3//26/2024 Not-a-Meeting Updates

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2024-03-26 Not a Meeting Updates

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Attendees

  • Kevin Y.

Past Events

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

    • Brandon hosted.

Upcoming Events

  • Open Project Night (6:30 PM, Fri Mar 29th)

    • Kevin hosting?

    • Spring cleaning?


  • April Event (12 PM, Saturday, April 20th)

    • Ideas

      • Launch egg in model rocket - ensure egg survival.

        • Fire rocket or water rocket?

        • Or drone

        • Or ladder

        • Or trebuchet

        • Or potato gun

      • PvP egg cart demolition derby

      • Make tea eggs

      • Egg cookoff

      • DIY century eggs

      • Egg hunt

        • w/ fake eggs

      • Geocaching eggs

      • Metal cast egg

        • Carved metal eggs

        • Cast using the Eeezcast resin

        • BYODremel

        • Paper mache rooster laying molten metal egg?

    • Advertising

      • Old pics of the forge in use.

  • No weed references in event description


  • 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

      • Random display items from the display case

      • Maybe demo 3D printer (No power provided by space)

    • Offering free bike tune-up workshops, along with spreading the word of MagLab.

    • Looking for volunteers… no experience needed!

      • Kevin

    • We’ll also have e-bikes for volunteers to use to get around the event. You won’t be stuck at the booth.

  • Tabletop RPG night?


  • 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.

      • ...

      • 2023-03-05: No updates. Updates will be in the contact email box.

    • Shared booth with UMakers?

  • 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?

Section Lead Updates

  • (none present)

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)

        • http://www.bikefriendlysgv.com/businesses.html

        • 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

    • 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.

          • Richard reached out to team 2023-03-19

      • One person from their team could be a member, and the rest “help” them work on their rover project.

        • Sponsored general membership for one team member starting in April

        • 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.

  • 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?

  • MagLab business cards

    • Michael printed 500 and they’re in the space.

    • Michael also dropped 50 of them in various places

  • MagLab flag

    • 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: Nobody

Meeting ended: Never


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