1/9/2024 Meeting Minutes
Vice President of MAGLaboratory
2024-01-09 Meeting Minutes
Call to order: 8:41 PM by Richard L.
Attendees
Richard L.
Brandon L.
Kevin Y.
Hong
Rosa C.
Past Events
December Event (3:00PM - ???? Sat Dec 30th)
3 house builds
2 house fires
1 goat fire.
Thanks to Rosa for The Goat.
Was not able to ignite (dead) lithium batteries.
Next year
House + battery inside microwave
Open Project Night (6:30 PM, Fri Jan 5th)
Richard hosted (and appreciates Brandon for being there)
Upcoming Events
Open Project Night (6:30 PM, Fri Jan 12th)
Brandon maybe hosting.
Open House Part (6:00 PM, Sat Jan 13th)
+the usual pre-ride route.
Kevin hosting.
Touching Grass Pt. 3. (Sometime in January)
Interest
Kevin Y.
Richard L. (Feb is better)
Brandon L.
Welding class part 2?
David still picking out a time. Probably August October. Not until next year
After the 4th of December? - David
David is back. Class before he’s gone?
BYOWelder?
TBD
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.
HI TRENT. WHAT’S UP?
Trent pls?
Trent u there?
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.
Shared booth with UMakers?
A paint-over? (4 PM, Sat Jan 20th)
Jan 27th?
Richard: No
Jan 20th?
Richard L: Works
Kevin Y. Works
4 PM
PAINT ANYTHING (on paper or similar media, not the walls)
Paper and art supplies provided.
Brushes, MagLab has acrylics.
Dressing up as Bob Ross maybe optional.
We can use supplies at MagLab. Rosa might bring some things.
Airbrush art?
Section Lead Updates
Brandon (CTO)
Server rack is now hardwired to power.
We’re done with server rack activities!
Text on the website needs to be changed for:
Membership pricing
Copyright date
Code of conduct text on the membership page
Hong (Treasurer)
+1 general member
Discussion Items
The robot vacuum and mop that appeared.
The vacuum’s battery is shot.
David to reach out to the person who maybe dropped it off.
It was for Trent.
Kevin took the vacuum for a project.
Mop is still there though.
May be purged in a week.
Both are gone.
Lincoln 140 machine
Still tabled.
“Gimme til Friday” - David.
Unclear which Friday.
Bylaw amendment for Code of Conduct.
Special meeting ended with quorum 12 met.
Passes 11 to 1.
Special Meeting has its own minutes.
New bylaws are now active.
Still need to file with the state (usually done around tax time). Not time-critical.
Kevin to print out a physical signed copy and stuff it in the lockbox.
Kevin to give Jeff a list of people who voted for the “I voted” gift.
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.
VoyageLA interview request.
Invite to a class? (mill/lathe/welding/laser/3D printer/etc.)
Rosa to respond back on 2023-12-20.
Received a questionnaire. They have several questions besides the questionnaire.
They want one good photo, plus 8 other photos.
Scour through past events.
Do a virtual meeting with Richard to fill out the questionnaire.
Rosa to send meeting invite.
Obtain permission from people in photos.
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.
Ideas
Mini film festival
Demo something low key like how to turn PVC into armor
Something that ties into our role as a makespace.
“How to make a sign” event
Sponsor gets a unique sign made by MagLab.
In-kind gift for in-kind donation (e.g. art supplies, food)
Tax/legal implications for getting things in return?
Purpose
Giving back to the community.
Practice for fundraising, sponsorship, and running events.
Lower cost “day use”/”guest use”
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?
A way to get people in the door.
Will need a bylaws change.
Maybe not needed for experimental “fundraising days”.
Motion to end: Rosa, Hong
Meeting ended: 9:58 PM