4/23/2024 Meeting Minutes
Vice President of MAGLaboratory
2024-04-23 Meeting Minutes
Call to order: 8:46PM by Richard L.
Attendees
Richard L.
Kevin Y.
Hong
Past Events
Open Project Night (6:30 PM, Fri Apr 19th)
Brandon hosted.
Metal Egg (12 PM, Saturday, April 20th)
2 new general members (pending payment)
Eggs were carved
Upcoming Events
Open Project Night (6:30 PM, Fri Apr 26th)
Brandon L. is hosting
Active Streets Mission-to-Mission (9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, Sunday April 28th)
Registered for a 10’ x 10’ booth. Need to bring our own equipment.
Things to bring
Tent
Folding table
Folding chairs
Bike tools
Bike work stand
Business cards
Giveaway tire levers
Bag of valve stem caps
Pump
4’ x 6’ flyers
Down to our last couple, but we don’t have the design.
Design contest?
Or just re-draw the old design.
Random display items from the display case
Maybe demo 3D printer (No power provided by space)
MagLab stickers
Richard to become Sticker Mule.
Offering free bike tune-up workshops, along with spreading the word of MagLab.
Looking for volunteers… no experience needed!
Kevin
Brandon
… could it be you?
Richard to find you.
Richard found Hong
We’ll also have e-bikes for volunteers to use to get around the event. You won’t be stuck at the booth.
Richard to print flyers and get stickers
Tabletop RPG night? (Sometime in May)
A very brief introduction to tabletop RPGs that use minis such as 40K and Star Wars Legion, or RPGs in general.
Or just paint minis, and Gundam models, and other expensive plastics.
Richard to talk to Rosa about it
A “How to basically use the mill or lathe” class? (Soon)
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.
Trent making documentation. It’ll happen eventually.
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.
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2023-03-05: No updates. Updates will be in the contact email box.
Shared booth with UMakers?
Insurance possibly needed for services, activities, or demonstrations.
Live twitch stream MagLab tour?
Propose activities that they can confirm that don’t need insurance?
Drive around a rover?
Don’t have one.
3D printer demo/3D modeling activity
Line-following robot? Let the kids draw lines to follow with different colors.
Not enough time to implement?
Buy a kit online or use an existing open-source project?
Hong to follow up with the library on line-following robot insurance requirements.
Everyone else to find kits online.
Kicad/PCB Milling/Flatcam Class
Proposed by Brandon
Single-layer copper with holes.
Date TBD
Dry-run on Friday.
Happened
Just software or using the CNC as well?
Richard prefers interactive.
USB lantern sample board?
Successfully prototyped. It works.
Relatively easy design for a beginner to use (and ignore design rules checks).
Still need to iron out the details of the class.
Richard volunteers as the class guinea pig.
Section Lead Updates
None
Discussion Items
There are still some bylaws amendment “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)
Richard would like to see some upgrade of existing bikes?
BYO upgrade parts. E.g. motors and brakes.
A show and tell the same day of the event.
A reason for people to show up even if they don’t need to actually fix anything. For socializing, etc.
Group ride?
Practice fix-up booth at https://www.activestreets.org/index.html (Sunday April 28th)
Do it as a MagLab thing
Yes
Kevin
Brandon
Maybe
Hong
Busy
Richard
How to ride a bike for grown-ups event
How to ride a bike in traffic class
Make a give away tools
Tire levers
Chain wear tools
Big tabletop gaming event
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
Sponsored general membership for one team member starting the first day that they use it.
That person needs to be present all the time, and be responsible for all club members.
Can leads share the general membership?
Richard is okay with it, but if they upgrade to keyed, the keyed membership will only apply to one person.
Richard is thinking that any lead can apply for keyed after the team has been general for a month.
Need to talk to the team about which hours they need to have the space open to work on their project so we can arrange for keyed members to open the space for them.
Need to arrange a time for equipment orientation.
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.
We can’t do this because we can’t write off this many high-priced items on our balance sheet. Might work if someone takes it personally, but needs to be on the books if associated with MagLab.
Also not doing this because no volunteers are willing to organize the class.
What are David H.’s ideas for the class?
After David gets back in May.
MagLab flag (July 4th deadline)
Richard’s workplace is creating a demo center where MagLab can have a flag.
Richard to make the flag.
What file format?
Okay with the flag design?
Richard is okay with it as is. Not final so Rosa can change if wanted.
Flag is on The List, but not high priority.
Motion to end: Kevin motions, Richard seconds
Meeting ended: 8:53pm