdoor use.
Use the business cards!!!
🙂
Marketing Kiosk
Kiosk in kitchen - by corkboard
“Takeable Item” for market (fidget toy, maglab logo with QR)
Tray of candy
Front Bay area on wall (the HAL wall)
Donation QR Code, Brochure, Flyers, Takeable Item, Donation Jar
Discord & Social Media Links
BUSINESS CARDS!!!
Flyer
Pictures of past events, groups (lunar rover, repair cafe, etc), and projects
Outdoor lightbulb needs replacement
Now shopping for LED fixtures
Tried to find one from offerup
Print Queueing
Could implement remote printer monitoring.
Kevin to implement camera for the XL.
Harvest leather from couches. Richard will do a leather workshop if there is supplies.
Motion to end: Brandon, Hong
Meeting ended: 21:12 by Kevin Ya. (Sam)